If you've ever checked on a potato plant while it's growing, it can be interesting to observe its development. The plant sends out roots in every direction, which form nodules on the ends. As the plant sends down more energy, these grow up into tubers. If you pull out your potato plants during harvest time, instead of cutting them as seen here, you'll find a lot of feeder roots still attached to the tubers.
They’re green because of sun exposure. Using them as seed potatoes won’t make their offspring more likely to be green. It might make it chit faster, but green potatoes are caused by exposure to light.
Don't throw the greens ones away. Use them for seed potatoes for next year. It's just from getting too much light on them, so next year, pile extra soil around the base of the plants to prevent it.
@@pakde8002 dont mess around with green potatoes, quick way to ensure a trip to the ER. Potato plants are from the same family as the nightshade berry.
You can use the green potatoes next year as seed potatoes. They vill survive better than other potatoes because if the green. If you keep them in a dark cool area.
Nice harvest!!! I grow mine in an old trash can. 😂 I drilled tiny holes all over it and big ones on the bottom, added pebbles and sand and kitchen scraps, topped it with dirt mixed with worm poop. Everything I grow is in containers ( plastic pools, storage bins, etc) except fruit trees. I had to improvise my planting methods because we live in Florida, and we have septic. I have bunch of sweet potatoes planted this year. Looking forward to fall harvest. I did yukon gold last year, we're still eating the ones I froze. 😅
@@strawberryseed1886garden supplies are so expensive! I pick stuff up from trash, freebies on craigslist and freecycle. I'm a disabled vet with a very tight budget, so gotta do what I gotta do! 😅
Another potatoe pro tip: If planted in longer rows the proces can be sped up by starting in front of the row, and turning everything over to one side. All potatoes are lying on top of the newly formed potatoe line, and can be easyly picked of. While harvesting with my grandparents, it went like this: i was flipping potatoes, and my grandparents and my vrother would pick them up. The first person picks out all green and shriviled ones, and the other two gather potatoes. The gathering ended up with on person collecting, and the other carrying the potatoes. Another info: there are potatoe forks with more prongs closer to each other, the outer ones being straight to create a basket thingy, and the tips being rounded. These make the flipping much easyer, and prevent nearly all damage.
Thanks for the information, me and my father planted potatos. But we dont know when to dig them up lol. Do you know, how I can know, when we should dig it up?
The leaves and stalk above ground start to die off. They have planted potatoes thier intire lives so they just knew someday, but they told me you can tell by the stalks. If they start to dry up, prepare. If the plants lay down on the ground and start to shrivel up they are ready to harvest. If you are unsure you can wait till everything turns brown. Its nearly impossible to leave a potatoe burried to long.
@@thegentlemanist8824 I thought potatos were very easy to die in the ground. Thank you very much, I will use this knowledge. My grandma also always had potatos and carrots and other stuff. But that was some time ago so I dont remember that well. But Thank you for the help.
@@godisbilsmastaren1440 🥔🥔🥔Harvest time is when the top of the plants are starting to die down, or when frost kills the top. Sure time to dig all these wonderful potato treasures up. Any green ones kept separately, to use as seed potatos next growing season.
My granddaddy had an old tin shed that he would keep his potatoes in after he picked them. My god, he grew the best new potatoes I have ever had. My granny would cook us a big plate of hash, bacon, and eggs before my grandad would take me and my brother fishing. Man, I’ve got some really wonderful memories of them. ❤
That's awsome. I tried last year in tires. Big mistake. I had 1 potatoes for my efforts. This year, big garden bags. I can tell already I have potatoes it's lumpy, lol. Enjoy your taters!
I love it!! Thanks for the tip! I’ve seen so many videos where people have stabbed their potatoes. Now I know how to dig them up without damaging my harvest!
If it makes you feel better, I'm in Cali and my taters are only about 6-8" tall lol. But, I do get frosts into July, so there's that putting me months behind those folks in my state living just an afternoons drive away 😂
I absolutely loved your Crow training video 3 months ago. It just popped up on my feed.. I love crows I see at least 40 of them every couple of months they love me.
