Worth's Octopuses Garden in the Shade.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by jpop

Worth whats a slip? Each outcrop from the tater? Will each one potentially give its own tater?

Yes a slip is the shoot coming from the tater.
This is how you grow them and how they propagate sweet potatoes.
As a matter of fact any place the vine hits the ground it will take root and put out more sweet potatoes.
What I do is twist the shoot from the potato and get it rooted then plant it in the soil.
Real easy to do.
If everything is going good you can maybe get 50 pounds or more from 20 slips.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

I grew slips out for a few years. I always used a grocery store sweet potato. One year 2013, the plants grew huge and the sweet potatoes looked more like ping tung squash. They looked funny but tasted good.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I grew slips out for a few years. I always used a grocery store sweet potato. One year 2013, the plants grew huge and the sweet potatoes looked more like ping tung squash. They looked funny but tasted good.

More than likely too much nitrogen sweet potatoes and carrots grow great in sorry soil.
I have been pulling wild carrot growing in red clay soil and the things are huge with no deformation what so ever.
Over dosing nitrogen will also make your regular potatoes have black hollow spots in the middle.

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[jpop]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Yes a slip is the shoot coming from the tater.
This is how you grow them and how they propagate sweet potatoes.
As a matter of fact any place the vine hits the ground it will take root and put out more sweet potatoes.
What I do is twist the shoot from the potato and get it rooted then plant it in the soil.
Real easy to do.
If everything is going good you can maybe get 50 pounds or more from 20 slips.

Worth

Wow, learn something everyday. As a novice grower in general to most here, I really eat this stuff up. Had no idea that at this point in my life I could find solace and feeling of achievement in plants whether the outcome is good or bad. Which is difficult for me as I am a perfectionist and very competitive by nature. It goes w/ the saying, life is about the journey not the destination. Hard to really grasp this when I was younger, but now w/ kids, pets, spouse, and work obligations, I find my little free time in the garden my happy (and quite haha) place. The kids are enjoying it as well, which makes it that much more of a special place for me. Thanks for the explanation.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by jpop

Wow, learn something everyday. As a novice grower in general to most here, I really eat this stuff up. Had no idea that at this point in my life I could find solace and feeling of achievement in plants whether the outcome is good or bad. Which is difficult for me as I am a perfectionist and very competitive by nature. It goes w/ the saying, life is about the journey not the destination. Hard to really grasp this when I was younger, but now w/ kids, pets, spouse, and work obligations, I find my little free time in the garden my happy (and quite haha) place. The kids are enjoying it as well, which makes it that much more of a special place for me. Thanks for the explanation.

Thanks pound for pound a sweet potato is far more nutritious than a potato and what we need to be growing in hot climates.
Once they are harvested you dont want to eat the thing right out of the ground it wont taste good.
They have to cure for the sugars to develop for around 4 weeks or so.
As they are stored properly they will become more and more sweet.
I eat most of mine raw grated and put in salads or used instead of carrots in a slaw.
The vines are even edible.
Our cows used to hang out when we harvested and we would hand feed them sweet potato vines.


Worth

[Hellmanns]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Our cows used to hang out when we harvested and we would hand feed them sweet potato vines.


Worth

See what I'm say'n, Worth. Just shut up, you're bringing back old memories..

[jpop]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Thanks pound for pound a sweet potato is far more nutritious than a potato and what we need to be growing in hot climates.
Once they are harvested you dont want to eat the thing right out of the ground it wont taste good.
They have to cure for the sugars to develop for around 4 weeks or so.
As they are stored properly they will become more and more sweet.
I eat most of mine raw grated and put in salads or used instead of carrots in a slaw.
The vines are even edible.
Our cows used to hang out when we harvested and we would hand feed them sweet potato vines.


Worth

Never tried them raw, will give that a try grated like you mentioned, thanks.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by jpop

Never tried them raw, will give that a try grated like you mentioned, thanks.

If you have ever had carrot raisin salad with the mayo vinegar and sugar in it substitute sweet potatoes for the carrot.


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[jpop]

Definitely Worth a shot. Little play on words there

[Worth1]

I spent most of the day putting up trellis for beans and cucumbers.
When I am through with one more I will have close to 60 no make that almost 80 feet of it scattered around and two Bean Tepees.

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[Worth1]

The other day I posted pictures of the hills I made for the watermelons.
The regular even ground temperature is still sitting at 60 degrees or so.
I checked two hills and the temperature is up to 75 degrees about 3 inches down.
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[Worth1]

The Kentucky wonder beans are sprouting in the soil and the rattlesnake beans are sprouting in their containers.

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[Worth1]

Octopus lettuce and friends.
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[whistech]

That lettuce is looking great!

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by whistech

That lettuce is looking great!

I can't wait to get my first head of romaine.

Here are the octopus potatoes.
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