A NEW WAY TO PLANT SWEET POTATOES -- WILL IT WORK?!

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Our sweet potato slips have arrived and we need to get them planted. This year we're trying four new varieties -- Vardaman, Murasaki, Porto Rico, and an experimental variety from NC State. Join us as we try a new planting technique that should be much easier than what we've done in the past.
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@HamzaTheHistorian Год назад

I am a patio gardener in Atlanta, and its extremely easy to start your own slips from sweet potatoes from the regular store. I got some purple Asian ones growing all wrapped around the fencing of my patio growing up to the next patio above (apartment building). I say all that to say you can get the timing or succession planting just how you want. I am from Minnesota, so learning how to garden in the Southern climate sure has been a trip. Them sweet potato roots just grew straight out the bottom of my pot into the bare air and they cover a chunk of my concrete patio floor and these vines keep growing like crazy. This plant is invasive and impervious to anything, except the cold, lol. I started growing New Zealand Spinach and its just the same!

@DeepSouthHomestead 3 года назад

It's great to have all those varieties. None available here in the south. I'm up to 400 planted so far from a 4x4 ft bed of potatoes I planted. Wish I had that flat ground.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

That's a ton of slips from a small area! Hope y'all have a good harvest this year!

@diannevaldez8670 2 года назад

Wow! It is great to be in good viewing company here at Lazy Dog Farm!!

@timmmmmmmmmmy1 2 года назад

Hey Danny, good to see you commenting on Travis's video. We keep our eyes on both of ya'll. We have 25 slips planted in a 5 x 10x 24 inch tall raised bed. We grew our own slips from mostly orange and a few whites , thinking O Henry white? We made so many slips we were giving them away locally. Thank you fellas we enjoy you both.

@Kliethermes1 4 месяца назад

To make the planting of sweet potatoes even easier use an old broom stick handle or anything similar cut a notch in the bottom 1/2 or so, (it's easier on the hand) have your kids lay out the slips across the bed and you just push them in. I helped plant acers of sweet potatoes when I was a kid.

@danielprice5116 Год назад

By far the best sweet potato planting video on the entire internet thank you so much

@troyyarbrough 3 года назад

My grandpa showed me the "stick" trick years ago. He used a round stick that had a small split at the end. I still use that method today, especially since I've gotten old and fat (lol). It's much easier on the back and knees.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Might need to make a modification with the split. I do think that would work easier if the soil is nice and fluffy.

@troyyarbrough 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I guess "split" is not the correct term. A small "notch" would be more appropriate.

@bryanwiley6760 3 года назад

I put 12 sweet potatoes in a tub filled it with soil and I got over 100 slips this year. I watched Deep South Homestead 2 years ago and started growing my on slips

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Wow! That's sustainability there!

@joeypilgrim-dk2le Год назад

Just got my slips in the mail. Murasaki and Covington. This will be my second attempt at it . Last time I grew from a store bought sweet potato and had a not so good results from it. Maybe these will do better. I'll put some in ground and some in the bottom of 50 gallon drums I've cut in half. Wish me luck.

@doraw7766 Год назад

Thanks. Just ordered 12 Porto Rico slips and 12 Vardaman Slips from Steele. I live in Fl. Very hopeful about the color of the Vardaman. I already planted a ton of Slips but excited to try these 2 new varieties so ordered them. Thanks so much. Gardening is the BEST Therapy !!!!!!YAY

@vidalialongshank328 3 года назад

My first time planting sweet potatoe slips. I had a grocery store one that started growing slips. So when i planted Irish potatoes I planted the slips. So far they are growing fine in a gro bag. My Irish potatoes are starting to blossom. This is my first time with them too. I live in North Texas .

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Hope you have a great harvest!

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

How was the harvest?

@vidalialongshank328 2 года назад

@@jamestomlin5525 Unfortunately we had a rodent problem and all the plants above ground were eaten or destroyed. It was a bad year for whatever it was that invaded the garden. I have potatoes planted again in grow bags. I'm not giving up. Oh, when i dumped out the bags there were some small baby white potatoes but no sweet potatoes .