Ouch that hurt my foot for you 😅😂 great harvest! You've inspired me to grow as much as I can and in the week I've watched your videos I have 3 baby garlic plants 🥰
@@ginger4ever643 The plant produces solanine as protection against animals. Nightshades are famous for their toxicity. Domestication has greatly reduced the solanine content in potato breeds to make them safer for human consumption, but even that only reduces the risk.
We always wait until the plants are completely or mostly dry. Bigger potatoes that way and you don't need to cut through the stems just pull and they release.
Amazing soil you have there man! So crumbly and ideal for planting potatoes! ❤❤❤❤❤ Harvesting potatoes is like harvesting gold, I hope I can do that someday, even though only in planter bags...
Years ago I tried to grow potatoes. It was a huge waste of time. I only found about 6 “ potatoes “ the biggest was the size of my thumb nail . The others were smaller. It was so disappointing. I will say that my soil is very heavy clay. I don’t know if that might have been the problem. I’m trying potatoes in a raised. Ed this time. Wish me luck and I’m open to any tips you can share.
@@chickenmadness1732 Virginia and in answer to another suggestion we don’t have problems with moles or such. I don’t thinks moles like heavy hard soil. I’ve never had much luck with carrots either because of the soil. The carrot came out looking like the Mississippi River . Lots of twists and kinks trying to grow around clods.
@@ShayeDbug Shrews and moles are carnivores, feeding on insects, worms, snails, and other invertebrates. They don't eat potatoes, though they can damage roots while digging. _Voles_ eat plants.
The green ones are absolutely totally fine to plant and really a small amount of the green won't hurt you. Ever eat a green edged potato chip? Ya. You lived.
🙄 You know you can just trim off the green part and they're fine. Additionally, you have to eat A LOT of the green for it to be a serious health concern.
@@emilmuhrman, so you disagree with the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture - first link) and the mountains of other scientific literature (second link & easy Google)? Okay.
I planted mine in a cardboard box in the corner of my garden... seems to be thriving but I over planted for the size of the box so my crop will be smaller, yummy potatoes.
If I remember correctly, it's best to harvest the potatoes early in the morning, during the day the plant while distribute more recourses to the leaves of the plant for growth and photosynthesis. at night in order to try to keep its recourses safer, it will keep them closer to the base of the plant where they are safer from predators. quick note: although they are underground, potatoes aren't part of the root system, they are part of the stem system, only they develop underground and are tuberous stems.
I prefer the stomp the tops and wait 3 days method so all the nutrients in the stalks shoot downward to finalize growing. This also lessens green potatoes
We always bought our potatoes at fall ( October) to store them in the root cellar through the winter and spring - until June, July when new ones slowly started. We bought 10 burlap bags - 500 kg. One 50 kg bag was 40 crowns, $1 was 36 crowns. Our fall, winter and spring price for potatoes was $14.
I just grub up my potatoes by hand. You should go around the whole bed because some of the potatoes can go deeper or spread out from the rest of the plant. Smaller seed potatoes can detach from the plant if you just pull the plant up.
My grandparents are hobby farmers and i recently really got into plants, its sad they live too far away for me tp be able to help in their beautiful garden :(
Beautiful harvest for sure😮 the red potatoes look amazing. Replant that green potato straight back into the ground, or put it aside until you're ready to plant your next patch🎵👣💧🙏🏽
So crazy how they just appear. Plants are trippy
Do you need medical help?
@@WFly101 somebody is just in awe of nature, that’s a good thing 🙂
@@wee0007 🌱💖
If you've ever checked on a potato plant while it's growing, it can be interesting to observe its development. The plant sends out roots in every direction, which form nodules on the ends. As the plant sends down more energy, these grow up into tubers. If you pull out your potato plants during harvest time, instead of cutting them as seen here, you'll find a lot of feeder roots still attached to the tubers.
@@wee0007 Nobody should be in awe of touching grass.
Use the green ones as seed potatoes for the next crop
It will have a higher chance to be green
They’re green because of sun exposure. Using them as seed potatoes won’t make their offspring more likely to be green. It might make it chit faster, but green potatoes are caused by exposure to light.
@@johndyer9232 oh thanks for simplifying
@@prof.dr.ashrafzytoon4834 lmfao you just comment some random shit making it seem like you know. next time it would've been better to just stfu.
