We can NEVER EVER grow sweet potatoes-will this year be different?! 🤞🤞

Every year we try and cross our fingers (and toes) that we will have even a wee little sweet potato harvest.
For many years we’ve tried growing our own slips, buying slips…nothing yielded any type of harvest.
(Our “harvest” would kind of look like a bag of mini carrots)
So this year for the very first time we purchased sweet potato plants (mature starts). Not knowing how they would do and giving up precious garden real estate, we only purchased a few.
Did the plants do better than the slips? Did our luck change?
#harvest #sweetpotato #garden #homestead

[@Amarie1961]

I understand your reservations. Congratulations on your potatoes.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thanks very much!

[@oteyzawagsi296]

Planting sweet potatoe on the ground really is much better than on pots

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Yes definitely much better! It was kind of an experiment since we always had such bad luck growing them, we thought we’d give it a try. This years garden will have them all in ground. Thanks 😊

[@TitasIttyBittyFarm]

That is a beautiful blessing😊. I am still struggling to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes. New subscriber to your channel 😊.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank you! We are hoping it continues for next year too 🙏 Welcome to our Homestead 😊

[@plantaseednotlitter2260]

Try, try and never give up then you will success. Well done loyal and faithful servants that y’all harvested sweet potatoes 🍠 Happy Fall!

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun and we are all ready looking forward to next years sweet potatoes 🍠 Happy Fall to you too!

[@dexterdog62]

I’m happy for you guys that you were able to have some success with those sweet potatoes! Never have garden doubt! The garden is listening…

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank you! It was a very happy harvest this year!

[@GrandmaSandy]

I’ve never grown sweet potatoes ever either and I may try it next year or maybe I will try it this year. I don’t know I did get some grow bags and I’m gonna try growing regular potatoes in it but maybe I will try some sweet potatoes too just to have something a little different and see what I can actually grow in my garden. Thanks so much for sharing and giving me the inspiration to try the worst that can happen if nothing happens. Thank you so much my dear friend.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

I have done regular potatoes in grow bags before with success! I did the sweet potatoes in the bucket and in ground to increase my chances of success 😉 They both seemed to work. Wishing you good luck if you grow them and let me know how they turn out if you do 🤞 Thanks!!

[@tiolenealvarez1364]

Awesome work❤

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thanks 😄

[@kusinanideli]

Wow! nice upload, thanks for sharing.📯🔔

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@greysonfreightllcma-malaph5027]

Looks like sweet potatoes did good this year! 👍

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Yes! We are so happy with our harvest, thank you!

[@gardenofdeedensub_confirmation]

So glad for you!! Great harvest of sweet potatoes 🍠. I may try Ruth Stout’s method. That was impressive.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank you! It was lots of fun ☺️ I have the best success with my regular potatoes doing Ruth Stout as well

[@gardenofdeedensub_confirmation]

@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead now that’s where I need help. I’m I. Zone 7 b, when do you start potatoes 🥔?

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

@@gardenofdeedensub_confirmation I’m guessing you’d have to check your farmers almanac or google it for your zone Good luck!

[@susanhickman1746]

Google Sweet Potato Towers. We had great success on our first try using that style of growing Sweet potatoes. It was also very easy to harvest them just using your hands.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thank you so much! I will definitely look into that 😀

[@GNaz-wf3db]

I can tell by the size of the potatoes that they are not growing long enough. Most need 110-120 days to mature to a good size.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

They were actually in the ground for 112 days Some of them did well and some didn’t Thanks!

[@GNaz-wf3db]

@@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead Glad you got some! Try leaving them in for 120-130 days. I dig a few potatoes, not the whole plant, & if they are small I leave them in longer. You can look up the variety to find out the days to harvest but I always add more time based on the size bc of weather & other variables. Some varieties are better than others. I grow 10 different varieties for that reason but that is not necessary. The variety “pumpkin yam” is a good producer in PA. Also, plant them no less than one foot apart, 16-18” is even better. I also add bone meal in the hole when planting. Good luck next year!😊

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

@@GNaz-wf3db Thanks for all the tips! Already looking forward to next years garden

[@sofiaceleste6299]

Dios los bendiga, tal vez le falto regar mas a menudo, pero no se rindan , 😊

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Mucho gracias Sofia! We are already off to a better start this year 🙏

[@samuelmarx9321]

Ok, you sound just like me just a few years ago. I found Danny over at Deep South Homestead. His tube if full of videos on how to grow your own slips. He had also written a little book about it. It was not until then that I had success at growing a slip. One tip that is so important for those of us a little further north is, the slips must have heat. Also, it takes a long time for the slips to come up, so don't panic. Good luck!

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

I’ll go check him out. I would still prefer to grow my own slips..I can get more plants plus the starts that I bought were very pricy Thank you so much!

[@user-eh4hz9xw3h]

They root so easy if the temperature is hot even at night. I just throw vines about 16inches long in moist soil with the leaves sticking up or removed and the tip or one node sticking out of the ground. I put them in shady spots and let them spread out into the sun that way I dont have to water. If your slips die due to lack of water I would take all the big leaves off before planting.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Thanks a bunch! I like the planting in shade idea !!

[@ruthbalonglong7067]

watching all the way from the Philippines❤. i grew up planting sweet potatoes by planting cuttings of the vine itself. now i have tried doing it by slips and il try to compare the yield of the plant from the vines and the slips❤.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Hello Ruth! Can you grow sweet potatoes all year round or just seasonally? Good luck with the slips! Thank you for watching 😀

[@ruthbalonglong7067]

We plant all year round. That makes sense why we use the cuttings😁. Thank u. If the slips has better yield then I will shift t using slips.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

@@ruthbalonglong7067 let me know how it goes! 😀

[@judyhowery6908]

You can always use the skinny ones and thick root looking one into sweet potato fries

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Great idea, thank you Judy! We didn’t have a great selection to choose from…hopefully this year will be better 🤞

[@Debbie-Keller]

I baked some fingerling sweet potatoes I Grew. They were so sweet.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

That’s awesome! I didn’t even know there were fingerling sweet potatoes 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Debbie-Keller]

Not sure they should be. 😂 mine were just very small.

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

@@Debbie-KellerOhhhh 😂😂

[@jolanda9947]

oh i know how you feel i tried this year and nothing great vines though

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

That’s the worst! It teases you..that happened to us two years ago. We had great vines so we thought we’d have at least a good harvest….not so much ☹️ There’s always next year 😉

[@trudellallen397]

Great that is thevbetter way

[@noreenworrell9524]

Use lest nitrogen you get bigger potatoes nitrogen gives lots of leaves and less potatoes

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Good to know, thanks for the tip!

[@trudellallen397]

IT'S more there they love soft dirt

[@trudellallen397]

Just dump the pot over

[@JustTheTwoOfUsHomestead]

Turning the bucket over definitely helped, thank you