Sweet Potato Harvest Even BETTER THAN LAST YEAR!

Harvesting Garnet sweet potatoes plus garden tips (not Beauregard). Watch to the end for how-to make the grow bed. The soil mix by measure: 1/3 peat moss (fluffed), 1/3 coarse vermiculite, 1/3 is a mixture of 4-5 different quality composts and I also add a little complete organic "compost"/fertilizer called Revita Pro which is sea kelp, humate, feather meal, bone meal and sulfate of potash

[@lindatoney5480]

Wow!! I've watched many sweet potatoes harvested. This one is by far the biggest I've ever seen.

[@LeslieCaza]

It was fun! Feeling blessed. I hope the same for you!

[@dijviddijvid]

This is the craziest sweet potato harvesting I have ever seen on youtube so far.

[@RobertJones-ey9qz]

OMG! I have never seen such huge sweet potatoes as what some of those were. Unbelievable!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thanks for watching!

[@sarah_farm]

You're doing such a great job at showing everyone the way you see the world! Thank you for this!

[@cliflogan]

One of the most bountiful sweet potato harvest I've seen, thanks for sharing. God bless!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching. God bless you too!

[@jackieboxer268]

It's like uncovering ancient Egyptian artifacts the way you have to dig around the soil and not break them and just pull them up like regular potatoes. I'm going to try for the 1st time this Spring to plant sweet potatoes in Connecticut.

[@LeslieCaza]

Yes! It's a blast! Enjoy!

[@artherenewilliams7435]

Thank you so much for sharing your harvest! It was satisfying to watch you pull up those beautiful sweet potatoes. The irregular shaped potatoes that you mentioned, looked as if a cluster of potatoes fused together. I don't even know if that is possible. Just what it looked like from my view. Thank you for sharing how to build the bed and the soil. I look forward to growing next year. Blessings from Texas!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching. It may have looked like they were fused, but most were normal. The very large ones had a top shape with sort of lobes. I do not know what caused that, maybe fused?

[@suesally2103]

Sweet potatoe pie with good cup. Community coffee ☕️ 💁🏻‍♀️

[@Dennis-vr1ri]

Yes , with community coffee 👍🏻

[@vidasustentavel9465]

It's really cool to see people growing their own food. It would be great if more people acquired this habit. In addition to improving our health by consuming healthier foods, we contribute to preserving our planet by reducing the use of pesticides. Congratulations on sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

[@marshasthisandthat104]

That's the best harvest i have ever seen. Amazing!

[@lidiasoares5675]

It's mesmerizing to watc you dig your potatoes, fruit of your labour. What a blessing!! Thank you for the inspiration. May God continue to bless your labour with abundant fruits!

[@j.reneewhite915]

That is one of the best sweet potato set ups and harvest I've ever seen. Bravo! Beauregard Sweet Potatoes are very Orange in color. If I were to guess It looks like a huge haul of Garnet Sweet Potatoes. In the end they're all yummy.

[@LeslieCaza]

You may be right about the Garnet! Thank you for pointing that out. My viewers are some of the nicest people!

[@RelaXation-zm1rt]

This is the best harvest I’ve seen so far

[@LeslieCaza]

I appreciate you taking the time to watch!

[@Miele-x4b]

Best 🍠 harvest video EVER

[@HillCountryGardenGirl]

This is so satisfying to watch!

[@patricklane8648]

Awesome Harvest!! Biggest sweet potatoes ever.

[@gubukkucingmeow6332]

This is just incredible harvest. 💗💗

[@annetteharding6484]

Yahoo! Great harvest

[@ldylee01]

That big bunch had 16 minus the 1 you threw away. That's amazing

[@goodnessoceansupermarket9825]

This is greatest blessing to me !!! Thank you very much!!!

[@DrSevTalksMoney]

Wow. What a harvest.

[@lorraineboyer4987]

Best harvest I've seen. Awesome!

[@LeslieCaza]

It was quite enjoyable to harvest too! Thank you for watching and sharing in my joy!

[@benteross2677]

That was so satisfying to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@LeslieCaza]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@clairecalitz4036]

What a beautiful harvest🌟🌟🌟

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching and for commenting!

[@vandienalbacite9614]

What a bountiful harvest!!!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching! It certainly was and is a blessing!

