DIY Sweet Potato Slips - Grow Your Own

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You cannot plant sweet potatoes the same way you do regular Irish potatoes. Sweet potatoes must be started from what are called "slips" .. Fortunately slips are very easy to start but they take quite some time, so its best to start them the end of February up to the middle of March to ensure you have plenty of slips for a great and bountiful season.
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@dragonwarrior4589 2 жыл бұрын

Nature always provides. Learn as much as you can now folks. We are gonna need it.

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more!!!

@A.E.Lanman777 Жыл бұрын

God provides all we need.

@colebesaw5225 3 ай бұрын

This will be more first year trying sweet potatoes so I’m excited. We bought sweet potato slips but next year hopefully we can do this method with our potatoes that we grow this year.

@browneyes7530 4 ай бұрын

You are super attractive in so many ways. I really dig you. I made microbial solution last week, it turned out fabulously. I found a source of high quality leaf mold in a desert grove of mesquites out here in eastern Arizona, zone 8a. I'm composting. I'm a newb and single sourcing your channel. Thanks so much!!

@gardenlikeaviking 4 ай бұрын

thank you for the wonderful energy my friend I appreciate you being here!

@Mr.books17 22 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much

@Creative_soil 5 ай бұрын

I'm getting ready for the 2024 garden.

@dahv3370 Жыл бұрын

God I love sweet potatoes! Thanks for the tips, or slips rather.

@Mz_Te 2 жыл бұрын

Pure awesomeness😊 Thanks my friend

@RRlifer85 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video!

@klouise2800 2 жыл бұрын

I am a new sub and really enjoying your videos.

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you are here!

@browneyes7530 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@gardenlikeaviking 4 ай бұрын

thank you kindly

@peggybreaux8973 8 ай бұрын

I also eat the leaves.

@valthatcher1235 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate. Saving this vid for Feb.

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

just this season I discovered and even better method than this!!... I'll make a video in early Feb

@milldrill88 2 жыл бұрын

Peace and Love. Thank you for this.

@zpoedog 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video.

@breesechick 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I had no idea how to do this.

@taunta37 Жыл бұрын

You have the best channel! Love watching

@endurolabs Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@dianacoburn8269 9 ай бұрын

RIGHT ON

@CC-lv1ox 5 ай бұрын

I have some organic sweet potatoes from last season in my basement . The ones that I am going to TRY to spout are WRINKLING now. Will they work or do I need fresher sweet potatoes? Also, can we CUT the bottom of a sweet potato to sprout it or does that kill it? Thanks in advance for the help. I love your channel.❤

@Emmy_B7278 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve tried to like sweet potatoes, I just can’t 😂but I still liked and watched because why not?

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

maybe this is a sign you need to open yourself up to the incredible nutrition of the sweet potato

@astrocat7083 2 жыл бұрын

Look up sweet potatoe brownies!!!!

@mickhegartygrows 2 жыл бұрын

I love sweet potatoes, but also to get my kids to eat them I use them as an egg replacer in cookies. Works amazing and they scarfed them up. Maybe try it that way?

@carlacrawford9322 Жыл бұрын

My daughter didn't like them either, UNTIL we tried a savory recipe with them. Then she loved them! I've been told when there's a vegetable you don't like, that you just haven't found the right way to fix them so you'll like them. My daughter didn't like the sweet recipes with brown sugar and marshmallows. Instead, add salt, pepper, cumin, garlic, to sweet potatoes cut into fries, sprayed with oil, and roasted in the oven, then she liked them!

@aspiringdancerinthebay 19 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your tips!! I have a store bought sweet potato that started growing small purple stems and leaves on it own. Can I still submerge it in water and use the same technique that you shared here to grow more sweet potatoes from it?

@gardenlikeaviking 18 күн бұрын

at that point its best you use the soil method from my more recent video last year about SP's... bury the potato until its just covered in soil then in a few weeks lots of slips will appear... its actually better than the water method now it my experience

@bobbyanderson8230 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@flyingthesails6801 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding video and exceptional information. Today is April 19. I live in Zone 8. Is it too late to start this process? Thanks.

@gardenlikeaviking 3 ай бұрын

you can definitely still do the process but watch my more recent video I made on sweet potatoes last year and do the method of using the soil with the heating mat as it produces slips many times faster in just about 4-5 weeks instead of 3 months!

@flyingthesails6801 3 ай бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you very much!! I greatly appreciate it. I will give it a go with the soil method. Thanks again.

