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Sweet Potato 🍠 haul !!
I have never planted sweet potatoes in my life. I figured this year was year to give it a shot. I got my inspiration from Danny of Deep South Homestead. Watching him fill up a loader bucket on a tractor with hundreds of pounds of sweet potatoes really was inspirational. So I figured I’d give it a try.
Go big or go home .... I purchased four sweet potato plants from our local home-improvement store. I planted them about the end of June and just harvested them yesterday.
Not too bad for a first go round !!
Decent size to them, too.
Thanks for stopping in at Beyond Mountains Homestead!!
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Awesome crop! Not bad for a first-timer!
So, what's the first thing you're going to make with the sweet taters?
Thanks @goldendawne... probably baked with brown sugar and butter!!!
Not a bad crop at all for your first shot at it, and they should make a nice side dish for quite a few meals!!! Maybe even some sweet potato fries for some of the smaller ones.
Any tips to share on how to grow them?
Thanks @cognoscere ... fries sound awesome ... the little ones I will use to root as slips for next year.
Very Nice...did you do anything different than with any other plant? I tried some this year as well but didn't get much of a crop. I'll try again next year - maybe you can give us some tips?