Sweet potatoes are one of the most productive plants to grow in the garden, and quite easy as long as you set them up for success! In this video we show you how to plant them and mix the correct soil.
00:00 – Intro
00:44 – Slips Prep
01:44 – Varieties
02:54 – Moving Slips Into Shade
03:23 – Planting Slips
04:56 – Container & Soil Mix
07:39 – Planting Slips
09:57 – Watering
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i just planted blue turmeric and surrounded it with purple sweet potatoes for the first time, hopefully they survive
Love the channel bro, thanks for the knowledge!
This is a informational video that will help me in the garden, thank you for sharing the tips and tricks! Looking forward to part 2!
Excited to see how you plan on changing them from nasty potatoes to the delicious sweet potato we all know and love.
How does the pot drain excess water?
one year I had a sweet potato in the pantry start to sprout so naturally I stuck it in the ground. I put it in a location with only morning sun and it made a big beautiful bush with large heart shaped flowers. when I went to dig it up to see what it made… almost nothing. just a couple thin potatoes. great looking plant though.
We're in a tropical climate when we plant potato slips we make a loop ➰ with the slip and cover it. That encourages them to grow quicker without spreading that much. We harvest between 10-15# per plant
I was hoping to learn if you could start them just like reg potatoes. I like being able to just cut a potato from the store in sections per eyes and plant them.
Nice garden! Thanks for the video.
Did I miss it? Did you add drainage holes at the bottom? I just bought two of these to plant in, I’m assuming holes are needed, correct?
You can also eat the leaves I hear.
Thx for this video. I tried growing sw pot and the plant looked like it was going great. Lots of leaves and vines.. It was in my barrel for probl a yr. When I thought I could harvest there where not one potato there.:)
I never mixed in sand in my soil. And it was probl also lacking nutrients maybe.
How long does it take usually until harvest?
This is a good video thank you
I wish I had this video a month ago!! I've got 3 out of 5 sweet potatoes left and I'm curious if they will all make it.
I planted my sweet potatoes a month too late last year but they still did surprisingly well.
It's the start of winter here and I've already got a few slips growing so they'll be getting planted too early this year, soon as the frosts have stopped in mid September.
Cooool! Been waiting for this one for the longest time! Thanks Kevin and Jacques!
Ok Kid's, just a warning, black widows love the beautiful vines !!!!
Got bit twice, didn't learn the first time !!!
Can we plant in June in Texas with 100 degree temperatures?
I might have missed it but it part 2, can you discuss why you are using a slip versus using a sweet potato like you would regular potatoes
I feel like my life won’t be complete without this power planter…!
Finally. Been waiting for this one 🙂
Taking your advice to use an auger to mix my soil has been the best thing for me this year! As a Lady Of A Certain Age, I have found mixing my ingredients with a shovel results in excruciating back pain days later (you'd think it would let you know as you're doing it, right? Ha!) The drill is fun! Thank you, so much!
I received bare-root sweet potato starts. I also have two halved wine barrels that I have planted a tomato in. Can I put my sweet potato starts in with those?
I could have used this video about a week ago when I planted mine haha
Tried this in my roof garden with little success. 17th story, full sun, Singapore. Think hot and humid. Now I know what I did wrong. Soil, very clay heavy. Will try again now that you've taught me how to amend the soil. Thanks very much!
Growing some slips from a storebought (so far, a working food hack, that is, if I remember to keep changing the water* lmao) so this came at a good time; my first time growing them.
Odd they are not potatoes and come from the morning glory family.
I am so sorry but I am laughing at the moment- OMG I have just harvested probably 30lbs of sweet potatoes from a 4 x 4ft bed & have never seen such a procedure just to grow slips- I honestly am a fan of your channel & try to never miss but I have never seen so much trouble to grow them.
Hey buy a sweet potato- throw it in the garden bed- let the slips come up & transplant the slips around the garden bed & Wow heaps of sweet potatoes. Don't forget to water them though. Cheers Denise- Sub tropical Australia. :):)
Those barrels are super cool, nice touch!