@1stbadger700 Год назад

@@vidalialongshank328make sure to pinch off the flowers so the plant sends all the energy to the tuber and not the flower.

@bigredforever 3 года назад

Travis it's good to come across your web page. I watched a few weeks of row by row and and realized you was no longer with Hoss Tools. I always enjoyed your perspective on Gardening, wish you well on your new venture. Now, I have two great garden shows to draw from.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Glad you found us Mike! Welcome to the channel.

@cynthiaedwards5149 3 года назад

I just want to say Thank you to all you and your family do for us home Gardners. You have given me new confidence that I can grow anything!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Our pleasure!

@TalkingThreadsMedia 3 года назад

I always sat “on me bum” and scooted across the row to get things planted. Okay... you can teach an old dog new tricks! Thanks for showing us the stick method for planting sweet potatoes. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 6/1/2021.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I've always been a "scooter" myself, but this is so much easier.

@yerneedsry Год назад

You guys have the best olympia blueberrys...Got mine from burnt ridge nursery.

@blakegibson2654 3 года назад

You’ll get far better yields using Cut Slips, not pulled slips, held in water until small white roots appear, (not over 3 days), plant deeper, 3 or 4 stem nodes in the soil. Nodes will produce majority of nice size potatoes.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Did not know that. Thanks for sharing.

@StacyPearse 11 месяцев назад

Cut slips

@charliemagoo7943 5 месяцев назад

What is a cut slip vs a pulled slip??

@Marcosworld77 Год назад

You can also use the vines and cut each stem and leaf as they grow up the vine and put them in water and you can multiply your slips that way and do staggered planting.

@sabbyjones2308 3 года назад

Love the stick idea i learned from deepsouth homestead he uses a forked branch his daddy taught him a real back saver for someone my age

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yep. Might need to make me a forked stick.

@1982MCI 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm that’s what i use to plant mine and it works fantastic as long as you’ve got soft soil otherwise if your soil isn’t worked up and soft you can damage the slip when you push it in. Cut a forked branch off one of those pine trees and it will be the easiest thing you’ve ever planted before

@brokencage9723 Год назад

I been growing the same sweet taters for years. I save the cigar size roots from harvest to plant the next year for slips. I do it pretty much the same way as those commercial guys just on smaller scale. I use a wash tub with about 4 inch's of soil ion the bottom and then lay those cigar size roots side by side in the tub then cover with a couple inch's of soil. I water enough to keep it damp but not soaked and then cover with fresh pet bedding wood chips. toss them under a grow light and POW! tater slips

@tamararoberts9307 2 года назад

Cool idea with the stick! I'll have to try that

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

It works very well!

@mickeywebb3681 11 месяцев назад

Really enjoy your videos a forked stick works good to

@gailjohnson2106 3 года назад

Danny at Deep South homestead used a sick that had a fork at the end

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I could see where that would work if you had some fluffy soil that was hilled high.

@vickisavage8929 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm The soil at DSH is sandy.

@Freedom2025-x2b 2 года назад

I am a backyard 2nd year gardener in Central Florida. ❤️ your videos because the info you provide is useful for anyone gardening…even backyard growers….keep it going!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks Patricia! Glad you enjoy our content!

@denniscleveland669 2 года назад

I have a short, forked, mesquite stick to push them into the soil. Once I push it in, I give it a little twist to loosen it from the slip.

@milliewilkins2823 Год назад

My garden partner gave me a metal sweet potato stick with the fork last year for Xmas. It works well

@worddunlap 3 года назад

My mother's family survived the great depression with sweet potatoes. It's an almost no fail crop. I've grown a few and was always amazed at the harvest. It is my zombie apocalypse 'must have'.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

For sure! They'll grow when other things won't.

@leroneerwin7605 3 года назад

Great info as always. I was excited about this one, well all of them. Playlist was awesome as well. Alright, Alright, Alright.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@josephruiz2718 3 года назад

I think you picked a perfect song for planting out your sweet potatoes. :-) :-) big hello from New Orleans Louisiana

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks Joseph! Glad you enjoyed it.

