Growing Okinawan Sweet Potatoes in 7 Containers

I have started Okinawan Sweet Potatoes in seven half-whiskey barrel containers.

Last year, I grew Okinawan Sweet Potatoes both in a Raised Bed (see this blog entry) and in a container (see this blog entry).

I found that I got just as much yield from the container as I did from a Raised Bed, but it was so much easier to harvest the Okinawan Sweet Potatoes in the container. It would take me a over an hour to dig up the Raised Bed and find all of the Okinawan Sweet Potatoes. With the container, all I had to do was to dump the container onto some newspapers and the Okinawan Sweet Potatoes would just appear. No digging. No hunting.

This year, I decided to just grow the Okinawan Sweet Potatoes in containers. I reused the fiberglass half-whiskey barrel container from last year and I bought 6 more containers. I got 10 pounds of Okinawan Sweet Potatoes in the container last year, so I hope to get 70 pounds this year.

Okinawan Sweet Potatoes take about 6 months to mature. I started these plants in April and March (see this blog entry). I had wanted to start the plants earlier, but the cool weather we had at the beginning of the yield prevented my cuttings from taking root.

Two Feet Tall Sweet Corn

My Sweet Corn plants are now 2 feet tall. I planted the corn seeds 7 weeks ago (See this blog entry).

I was concerned that the plants were too close together, but they appear to be very healthy.

Thai Red Dragon Pepper Flowering

I bought a Thai Red Dragon Pepper plant from San Gabriel Nursery for $2.99 a few weeks ago.

I transplanted into a 5 gallon container.

You can see in the picture that it is starting to flower.