@bnbob01 Who knows that may have been a freak of nature that I got that harvest. I am trying the potatoes in a differnet location and I don't have hardly the greenery that I had last year. Maybe it could be 100 temps we have had for over 60 days in a row. Will do a vidoe of the potatoes this year. Don't think I will get much if anything. Good luck.
@MarshmallowVogt Slips are the little plants you get from another sweet potato or your can order slips (however I have found they come in groups of 25 and that is way to many for me) so I just buy a sweet potato at the store and grow the slips on it. Some people call it the eyes of the potatoes.
@Elfinworld I just don't have the room for them in the ground or I would always do it that way, plus I had digging in the earth to get my root vegetables becasue where I am at we have rocky clay soil and digging is really impossible if the area has not been ameneded for a very long time. Good luck on your potatoes.
People who don't garden don't believe that gardening is some EXERCISE! You were workin' on gettin' those potatos! Go Girl! That was a great haul! I'm late in the year to start but I'm giving sweet potatoes a try after watching this. TFS
@ShePreps2 I totally agree, it is a work out, both planting and harvesting. The maintaing can be rough too, but I love it just the same. I tell people try gardening for a bit and you will break into a sweat and be sore the next day or two.
@Discernaoftruth Just mircale in ground soil mixed with some potting soil (before I discovered perlite) to make the soil loose. Now I use mainly compost in my garden, since it is established. I was totally surprised, not sure if there will be a repeat performance this year, but I am working toward manageable size, but a lot of them. HA HA. Not trying to break the records or nothing like that.
@Allen2045 It truly does work. Totally surpised me. I wish I had this much luck with my potatoes that plant, but pratcice makes perfect. Good luck with your garden.
@praterclp I have some yucon golds growing in a tub like yours. It took longer for them to sprout then the red potatoes I have growing. Going to try the sweet potatoes next spring.
@Allen2045 I am doing it again this year, but in a bigger bucket (with the bottom still attached). In my next video you will be able to see who the little slips have truly grown already starting to vine out.
@gardenvespers777 This year the bottom of the container is still attached (just drillled holes) don't want that to happen again. I had 6 slips from a store bought potato and I think 6 was way to much in that small container (I found it on the street). This year the container is way bigger and I only have 3 slips in there. I plan to start another potato on 6/1 to do another batch so that my crop can be staggered.
@praterclp I need to "stay tuned" and really watch how you do this. :-) I would like to try these, but I want to make sure I do it right first. lol I think I'm scared that they'll get out of the container and run rampant all over my yard. loll
I planted blackberries one year and they sent runners underground all over my yard. It took 2 years to dig them up and kill them. I don't want that happening to me again. lol it was terrible! even though I lovvvve sweet potatoes! :-)
you got allot of sweet potatoes considering you grow it in a container. Also did you use any fertiliser on the sweet potatoes. did give some to your neighbour?
@queeny107 I used my normal feed that I use in the garden for all of my plants and flowers, just a general organic feed. I gave some to my father in law and he liked them. However they were quite large. I sliced some up and seasoned them up and put in the freezer for future meals of sweet potato french fries done in the oven.
@praterclp - Thanks I did not know that you can freeze the potatoes...I have planting some sweet potatoes last week I hope I get something from it this year...
@queeny107 Yes, I was surprised to, but when I thought about it, I buy sweet potatoe fries in the freezer section in the grocery store and they are not pre seasoned. So I knew I was on the right track and we love these becasue they are not fried, but baked in the oven.
wow. and it is amazing how much they charge for one of these suckers in the fruit store! You've got yourself at least $40 worth of sweet potatoes there!
I think that sweet potatoes are the easiet thing to grow. The amazing part is that the potato from the grocery store worked great. From the 6 slips it produced all that. Next time I will give it more space so that I can get more consisent size potatoes. That big one feed us for a while as I made all kinds of stuff with it (only 3 of us). Good luck, can't wait to see your videos. Oh make sure youcheck the planting time for your area and when to pull them up.
Congratulations! It seems easy and the harvest is awesome. I bought a tuber this afternoon, and I was wondering if this was enough. Thanks to your video, I am relieved!
OMG!!!!!!!!! You have made me want to grow sweet potatoes. LOL Those are some beautiful babies. What type of soil and fertilizer did you use.? Also what growing zone are you in?
@TheCajuntransplant Thanks. I was real surprised that it worked. I watch a lot of vidoes from Our Engineered Garden and he grows his sweet potatoes like this. I was real shocked that so many came from the limited number of seedlings. Good luck. I used some compost that I made, miracle grow garden soil mixed with some store bought compost. Nothing real special (and all cost effective for my budget).