@MrsLaytonClassroom 3 года назад

Sadly, we're up here in NE Texas and we have just been getting sooo much rain that it has just caused havoc all over the garden. Just too wet. So we are super slow to get just anything in the ground. Everything is slow growing this year. Will have to get us some sweet tater in the ground as soon as we have a few days that are dry. All your goodies are looking great.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I could use some of that rain. Almost a month without any rain here.

@MrsLaytonClassroom 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Yikes, well this weekend we're supposed to be getting some more. I'll sure try and send some your way.

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

West Texas on my end, I would trade yall this desert climate for the rain in a heartbeat!

@michaelbarrett2346 2 года назад

Thank you

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

You're welcome

@adelewatkins9386 3 года назад

The year before I bought some sweet potatoes from Publix, left one in the cabinet that I didn't see it started sprouting so I decided to cut them up and plant them, I had a large caladium crate full that I harvested, they came back this year, and all the potatoes I had from last year are sprouting now, it's amazing what one bad potato can turn into. I have had nonstop food and beauty since then. They haven't stopped growing or producing for an entire year, and the blooms are beautiful.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Wow! Now that's sustainability there!

@flatsville1 3 года назад

If you're far enough south in the US they will perennialize. Are you in FLA? That's the only place I've seen it happen.

@adelewatkins9386 3 года назад

@@flatsville1 yes, they have already come back and I didn't have to replant, yes I'm in central florida

@michaeldoucetsr.8704 3 года назад

I live in Orange, Tx. off I-10. Planted the "Mahon Yams". Thanks for staying on the videos. Mike.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Let us know how they do for you. I've never tried that variety.

@justgoodness333littlehomes5 3 года назад

I did buy 6 Beauregard slips from the nursery. After about a month I snipped the ends off the vines and put them in water on the window sill and made my own slips. About to do it again for my son's garden.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Good idea!

@denniscleveland669 2 года назад

I’ve just pulled my onions that I had around the perimeter of my raised bed and planted purple sweet potato slips. I’ve also planted four slips in each of my 3 black feed tubs.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Nice! That's a good succession plan.

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

You're a pretty knowledgeable fella, keep on keeping on my friend

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Much appreciated

@TheHouseboat1 2 года назад

Super nice and informative, really enjoyed your relaxed style. I am a backyard gardener wanting to try to plant a few sweet potatoes this year because we love eating them. No vines available in my area so I called Steele to see if they could do a mixed variety for small gardeners. No answer but I left my information in hopes they will call back. I just bought 3 sacrificial sweet potatoes and put them in a pan, covered with dirt and watered them (another RU-vidr :D) to see if I can grow my own slips out of desperation, lol. Prepare, prepare, just incase scenario.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I don't think they do small sampler packs. But if you're wanting a sure-fire winner, go with the Georgia Jet.

@lisabrown5976 3 года назад

Thanks Travis! Been waiting for this video all day! Now to plant my slips tomorrow!!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Have fun!

@denniscleveland669 2 года назад

It’s amazing as to how forgiving the slips are. Obviously, you don’t want them to dry out, but they will spring back from being wilted.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

They are pretty resilient. But I've also lost my fair share of them planting when it's too hot outside and not giving them enough water.

@MrsLovelyPendragon 3 года назад

Just bought my twine thanks to your link!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks for using our affiliate links!

@teresamarques4511 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing you are doing a very good work

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks Teresa!

@randyketcham3840 3 года назад

Good plan. That worked nice. Good luck on the finished product

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks 👍

@staceywishart9971 3 года назад

I’ve got my sweet potatoes planted. Grew the slips in the dirt. So easy. Second time growing them. Hoping for a good harvest.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

We hope you have a great harvest as well!

@mousiebrown1747 2 года назад

Brilliant planting !!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks Mousie!

@eroggero 3 года назад

Well I planted some a couple months ago, and looks like I did it all wrong, I grew my own slips and also had planted potatoes directly, they are all growing , just need the rain to help, but now not sure if I will get any. Didn’t know at the time you can’t plant the whole potatoes. But at least I have time to replant down here in FL. Thanks for the info....

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

You've got plenty of time for correction.