What if you cut around and eat it😮
Don't throw the greens ones away. Use them for seed potatoes for next year. It's just from getting too much light on them, so next year, pile extra soil around the base of the plants to prevent it.
Or just cut off the green part.
@@pakde8002not worth the risk solanine is no joke
@@pakde8002 dont mess around with green potatoes, quick way to ensure a trip to the ER. Potato plants are from the same family as the nightshade berry.
@@Bailey.465 just be a sink of resources for society like everyone else
Not a gardener or harvester but that seems a bad idea, the poison would grow further and multiply to which the new potatoes would be also be poisoned
The green ones are actually seeds for the next season. Don't throw them away cuz the greening is just due to sun exposure like photosynthesis
Yes the green in a potato is chlorophyll however sun exposure to the tubers causes them to also produce solinine which it toxic to us.
@@joshuarichards8065but at least more potatoes for later.
@@joshuarichards8065 I just eat green potatoes all the time. I didn't know it was poisonous.
Oh well....guess I'll die soon.
@@noobslayer6915 Lots of kids eat things containing lead or mercury.
@@noobslayer6915 They taste very bitter when green so I don't get how you could swallow it.
How much did the barefoot potato kick hurt
a buck
😩😮💨
Programed Much???
That's what I was thinking 🤔
Came here to ask that too lol
Instead of cutting the stalk, You can pull the plant up to give you an idea of how big the root spread is.
I expected “a stupid amount” to be a lot more than that lol
Me too… 😮
Yeah bro I got like 400 kilos of potatoes
You're that amount then
@@distinctloafer lmao, gooood ooonnnee 🙄 I got a brown cheerio you can kiss, baby doll 😂😘
the way I recoiled when you kicked the potato with bare toes LMAO
I wonder if that hurt
I said, “ow” out loud.
I felt it in my toes 😭
He also harvested his potatoes in barefoot and even used his pitchfork.
@@tnakatak It didn't.
I got 43lbs this year.. best so far.
That's nearly enough for the winter!
@@lydianicolenorwick125I’m thinking of planting some potatoes how long can they last after being harvested?
@@bullseyebrave88how fast you gonna eat them?
@@Greenredfieldabout 1potato per day
@@dreamkitty damn that's so little
You can use the green potatoes next year as seed potatoes. They vill survive better than other potatoes because if the green. If you keep them in a dark cool area.
@@Bailey.465And thats how famine works
Sure
@@bluemarineboy3091no, it’s not…😂
Nice harvest!!!
I grow mine in an old trash can. 😂 I drilled tiny holes all over it and big ones on the bottom, added pebbles and sand and kitchen scraps, topped it with dirt mixed with worm poop.
Everything I grow is in containers ( plastic pools, storage bins, etc) except fruit trees.
I had to improvise my planting methods because we live in Florida, and we have septic.
I have bunch of sweet potatoes planted this year. Looking forward to fall harvest. I did yukon gold last year, we're still eating the ones I froze. 😅
That’s an incredible idea! May have to steal it next season
You sound like me-growing in all sorts of weird things-cardboard boxes, old recycling bins, old metal shelves. Whatever works!
@@strawberryseed1886garden supplies are so expensive! I pick stuff up from trash, freebies on craigslist and freecycle. I'm a disabled vet with a very tight budget, so gotta do what I gotta do! 😅
@@aydenmarshall8546any container really works! Freecycle and craigslist always has people getting rid of bins! 😁
@@AvaJun yep! I’m disabled, too. We gotta make it work lol
Another potatoe pro tip:
If planted in longer rows the proces can be sped up by starting in front of the row, and turning everything over to one side.
All potatoes are lying on top of the newly formed potatoe line, and can be easyly picked of.
While harvesting with my grandparents, it went like this: i was flipping potatoes, and my grandparents and my vrother would pick them up. The first person picks out all green and shriviled ones, and the other two gather potatoes. The gathering ended up with on person collecting, and the other carrying the potatoes.
Another info: there are potatoe forks with more prongs closer to each other, the outer ones being straight to create a basket thingy, and the tips being rounded. These make the flipping much easyer, and prevent nearly all damage.
Thanks for the information, me and my father planted potatos. But we dont know when to dig them up lol.