@sugerbear520 I TOTALLY agree, hoping the 2 grocery bag size will hold up until November so that I can make a few pies and freeze some for when we get that holiday urge, but not a holiday.
@pinetar100 Thanks, I am excited. I am also trying your technique of covering my greens, although I am doing it to prevent catepillar damage, so far it is working, but maybe I need to get a thinner material since we still have some hot days, some of the plants wilt the the fabric I currently have.
Great harvest.... Think we have been doing it wrong...
Have a great one...
Rob
bnbob01 6 months ago
@bnbob01 Who knows that may have been a freak of nature that I got that harvest. I am trying the potatoes in a differnet location and I don't have hardly the greenery that I had last year. Maybe it could be 100 temps we have had for over 60 days in a row. Will do a vidoe of the potatoes this year. Don't think I will get much if anything. Good luck.
praterclp 5 months ago
Awesome! I can't wait . I hope mine turn out like that.
JesusChrist5000 6 months ago
@JesusChrist5000 Yeah I can't wait to see if I get anything this year. Our weather is ultra hot and most of my garden is dead. Good luck on yours.
praterclp 5 months ago
woiw...I was told to eat sweet potatoes they are better for you...and now to see this video makes me want to try this...thanks so much for sharing :)
soilfit 7 months ago
@soilfit I love them more than regular potatoes (except I really like new/red potatoes). It is amazing what you can get from a couple of slips.
praterclp 5 months ago
What do you mean slips
MarshmallowVogt 7 months ago
@MarshmallowVogt Slips are the little plants you get from another sweet potato or your can order slips (however I have found they come in groups of 25 and that is way to many for me) so I just buy a sweet potato at the store and grow the slips on it. Some people call it the eyes of the potatoes.
praterclp 5 months ago
Amazing! I wish I'd chance upon this video before I planted my sweet potatoes in the ground!
My regular potatoes are grwon in 5 gallon buckets though. Thanks for sharing the video!
Elfinworld 8 months ago
@Elfinworld I just don't have the room for them in the ground or I would always do it that way, plus I had digging in the earth to get my root vegetables becasue where I am at we have rocky clay soil and digging is really impossible if the area has not been ameneded for a very long time. Good luck on your potatoes.
praterclp 5 months ago
@praterclp I finally dug up my sweet potatoes last month. OMG!!! There were SO MANY of them and 3 of them were as big and long as a 2-liter!
Elfinworld 3 months ago
WOW!!!! Excellent.
doguiefresh7890 8 months ago
@doguiefresh7890 Thanks.
praterclp 5 months ago
i miss my witch
richard1948benz 8 months ago
People who don't garden don't believe that gardening is some EXERCISE! You were workin' on gettin' those potatos! Go Girl! That was a great haul! I'm late in the year to start but I'm giving sweet potatoes a try after watching this. TFS
ShePreps2 8 months ago
@ShePreps2 I totally agree, it is a work out, both planting and harvesting. The maintaing can be rough too, but I love it just the same. I tell people try gardening for a bit and you will break into a sweat and be sore the next day or two.
praterclp 5 months ago
WHAT KIND OF DIRT DID YOU USE? Those are the largest I've EVER seen from a container
Discernaoftruth 9 months ago
@Discernaoftruth Just mircale in ground soil mixed with some potting soil (before I discovered perlite) to make the soil loose. Now I use mainly compost in my garden, since it is established. I was totally surprised, not sure if there will be a repeat performance this year, but I am working toward manageable size, but a lot of them. HA HA. Not trying to break the records or nothing like that.
praterclp 9 months ago
Maybe you can do a video on how to make oven baked sweet potato fries.
Allen2045 9 months ago
@Allen2045 I sure will. I got the recipe off of madhungry . com.
praterclp 9 months ago
Im going to have to try this.
Allen2045 10 months ago
@Allen2045 It truly does work. Totally surpised me. I wish I had this much luck with my potatoes that plant, but pratcice makes perfect. Good luck with your garden.
praterclp 10 months ago
@praterclp I have some yucon golds growing in a tub like yours. It took longer for them to sprout then the red potatoes I have growing. Going to try the sweet potatoes next spring.
Allen2045 9 months ago
@Allen2045 I am doing it again this year, but in a bigger bucket (with the bottom still attached). In my next video you will be able to see who the little slips have truly grown already starting to vine out.
praterclp 9 months ago
Wow that was awesome! YUM!
