Sweet Potato Harvest 2023 - Massive Harvest Despite Significant Pest Damage!

We lost a lot of sweet potatoes to pest this year. It appears that harvesting Beauregard (orange) sweet potatoes earlier in the season is probably best in our area. The purple sweet potatoes actually thrived with a later harvest despite heavy pest damage to the other sweet potato varieties planted. Again, this year we had a very limited number of O' Henry's (white). Lesson learned: Keep sweet potato varieties planted separately. Harvest Beauregards early and purples late. I'm still trying to find the best way to grow white sweet potatoes. Enjoy!
Link to Planting the sweet potato slips early in 2023.
• Planting Sweet Potatoe...
Link to Sweet Potato Harvest 2022.
• Sweet Potato Harvest 2022

[@janicemason-dorah2327]

Lovely harvest inspite of the pest damage

[@sarah_farm]

OMG I love jackfruits ❤❤❤❤ Ahao was so proud sharing his sister’s food to his friends 😂😂

[@georgiapeachnut2490]

I really enjoyed your video. Great harvest! Thanks for sharing in I am a new subscriber.🤗

[@gillmoni64]

The moles eat the grubs, so you had a two for, but if you didn't have the grubs, you wouldn't have molds, I used mold spikes, it worked for me

[@mariodcom]

Nematodes will get rid of them and be beneficial for the soil

[@ryanpinkham6784]

Hopefully, you try beneficial nematodes.

[@ksenijak2139]

Mole cricket

[@lujitsu1251]

Looks like 70% of my monster sweet potato harvest has scurf. Ugh.? Any suggestions? Have you had that before?

[@annierebekah7183]

There is a biological fungicide that you can soak the roots of your starts in before planting that can help.. Other than that, crop rotation.

[@lujitsu1251]

@@annierebekah7183 good idea. Thank you.

[@mousemeat1352]

You definitely had pest issues, hope you are able to work past it easily. Felt bad you called out guy who backed over your things, I am sure it was an accident not carelessness as he seemed sincere. Will continue to watch you, your property is lovely.

[@annierebekah7183]

Thanks! I lovely give my husband a hard time. 🤣 He's already fixed the beds.