Today we're going to talk about sweet potatoes
How to grow them in containers
And once you see how easy it is You will be pleasantly surprised
Growing sweet potatoes is very easy
Just use some Sweet potatoes from the grocery store
And keep them in a glass of water
Within a few days you will see these Roots emerging from the bottom of the Sweet Potato
And the plants and the leaves growing from the top
This is when it is ready to be transplanted into Containers
So we transplanted one of them to one container
You can even cut off various pieces As long as there are roots and plants and leaves
And transplant them in multiple containers
They will go pretty fast and easy
Once planted, all you need to make sure is they get enough water
You do not want to water-log it
Just make sure they are getting enough water I have used a drip irrigation system here
Within a few weeks you are going to see that The Sweet Potato plant is going to grow into
a vine And you can either train the vines
Or you can just let them grow all over the place
It does not really matter
As the vine keeps growing
The Sweet Potatoes are continuing to form Below the surface of the soil
When the vine starts dying off Or when it has been about three months or so
The Sweet Potatoes are ready for harvest
If you see here, the soil is pretty rich Its because I have used a lot of compost here
You don't really need to use any fertilizers
But Sweet Potato is a root plant
So you may want to use some Rock Phosphate If your soil is not rich enough
I've grown these sweet potatoes in compost and soil
And hardly used any fertilizers here
With good compost material in your growing medium
You are going to see a lot of activity in the soil
You are going to see worms
The plants are able to absorb the minerals really well
So that's the benefit of having good soil
So that harvest looks pretty good
In a container of this size You can expect to get a few pieces of Sweet Potatoes
The longer you let these plants grow
The more Sweet Potatoes its going to keep producing
And make sure you get all the Sweet Potatoes That are there
Some of these Sweet Potatoes Could be hiding deep inside
While you see this harvest, let me give you a tip
Most of the root plants like Sweet Potatoes, Taro Root, Potatoes
Anything that's under the ground They need a lot of Phosphate
So if you feel that you are not getting a good yield
What I would suggest is... Enriching the soil with some source of Phosphate
Let's continue to harvest the remaining Sweet Potatoes
Making sure we don't leave any behind
You're free to wear gloves if you want to
When you are digging into your container I just like to use my hands
It just makes me feel closer to nature It makes me feel close to what I am doing
I think we got most of it now
Here we go, that's our harvest
That looks pretty good It's all ready to be washed and
We could turn these into some delicious dishes
So there's our harvest
And Sweet Potatoes taste very delicious
When they are roasted with their skin on
Or you can bake them They are very healthy
And very nice
So I hope you liked today's episode of growing
Sweet Potatoes in containers
And I hope you get to grow some really good Sweet Potatoes
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