Sweet Potatoes Experiment Reveal 

There is a reason people plant slips instead of whole sweet potatoes. You could have had many, MANY more tubers had you placed individual slips in that bed spaced about a foot or so apart from the start. The ones you got were where the vines from the original potatoes randomly touched the ground and took root. That is an extremely inefficient and haphazard way to grow sweet potatoes. As long as you are doing the work, helping to maximize what you get as a return on effort means something. Start your own slips not via the old "water in a jar and toothpicks" method but just lay the tubers sideways in a shallow tray of potting half covered, half exposed to the air. Keep the potting soil moist but NOT wet. MUCH faster results. Those two or three potatoes will throw enough slips to plant multiple backyard gardens. Just sayin'. :)

Thanks for sharing Florida zone 9b ❤

They look great, you can eat the slips or make pesto with them . Very nutritious

Well done loyal and faithful servant that blessed harvest.

I planted mine like that in the raised bed and from one potato, harvest was good. This yr, I used the slips from last yrs , so I will see the yield whenever I harvest in another month or so.

Nice harvest. Your experiment was a success. I still think planning the slips produces more sweet potatoes.

Nice harvest.

Good job 17:14

Very nice. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. much love from South Africa🇿🇦

These videos will work for me. I am THIS kind of experimental gardener. Thanks for the videos. I’ll be watching !

Yeah you did that even if you only got one, I grew mine in a plastic container that was used for and under the bed storage and I got about twelve sweet potatoes 🍠 ❤and that success to me ❤

The tender greens at the tips of the vines are good to eat too, even if the storage roots don’t develop.

As a first time gardener, you did well.. thanks for sharing..new subscriber here

Paul was here!

Cut the vines and put the sections in water, t they will produce roots. Store them indoors over winter and plant them next spring,, it's way easier.

Plant more slips and don’t let the vines root slips spot is where best will grow.

Hi from Southwest TN. I have better luck growing Slips in a box with soil outside. The water method doesn't work for me. I have them in different areas to see what's best. Thanks for doing this experiment. I was wondering if it would work at all. 💚👩🏼‍🌾💚

Great video-I’m gonna watch your brassica video next. We’ll done sir!

Oh how awesome. We have started ours in June. We live on the east coast of central Florida. I’m so excited about ours. You taught me about curing tho !! Thank you

Very interesting results. I grew mine from slips in large bins with holes in bottom for drainage. Good results, but left them in for a bit too long and grubs ate on them some.

Well done with your first growing! I’m gonna try this soon ;

Can the tubers be used for next year planting... Sweet Potatoes only grow in the summer time for harvesting? I'm in Zone 8a and 8b, Columbus GA... Thanks for sharing 8.27.2023 CJ

I can't wait tell we buy a home with a big yard bless ur Yeshua 🙏 💖

Very useful experience 👍 Appreciate your effort of explanation, from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Sweet potatoes make from the main root and vines

Awesome! I am trying to grow in a big bucket. I still have about a month to go to hit 110 days.

Well done. So you know, you can eat the leaves off the vines.

Nice - I will have to try that next year. I worked so hard to grow slips and my first batch had a ton of vines and zero actual sweet potatoes (too much nitrogen in the soil?) and then I planted two in 5 gallon buckets. I checked one at 120 days and had very few, small potatoes. I've left the other bucket til the end of my harvest and I'll do them, hopefully getting more. Didn't feel like all the extra work was worth it!

I started 5 sweet potatoes cut in half, laid on dirt and kept moist. I now have slips planted all over the place and have harvested 3 places lots of sweet potatoes. Still slips all over the place to cut and plant elsewhere

The vines an leaves are edible too

I like your way. Not much garden space for the sprawling plant, I just need to grow one plant for fun and diversify. So you left the store bought sweet potatoes on the counter top without water or soil in which month? Until a couple of beards? What’s beard?

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