Just found you from a vid you did last year showing us your wonderful homestead and showing us TN gardening. Gonna be buying some land soon to try this on a bigger scale. Glad I found you now.
If there were only one thing I could grow, it would be sweet potato. I'm going to try fermenting them in brine this year. Super simple, and more nutritious than when eaten raw, from what I understand. Thanks for the video. My dream is to buy a few+ acres in TN, and do exactly what you're doing. Thanks for the inspiration and tips!
Excellent video! Very thorough. We love eating sweet potatoes. We’ve grown what might be a more common type/types of sweet potatoes before, along with what might be the more uncommon, purple sweet potatoes. We didn’t this year, but hope to grow lots next year. I really like that you talked about how they are a great survival crop. During these troubled, uncertain times, many people are thinking about prepping and being more self-sufficient. I agree that they are a great survival crop option. Be well.
FYI - I know you are not far from this place geographically. I recently was touring a friend's garden in Asheville. They were overwintering turmeric in the ground. Southern exposure. Mulched heavily with leaves in the fall. They were on their 6th year of doing this. Leave a plant in the ground and see if a turmeric patch is doable on your side of the mountains.
They are so much fun and easy to care for. The vine is actually pretty. I threw some starters in one of those half barrel whiskey planters just to see what would happen and when the time came to harvest I could not believe the bounty! Even for me, a novice vegetable gardener.
Like usualy, a good vidéo. Tips for you when you harvest sweet potatoes, you can use a fork. You take 1 or 2 ft near off the plant and do what you do whith a fork 😎
@@NaturesAlwaysRight yes I have a soil that is mostly "clay" so is very hard and I can't even make dust like sandy soil, it s like some chunk and they stuck each other and make bigger chunk when rain comes, so even if I spear some sweet potatoes, they gonna do my next meal Ps: sorry my english isn't great
Great video. In the igloo container, I noticed that you closed the lid completely after you put the potatoes in but you said you prop the lid open for air circulation. Do you keep the lid closed for the first 12 hours just to build the humidity with the water in the jar, then prop open slightly once you remove the water?
You can trim your vines to 6-12"+- with at least 3 nodes and place into seedling bags. These will develop roots and grow just as well as SLIPS and give you a headstart for spring planting. If you have a greenhouse of course you can plant into containers, bags or directly into soil. Our Philippines year round weather Lets us plant the vines directly into our prepared soil. We get at least 2 harvests and based on weather sometimes a third harvest in the year.
Thank you for the inspiration. Sweet potatoes are my favorite as well! I learned more in this video than I have the last year with various information. Thank you. I am so excited to grow my own!
We tried sweet potatoes on our homestead this year for the first time and I’m happy to report they did great for my first time! Thank you for the information on propagating!
Thanks for the reminder to GET TO THOSE SWEET TATERS!!! Indeed, they're so low maintenance that they can be overlooked. Question: is it ok to LAYER THEM when curing (first step)? Looks like you did, so verifying 😉 Also a tip: I have used a similar igloo (thrift store find and even larger😊) and placed mini Christmas lights inside for a heat source 👍
Love the turmeric side line for KNF for your OHN. Great to watch your moving deeper into on site generation. Beauregard is an orange variety. Would be glad to find out your white variety. We use Jersey Sweet a wbite variety and white potato substitution. It is only slightly sweet so doesnt overpower in mashed potatoes or fries. Glad you mentioned sweet potatoes not being nightshades. Appreciate your content, just gets better and better.
This video was a great one thanks man! Now I know a way to cure sweet potatoes. Just wondering are you going to make a video on how to grow in store turmeric?
Hello I’m a big fan of your channel I’m trying to start homesteading also I have 36 acre pasture with 2.75 acre where my house is anyhow my jls has white mold on top is that something that is supposed to happen I just started it about a week ago with my spent tomatoes and peppers
You said you got onion sets from the hardware store every year, i'm surprised to hear this as it seems more and more natural farming inclined growers are moving to seed for onions, do you have a reason to use sets over seeds ?
thank you for very useful information. i need it as simple as possible. i'm going to try hanging them in plastic bags in a morning sunny window. will that be effective enough?
Also have another question not really related to this video it’s more about imo can I use apple cider vinegar instead of brv I can’t find any brv at my local stores
Thank you for this video on sweet potatoes. Have to laugh about having big ones as a problem... The smaller ones that seemto to be preferred were considered not worthit taking to the house back in eat what you growup farm gardens of the 60's and 70' as the Back to the land movement evolved.
My problem has been curing them. Since they need warm and humid temperature and we are heading into winter where I live when they need to be harvested, I couldn’t cure them properly.
I hope the tips I mentioned at the end help you. I find even if not cured at the higher temps they still taste great but could always be a little sweeter.