@laurierich5161 3 года назад

I just got tomatoes in today. It went from 39 low and it is going to get in the 90s all in one week. Crazy weather! I sure enjoy your channel Travis.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks Laurie. I'm sure those tomatoes will enjoy some warmer weather.

@joshuab738 3 года назад

Growing my purple korean sweet potato slips in grow bags this year. Planted them a while back. They are doing amazing.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

We grew some purple ones last year -- not sure of the variety name -- and they were quite delicious!

@joshuab738 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Yea, I have no clue what the name of the variety. This one has been passed down from my wife's family that they brought from Korea. They have been grown as north as New York and as South as Flordia. Always good producers. A true heirloom for our family.

@diannevaldez8670 2 года назад

Oh my gosh Travis! I started this video and I thought: Travis's face is naked!!! I thought you had shaved your moustache (and this is the way I say mustache!) and then I noticed this was made 11 months ago!!! It's still a great video my friend.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Haha. This one falls into the "pre-stache" archives. lol

@donnastormer9652 2 года назад

I have found that to cure the sweet potatoes really good to get the best flavor it takes planting in May here in zone 8b . Dog days harvesting is the pits yet produces the sweetest tastiest of all!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Yes. Digging sweet potatoes in the heat of August is rough.

@andrewlittlefield3425 3 года назад

Travis., you are really delivering the nuggets of knowledge! Thanks 😊

@andrewlittlefield3425 3 года назад

When you gonna do some rv ing videos, ? love what y’all are doing

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

We try to post at least one camping video a week.

@matthewblackwood4704 3 года назад

I grew tomatoes right thru the heat here in northern Alabama, up in mid to high 90s. Only because I got them in the ground very very late, but they did fine, just ripened a bit slower.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Ours surprisingly did well and are still kicking.

@mrmudcatslim1004 3 года назад

I am one of those gardeners that eventually wilts to the heat myself. The weeds win.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Plant a warm-season cover crop before that happens. Then you'll be in much better shape come fall.

@BFran89 2 года назад

Your just Great...If you were not a great Farmer you would be a spectacular teacher, Thanks

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Thanks Barry!

@michaeldoucetsr.8704 3 года назад

I grew Mahon Yams wich are sweet potatoes, in a 8x3 raised bed. It did great, i still have some. And they are prety tasty to. My son and i pulled up about 120 lbs. Cantelope size to 2 inch diameter. I got them from Johnnys select seeds.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Wow! Those do sound nice!

@leahness3588 3 года назад

How exciting to try a new variety!! I tried this year for the first time and failed at making slips....oh well always next year. I will have my hands full with all the tomatoes and peppers I started from seed.🍅🌶😳

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

My sweet potatoes never store long enough for me to use them for slips. Probably due to the way I store them, but luckily I have some good friends that grow sweet potato slips.

@msmarygardner 3 года назад

Lazy Dog Farm ...I’m in 8b as well & had some old sweet potatoes from last yr & they had some shoots coming out (it wasnt time to plant) & I put them in a little sun (to prevent from being spindly). I put them in the ground along with some organic potatoes I bought at the store. More than enough slips for me 😊. I even gave some to a neighbor!

@flora7682 3 года назад

Danny from Deep South Homestead has loads of info on sweet potatoes. I did what he said and grew soooo many slips from just a few sweet potatoes

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yep. He knows his stuff when it comes to sweet potatoes.

@matermark 2 года назад

If you want to space them accurately, instead of laying them end to end, lay them perpendicular to the trench, with the root tips in the trench; then just use your stick to push them to the depth you want.

@pamstout 2 года назад

I'm growing great slips. I have tried the muraski and found they were very nice, but very dry.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

They're neat to grow, just not the most productive.

@FreeAmerican 3 года назад

It is common among Cherokee in my area to use a forked stick to plant slips in plowed dirt. It works pretty good.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I could see that. I wish my soil was not so hard from the dry weather.

@jamestomlin5525 2 года назад

Yep! My ancestors were a pretty resourceful bunch, lol.