Thanks for sharing that with us!
I need to think about how I can do this.. particularly so they stay contained. They busted right through your bucket! How crazy is that! lol
So that was from just that one potato in the beginning? did you cut it up? or just bury it?
gardenvespers777 11 months ago
@gardenvespers777 This year the bottom of the container is still attached (just drillled holes) don't want that to happen again. I had 6 slips from a store bought potato and I think 6 was way to much in that small container (I found it on the street). This year the container is way bigger and I only have 3 slips in there. I plan to start another potato on 6/1 to do another batch so that my crop can be staggered.
praterclp 9 months ago
@praterclp I need to "stay tuned" and really watch how you do this. :-) I would like to try these, but I want to make sure I do it right first. lol I think I'm scared that they'll get out of the container and run rampant all over my yard. loll
I planted blackberries one year and they sent runners underground all over my yard. It took 2 years to dig them up and kill them. I don't want that happening to me again. lol it was terrible! even though I lovvvve sweet potatoes! :-)
gardenvespers777 9 months ago
you got allot of sweet potatoes considering you grow it in a container. Also did you use any fertiliser on the sweet potatoes. did give some to your neighbour?
queeny107 1 year ago
@queeny107 I used my normal feed that I use in the garden for all of my plants and flowers, just a general organic feed. I gave some to my father in law and he liked them. However they were quite large. I sliced some up and seasoned them up and put in the freezer for future meals of sweet potato french fries done in the oven.
praterclp 9 months ago
@praterclp - Thanks I did not know that you can freeze the potatoes...I have planting some sweet potatoes last week I hope I get something from it this year...
queeny107 9 months ago
@queeny107 Yes, I was surprised to, but when I thought about it, I buy sweet potatoe fries in the freezer section in the grocery store and they are not pre seasoned. So I knew I was on the right track and we love these becasue they are not fried, but baked in the oven.
praterclp 9 months ago
awesome, great job :D :D :D
swsebrownsugar1888 1 year ago
@swsebrownsugar1888 Thanks.
praterclp 9 months ago
Impressive!
lifeisgood4780 1 year ago
@lifeisgood4780 Thanks. I was truly and utterly amazed.
praterclp 9 months ago
wow. and it is amazing how much they charge for one of these suckers in the fruit store! You've got yourself at least $40 worth of sweet potatoes there!
IfunyunsI 1 year ago
I think that sweet potatoes are the easiet thing to grow. The amazing part is that the potato from the grocery store worked great. From the 6 slips it produced all that. Next time I will give it more space so that I can get more consisent size potatoes. That big one feed us for a while as I made all kinds of stuff with it (only 3 of us). Good luck, can't wait to see your videos. Oh make sure youcheck the planting time for your area and when to pull them up.
praterclp 1 year ago
Congratulations! It seems easy and the harvest is awesome. I bought a tuber this afternoon, and I was wondering if this was enough. Thanks to your video, I am relieved!
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Flofarmflo 1 year ago
That is one good sweet potato harvest ,i've ever seen,great harvest
sandhiya3 1 year ago
OMG!!!!!!!!! You have made me want to grow sweet potatoes. LOL Those are some beautiful babies. What type of soil and fertilizer did you use.? Also what growing zone are you in?
TheCajuntransplant 1 year ago
@TheCajuntransplant Thanks. I was real surprised that it worked. I watch a lot of vidoes from Our Engineered Garden and he grows his sweet potatoes like this. I was real shocked that so many came from the limited number of seedlings. Good luck. I used some compost that I made, miracle grow garden soil mixed with some store bought compost. Nothing real special (and all cost effective for my budget).
praterclp 1 year ago
Incredible harvest! Thank you so much for posting your video!
kr222kr222 1 year ago
@kr222kr222 Thanks. It was my first one where I am in it and really talking. Nervous as could be.
praterclp 1 year ago
sweet potatoe pie =-)
sugerbear520 1 year ago
@sugerbear520 I TOTALLY agree, hoping the 2 grocery bag size will hold up until November so that I can make a few pies and freeze some for when we get that holiday urge, but not a holiday.
praterclp 1 year ago
wow ...great harvest
pinetar100 1 year ago
@pinetar100 Thanks, I am excited. I am also trying your technique of covering my greens, although I am doing it to prevent catepillar damage, so far it is working, but maybe I need to get a thinner material since we still have some hot days, some of the plants wilt the the fabric I currently have.
praterclp 1 year ago