@TheKatlnelson 5 ай бұрын

Can they be grown indoors like a house plant?

@rosecole6305 2 ай бұрын

yes i did the first part and it grew slips. Then I put the slips in water in another jar then they grew the roots, then Im planting. Did yu not skip the 2nd part?

@agentannie4976 2 жыл бұрын

I unknowingly planted a whole sweet potato and now it’s grown many vines. Do you think I can make slips out of the vines if I cut them and soak them in water until they root? Thanks so much for your videos! I wish I had found you sooner!

@pokerchief66 2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can. Just take them off of the potato and put in some water and roots will form. Then you can plant them.

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

yes you can... place your hand over the potato and gently pull at the base of the vine and you should feel it separate from the potato while still leaving the potato in the ground... there should be some roots on the vine already and you can immediately plant that section in moist soil... if no roots then soak in water for 5 days to a week until you see roots then plant... good luck

@agentannie4976 2 жыл бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking thank you so much! I remember where I learned to plant the sweet potato directly into the ground from. The Wild Floridian has been doing it that way successfully and since I also live in Florida, I thought I'd try. David the Good also plants pieces of the vine directly into the soil... At this point I'm going to leave my existing container as is and then do another batch the conventional way using slips and then compare... I have another video idea/request for you. I would love to learn to grow ornamental plants indoors. Yours look so healthy and beautiful... Thank you again, my friend! Keep up the wonderful work! 💗

@charlierachels427 Жыл бұрын

Can you do more content on gardening in your zone. I’m in 4-B

@Terry86156 Жыл бұрын

I like your planting the slips right into compost in the bags. And checking my compost pH I get 7.5 or so. The Beauregard sweet potatoes like 5.0 to 6.5. Do you normally monitor pH? In south Florida, the time is right to get my slips into the half barrel pots but I am wondering if there is something simple I can do to get the pH right. I have some Azomite as well and what do you think of adding small amounts to the mix too?

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

after many years of adjusting PH I come to learn that it doesn't make any difference what the soil ph is because the plant will adjust the PH it needs in the rizosphere... I have not adjusted PH in any of my garden projects in at least 6 years... I never test for PH... I never even think of PH at all...

@Terry86156 Жыл бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you my brother...I could not have imagined a different response🤗

@0glowcat0 5 ай бұрын

Would a grow lamp make them sprout like a sunny windowsill? I don't have any sunny windows this time of year!

@gardenlikeaviking 5 ай бұрын

yes any place you would start seeds will suffice for growing the slips... a grow light will work great!

@JFEnterprize Жыл бұрын

Is it too late to start in July if I were to bri g indoors after?

@matokaknox971 2 жыл бұрын

I started the day this video came out. It worked. Now I have to get the compost. Does it matter what type of compost to use? Our local city yard gives free compost twice a month, but I'm not sure of the quality.

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

definitely you can use that compost... also mushroom compost or cow manure (composted) or even just topsoil with one bag of composted cow manure mixed in...

@trkstatrksta8410 Жыл бұрын

Don't ever knock back compost. I wish our useless council did that😃😃😃😃

@Joolz2051 3 ай бұрын

whens the latest you can plant the slips in the season?

@gardenlikeaviking 3 ай бұрын

the slips shouldn't be planted until the soil is very warm so here in zone 5/6 I plant them about the last week of may or even the first week of June

@pastamasta702 8 ай бұрын

There are already some sprouts coming off the top of my sweet potato (before I even put it into a jar). Do the base of these sprouts need to be submerged under the water in order for this method to work, or will new ”slips” form if I submerge the sweet potato below these sprouts?

@gardenlikeaviking 8 ай бұрын

it won't matter really because the potato will just sprout from any of the eyes so long as there's water they'll grow roots down to look for the water... but I would actually recommend you bury the sweet potato as I have found tremendously better results with that method... I made a more recent video this spring to illustrate how

@capitalistrebel9358 Жыл бұрын

What kind of sweet potato do u recommend for northeast ? TY

@LeahVanD22 4 ай бұрын

If I started some sweet potatoes right now would it be to late I’m in growing zone 6?

@gardenlikeaviking 4 ай бұрын

no you'll be fine I just started mine yesterday.... but watch the video I made last year on sweet potatoes because the soil method is way faster than the water method so use that one

@carolparrish194 Жыл бұрын

I have sweet potatoes from last year that have long sprouts. Is there any way I can save the sprouts for next summer to plant or should I just break them off and dispose of them?