Do you know, how I can know, when we should dig it up?
The leaves and stalk above ground start to die off. They have planted potatoes thier intire lives so they just knew someday, but they told me you can tell by the stalks. If they start to dry up, prepare. If the plants lay down on the ground and start to shrivel up they are ready to harvest. If you are unsure you can wait till everything turns brown. Its nearly impossible to leave a potatoe burried to long.
@@thegentlemanist8824 I thought potatos were very easy to die in the ground.
Thank you very much, I will use this knowledge.
My grandma also always had potatos and carrots and other stuff. But that was some time ago so I dont remember that well.
But Thank you for the help.
@@godisbilsmastaren1440 then good luck, and your welcome.
@@godisbilsmastaren1440
🥔🥔🥔Harvest time is when the top of the plants are starting to die down, or when frost kills the top. Sure time to dig all these wonderful potato treasures up. Any green ones kept separately, to use as seed potatos next growing season.
My granddaddy had an old tin shed that he would keep his potatoes in after he picked them. My god, he grew the best new potatoes I have ever had. My granny would cook us a big plate of hash, bacon, and eggs before my grandad would take me and my brother fishing. Man, I’ve got some really wonderful memories of them. ❤
That's awsome. I tried last year in tires. Big mistake. I had 1 potatoes for my efforts. This year, big garden bags. I can tell already I have potatoes it's lumpy, lol. Enjoy your taters!
Bro grew a real life Minecraft poison potato that’s crazy 😂❤
Lmao same thought
Grow up
Lmao
@@Miller-jh2bgchild down
@@Miller-jh2bg "grow up" said the person with a pfp of shaggy with the 2016 laser eyes
never realized how many potatoes come off one plant
I love it!! Thanks for the tip! I’ve seen so many videos where people have stabbed their potatoes. Now I know how to dig them up without damaging my harvest!
Digging up treasure 🥔🥔
2 questions. Can you replant the green potatoes for next harvest and would brown paper bags be okay instead of a burlap sack?
1: I don't see why not 🤫
2: anything "breathable" will do. 😌🌱
Replanting them is actually the best thing you can do with them. No need to throw them out, when you can turn them into more potatoes.
I empty mine in the thick paper bags that they sell em in but im NZ tho so might be different bags that you guys have,,
Yes and yes 😁
Never thought I would be so entertained by gardening. Subscribed.
Awesome information
We have been planting ours in barrels or buckets and just dump them. We find this is easy for us.
I planted mine in buckets for the first time this year! I can't wait to harvest!
This one is actually a very good way to easily harvest it without missing a single potato.
I rlly want my own garden but knowing me with plants I'd get attached to them and never wanna harvest em 😂
😂😅🥰
Like tenderly caring for pets! Gardeners have to be kinda ruthless & strict.
still great to have a garden :)
This is exactly the information I needed thank you, so excited 😆 🥔
Poisonous potato, what’s next, a creeper gives me a rude awakening
A spider might sneak up on you while harvesting, of course
They turn green from exposure to light, getting ready to sprout (chlorophyll.) That's why you're supposed to store them in a cool and dark area.
It's such a trip being in Michigan and watching you in Cali. We're like a full two months behind in season 😅
Its so helpful though to get tips far in advance 👍😁
If it makes you feel better, I'm in Cali and my taters are only about 6-8" tall lol. But, I do get frosts into July, so there's that putting me months behind those folks in my state living just an afternoons drive away 😂
Good job bro! 👍💪🙏
Awesome harvest!!! Your soil looks wonderful.
**STARING IN IRISH INTENSIFIES**
*Staring on indigenous South American intensifies* this also happens for tomatos, peppers, Cocoa, and avocado. 😂😂
irish potatoes are so small though😢
SHEESH 👁👄👁🇮🇪
Calm down there Shamus
@@shekharmoona544 Ya'll gave us all the good stuff lol.
Replant the green ones or let them grow eyes, then slice them so that you can plant each new plant.
u could plant the green ones
I absolutely loved your Crow training video 3 months ago. It just popped up on my feed..
I love crows I see at least 40 of them every couple of months they love me.
Can you regrow the ones that have the green areas or would that make the plant more toxic?
