When to Harvest Sweet Potatoes & How to Cure in an Oven Using a Yogurt Maker

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best time to harvest your sweet potatoes and how to cure them using your oven and a yogurt maker.

In this episode, you will learn when John harvests his sweet potatoes aka sweetpotato or Ipomoea batatas. In some countries, it may be called batata, camote, kamote, kumar or even kumara.

You will learn when to harvest your sweet potatoes in temperate climate zones that get a frost and how to maximize the sweetness of your sweet potatoes.

You will discover the specific varieties or cultivars that John grew in his desert garden and which ones performed the best for him.

You will learn if you should plant sweet potatoes as a ground cover and if so, what upper story plants should be used.

You will learn if you can eat sweet potatoes raw and how you can also eat the sweet potato leaves even without cooking - yes, you can eat them raw.

You will discover why you should not dig up your sweet potatoes and then eat them for dinner that night. You will learn how curing the sweet potato can not only allow them to last longer but also get sweeter.

You will learn how curing a sweet potatoe in a non-tropical climate can be difficult due to the weather, and how if you live in an arid climate, it can almost be impossible to properly cure your sweet potatoes that need a high temperature and humidity to be cured properly.

You will discover the innovative way John came up with to cure his sweet potatoes with some common items he had laying around the house: His oven and a yogurt maker!

Finally, You will learn more about the specific temperature John can maintain using this setup and how his sweet potatoes cured after 2 weeks using an oven and yogurt maker.

After watching this episode, you will learn the best time to harvest your sweet potatoes in temperate climates as well as how to can easily cure them at home using your oven and a yogurt maker or even an appliance light bulb.


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