Sweet Potato Harvest with Jim Kovaleski (He's Back in FL)!

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6 жыл бұрын

Jim is back to work in Florida at his market garden location in New Port Richey, so we went over to give him an extra hand with his sweet potato cover crop. Each fall when Jim returns from Maine, this is one of the first few things that Jim will do in preparation for the winter market season.
Jim shares a ton of tips on direct seeding & other favorite market items he will soon be planting, now that the sweet potatoes are cleared.
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@user-ln5zz7qm3d 2 жыл бұрын

لقد شاهدت العديد من مقاطع الفيديو الخاصة بكما باختصار مذهل و رائع 💐💙👌

@gangofgreenhorns2672 2 жыл бұрын

People talk about woodchips breaking down slow in compost but letting the worms and surface area do the work speeds it up a lot I think.

@carlwhitehead217 5 жыл бұрын

Jim looks happy all the time, every word is followed with a smile. I wish I could live this life!!!

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 5 жыл бұрын

I hear ya Carl!

@Chris.E. 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously. I've watched a bunch of these videos now with Jim and his positive attitude is something that I truly try to incorporate into my life. I'm positive most of the time but how he turns any negative thing into a positive is inspiring.

@brendaoneill3473 5 жыл бұрын

I don't knew the perfect gardening but I do know you LOVE the earth thank you,

@TrinaMCay 4 жыл бұрын

Sir Jim seems to be a very nice hardworking guy!!! So soft spoken dude!

@ourfloridagarden4191 6 жыл бұрын

What a great plan with Joey. So wonderful to spread the love. Nice to see Jim’s sweet potato results.

@amykinnell2837 6 жыл бұрын

Love the updates with Jim!

@ezraramjea6214 3 жыл бұрын

Try planting sweet potatoes 3days after full moon.in st lucia we believe the moon have alot to do with planting

@elfsgarden8043 6 жыл бұрын

Love the connections being made!

@MsRavens55 6 жыл бұрын

Jim is the Best!!!

@betsymabry7953 6 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Highlands of the Blue Ridge Mts of Virginia! Thank you for this channel. Am learning sooo much from Jim. Shine On!

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Betsy! I appreciate the feedback. Jim is a real wealth to this movement. We just finished our class with him and will be launching it soon, stay tuned!

@peterstevens4223 4 жыл бұрын

G00D Evening from Auckland, New Zealand it’s Friday, December 6, 2019.

@kiwiwriter 6 жыл бұрын

More breakdown under plants for sure. Weather protection, more moisture aka morning dew and gardeners inputs... And sweet sweet fungi.

@danielfisch655 6 жыл бұрын

Jim is the man. Pound it!!!

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Fisch 👊

@brendaoneill3473 5 жыл бұрын

The more I watch the more I LOVE, let' make it happen....

@itshonorbrightalas4415 6 жыл бұрын

Those sweet potato leaves are excellent in soups and casseroles. The chickens love them and a farmer in my area says his cows wait longingly for them, just fyi.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

itshonorbright alas! We also love sweet potato greens! They are a summer time favorite for us. The vines don't compost well and unfortunately Jim doesn't have animals to feed them to.

@djanda3540 6 жыл бұрын

We eat the leaves all the time too. Very yummy stuff.

@itshonorbrightalas4415 6 жыл бұрын

well ok then :)

@mariemacs8552 6 жыл бұрын

D Janda us too eat the leaves. Steam it or sautee or blanch it.

@rlportillo 6 жыл бұрын

I have found that in order to get a prettier sweet potato the soil needs to be slightly more dense...light and fluffy soil makes for irregular potatoes.

@queenbeeetta 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Pete 😀 nice video with you and Jim always learn something when you two are together, until the next video, be blessed!

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Etta J thank you! ❤️

@THECOUNTRYNINJA 4 жыл бұрын

I love these videos. I landscape in Tampa, and I have my own little urban homestead garden for my wife and myself. Hey I thought it was funny when you're talking about the palms, there is literally a queen palm 30 or 40 yards behind Jim, and there was a cabbage palm behind you where he was showing where he just sowed all his seeds.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you! Very cool man.