[@gloriasandy2639]

This is by far the largest harvest of sweet potatoes I ever witnessed. You can consider supplying the nearby market with part of the bounty you reaped. Just a suggestion! 💯👍

[@LeslieCaza]

It certainly is a blessing! Thanks for watching and for the suggestion! 🤗

[@StarvrosMitchell]

I really enjoyed this video. You are such a blessing, thank you.

[@fredrick755able]

Great crop! Thanks for sharing your harvest.

[@LeslieCaza]

Hi Eric! Thank you for watching and posting!

[@evilroyslade2491]

Great video and information. Thank you.

[@drselvarajmallapillaimd8209]

The most inspiring task I’ve ever seen!!

[@jackiebetty1344]

First time gardener. I planted my first bed of sweet potatoes. I got 5 large ones. I was disappointed with the rest. They were small. I guess the soil was not deep enough. I will try again. Zone 10 South Florida

[@LeslieCaza]

I'm sorry to hear of the small harvest. It could be shallow or hard soil, soil nutrient issues, or trimming the leaves (which make food for the plant to make the sweet potatoes). I hope the rest of your garden was a success!

[@kathyk7672]

What a bountiful harvest. Blessings

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching! God bless you too!

[@daintyflygirl4va]

Beautiful and bountiful harvest just from a small space or bed,❤

[@jessiedsouza1847]

What a beautiful harvest. Feast for the eyes

[@LeslieCaza]

It was fun to share this harvest experience with all of you. Thank you for watching!

[@lindalaporta5883]

That is insanely impressive.

[@deborahthompson5041]

Awesome harvest. Huge harvest Great job.

[@LeslieCaza]

Thanks for watching!

[@marjariemayne1033]

It"s a pleasure watching you reaping those sweet potato, how you neatly place them in the barrow, good job.❤💯🙏🙏

[@emmieespinosa4339]

Wow! Amazing harvest.😮

[@LeslieCaza]

Good methods and God's blessing!

[@sabbyjones2308]

Best harvest ever!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@elizabethtank1123]

Wawwww Ma'am its really really good harvest I enjoy watching you pulling your sweet potatoes growing everywhere of the soil your hard work payd of

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching! And thank you for saying so.

[@brownsugar1958ful]

The cluster of potatoes was beautiful

[@otishtynes1990]

💚💚💚👌🏿👌🏿 beautiful harvest really enjoyed the video

[@jodygrant1255]

Beautiful harvest thanks for sharing. God be praised

[@LeslieCaza]

Beauregard, I think.

[@dedhead9322]

I really enjoyed your video :) I am about to harvest my first attempt at growing sweet potatoes. I started really late but I figured I'd give it a shot anyway. They'll be right around 90 days when I have to harvest them to beat the frost here. I'll have a better go at it next spring though :)

[@LeslieCaza]

Come back and tell us how it goes! Thank you for watching!

[@southsidecarly7427]

Beautiful harvest! Thanks for sharing the video. God bless you ✝️🙏❤️

[@overrevkev3851]

Holy molly , you are killing it ❤ 🇨🇦

[@LeslieCaza]

I'm thankful for sure! I appreciate you watching!

[@Lillylee2599]

Amazing harvest. We got about 80 lbs of sweet potatoes harvested this year.

[@LeslieCaza]

That's a blessing too! Thank you for watching!

[@Archie724]

Wow !! Biggest harvest I’ve ever seen !

[@LeslieCaza]

We were blessed!

[@brownsugar1958ful]

You did really good

[@jackiebetty1344]

Congratulations!

[@lolapimienta6128]

I would have been yelling woo hoo!!! With every huge Sweet Potato I picked! 🍠 😂🎉😮

[@LeslieCaza]

Yes! Gardening is fun! I believe we were created to live in the garden!

[@oteyzawagsi296]

Wow! Congratulations for the bountyful harvest...I enjoyed watching.. I hope I could also have that kind of harvest..

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching!

[@dorothysmith6710]

Wow super congratulations 🎉 great job 👏

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching! I believe God has led me to excellent methods of gardening, and I'm so thankful! I hope your garden is a great success!

[@oteyzawagsi296]

I've been watching this repeatedly..

