I loved your reveal of the sweet potato in potting soil 😄👏🏽 You are very entertaining 👍🏽 (In addition to being informative!)

Last year I was able to get a ton of sprouts from SP in water, then snapped them off and rooted in water (like he’s doing here). Planted them in large 15-20 gallon pots. Ended up with sweet potatoes at the end of the season. It was so much fun! SP vines will root wherever they touch the ground. Just FYI, sweet potato leaves are edible! Maybe I’ll do grow them again next year, but this year I’m going to use the space to grow compact watermelon and cantaloupe! 🤤

Perfect timing! I was looking at my sweet potatoes (in water) and was wondering what to do with them! You answered my question! 🌞 They made great roots underwater, but not much up top UNTIL I put the jars of water on heat!! They are tropical heat lovers, and now I have slips galore!! 😊 I can afford to be patient- 7.5 weeks till last frost and we are having a lot of wind and some snow today! Thank you for the sweet potato update! Have an awesome day! ☕😊

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You too!

@rozsmith6850

Жыл бұрын

I’m going to try the heat, maybe that was my problem.

@1LindaJMacKay

Жыл бұрын

@@rozsmith6850 Do the cuttings have any roots yet? It can take awhile for them to get going as they are heat lovers 😊 Good luck! 💚

You are really one of the better gardening channels out there. Never disappointed.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that!

I have accidental slips growing in a plastic bag. To remind myself to go ahead and cook it I put it on the shelf near my window still in its bag. When I remembered it 2 weeks later it had 4 slips growing. I left it in its bag to see what else I get. It's a Hawaiian purple.😋

I totally agree the soil was the way to go. I had tons of slips. It looked like a forest. When they got too tall I just clipped them down to a lower leaf. I put mine, with roots even tiny ones, directly in one gal containers. I snipped the leaves in half so the energy of growing went into the roots. Watered well. They never wilted back. I have a dozen purple stokes and a dozen Japanese. I started a white variety later and it's about ready to plant the slips. Right now it's just a bit cool at night for them so the purple stokes, the ones I planted first, go out during the day and in at night. It's only been about a week since I planted the Japanese variety. I'll probably put them out next week as they are already beginning to push new leaves. Thank you for the helpful tips! 👍😁

The sirens were startling! I live seriously rural and we never ever have sirens and suddenly there were all those sirens! Took me a few seconds to realize they were on your video and not coming down my axle deep mud road.

@denipar69

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I kept pausing the video to listen to the sirens and finally took me 3 times before I realized it was in the video!! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Are the sweet potato police coming for you? (sirens in the background) 🤣🤣🤣

I started a sweet potato in a jar of water and 2 more in a tray of potting mix. All 3 potatoes put out slips evenly for the first couple weeks. Now the water potato has basically stopped putting out new slips and the potting mix potatoes are putting out new slips all the time! I’ll also be sticking with the potting mix method from now on!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for sharing!

@thedirtyhoehomestead

Жыл бұрын

What kind of potting mix did you use? We have some for starting seeds, container mix, and cheap plain old potting mix which is heavy.

I don't garden, but I find your videos terribly interesting, which is why I subscribed way back when. I really enjoyed this video! Thank you.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you!

Thank you! First time trying sweet potato. I put a potato in potting soil and had great results growing slips. Now I know what to do with them! Thank you!

I also planted sweet potatoes ... Your video is very good... great job👍

Great video. Thanks for including the results of the other methods

I love the experiments/trials, you learn so much! Thank you both for doing this and sharing your experience with us. Much appreciated🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱💚

I tryed these this year and my ones in water did the best

I want to thank you for this video on starting sweet potatoes, I have got over 20 slips and they are still coming on. Can't wait to get them planted once it warms up in Eugene Oregon

Perfect timing as I was just googling how to do this! Just got 2 different kinds of sweet potatoes in today, and I think after watching you and reading some of the other comments I’m going to do the potting soil method on a heat mat in my grow room and go for it! I want to plants some in hanging pots this summer!! Thank you for the video!!

I decided to hold off on trying sweet potatoes this year because I was doing a raised bed garden instead of a container garden this year (I figured this would be enough of a project to keep me busy) but next January I'll certainly be using the potting soil method! Thanks for a update and doing the experiment so we can all learn!

Thanks for the update. First year I’m growing SP’s and your videos have been perfect. Thanks!!!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

So glad I found these videos. Watched all three and now just in time for me to start this process to create my own slips. Thank you for doing the work so I can just skip to using soil. Bummed to hear you moved and didn't get to see your harvest. Hopefully you will be able to start some this year.

