November 21, 2024

24 thoughts on “VIDEO: 50 Pounds of Sweet Potatoes in Just 15 Square Feet!

  1. Curing in the ground method. I wanted to share this in case you want to try it. I read a comment on Off Grid with Doug & Stacy that said, "My grandparents used to raise sweet potatoes. I noticed that you still had the plant attached when you dug the potatoes. They removed the greens 3 – 5 days prior to digging and left the potatoes in the ground. At the end of that timeframe, they dug the potatoes; sweet as sugar. No added curing needed. They stored them in crates and bins in the potato house." (Do not water the soil during this process.) A second person suggested cutting off the greens and covering the bed with a tarp to keep humidity in to cure, but the 1st commenter did not mention having to do that.

  2. Is your wife First Nation? Very pretty! Even though this is 3 years old now, Next thanksgiving dump the punkie pie and make Sweet Tater pie. SO GOOD. That is roughly 84 dollars worth of Taters. 50/3=16 2/3*5=83.33

  3. This is my first year growing sweet potatoes, I'm just down the road from you in Grosse Ile, MI. I'm interested to know how your curing process went.

    Also, try growing your own slips next time, I did my own and it was incredibly easy to do. I had so many slips that I gave plenty of them away to two different gardeners after I kept what I wanted for myself. I spent $1.85 on two organic potatoes and I can't wait to see my payback!

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