[@LeslieCaza]

Thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! Thanks for watching!!!! :)

[@dianacoburn8269]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)

[@margiebolt1368]

Those are beautiful potatoes!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thanks for watching!

[@abbyjames7177]

Frist time here i could stop watching your videos it is so awesome to see so many potato in such a small space i have learned something here god bless you 👍👍👍👍👍👍💪

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching and commenting! God bless you too!

[@soniademandante8614]

That's a good variety of sweet potato..watching from philippines

[@LeslieCaza]

That's great! Thank you for watching! Do you grow sweet potatoes there?

[@soniademandante8614]

@@LeslieCaza no ma'am I just grow philodendron's and others kinds of ornmental plants Thank you for your reply. God bless you and your family❤

[@estelamurillo5657]

Wow amazing

[@LeslieCaza]

Actually Estela, we were amazed too. I'm not highly trained but certainly highly blessed. Thank you for watching. I hope you have great gardening experiences and success!

[@marionsmith7625]

Best i have ever seen

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching and posting!

[@theresatelesford7104]

Wonderful yield

[@ermindamanrique144]

Just amazed how big sweet potatos you harvest, watching here in philippines, cagayan de oro.

[@lenren2004]

Wow! Great job! You got that neon green thumb!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thanks for watching. Neon! 😊

[@paulsherrod1365]

That sweet Tennessee air really helped!

[@lindapaglipari7169]

So good. Plenty of sweet potatoes in a vine. Love it. We only have 3-5 in a particular vine

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching!

[@lindapaglipari7169]

Wow! That's so awesome. I've watched many videos about sweet potatoes but this one is so amazing. Can't believe my eyes. Sweet potatoes is my country's staple food but we never harvested such. You're an amazing 👏 ❤

[@LeslieCaza]

😊 Educated and blessed. I hope the same for you friend!

[@ginalinebateman2933]

oh my god! Those are huge❤

[@Rojuicy_]

Absolutely beautiful harvest...this year was my first year growing sweet potatoes...I have another week or 2 before harvest...how did you fertilize them? And how often did you water yours and fertilize as well? I'm praying I get some🙏🥰

[@GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

Wow!

[@madicamara2290]

Wonderful one of the best harvest ever thank you.What variety of sweet potatoes did you grow?

[@HealthyLivingWithWendy]

Awesome harvest thanks for sharing 1st time here👍

[@LeslieCaza]

Welcome Wendy! I'm going to check out your Healthy Living stuff! Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@tmodrill1]

It’s a little work since your raised beds are full of planting medium already but you should line the bottom of your raised bed with hardware cloth then add your soil on top of the hardware cloth. This is a guaranteed mole/vole prevention from burrowing up from the bottom.

[@LeslieCaza]

I just may need to do that. The growing medium is light when dry so it wouldn't be too difficult. Thank you for the suggestion!

[@ronaldhagan2373]

Thank you very mush for the envermation

[@ronaldhagan2373]

If may can I.make a suggestion, use mach wire one quote nic. Holes no the bottom, like that, you have good drainage, an you have to change it as officen.please let me know.

[@ronaldhagan2373]

@@LeslieCaza god bless you, there should be more women out there like you. Thank you.

[@wewehehe6405]

The biggest harvest ever

[@lynntran4213]

Wow! 😍That's amazing, how did you start to grown them ? Thanks so much for sharing this video.

[@LeslieCaza]

This video shows you how to start the slips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH7QgnqrhdCjacU. And this one shows you how to make the grow bed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGao6Roq9GSirc Thank you for watching! God bless you with sweetness in your growing experience!

[@user-mx3xs7er6j]

Wow amazing? what kinds of variety in sweet potatoes 😮😮😮

[@LeslieCaza]

Garnet. Yummy

[@joannsudderth664]

Very nice Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🙏🏿

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching!

[@Appophust]

If your beds are deep enough, you can line the bottom of the beds with large ceramic tiles. They're only a few dollars each at Lowe's. Just lay them down in the shape of your bed before putting down your blocks. Space the tiles with about 1/4" between each tile. Lay your blocks on top of the edge of the tile so nothing can get around it. The feeder roots should mostly be able to grow around the tile and still push pretty deep.

[@LeslieCaza]

Interesting!

