If you’re considering growing sweet potatoes, you may wonder whether to grow them in raised beds, ground beds, or containers. After trying all three methods in my garden this year, here are the results of all three harvests.
Plus, at the end, I share tips for knowing when to harvest as well as how to cure sweet potatoes for the best storage life.
Learn more on growing your own garden at the Beginner’s Garden Podcast: https://journeywithjill.net/podcast
Note: I garden in the southeastern US in zone 7b. I have a long, hot growing season, which is what sweet potatoes love. I planted slips in late May and began harvesting in late August through mid-September.
Lovely video
Super nice harvest
What a good harvest you have especially imo your raised bed. I can’t wait to harvest mine as well. Those sweet potato leaves are good for salad, soup ang even for sauteing.
Thank you ,good job
Nice crop. I had a gardener tell me to make a raised bed with used tires about 3 to 4 high then at harvest time you can just kick the tires over to get the potatoes.
I’m guessing here since it wasn’t described that curing means letting them sit at a certain temperature? And what if it you don’t have that specific temperature? Are they in edible, and when can you eat them?
The scared ends will heal over and store.
Hi, harvest was good but you don't have to use your potatoes to make slips, the slips or vines that you cut from the potatoes when you are harvesting can be used. Just cut the slips about 12 to 18 inches and plant them and it will grow potatoes.
Jill I think you did incredible…great video and very motivating…thank you for sharing I just subscribed to your channel…I am a new gardener and can use all the help I can get….all the best from NY!
Nice job! I tried sweet potatoes for the first time this year. Will definitely be trying it again. I heard you say Arkansas….good to find another Arkansas channel here! Thanks for sharing!
Hi that's good explanation. Straight forward.
Wat soul do you have,and what veriety is that.
Do Yu have a tropical climate?
I've been trying to grow sweet potatoes for a very long time, but I never get any production. I tried the slips methods but still I would get 1 or 2 potatoes only. I planted them for about 4 months. Please help.
Sweet potato vine cuttings can be planted and produce tubers.
Hi Jill from the UK. Your channel came up so as am growing a tub of sweet potato for the first time I thought I would have a look. Hope I get the same size harvest from my pots as you got from yours.
You have some great videos on your channel that I am looking forward to watching. I have a few videos up on my channel but nothing like yours. Take care and be safe.
We love sweet potatoes, nice harvest thanks for sharing this love it… From philippines
Amazing growing in rasied bed this is my first time growing sweet potatoes I hope mine does do good in my rasied bed
Nice. Thanks for the video. What kind of soil and fertilizer did you use in your raised bed?
How do you keep moles away from in ground plants?
Thank you for making this video made it so much easier for me I was thinking about doing it in those draft cloth bags now I know it’s not a good option I really appreciate it I’m going with the raised bed
I thought you could have waited at least a few more (3-4 weeks) weeks waiting until the leaves start to yellow a bit more…youll certainly get more growth…hopefully youll update us next year!
Impressive! Appreciate you sharing. Please tell us about the soil you used in the raised bed. I’d also like to learn about “curing” the potatoes. TIA
Thanks for the helpful video! One question- what size were the grow bags and how many potatoes (with the slips not cut off ) did you plant in each bag?
You have been informative. Thank you for helping to teach me about curing. I would never have known.
Awesome
Subb!!