Wow, what a beautiful job you and Noah have done!

Fabulous video!!

I did the soil method this year (2021). I carefully cut the slips off & rooted them in water if they had little or no roots; or in pots if they have some roots. BUT if you keep watering the potato, new slips keep growing. I got dozens of slips in succession from one potato. When I had enough slips, I just planted the whole potato.

If you add soil to the top of that one in the pot, it will grow more roots out the sides, like a tomato. :)

Amazing!! The results!! Thanks for the knowledge.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks for the tip. I will move my potatoes to soil. Thanks for sharing your experiments. Have a blessed day 🙏

Great info!! Thanks!!

Thanks Brian.

So excited about growing some sweet potatoes, thanks for the update on what to do do with these babies, keep up the great work my man...

That is so cool. Thank you for the information.

Last yr I started my swt pots in water and it worked out great this year I tried water and my swt pots rotted. So I am going to start over, I have been going back and forth on how to start over. and i will be using the dirt method this time. Thank you...

Concise,clear and quick. Thanks so much

I have lots of slips growing. I'll be planting mine in buckets!

... And my first comment on your channel is how I had to watch this video in my closet because my dogs kept singing with the siren in the background. 😂 But, now that I have the method, I'm starting my sweet potatoes. 😊 Love all your videos, thanks!

Great tips. I’m not growing sweet potatoes this year but I will try next year. Thanks for another super helpful video.

l learn something new. Great success. Thanks

Wow, that experiment is impressive! I will be trying the potting soil method next year. I have always done the soak in the water method. I start three different kinds: traditional orange, purple with purple on inside, and purple with white on inside (I forgot the proper names). In the water method the purple purple has always performed best with the other two leaving me to think it's not going to work with them and then suddenly sprouting at the last minute! I hope the potting soil method with work well with all three kinds and improve upon the water method that I've been doing. Thank you for sharing this experiment!

I really want to grow some sweet potatoes this year. I'm going to start my slips right away. This was really good information for me to get that project going. Thanks! 👍😎🌷😍🌼🌱🌻😀

Wow!! Potting soil for the win!❤️

Wow! I ordered some slips to access a short-season variety, but one of my store-bought sweet potatoes happened to get some shoots, so I put it in water. The three shoots are growing but way slow. I'm gonna move it to some soil like you did. What a great result! My boughten starts are supposed to ship soon. I'm guessing it will be too soon, but we'll manage. 😊 Not much for organic sweet potatoes available here.

Awesome!

I am finally having luck after "cheating" a little. I only tried the water and it was doing absolutely nothing. As a last ditch effort before tossing out, I put a little Miracle Grow in the water. Finally started getting roots 3 weeks ago and I dont have slips, but I saw several tiny "eyes" starting to form yesterday. I have hope now :) Thank you for the how to video

Did you read my mind? I just asked on your group this am if I was doing it right! And here is the video 30 min later!

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

I think I just commented on your post lol

@jujube2407

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening you sure did :)

Holy Macro! You have a winner!!! I got excited about mine but yours are on next level! (No pun :)

Thank you

Please update would love to see if they ultimately yield sweet potatoes

Lol. I just got up to check out the front door when I heard all the sirens. I thought something bad happened on my street. Haha. Sweet potatoes did great! I’m going to do your method with mine.

Love your video!!! Here in the Philippines, we grow sweet potatoes by stem cuttings. That is the fastest way to grow sweet potatoes :)

Aahhh my sweet potato’s had a flower today!

Epic potting soil introduction !!

My water ones have actually sprouted better and am happy with the method

WOW I guessed right, but did not think it would be that dramatic of a difference!

Me too sprouting sweet potato only in soil. It take only 2 week to sprout then I cut the young shoots and plant them in box. By the way nice video... Thanks for sharing.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. You're welcome!

It took a couple months before my white sweet potato put out 3 slips. My first couple regular sweet potatoes rotted in the soil, and their replacements haven’t put out anything in a couple months. Since the store labelled them as organic, I really hoped for more. I just pulled them from the potting bin and am trying the toothpick thing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sweet results with the SP in the potting soil! My SP was in water and was very successful. Thanks for the update.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

So hit or miss! You're welcome

You sir are a legend. I can't stand sweet potatoes but my GF loves them. I tried the glass method last time and it was poor took months to get any usable slips. I will be ready in 4 months to try again. Thank you.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Good luck...for your girlfriends sake...lol

@matthewfarrell317

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening I know they grow because I gave up and used box store slips and we just pulled a nice harvest of them. It's getting them started.

