Sweet Potato Harvesting: When & How (+Curing & Storage Tips!)

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The 2021 harvest of my sweet potato containers! Going over best harvest times, different ways to dig, and how to cure and store them.
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - When To Harvest
4:14 - How To Harvest
6:22 - Curing
7:57 - Storage
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Пікірлер: 48

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a favorite trick or tip to harvest or curing sweet potatoes? Share in the comments!

@pascalxus 11 ай бұрын

i like the heat pad trick for curing.

@ReSprout 16 күн бұрын

💪

@ralsharp6013 Жыл бұрын

Ooo April, perfect name for a green thumb.. I've never had success with sweet potatoes.. 🥔 I had no idea that they could be harvested throughout the stages but makes perfect sense. This encourages me to try again.. We have good volcanic soil here, good for spud growing, but I have a bit of trouble growing those as well.. Hmmm, I'm definitely taking in what you're saying about the soil temperature. And unless I'm going to dig a trench of lawn clippings, to act as a heat bed under the potatoes, I think I probably need to wait an extra months before I put them in

@ReSprout Жыл бұрын

A lot of crops are like that actually! Very forgiving. 😃

@deborahthompson5041 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tips. It was very informative. Thank you. I use to use a small space heater with a glass of water. Now I use a baby humidifier. They both worked well.

@ReSprout 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for letting us all know Deborah! Great everyday solution. 😀

@camerongough2107 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work April! I love sweet potatoes!

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cam!!!

@proeurnbros2232 2 жыл бұрын

Very good planting amazing 👍👍👍❤️️❤️️❤️️

@augardenideas2189 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the useful information from sweet potatoes, I also love sweet potato dishes

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

They almost don't feel healthy, right? ;-)

@donnacochran3335 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome home, we've missed your informative videos. I had sweet potatoes fries for the first time a couple of weeks ago and OMG they're delicious!! Who would have thought one vegetable could be so versatile? Thanks for the tip on the greens.

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell? I LOVE SWEET POTATO FRIES!!! Lol.

@HablemosDelHuerto 2 жыл бұрын

Great detailed video and excellent harvest. Love it. Very interesting to see how you manage to get these plants to effectively growing in different seasons.

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carlos! It was first time with sweet potatoes. It went well!

@OpenRoad4Two 2 жыл бұрын

Great video with such helpful information. We love 🍠 sweet potatoes 🍠!

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Now the next challenge is getting Magellan to eat them... LOL

@carloviola 2 жыл бұрын

Brava!

@HousewifeJunction 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work.keep going

@gardentours 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative 🤗🌱🍠🍠🍠👍

@cheryllwaldrop9732 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice about curing the sweet potatoes. I could not help but chuckle when you referred to 70-75° Fahrenheit as toasty warm. 70-72° is considered the sweet spot for indoor temps here in Alabama, and the A/C gets a workout trying to keep it there.

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! My husband agrees with you wholeheartedly. He’d keep the house at 60° year round if it were up to him! Summertime for me involves a lot of indoor hoodie-wearing in order to deal with everyone’s A/Cs. 🙃

@russbeard3665 Жыл бұрын

Great information!! I'm going to start on the summer leaves, and I didn't know about curing, thx👍... ReSprout is ready for primetime - you have great camera presence and post-production!!

@ReSprout 16 күн бұрын

Thank you Russ! 🥹

@verddeeco541 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesant 👍 like 🤗

@neethanagriinfoworld1978 2 жыл бұрын

hi nice video

@rvboondocker2559 2 ай бұрын

What zone are you in? Thanks for the great video!😊

@DiggingForHealth 2 жыл бұрын

Great video on sweet potatoes! They grow like weeds here in Georgia so I always have an abundance of sweet potatoes. lol

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

@victoriawolfe686 2 жыл бұрын

April where on LI are you? I’m in East Islip - you are welcome to cure your sweet potatoes in my greenhouse! Humid and warm lol

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

OMG Victoria, I'm so sorry. I could have sworn I responded to this comment! Actually all my sweet potatoes are already eaten, haha! Thank you so much for the offer!

@dmp1185 2 жыл бұрын

Another double duty crop: dandelions, enjoy!

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Oooooooooooh! You're right! The leaves, flowers, and roots! And I already have them all over the place in my "lawn". THANK YOU!

@FaithfullySojourning 2 жыл бұрын

Hi April, can I freeze after curing them to preserve?

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely! I should have mentioned that in the video!

@sariebou Жыл бұрын

What’s the app you used in the video to Mark the the calendar date of when to harvest?

@ReSprout Жыл бұрын

It's Google Calendar. It's free!

@myjunkmail007 Жыл бұрын

Ha! These are my most challenging crop to grow! Tried last 2 years with abysmal results (nothing bigger than a pinky finger). Not planning to try again. Zone 5b. What's your zone?

@ReSprout Жыл бұрын

I'm in 7A. With the sweet potatoes, like a lot of root vegetables, I think soil looseness and quality really helps. This was the best luck I ever had and I used potting soil in containers this time.

@carlatolentino7716 2 жыл бұрын

My sweet potato plant stem towards the bottom is brown.. n there’s white looking bugs. S my potato infected is it okay?

@ReSprout 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm... brown stem makes me think the greenery is dying in which case the root will not be far behind. Try digging one up and seeing what it looks like. If the bugs are really bad and the roots are big enough to eat, I'd just harvest them all and plant a fall crop. That's how it goes sometimes!