@savannahdockins6361 3 года назад

I grow my own slips by putting a sweet potato in a glass of water like I was going to grow the vine. When the sprouts get about 6 inches long, I take them off and set in a cup of water until they get lots of roots. Then plant in what ever area I have picked for this year.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

That's a great sustainable way to do it!

@savannahdockins6361 3 года назад

I save as many seed as I can from everything we grow.

@judeaaron 3 года назад

Me and my grandpa always used a long hickory stick with a forked end on it.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I could see where that would work well.

@RandyFelts2121 3 года назад

You're just sayin' that's what granpa used that hickory switch I mean stick for.

@jackicomber8534 3 года назад

Like you it's to hot to grow much in summer here in qld Australia I grow autumn winter and spring

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I love fall gardening when things are starting to cool a bit.

@stevefromthegarden1135 3 года назад

Got my slips in May 17th. I put 2 inches of compost down 1st but maybe I will add a bit of a balanced organic fertilizer.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Can't hurt.

@lorithornhill649 3 года назад

I purchased slips from same company last year and they did great. This year I started my own. Some have been planted for about a month and I am planting more next weekend. Can't find where I wrote down the 2 varieties I bought. Oh well.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

As long as they're doing great and you're able to keep replicating them, that's all that matters.

@carolavant3778 3 года назад

Last time I tried to grow sweet potatoes I failed miserably. I think I just might try it again here on the new homestead!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Go for it!

@donfredricks8965 3 года назад

Thanks! Like your music.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks for watching Don!

@lindaedwards9756 3 года назад

You are going to have plenty of sweet potatoes. I don’t have enough space to grow them but they are a favorite of mine.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

We eat quite a bit of them and they make an excellent ground cover during the summer months.

@tomjones4318 3 года назад

Can't beat that with a stick. Got Covington in the ground last week. Beauregard going in tomorrow they are cheaper at the co-op.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Glad you found a good source. Unfortunately, we don't have co-op's around here.

@beulahacreshomestead1927 3 года назад

Wow, it was 48 here last night!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

That's crazy. It finally "cooled-off" here a bit and we're back down in the 60s at night.

@gabbygertie8709 3 года назад

I grew my own slips this year but started them way to early. So I planted them in big tubs, way too early and lost them all. I have one slip that was slow and will plant that one as an experiment. I also am growing yukon's in big buckets and they're going nuts here in Michigan.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I bet Yukons do really well up there with the milder summers.

@gabbygertie8709 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarmIt gets hot and muggy here in Michigan in the summer too. We go from 20* below to 105*. Sometimes it's hard on gardens when it gets too hot, as you know down south. Then add the pest pressure, and the moquitos and it's a gamble! The mosquitos lay in formation waiting for you to walk out your door!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I don't care for the skeeters. Having a pond behind our house doesn't help.

@suepatterson2702 3 года назад

Just planted some Georgia Jets a couple days ago. You could call your new planter the "slipstick." The heat is on its way. I've not seen or heard you mention any eggplant in your summer crops. Are they not a favorite with your family?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

We've grown eggplant every single year since we've lived at this place. They were a key component of our market gardening operation when we were selling our veggies. Eggplant just kind of slipped my mind this year and didn't start any. Will probably grow some again next year.

@TheSwaffordHomestead 3 года назад

Enjoyed the show! I like the stick idea, but I'm in a new plot this year..Ive been planting some slips i grew from last years sweet potatoes, (Unknown verities) & i bought some Beauregard slips also. Should have about 80 slips when done...I try to get my sweet potatoes in as early as possible, so they can be dug by the end of September...October can be a wet cold month...

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yea not sure the stick would work well in a new plot unless the soil was really sandy.

@cynthiaedwards5149 3 года назад

Finally planting something I'm not trying to catch up with you on lol. I'm the only one on the house (of 4) who likes sweet potatoes. And the only way I like them is roasted, baked, or smoker baked. I'd like to grow them, but working on the others before I learn the sweet. I would like to get some of those French fingerlings next year. Gotta put thT in my phone calender to remind me for next year. I saw how Dsh did his. He's always got a clever technique. How are your celebrity plus tomatoes coming along?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Celebrity Plus tomatoes are looking really good. They're indeterminate, so they're everywhere. Still waiting on the color to turn on the fruits.