[@KhlaBaiTong]

amazing friend 😘😘🙏

[@donnalynn286]

Never saw such huge sweet potatoes anazing

[@LeslieCaza]

And they're good! Thank you for watching!

[@abboadodi8141]

Hey Congratulations and a wonderful harvest. What spacing do you use when planting the slips

[@joannthompson765]

very nice harvest I grew white sweet potato and they did better than my purple ones.byt it's all free food for shelf

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching and posting, my fellow sweet potato grower!

[@gsh4485]

With raised beds...if you put down wire mesh before filling with dirt, it will help keep the voles at bay.

[@vickigray3755]

First time gardener, growing from a slip of a old sweet potato. Not even sure when I started 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ and it was just a cardboard box I put soil in, the vines are long and full. I'm excited to see if I grew a sweet potato lol

[@LeslieCaza]

What country are you in? Sweet potatoes take about 100 days so wait patiently. I hope you do well. God bless and teach you!

[@vickigray3755]

@@LeslieCaza I'm in Mobile, Al.

[@LeslieCaza]

@@vickigray3755 Let us know the results!

[@vickigray3755]

I will , thank you

[@missycoates7188]

BEAUTIFUL CROP!!! I wonder if you put ground garlic in the soil, will the rodents still come to eat the potatoes. I know when I grew ONIONS nothing touched them, but the gophers in California demolished my cabbage and broccoli. A friend on mines grew beautiful tomatoes and she used garlic in soil to stop the gophers from eating them.. I think most rodents don't like the pungent odor of onions and garlic. Blessings

[@LeslieCaza]

I love that idea and may try that! Thank you for watching and sharing the idea!

[@MOJUSA]

wow beautiful garden sweet potatoes is so cool but my garden is lots of chip munk

[@LeslieCaza]

That's sad. Thanks for watching!

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Oh my goodness how absolutely wonderful for you that your harvest was so amazing .Well done I'm so impressed .we don't grow them in the uk but I'm wondering if we might be able to . I have very good garden soil with a lorry load of 4 year old composted tree cuttings and added to that I have Bay.holly.sycamore clippings and 5 tonnes of farm compost organic plus 26 years of built up kitchen and garden composted mix . I had chickens and my neighbour had rabbits and I have about 6 years worth mixed in with the garden soil . I had an accident and cannot dig my garden now as my right leg had completely severed quadriceps but I have hundreds of old victorian bricks and hope to build raised beds to grow in as sadly somebody keeps stealing my buckets that I grow my vegetables in . I have never seen such good looking sweet potatoes .I'm going to try next spring and also butter nut squash and pumpkin 🎃 would laying chicken wire mesh help prevent rodent damage ? I have a lot of squirrels and wood pigeons

[@LeslieCaza]

First of all, I am very sorry to hear that someone steals your buckets of growing vegetables. I'd be praying about a solution for that, and maybe raised beds are the answer. It sounds like you have some very nice growing materials there! Sweet potatoes like it hot and need about 100 days. I plant my sweet potato slips about 1 month after the last frost date for our area and then harvest at about 100 days, which is about 1 month before our first frost date. Sweet potatoes need to come out before frost. I'm not sure if chicken wire has small enough holes to keep out voles and mice. At this point, the sweet potatoes are the only crop that is bothered by rodents (I gave up growing corn because the squirrels are crazy about it!). The last 2 years have had such abundant harvests that I'm not too worried at this point. But that could certainly change! Thank you for watching, commenting, and suggesting an option. I have the best viewers!

[@lisawatson3467]

Wow that was a great crop of sweet potatoes. I’m growing slips for the first time and next planted sweet potatoes before and yours are best Ive seen in a harvest. I just out of Clarksville TN across state line in KY. Trying to learn gardening and grow my own vegetables. 😅 what type of sweet potatoes did you plant here?

[@LeslieCaza]

Do you mean my soil mixture? I use 1/3 of each of these: peat, coarse vermiculite, and then I blend about 4 different composts and and 1/3 compost blend. I also add a small amount of a complete organic, compost based fertilizer.

[@sherry2836]

Excellent harvest! Thank you for shooting the digging this time as it was very enjoyable to see. Just when you think the potatoes couldn't get any bigger a monster pops up! You are a good caretaker of your garden. Did you grow your slips from a store bought organic sweet potato?