Super curious too
@@thewolfdancers me too
Guess I'll have to Google it
Yes you can regrow. No the green is from the plant pushing solanine to the root to fight something attacking it.
ဟုတ်ကဲ့
Those are gorgeous. Totally growing some this year!
Can those green ones be used as seed potatoes?
Yes
Ouch that hurt my foot for you 😅😂 great harvest! You've inspired me to grow as much as I can and in the week I've watched your videos I have 3 baby garlic plants 🥰
Glorious harvest! Wish I had your green thumb and garden area 😕 I have a patio
But I grew blueberries this year ! 😅
Make Your Happiness 😊❤
If the potatoes are covered fully by soil they won't get green
Gotta hill them
You helped me with my potato harvest this year, thank you!
Solanine IS toxic
That s the point!! No if, no could. It is!!!
What?
@@ginger4ever643Nobody knows
@@iffyfox9749 lol, well as long I'm not the only one! ,😊 Lol thanks tho I appreciate it
@@ginger4ever643 No problem💚
@@ginger4ever643 The plant produces solanine as protection against animals. Nightshades are famous for their toxicity. Domestication has greatly reduced the solanine content in potato breeds to make them safer for human consumption, but even that only reduces the risk.
"Throw away" more like kicking out😂
Can you use the green potato as a seed potato?
Yes, don't waste them. They'll grow great
As long as they have sprouts you can use them for seeds.
I had to watch it again because for some reason that potatoe toe kick was funny 😂
Tools and bare feet 🦶 🦶 always a good combo.
I think the best part about this is, is how Kevin is outside barefoot
Hey Kevin, Zone 9b. I have about 12 containers with potato plants in them. How do I know when to harvest?
We always wait until the plants are completely or mostly dry. Bigger potatoes that way and you don't need to cut through the stems just pull and they release.
And I thought that makes them less bitter with thicker skin that lasts longer, too, but I also think it only happens in cold enough climates
I appreciate your barefoot gardening!
Amazing soil you have there man! So crumbly and ideal for planting potatoes! ❤❤❤❤❤ Harvesting potatoes is like harvesting gold, I hope I can do that someday, even though only in planter bags...
Years ago I tried to grow potatoes. It was a huge waste of time. I only found about 6 “ potatoes “ the biggest was the size of my thumb nail . The others were smaller. It was so disappointing.
I will say that my soil is very heavy clay. I don’t know if that might have been the problem.
I’m trying potatoes in a raised. Ed this time. Wish me luck and I’m open to any tips you can share.
Where do you live? potatoes are one of the easiest plants to grow.
shrews and moles couldve been eating them
Good luck!
@@chickenmadness1732 Virginia and in answer to another suggestion we don’t have problems with moles or such. I don’t thinks moles like heavy hard soil.
I’ve never had much luck with carrots either because of the soil. The carrot came out looking like the Mississippi River . Lots of twists and kinks trying to grow around clods.
@@ShayeDbug Shrews and moles are carnivores, feeding on insects, worms, snails, and other invertebrates. They don't eat potatoes, though they can damage roots while digging.
_Voles_ eat plants.
The green ones are absolutely totally fine to plant and really a small amount of the green won't hurt you. Ever eat a green edged potato chip? Ya. You lived.
Girl how you gonna kick the potato barefoot I know that shit hurt 😩😭😭
Those tootsies are tough as nails.
@@mannys9130 😭😭
Helps that he's not a girl.
@@pamelah6431 😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing about harvesting potatoes
cant remember the last tine i heard a man hes going deep 😩
😂😂😂
Sup girl?
Wanna fix that? 😏
Potato harvest always look fun to participate, its like treasure hunting but you can eat it after
I bet that kick hurt 😂
Deeply
@@epicgardening Are the crows back yet??!!
I love the little tiny golden ones. Cooked hasselback style in an air fryer with butter and seasoning is so freaking delicious.
🙄 You know you can just trim off the green part and they're fine.
Additionally, you have to eat A LOT of the green for it to be a serious health concern.
⚖️ 5g for every kg you weigh is still safe.
So a 200lbs person can eat a whole pound of pure green potato *A DAY* and still be fine. ⚖️
No you can't.
@@emilmuhrman, so you disagree with the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture - first link) and the mountains of other scientific literature (second link & easy Google)? Okay.
