Growing Your Own Sweet Potatoes Starts With First Growing The Slips. Sweet Potatoes are not like regular Potatoes and are in fact only distantly related. Instead of planting chunks of the tuber in hopes that the “eyes” will sprout, Sweet Potato growers sprout the shoot end of the tuber with a mass of new vines known as “slips”.
From these slips, unlimited new Sweet Potatoes can be grown. Now, these guys are tropical and any soil temperatures below 60F will not be tolerated. I live in Canada, so I’ll be starting my slips indoors, making well-rooted starter plants, and then in Video #2, I’ll be transitioning them into larger (very large) pots to grow indoors. Should be a fun 3-part series, and up until now I’ve never seen anyone try to grow Sweet Potatoes indoors!
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Fabric Grow Bags are an excellent alternative to standard pots, and in some cases even better! Perfect for container Sweet Potatoes….given the size I need, likely the only way I can grow them is in Fabric Bags! Lightweight, inexpensive, and they come in almost any size! Check out the affiliate links below and give them a try!
Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3imbLOA
Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2ZvWguO
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2CTZQqZ
If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your Sweet Potatoes up and running this year! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below:
Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2xXLfbG
Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3aoN1AN
Amazon U.K.: https://amzn.to/2XrQA5A
Planting sweet potato slips brought me to your channel. Your way of tutoring are very clear and fun. I will be watching your other videos. By the way, I also live in Toronto.
Planting Tomatoes From Seed 101! Check it out for a full tutorial!: https://youtu.be/Ze6HuruF9fI
Thank you, very informative!
Where are
part 2 and 3??
Do you have a video for regular taters?
Which Province in Canada ,because I live in Vancouver I did plant this sweet potato last year,but I didn’t get any
Love this
Have you finished your series for sweet potatoes? I looked for the second and third parts. I saw the multitude of topics you posted and found nothing. Disappointed here and did not subscribe.
A link to part 2 would be great, im wasting time looking for it. Please always put a link to the playlist or the next video in description, YouTube doesn't do it for you.
I’ve been crushing up one of my potassium pills and add that to a gallon of water and I use bone meal under all my plants and for plants that like nitrogen I use urea in the water 1 tbls to that gallon of water or I add blood meal to the hole
Just cause your in Canada doesn’t meant you can’t grow stuff indoors in tubs totes buckets potato grow bags whatever . I got out one of my old books on homesteading and it mentioned growing stuff like beets carrots herbs tomatoes peppers etc for the root crops pick small varieties same with tomatoes pick patio types . Don’t know if you are aware of it but peppers and tomatoes are perennials in warm humid climates to they can be acclimated to indoors from the garden opposite of gardening them off . Just need to keep humidity up with a humidifier or circulating water pump or decorative waterfall . If you have enough property u can build a heated greanhouse . Just be aware when planting blossoming plants you will need to hand pollinate them with a soft bristle brush
I am seventy years old living in Turkey.Although I know very little English, I watched your video with admiration. Very useful thank you.
Where do I find part two of this video
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Do they produce flowers?
I have finally gotten a couple of shoots that i have moved into water for a few weeks. Took forever to get the potatoes to grow nodes. Worked best leaving them in some soil in the window.
Best video about sweet potato vines ever !! Thank you for showing all the details 🙂
Can't find the second and third parts of this series. Can you tell me where it is?
You have a potatoe? You should see a podiatrist right away.
Very helpful, since I am planning to plant next year.
You post videos too frequently for me to find part two or three, is there anyway someone can link them for me?
Can I cut sweet potato slips from the vines of this year to use for next year?
Nice !
https://youtu.be/xQ7VtSpoSvg
What kind of sand do you use? Where can I buy/get it. I live close to a beach is using that sand ok?
So excited to try this, my sweetpotatoes were making slips and now I will finally make my own!!!
I have been looking for Part 2 and Part 3. Has anyone found it?
I noticed your sweet potatoe isn't orange, will it grow white or orange?