@carmenhester1992 3 года назад

Thank you for the video..helped alot with planting my slips. Love the music in the video is there a certain channel it comes from or certain artists?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I get most of my music from a site called artlist.io. It's a subscription service, but has lots of good music.

@jeanneleongmitchell1375 2 года назад

You should try the Okinawan type - white outside purple inside - it's the most flavorful sweet potato so far. I've tried the Murasaki and it's not nearly as tasty as the Okinawan. However, it's tough to find Okinawan slips. I've tried sprouting slips from store bought Okinawans but no success (yet)!

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I grew Okinawa in 2020 and Murasaki last year. They are both tasty, but neither are very productive compared to the other varieties we've grown. As such, they didn't make the cut for us.

@jeanneleongmitchell1375 2 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm I just love the taste of the Okinawans!

@michaelmorris1802 3 года назад

Hoping you have time to keep us really up to date on your sweet potatoes... I've been growing them for many years... but until you told me where to order them from I just picked up whatever they had at the feed store, never even knew what they were. Planted Ga Jets last year Covington this year... but really wanting to know how these "bunch" varieties work out. OK.. clearly you need to talk to Danny over at Deep South... that stick is all wrong. :) It's kinda a secret, but you can get Sweet Potato fertilizer from the people you got your slips from... you have to ask about it, but they have it.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Good to know about the fertilizer. Please educate me on why DSH would think my stick is "all wrong." I'm curious now.

@michaelmorris1802 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Well of course both of you waited until I crawled around on my 60 year old knees to show me I could just do it standing up... life goes on. Search Deep South on RU-vid for "Growing Amazing Sweet Potatoes!" April 14th... he rambles on a bit, but just jump to around 12 minutes or so (if you want), and he shows how he does it... and his "stick". You need an upgrade! :)

@PinupPitBullMama 2 года назад

Travis where do y’all suggest to get a good potash fertilizer for the sweet potatoes?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

7 Springs Farm online carries a "sulfate of potash" that should work pretty well for that.

@sbrown1657 3 года назад

Look at deep south homestead for a refined stock. His goes much smother.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yep I hear he has quite the nifty sweet tater planting stick.

@hinklecreekfarms67 2 года назад

Travis I was wondering why you don’t try to grow your own sweet potato slips I have done this for a few years now it a lot cheaper and it’s easy too

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

No doubt it's easy to do. But the folks at Steele Plant Company are good friends and I always try to help them when I can.

@johnnyman5147 3 года назад

Check out OAG (Old Alabama Gardener)...he hasn’t done an in depth on Murasaki (probably spelled that wrong 🤦🏼‍♂️) in a while, but he has grown them quite a few times. Best of luck with all of the sweet potatoes!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks Johnny. I'll have to go check that out.

@martywilliams901 3 года назад

I like it....I like it alot!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Glad you like it!

@RandyFelts2121 3 года назад

I'm here in Texas. Thinking about starting a rice farm or a cranberry bog. :)

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I'll take any moisture you have.

@RandyFelts2121 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm If I could run a pipe to your property I sure would let yo have it. I've lived here for 69 years, and never seen any thing like this.

@opalezell319 3 года назад

I planted my last week in Ms. We need rain.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Us too. Been having to water mine heavily to get them going.

@adelewatkins9386 3 года назад

Travis, are you still doing videos for Hoss tools? You are still with Hoss right?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I am not. I resigned in early April.

@jackwest5123 2 года назад

How did those Vardaman sweets work out? I just ordered some slips of that for a (sort of) raised bed.

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

Pretty well from what I remember. Pretty tasty too!

@robertmitchell6061 6 месяцев назад

How often do you side dress your sweet potatoes if you don’t mind me asking? Thanks

@LazyDogFarm 6 месяцев назад

Usually just once.

@pn3940 2 года назад

the mounds might wanna be a little wider for more potatoes to grow.

@Marcosworld77 Год назад

Save your banana peels and compost them, that’ll help also.

@ES-lc8me 3 года назад

Any of those cars driving by ever honk when you are filming a video?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Sometimes, yes they do.