[@LeslieCaza]

I grew my own from an organic garnet sweet potato from Whole Foods. I do have a KZbin on how I did it. Thank you for watching and posting. The large sweet potatoes have been good so far. I cured them differently and it worked well. I have a KZbin on that as well. God bless you with wisdom, energy, and success in your garden!

[@rosebud4freedom]

@@LeslieCaza sweetpotatoe slips

[@LeslieCaza]

Can I help you?

[@jenniferarmstrong1765]

Wow. That was outstanding. I plan to grow sweet potatoes next year for the first time - do you have any recollection how many slips you planted? I will be growing in a smaller bed, and I notice that the catalogs seem to sell them in bunches of 24, so I may want to share that order with another gardener. I eat a lot of sweet potatoes but that wheelbarrow load would be way too much for me!

[@LeslieCaza]

I think it was about 12 slips. I try to plant the slips about 2 feet apart. I staggered the 2 rows since my bed is only 30 inches wide.

[@Panda283-j2d]

Wow your sweet potatoes are huge and beautiful beauregard sweet potatoes are really good and sweet. How many slips did you use. What drip system did you use. Great job!!!

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching. Actually they are Garnet sweet potatoes. My mistake in the video. Planted about 12 slips. The drip system is no longer available as far as I know. It's a commercial system that I purchased years ago. I like a header hose with lines coming out of that header better than drip hoses because the lines run straight rather than having to curve.

[@skylarbrowne2899]

WOW... What is in that raised bed? Those are the biggest sweet potatoes I have ever seen. The soil looks phenomenal. 😮

[@LeslieCaza]

Equal parts of peat moss, coarse vermiculite, and compost, with a little chicken maure-based complete organic fertilizer. Thanks for watching!

[@onelia8726]

Could you please share the variety if it is ok with you please and thanks so much for sharing that amazing video

[@callyscraftycorner2463]

Will you plant sweet potatoes in that bed next season? If so how will you amend the bed for planting?

[@fifeohfarmingnstuff4416]

Cking in from Munford TN!!!! I aint harvested my Sweet Taters yet...

[@LeslieCaza]

Hello neighbor! Frost is likely coming in the next few weeks so it's getting near time. I hope you have great success!

[@MuSiCNAZ1]

WOW WOW WOW!!!! What did you end up doing with all those sweet potatoes? Dehydrate? How do you keep that many sweet potatoes from spoiling after? that was a huge haul congrats!!!

[@LeslieCaza]

I cured them (KZbin video on how to make your sweet potatoes sweet kzbin.info/www/bejne/p17ahop5nth_gJI). Then I wrapped them in packing paper (like newsprint without ink). I've shared some, bring some to fellowship lunches at church, and we eat them! They are still looking mighty fine here in March. I store them in a room that stays about 60 degrees in the winter.

[@mattservo]

Must be a great variety. Fertilizer? I never get this much but I'm in zone 5.

[@rubygray7749]

That's a rate of 67 tons per acre!! Well done!

[@LeslieCaza]

Well that is really cool! Thanks for doing the math for me! I feel blessed even more!

[@lchristmas65]

First time seeing your videos. Your harvest was insanely great. Please share your soil type and fertilizer mix.

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you foot watching! Its in here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGao6Roq9GSircsi=TIPzSxBg_ftMg0wb

[@lchristmas65]

I'm quite grateful for your response. I will continue following your great videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@ronaldhagan2373]

This is beautiful harvest, did you saw dust an mulch soil or what, what ever you use it good 👍 some of potatoes 🥔 look like baseball bats, grate job. I realy enjoy watching vedio like this, thank you for sharing. God bless you 🙏 happy gardening.

[@LeslieCaza]

I did mulch with a thin layer of chopped leaves, mainly to help the plants when first transplanted. Once the leaves grow it makes its own living mulch. Thank you for watching. God bless you too!

[@abradopekoledji1199]

Hello I can see that your soil is very smooth and fluffy can you tell me what you put in there.

[@LeslieCaza]

You can learn how to do it in this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGao6Roq9GSirc

[@tomasaguilar808]

Saludos saludos..

[@LeslieCaza]

Thank you for watching!