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

the potatoes are still good... just break off the sprouts and dispose... unless you live in the tropics then go ahead and plant them anytime

@mmc8642 Жыл бұрын

We don't have compost but we do have some horse manure that is about 2 months old. Can we use that or should we buy compost?

@brucehalleran1149 8 ай бұрын

Got leaves? If you can find drifts of last fall's leaves, you may find ready compost on the bottom. If not ready, you still have ideal material to make compost. Gather a pile including some of the best rotted leaves spread through as an innoculant. Season with about 1/6 the amount of the horse manure, water liberally, tarp with a dark color and let the spring sun get it warm. Turn it in-for-out a couple times and let it work for as long as you have. If it isn't finished, it will finish in the beds and still be excellent early season mulch. Then next fall gather as many leaves as you have space to compost and never look back.

@CinnamonBear-xv4eq Жыл бұрын

Will this work with any variety of sweet potato? Ie the white flesh kind?

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

yes all sweet potatoes will work in this similar fashion... but I actually made a more recent video showing a soil method that I really like better than the water method now!

@MusikCassette 2 жыл бұрын

If you already planted the potato, can you cut of the vines and root them?

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

yes... place your hand palm down and hold the potato in place so it does not get pulled up... then grab all the sprouts and gently tug on them and they'll break free... then if no roots then place in water for about a week in a sunny window... if roots then plant strait away

@HuongLe-cf5fo 8 ай бұрын

Can I plan sweet potatoes in big black trash bags?

@HuongLe-cf5fo 8 ай бұрын

We eat sweet potatoes leaves. Is it still give me sweet potatoes by the end of the season?

@gardenlikeaviking 8 ай бұрын

yes it will just don't pick more than 25% of the leaves and the plant will still grow just fine

@HuongLe-cf5fo 8 ай бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking thank you very much. I’m live in Avon Indiana love all your videos

@VOTE4TAJ Жыл бұрын

I heard that third leaves are edible. How do you prepare them?

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

I eat the leaves like spinach... sautéed with garlic and olive oil then sometimes add a hot pepper

@trkstatrksta8410 Жыл бұрын

I lived in New Guinea for 4 years and the natives there nip the growing tips and cook them in coconut milk that they make fresh but tinned would be fine. Add the usual beautiful ginger, lemongrass, spring onions, kefir lime leaves and chilli. Or whatever you like actually. They cook it together with the sweet potato, taro and brown rice

@michelegraddy8631 2 жыл бұрын

How best to store ?

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

sweet potatoes are easy... just like winter squash... cool dark area with moderate airflow... i'll make videos explaining this in detail

@FASIGMAN Жыл бұрын

No links to your traveling ?.

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@RandomBradCreator Жыл бұрын

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@Emmy_B7278 2 жыл бұрын

Does it matter what garden zone you’re in for this?

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

well it matters the length of the season and the temperature yes... what zone are you in?

@lukrezialaval2406 2 жыл бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking same question here, i move to norbottens län in sweden in two month (probably already to late in the season to start growing stuff..) on the 66° i googled and apparantly thats thats plant hardiness 4? i just discovered your channel and i am eager to watch every video :)

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

@@lukrezialaval2406 I hope you've planted some things especially regular potatoes!!

@trkstatrksta8410 Жыл бұрын

Sweet potatoes need 4 - 5 months of warm to hot frost-free weather to form tubers. You can work it out from the summer in your area. Can't help you because I'm in South Australia 😃😃😃

@samikruse01 Жыл бұрын

Curing the sweet potatoes?

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@sjmullen9011 2 жыл бұрын

Oh nooo...I guess I’m too late to grow sweet potato slips. Zone 6b

@gardenlikeaviking 2 жыл бұрын

actually its not too late!!... this method takes too long to start now but there is another method I'll be making a video on tomorrow that will yield slips in 4 weeks!... you can still do it

@sjmullen9011 2 жыл бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking Looking forward to the video!

@trkstatrksta8410 Жыл бұрын

You need 4 - 5 months of warm to hot frost-free weather😍😍

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@laurencolf5405 Жыл бұрын

How do you keep rodents out of your stored food in the basement?

@gardenlikeaviking Жыл бұрын

it was a serious struggle... they infested everything... every variety of traps and nothing worked.... until I got a cat... once the cat came the entire show came to a screeching halt and I've never seen another rodent