@@emilmuhrman 😂 👍
Absolutely beautiful garden brother.
I love how he's barefoot. A true gardener.
Next spring I am FINALLY doing potatoes for the first time and at the end of winter I will be doing onions for the first time!!! Friggin stoked!
Nice! Thanks for the harvest tips too.
My grandpa just "flips" the soil over, and then we go and pick them.
It's probably more complicated, but hey, it works.
You can avoid greening your potatoes if you mulch deeply with straw.
it keeps the soil profile much cooler.
Irish really needed this earlier man
Digging for potatos is my very favorite thing to do! Its like digging for treasure!
I planted mine in a cardboard box in the corner of my garden... seems to be thriving but I over planted for the size of the box so my crop will be smaller, yummy potatoes.
If I remember correctly, it's best to harvest the potatoes early in the morning, during the day the plant while distribute more recourses to the leaves of the plant for growth and photosynthesis. at night in order to try to keep its recourses safer, it will keep them closer to the base of the plant where they are safer from predators. quick note: although they are underground, potatoes aren't part of the root system, they are part of the stem system, only they develop underground and are tuberous stems.
Love that drop-kick!! 😂
German proverb: The dumbest Farmers have the biggest potatoes
Im glad to know for the harvest coming up . Im in charge of the potatoes. Though mine have purple flowers blooming .
You inspired me to start growing and start my own RUclips channel. Keep crushing.
The green ones, if you can store them, they can be used for next year's plantings.
This dude's out here farming barefoot
Extra points!
Grounding is good
If you wait a little longer for the leaves to dry/die, you'll definitely have more and bigger potatoes.. 😁
Just found your channel, it’s so good ❤
You can always plant the green ones instead of dump them. Caused by sun exposure, not any defect or disease. 😊
Potatoes 🥔 are the easiest crop to grow. I did a container garden a few years ago & came out with about 20lbs of them. They were so fresh & tender. 😋
The sound of my boyfriend when he backs up at least a foot and then goes deep. 😅
the poisonous potatoes in minecraft are real after all
I love growing potatoes. Very easy to grow in grow bags too, which is how I have been growing them.
I prefer the stomp the tops and wait 3 days method so all the nutrients in the stalks shoot downward to finalize growing. This also lessens green potatoes
I did too I have potatoes planted everywhere and I can't wait until they're grown they're standing about 3 ft
That potato punt was pretty cool. My solanine-ed this video!
I LOVED potato harvest day when I was a kid, I really enjoyed digging all the potatoes out of the ground. It was like a treasure hunt
We always bought our potatoes at fall ( October) to store them in the root cellar through the winter and spring - until June, July when new ones slowly started. We bought 10 burlap bags - 500 kg. One 50 kg bag was 40 crowns, $1 was 36 crowns.
Our fall, winter and spring price for potatoes was $14.
Nice! I'm fixing on harvesting my tatties soon- this was helpful!
Whem i was younger, I loved "digging" for potatoes. It was like digging for treasure!!! lol
That potato volley was personal
I just grub up my potatoes by hand. You should go around the whole bed because some of the potatoes can go deeper or spread out from the rest of the plant. Smaller seed potatoes can detach from the plant if you just pull the plant up.
You made me grow potatoes this year and I am SO excited for my first harvest ☺️ but I'll have to wait another 2months
👍 Wonderful video. Very nice garden .
Awesome but mice are a huge problem for me 😔
Thanks. I needed this info, man.
My grandparents are hobby farmers and i recently really got into plants, its sad they live too far away for me tp be able to help in their beautiful garden :(
The green one don't need to Bewasted they make good seed potatoes.. It was very healthy as far as growing a plant out of it. Don't waste!😁🖤💜💙🩵🌱
The green ones can be used as seed potatoes the solanine won't affect the plant
They look so good. Ours aren't doing well this year.
if you have a stupid amount of potato, you need to make plenty amount of vodka
Your dirt where the potatoes are grown looks so good and healthy. Are there different types of dirt/soil?
Beautiful harvest for sure😮 the red potatoes look amazing. Replant that green potato straight back into the ground, or put it aside until you're ready to plant your next patch🎵👣💧🙏🏽