Thank you for yet another informative video. Growing purple sweet potatoes for the first time from scratch . Have several rooted slips in water ., in UK where temp right now 17-20,in the last few days. When do I plant them out please( temperatures) and do they need hardening off? Many thanks

Good video, thanks =)

GRATITUDE 💥🤩💥

I wish I had tried the potting soil mix method but for lack of space I did the water method only. I put my sweet potato in the water 2/23 and it has several 4" slips right now plus several itty tiny ones started. I can't plant until very end of May so I think this is probably fairly on track for my zone. Nadine

I have always done them right in my garden with great results. You can take the tall ones and just pinch them down. I put mine in the ground directly and water well. Within 2 days they will perk right up.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised. They root so easily!

Why are sweet potatoes grown differently from regular potatoes? BTW, whatever lighting you changed to is really good. Warm light that resembles early or late sun... makes for great photography.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Not in the same family. Potatoes are related to tomatoes and sweet potatoes are related to morning glories.

@joanies6778

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening Thanks. I did not know that.

@matthewfarrell317

3 жыл бұрын

Because sweet potatoes are not actually members of the potato family. Completely different plants.

Had same problem with mine in water-put it in mix of worm casting and soil now plenty of slips. Go to deepsouth homestead and look up sweet potatoes

@desertflower9557

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Thank U precious, I put 2 sweet potatoes 🍠 🍠 in water and they did not root, I then put them in soil in front of my kitchen window. I am still waiting on my slits to grow. I was so 😀 happy to see your video this morning. Thanks 🙏🏾

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@MichaelRei99

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening are you a Hobbit?

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe. 😁

I hope you get sweet potatoes from your slips once planted, sadly I only ever got Lots and lots and lots of sweet potato leaves. However many enjoyable salads with the leaves as with my Tortillas, as my Spinach had not grown last year, Sweet potato leave sure very nutritious, so although I LOVE sweet Potato , I went through the whole ritual of putting slips into jars roots forming etc then planting them into HUGE POTS (I have Spinach growing in my small patch of land that is only as big as a postage stamp.. Anyway I am starting again growing slips and mine growing fine straight from just one end of a sweet potato. Enjoy leaves and freeze them you never know when you may enjoy putting them into a nice winter Stew or fry with garlic and lemon juice..

I really appreciate all the good information you give. You really are more knowledgeable and thorough than most KZread gardeners. But I do have some info to add to your experiments. I know you’re not claiming to be a scientist or anything, but your sample size is way too small, and there are some other things to consider. I grow a large amount of slips every year for myself and to share. The potting soil adds more expense and takes up a lot more space that I don’t have. In the past I have had a lot more potatoes go rotten in the potting soil. This year I did 10 potatoes in jars of water and 6 laying in potting soil. One SP in water has gone rotten and one in the potting soil has gone rotten. One SP slip in the soil is way ahead of the rest, but a couple of the sweet potatoes in the soil aren’t doing much. In the jars of water, a couple of potatoes are also not doing much, but most of them have a ton of slips starting. They are probably growing a little slower than the SP’s in the soil, but they are more consistent overall. Different potatoes just perform very differently, so that’s why I was pointing out that you need a much bigger sample size. Also, I was thinking of trying vermiculite, but I just ran out of energy this year. But I believe vermiculite would be better than perlite because it is supposed to absorb/hold in the moisture. Perlite is better for drainage (not absorbing), so the way you did it does not keep much moisture around the sweet potato. I really do love your videos, and I can tell that you really do care about helping people and getting them good information, so that’s why I felt okay about sharing my experiences with you. Keep up the good work! (P.S. I live in zone 4, so I just started mine on April 2. I can’t plant outside until the beginning of June, and I have to heat the soil with plastic for a couple of weeks before planting.)

Definitely doing mine in soil tomorrow morning! I have mine in water, and the roots are only about 1 centimeter long.

@lindas9806

3 жыл бұрын

Do you think it will be ok to take that sweet potato and it in soil now? I was doing the cup method and have to a of roots but now sprouts yet

@gardyloo3093

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindas9806 I was only guessing it would be OK because he said to put it back in the soil to get even more. At this point, I'll take what I can get!

I'll try soil next time - my water ones have loads of growth in just a couple weeks, with slips starting just as fast as the roots.

I will be planting my slips in a 6’ diameter barrel that is almost 2’ tall. How many slips do you think I can plant in a planter this size? First attempt at sweet potatoes! Love your videos, very helpful for a first year gardener!

