How to Plant Sweet Potatoes Without Mounds or Heaps | Farming God's Way

Most farmers plant sweet potatoes in big heaps or mounds. It's hard work and the harvest is often small. Here's how we plant sweet potatoes on flat ground with Farming God's Way, using a thick mulch we call God's Blanket. We start by asking farmers in Uganda why sweet potatoes are planted in heaps (Penneniah, James, Isaac and Joel). Then Klint walks you through the whole method, step by step, at our Uganda demonstration training farm. WHAT YOU'LL NEED (per the video) Mulch (God's Blanket): at least 10 cm (4 in) thick A rope marked every 60 cm (24 in) Furrows 15 cm (6 in) deep Wood ash: 1 tablespoon every 60 cm (24 in) Compost or manure: 500 ml (17 oz, about 2 cups) every 1 m (40 in) Cover the manure with soil, leaving the furrow 10 cm (4 in) deep Vine cuttings 30 cm (12 in) long, leaves removed from the bottom 2/3, wrapped in wet newspaper and kept in the dark about 3 days until roots appear Plant 2 vines per 60 cm (24 in), each in a J shape: 10 cm (4 in) along the bottom, 10 cm (4 in) up, 10 cm (4 in) above ground CHAPTERS 0:00 Why do farmers plant sweet potatoes in heaps? 2:16 Why heaps aren't the answer 3:23 Step by step: God's Blanket 4:08 Marking the rows 4:17 How sweet potatoes multiply from vines 4:36 Furrow, wood ash and manure 4:59 Covering the furrow and preparing the vines 5:32 Planting the vines in a J shape 6:15 The results 6:37 Learn more Learn more about our training, or support the work: https://sowhopefarms.org About Sow Hope Farms: we train missionaries and pastors to confront poverty and proclaim the Gospel right where people earn their living, in the garden. We train using the Farming God's Way method. This channel is not the official Farming God's Way archive. #SweetPotatoes #FarmingGodsWay #NoTillGardening