@sadamhussain9193 5 жыл бұрын

This old man is a very niiiice the talking is to much good i wacthing your every one vedio

@thomasfrye8996 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! So glad I found this channel! Definitely subscribed

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas! Welcome to the channel

@stephdt3 6 жыл бұрын

Why is he not selling the sweet potato leaves as greens? They cook up like spinach. Also, I had huge success putting rabbit manure around where my sweet potatoes were planted.I didn't use mulch at all. Just the rabbit droppings and my sweet potatoes were huge and beautiful. It was an experiment. In a second bed I planted sweet potatoes with no rabbit droppings and mulched it instead. They were tiny sweet potatoes in the mulched bed and huge taters in the rabbit manure bed.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

stephdt3 Jim is a snow bird and away 6 months of the year. The main purpose is cover crop to keep the weeds at bay.

@lindahodgkinson9458 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Jim and Pete! Great vid as usual , very informative. I love sweet potatoes, ugly,pretty ... yum.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Linda Hodgkinson thank you!

@lindahodgkinson9458 6 жыл бұрын

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL you're welcome.

@chevy1221 2 жыл бұрын

Why did he look older 4 years ago

@terijean6351 6 жыл бұрын

I know this isn't a new vlog but it could be wireworms. www.walterreeves.com/gardening-q-and-a/wireworm-in-sweet-potato/

@smokeydabeecharlescoleman8365 6 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that nematodes exist in the top 18 inches of soil. Is it possible that you drew more attention from them in the mulch( a more suitable environment) then in the deeper roots. If so,I would think a large amount of manure added before the mulch may alter your outcome substantially . Nice video, love watching.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

That's possible but the sweet really thrive in crappy sandy soil, Jim's soils just keep getting richer. But you are correct we use manure for figs and bananas to help suppress nematodes.

@TheD510addict 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they are getting too much water? large rains during the growing season may lead to cracking, which will open them up to bugs.

@NaturesCadenceFarm 6 жыл бұрын

Just thinking out loud....since the mulch comes from the city, could some of it be from allopathic trees. That might explain the patchiness of uglies vs prettys. Thanks for another awesome video. 👍

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Nature's Cadence Farm that's a possibility, although it does compost for a while prior.

@leevandyke4562 6 жыл бұрын

He can shred the vines

@cbnunley 6 жыл бұрын

What’s the best way to go from a grassy/weedy field to plantable soil following Jim’s techniques

@AutoNomades 5 жыл бұрын

Massive hay mulching, , or roller-crimper, tarp, chickens, pigs, ducks hand tools weeding

@blackmantis001 6 жыл бұрын

wow, I was complaining about .69lb for very nice ones

@nancyfahey7518 6 жыл бұрын

What did Jim mean by doggy treats? He was talking about sweet potatoes.

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Nancy Fahey yes the really ugly potatoes will be dehydrated and sold as dog treats 🐶

@nancyfahey7518 6 жыл бұрын

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL. Great idea thanks. I like no waste.

@djanda3540 6 жыл бұрын

I've slow-baked slices for dog treats for years. The pups love them...especially when you make a "sandwich" with organic peanut butter in between two slices.

@semper3796 6 жыл бұрын

I'm new to gardening but what variety of sweet potato is this?

@OldesouthFarm 6 жыл бұрын

I feed my sweet potato vines to my chickens and pig. Glad to see you are getting some help! It makes a big difference!

@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 6 жыл бұрын

Oldesouth Farm great idea! We've done that also in the past.

@labellefemme886 6 жыл бұрын

I want the ugly sweet potato

@Tefoe 6 жыл бұрын

The pretty ones are the new roots growing off of the running vines. Hence the small and good looking. When you leave sweet potatoes in the ground all summer here in FL they tend to rot and get eaten. That's why you get a few big ugly ones, they just managed to hold on. HINT HINT; harvest your sweet potatoes after 2-3 months, leaving them in all growing season Will NOT give you a larger harvest.