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I just grew my first sweet potatoes this year, in the ground. Thank you, i did not know about letting them sit and sweeten. I am not to hopeful because the rabbits kept keepoing the green tops of my plants trimmed, until I let the weeds grow around the plants and kind of protect them. I am still waiting for harvest, I want to give them as long as possible in the ground.
Grew potatoes but my leaves were wiped out by bugs in less than a week 😭. Still salvaged about 20lbs of potatoes so wasn't too bad, but still only about 3/4 of their size. They were ripe though.
The leaves are delicious and nutritious. We eat them raw in salads or on sandwiches! They are full of potassium and vitamin K though, so if you are on certain medications like warfarin (coumadin) or have to watch your potassium intake, you might want to eat them just a few at a time. I've never cooked them, but I hear they are great in stir-fry(s) too! They are similar to spinach in flavor but milder and not as earthy.
We've grown them the last few years, but didn't grow any this year because I just had surgery and can't really get out there. It's been an amazing year for our cucumbers though. I planted two seeds in the ground, and have so far canned around 130+ quarts of pickles, and they are not slowing down! I have to can more about every 2 days!!
We will be harvesting ours this weekend. I made taco boats last night with some of ours we were checking along the way.
The leaves are wonderful! I freeze and dehydrate them for winter eating.
If they were planted in April, that's over 150 days if you are harvesting early October. They weren't going to get any bigger. That's almost a month longer in the ground than necessary. Glad you got some though.
Last year i stuck 2 whole sweet potatoes in a 20 qt tote (I didn't know about slips) late spring or early summer with regular top soil and let them go until my first frost killed the vines. I can't remember if i fertilized at all and got roughly 15-20 good sized potatoes. This year i did some slips and the potato i used to make the slips into a metal raised bed with a trellis. The vines have swallowed the trellis and the 4 ft bed + 3 ft around the bed. I'm in newly 8a NC and was trying to decide if i should harvest now or wait till my first frost again.
I've also have heard you can treat the leaves just like spinach as well. Love your content! Keep up the great work 👍 ❤
The leaves and stems are fantastic! Could you do a video on your amazing artichokes? I'm in the same growing zone as you and mine are peezly. 😆
Sweet potato flatbread! Yummiest!😊
Sweet potato hash w/eggs 😊
The sweet potato leaves are very nutritious. Fix and use them just like you would spinach – steamed, stir-fried, salad, in soups, casseroles, etc. I planted my slips from last year's potatoes in three 18-gallon totes. I plan to harvest them next week since this weekend we'll be in the 80s. With all of the rains we've had lately from the hurricane, I wanted to give them a chance to dry out.
The greens are definitely edible! We just sauteed some with garlic, onion and bacon and scrambled them into eggs for breakfast 😋.
As far as the plant goes, did you have the container in the greenhouse where it was warmer sooner? Sweet potatoes need heat much more than time, and soil temp below 55 can actually damage the roots. I had to wait until mid May for most of our grow bags to be 65° before planting, and the end of June for the same in our in-ground bed (we had a really cold start this year in Oregon's Willamette Valley). A test dig in the ground revealed some nice sized roots a few days ago, so I'm really looking forward to harvesting it all in a week or two, before our average temps here get below 55° for probably the rest of the year.
I'm growing them this year, but they haven't flowered yet. Can I still harvest? Are do they need to flower to grow the tubers?
I like cubing up sweet potatoes to put in a breakfast hash with other veggies from the garden with whatever protein I have left might have leftover from a previous meal. That with my backyard eggs is so delicious. Chef kiss 🧑🍳
Timely video because I have numerous sweet potato containers. So far nothing is ready in the low AZ desert. I was told by a plant nursery to harvest in April. No sign if flowers! Thank you.
Can I, and if so how, can I store my small ones to use for growing slips next year?
Rabbits don’t like crushed habaneros. I stir fry sweet potatoes with some sort of green like chard or spinach in coconut oil with a bit of garlic and turmeric. Most often I just bake them with chicken.
Chipotle mashed sweet potatoes are smokey, a little spicy, and delicious! Made with some jarred Chipotles-in-adobo from a Mexican grocery store…
Two ingredient "cheese cake" made with cocoa and sweet potatoes. Yummy!?
Appreciate your honesty and enthusiasm Luke.
I can my sweet potatoes for the winter. Yum!
Sweet potato & black bean taco skillet – exactly what it sounds like – add salsa & melted cheese 😋
We have grown Mahon and Georgia Jet here in PA & while the rabbits nibbled on the Mahon foliage, they almost completely destroyed the Georgia Jet. Rabbits stopped browsing after some volunteer holy basil took over the bed. I’ll plant them together intentionally next year & may try the grow bags as well. Enjoy your harvest!
Peel and cut sweet potatoes into desired shape (diced, sliced, fries, etc.). Place in a bowl, pour on your favorite cooking oil (I use avocado), sprinkle on cumin, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 425° until roasted to your desired doneness. Enjoy!