@caseycampbell8508 2 года назад

Hey! Appreciate your videos. Do you know which varieties have the least stringy-ness ?

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I haven't ever noticed our sweet potatoes being stringy. So hard to say.

@barringtonsmith9147 2 года назад

You should put a "V"slot in the end

@LazyDogFarm 2 года назад

I definitely should!

@Sammyj12991 3 года назад

I have several questions. I plan on ordering 150 slips from Steele next week. Should I order more than what I need? When they come in, I put them straight in water and how many days do I have? How long does it take Steele to deliver? Also, what do you think about double rows in a four foot bed? Let us know where you get the potassium

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I ordered more than what I needed just based on my row length. 25 slips in a bundle, but my rows are 30' long. So I had some extras. My leftovers are still sitting in a bucket of water almost a week after planting and they're still good as long as I refresh the water every couple days. I wouldn't do double rows. You should be able to request a shipping date. And with UPS, you'll usually get them in a few days.

@Sammyj12991 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks Travis. I always appreciate your replies and knowledge.

@pfurr281 3 года назад

I am so disappointed they sent me the smallest plants compared what they sent you from Steele it will take a long time too get sweet potatoes with the tiny plants I have your looks so big and healthy.Great video.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

The Murasaki plants were a little small, but everything else was good size. Although I don't believe the size of the slip really matters. Once they start growing, they catch up pretty fast.

@pfurr281 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm Good

@barbarabaumgardner1257 3 года назад

Grew up on a farm. We planted acres of Sweet Potatoes, even after they vined out . We would have to cut the vines and plant them. We used a round stick with a divot cut out in the middle of the end of it so we would not damage the stem . It was a true back saver!!

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Around here they call those "draws" -- pieces of the vine that are replanted.

@barbarabaumgardner1257 3 года назад

@@LazyDogFarm draws is what we called them as well

@larrystrong6701 3 года назад

what about a regular old soaker hose until they get gong good?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

That would work too.

@jeremiahfarmer1 3 года назад

Travis, what tripod sprinkler do you use? Been looking at getting one. Got my sweet potato slips in the ground last week here in SC

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

I believe Orbit makes them. They're usually about $40 at Lowe's or Home Depot. I can get a few years from them before they need replacing.

@KrazyKajun602 3 года назад

You need a good high row, it looks like you basically planting about 2 inches deep. Unless your soil is extremely soft about 12-16" deep, there is not enough soil for the potatoes.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yeah hilling them higher would have been better. But the soil was so hard. I'll just have to throw soil to them as they grow.

@markware7748 3 года назад

Love to eat sweeties but I can't grow them here at 6500', but then again I don't have to deal with that Georgia heat either. You've got your new sweetie stick and your tomato weave wand so you're all set up for caveman agriculture.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Yep! All kinds of new garden survival gadgets!

@pn3940 2 года назад

or you can use your hands to push and cover the slip down the soil as you go. Didn't you have to get down on your knees to put it down in the first place anyway?

@barbarakornegay9864 3 года назад

Where can I get the slips, its now July. I live in southeast Texas?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Most of the online slip suppliers are done by the end of May. So if you're wanting slips now, you'd likely have to grow your own from sweet potatoes at the grocery store.

@claudiaduerinck5864 3 года назад

Put a notch in the bottom of your stick, it will lie on either side of the root and push it into the ground with ease

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip!

@benb7727 3 года назад

Strawberries plant well this way too.

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

Good to know!

@karenthornton5477 Год назад

Iam in lagrange GA ,went is the the best time for me to plant sweet potatose?

@LazyDogFarm Год назад

You want to wait until it gets warm in late spring or early summer. We usually plant ours in late May or early June.

@karenthornton5477 Год назад

@@LazyDogFarm thank you

@david.6040 3 года назад

Is that 8-5-5 good for everything in the vegetable garden?

@LazyDogFarm 3 года назад

As a preplant, yes. Some crops like onions and corn will need extra nitrogen as they grow. But a balanced or close-to-balanced fertilizer works well as a preplant for everything IMO.