Last year I compared harvests of sweet potatoes in the ground, raised beds, and containers. This year I added a trial of sweet potatoes in straw bales to the mix. Here’s what I learned.
More on Growing Sweet Potatoes:
Getting Started with Sweet Potatoes: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2021/03/23/starting-sweet-potatoes-timing-variety-growing-slips-and-planting-in-the-garden/
Comparing Sweet Potato Harvests in Different Beds: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2021/04/09/comparing-sweet-potato-harvests-in-different-garden-beds/
More on Straw Bale Gardening:
Getting Started with Straw Bale Gardening: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2020/04/21/straw-bale-gardening/
Straw Bale Garden – Results After Year One: https://journeywithjill.net/gardening/2020/11/10/straw-bale-garden-results-after-my-first-season/
Hi Jill good day. Really a big fan of your gardening. In the Philippines they planted their Sweet Potato or Kamote using the Vine Cuttings and its pretty productive. So they have an endless supply of planting materials. Ciao
Complaining.. about beautiful potatoes, listen , I have a balcony, I dont understand your attitude
How long did you leave them in(time range from planting to harvesting?)
The greens are also edible. Like pea vines, the tips are nice and tender and make a nice addition to stirfry. We sauté the larger leaves like spinach.
Ugly doesn't mean inedible!!! My wife and I tried straw bale gardening for the first time about 4 years ago. She's handicapped and the straw bale is much easier for her. We grew sweet potatoes in 1 and 1/2 straw bales. Got over 20 lbs. so we were very happy.
are those leaves you cut ….can they be used as slips
So how does this work? Do you just plant sweet potato slips in straw bales or do they have to lay outside to composte first or mixed with soil?
Do you not harvest the leaves from time to time?
sunlight.
Don’t the straw bales hold more heat? That would have accelerated the growth, right?
Goodjob…sangat bagus ,media bukan tanah
I don't understand why you are throwing the split ones out. I don't think there is anything wrong with them, they are just not "typical" looking.
Wow maybe saw them into slabs and put them on the barbee
couldn't the splitting be beause of not being in the ground and not having pressure around them, which makes them grow to easily, and makes them split ?
The leaves are also edible.
You should be happy how big they are that is what we look in the island where we plant those
Nice job
You could make a big batch of sweet potato soup with the split ones? Thanks for video 🙂
There's nothing wrong with the ugly h looking ones they're all edible
Those are all still eatable!
Can you please tell us as you go along WHAT VARIETY, each sweet potato is, because I want a visual of them, because I. The store, they rarely tell you what variety it is
What are those deep red ones that you harvested after the 1st disappointing plant?
We're the straw bales new when you planted? Do you permeate them with soil?
Give the vines to your chickens, they love them. The leaves taste like spinach. You can cook and eat them as well.
Where do you get organic straw bales?
The split ones are still edible.
nothing wrong with those split sweet potatoes I hope she not gonna throw them away
Every frustrating experience is a learning experience, this was very interesting..now you know. I will most definitely try this method. Thanks, great experiment.