Those other ones that he first showed are fine, it does not take much at all to make a great plant. I just keep my potatoes in the cabinet and cut off a growth about the size or your little finger and it makes great plants. And the greens are edible btw, go good in smoothies, you will live to 110 if you eat them each week. lol

Thanks for sharing, I really like your garden tips. Do u think a 20 gallon grow bag with 10” soil okay to grow sweet potatoes?

Nice production with the soil! I believe your potato in water experiment would have been better with a cup or glass that afforded it some growing room. I was not able to shop early for my potatoes and ha a late start. I have one (1) in soil and one (1) in water. Both have started to grow at a very early stage, at the same time. Thanks for the update, I have been waiting for it.

Thanks for the video. I had a sweet potato sitting in my produce basket and it just sprouted 2 or 3 spots. I didn’t know what to do next. And debating if I want to try to grow it. What kind of space do I need for sweet potatoes? And if you had to do a container what size ? I have a small space.

Quick question Brian, do you fertilize herbs? If yes, which type. Also which fertilizer do you use on lemon plant?

My potato, in water, grew loads of roots like yours. I had one slip about an inch long but then, my potato just rotted and it is now composting. Better luck next year.

My brother threw some potatoes he thought were bad into our compost heap and after a couple rains we have potato plants growing out the compost guess I should go check them out and do what u did with the soil potato

Can you plant them as is?(I've seen it on other channels) sprouts form where the leaves were?

I am planning on growing sweet and golden potatoes this year. If this the process for none sweet potatoes as well?

Is this sweet potato vine for flowers or eating? I’m looking for the plant for my flower baskets.

How long did it take for the potting soil method to sprout slips that tall? I need to know when to start them indoors. Thank you.

Can a few sweet potatoes be left in the ground to grow for next season. I have mild winters.

Can i grow it in Toronto? Do we have enough sunny days

I had the opposite reaction, mine in water are going crazy but the ones in soil never did anything. What I need help with is my Japanese yams, I've started 6 and only one has slips and it's very very long lol.

Will just planting a sweet potato grow more? Do you have to do the slips?

I did mine in water. I have so many roots and sprouts it isn’t even funny! One sprout is about two feet long. All my sprouts came from the water...none from the top. Thanks for the update!

Very interesting. When the stems are in the water waiting to form roots, do you change out the water occasionally to avoid rot?

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

If it gets discolored. But they root so fast there pro ably isn't time for that to happen.

I am in 10b Southern California. I ordered sweet potato slips and white and yellow seed potatoes last year. They still have not shipped. I am very concerned that I will not get them in time to grow a crop this year. This video is very helpful for the future definitely.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully if they come soon you will. I'm more concerned about the potatoes. 10b has a long enough season to plant sweet potato later

@Denisewithonei

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening thank you!

Your potting soil one looks like mine that's in water LOL.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

So hit or miss its crazy.

What kind of sweet potato produces the purple leaves? It's beautiful.

I live in northern Michigan and do not have a long growing season. I’d like to try sweet potatoes, but cannot get s feel for the timeline necessary to start and grow them. Your videos are great, but a suggestion would be to put a date time stamp in them for future viewers’ reference. Thanks!

What Zone do you live in? Thank you for your videos from Zone 8, NE Louisiana!

I wonder if you can do the same thing with a regular potato?

I live in the south of the UK . When should I start this procedure please?

I have slips! One is like 2ft long. I’ve left it growing since the others are various lengths and I’m not ready to put all of them in water. QUESTION Can the 2ft long slip be cut into 4 sections to root?

What's the name of those little white flowers behind you in this video...thanks

You don’t need the whole potato to get good results. I cut off about a quarter on the non-root end and stuck it cut side down in a perforated pie tin with potting soil (that way I got to cook the rest). In less than a month, I had 18 slips. 2 of them were long enough to put in water at 2 1/2 weeks!

Thank you for the video!! Your videos are always to the point with all important information. I had a quick question for you, do we use liquid fertilizer at transplanting or wait 2 weeks to do that? Also, I usually plant tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumber, beans and long gourd, so far from the videos I watched, you add rock phosphate, kelp meal and crab and lobster shell fertilizer at transplant except peppers, is that correct? Please let me know. Thanks.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

I use granular and planting time for more slow release and liquid follow up for quick action. And yes you are correct!

@rashedauddin3600

3 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening thanks for your quick reply. I'd love to see a video on any tips and tricks for cucumber plants. Thank you 😀

Not sure what happened to mine but my potatoes just rotted in the soil. Will probably have to find slips this year

@Sparkysings2

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe too much water?

Can you do the same thing with white potatoes or red potatoes?

What is a good natural pesticide for sweet potatoes leaves.