How to GROW, HARVEST, CURE & STORE Sweet Potatoes

Learning how to grow sweet potatoes is surprisingly easy – just a few plants provide a plentiful harvest. Sweet potatoes need a long warm growing season, are heat-tolerant and drought-resistant, and have very few pests or diseases. All of this makes them perfect for growing in the low desert of Arizona (yay!)

Introduction 00:00
When to plant sweet potatoes 00:27
When to start sweet potato slips 01:16
How to make sweet potato slips 01:33
Where and how to plant sweet potatoes 02:34
How do sweet potatoes grow? 03:26
Should I cut back or harvest the greens? 03:41
Keep the vines from rooting if possible 04:04
How to care for & water sweet potatoes 04:23
When to harvest sweet potatoes 04:41
How to harvest sweet potatoes 05:35
How to cure sweet potatoes 06:50
How to store cured sweet potatoes 07:25

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[TheSouthIsHot]

When I lived in North Carolina, I stopped at a sweet potato farm and bought 40 pounds of sweet potatoes in a cardboard box. The farmer said they would last about 4 months at room temperature. They did and those were the best tasting sweet potatoes I've ever had in my life.

[tennesseenana]

I LOVE Sweet Potatoes! This is my 3rd year for growing them in 18-gallon totes. However, the deer around my home enjoy eating the greens, which are also yummy and can be fixed like spinach - raw in salads or steamed. Have had to make a 'fence' around them with Tulle. It works great.

[lrfolkins]

YOU are a fantastically thorough teacher. ...and knowing WHY I am doing something is essential for success! Thank you!
May you have a 2024 in your life and garden.

[jennhoff]

I love that you're putting this out in September bc you filmed the whole growing process. Basically every other youtuber just films the planting part. Your videos are miles ahead and soooo helpful!

[ObsessiveAboutCats]

This is a great example of why I love your videos. It clearly explains everything, including the timings, in a logical and efficient format. Thank you for being you and for all the work and inspriation!

[aunties]

I am originally from Uganda and we grow Sweet Potatoes. I just learnt a new way of growing sweet Potato slips. Thank you for your tips on growing sweet Potatoes. Much love from Canada.🇨🇦

[carolweatherman]

My first try at sweet potatoes and SO appreciate your sharing info with this 80+ year old woman! Mine are happily growing and vining in a raised box in Washington State!

[swflorida]

I harvested my sweet potatoes about 3 weeks ago. instead of composting the vines, I buried them in the spot where I had just grown them. I added some new soil on top and planted corn in that spot. I now have sweet potato slips EVERYWHERE. the vines I buried grew roots. I had no idea they grew like that. I see about a dozen or so slips shooting up. I dug a few out and the roots look great. what a pleasant surprise.

[mikefinley]

Awesome video. No wasted talk or unrelated to the topic, got right into the subject and much appreciated.

[hermitholllerhomestead]

So much great info packed into 8 minutes. Too many Tubers repeat things 20 times wasting their time and mine. Great job!

[CBReal]

Thank you for often making videos like under 20 minutes.That cover the basics get to the point.Shows nice photos or videos of what's going on in summary.Appreciate it so much thank you

[bethb]

The how to harvest and cure parts were in great detail, and so important to me, as I have not found anything that explained it so well. Thank you!

[rekster]

Very thorough and informative video. Can’t wait to get my slips in the ground 🌱🍠

[melindawolfUS]

I feed meat rabbits with sweet potato greens and I don't mind the slightly smaller root harvest I get from picking 5-8 leaves a week per plant. The bunnies are healthy, they make perfect fertilizer so my garden is happy, and it keeps feed costs cut about in half :)

[marjoriepark]

Best comprehensive info I have searched for. Growing up in the south east part of the US with a southern mama who always got her sweet potato slips started in a canning jar with toothpicks in the living room and then she let the vines grow all around the ceiling. Then somehow she would create the slips and always have a place to throw some in the ground. We must’ve taken for granted, always having sweet potatoes wherever we lived as opposed to “ Irish” potatoes 💕

[la]

This year I grew Korean gold, Jersey yellow, beauregard, lilac beauty and purple mayanar. My purple variety are still in containers, been told take at least

120-150 days to grow properly. Happy gardening everyone.

[tessloneill]

Well I started these sweet potatoes late. I probably won’t get them in the ground for a few weeks. I am new to gardening and saw one of your videos and went out directly to get a couple of sweet potatoes. Next year I will start them earlier. However all may not be lost considering I live between San Antonio and Austin. We really don’t have winter until January. Thanks so much for this recording. Very clear directions.

[BrandiStClair]

This is the BEST video I’ve seen so far and very helpful and clear on how to grow sweet potatoes. Thank you!!

[jcking]

Your videos are always so full of great information. It’s obvious you love to garden and share your knowledge. Thank you. 💚

[gloriasandy]

You have said it all! Thanks for walking me through the process of planting my favourite root crop. 👍👍😍