Good info for those living in drier climates. Wouldn't work in my part of the world though - between the rain, slugs, wireworms and blight they would get destroyed if left in the soil.
Cheers! Nice to meet ya! If ya dont mnd me asking,, where does your garden reside? How long of growing season do you have? What is the weather like there? I have found the rain or water on the potatoes while they are under the ground, which does not hurt the potatoes as long as the water is able to drain immediately and dry back out. If the water sets on the potatoes, they will rot. The dry environment the potatoes reside in keeps the bugs damaged down as well. Thanks for your input. 😊
@@RoosterHoller I'm in the west of Ireland, the windy and wet part of the country. We get a lot of rain here, on average 275 days a year, or so the internet tells me. The ground gets really saturated, to the point I have pools of standing water for weeks at a time. Still, I can grow food all year round as we don't get much frost during winter. I can over-winter stuff like cabbages, leeks, spring onions and leafy greens outside and carrots in the polytunnel (what you would call a hoop house).
I went to the old ghost town at Bannock State Park in Montana, a few years ago. It is well preserved and you can go inside the old hotel and the stores and other buildings. I noticed a couple things. The old hotel had high ceilings and tall windows and was cool inside, even in summer. The old store had big barrels. They were labeled and I was surprised to see massive barrels labeled: vinegar. Why so much vinegar? That got me to thinking: because vinegar is a great preservative. That and salt. I didn't see any big barrels labeled salt but I am betting that next to vinegar, salt was also in high demand, as a preservative for meat.
Great observation and economic growth have taken our knowledge from those who had paid a price to obtain. I totally agree! Vinegar is easily made. Vinegar is one of the best disinfectants and cleaners out there. Enjoyed the comment! 😉
Cheers! If you make anything, kool out of those KIWI's. Tag me do i can see, or even better, shoot a bottle over to us. We will taste test it for you. :-)
Great Informative video😀I planted potatoes in a big grow bag on my deck - it was so cool reaching down in the dirt to feel a potato grew under the soil🥔
This was such an informative video!!! I have never actually grown potatoes, just because I didn’t know much about them. I’ll have to look into whether this will work in freezing temperatures that we have in Canada too! Full watch but for some reason the end stamp isn’t working!
@NitroseFarm Potatoes are a cold weather plant. Sweet potatoes are a hotter weather plant. Potatoes don't mind some cold. Thanks for stopping by. You are awesome!
The potatoes will get ruined if they freeze. If they are kept below the frost line they’d be fine but you would have a hard time digging them up at that rate. So this method isn’t really an option for places that get deep freezes unfortunately. If you want a perennial survival root crop that you only need to plant once, look into sunchokes. They’ll survive the winter in the ground.
@CampingforCool41. Thank you for your insight. It is helpful. I did attempt to address this in the video. Stating, "This method is for the duration of the warm growing season and not to be used through the winter." This will give a soul a few months of survival. Hopefully, this will buy time to gather other means. Cheers, and thanks!
@@CampingforCool41unless you're used to eating sun chokes pretty often ..... watch out! Sunchokes have a certain sugar that when broken down causes a lot of gas! Takes a while for your stomach biome to adjust
My body fat is number 1 disaster management resource. Also there is plenty of food to forage of you know where to look. Clean water is probably the main issue in immediate disaster. Not saying I'ld get far as my bush craft is none existent. Also it sucks that we have a lot of hybrid food in the supermarket, cuz everything thing that has seed should technically be able to grown. Probably worth having a stash of seed packets available in the event something goes wrong. A mixture of short season, high energy and perennials.
Great comment . I started to address the hybrid in the video. One of the main reasons we chose potatoes as the top vegetable to survive during the times mentioned is that there are no worry of the plant not producing. This is common with hybrids. Many times, their offspring can not be trusted, leaving no telling what you will get. Potatoes do not reproduce from the seeds they put off on the top of the plant. But rather, the potatoes propergate via its roots. Basically, no matter what or where you pick up the potatoes, potatoes will be able to reproduce their own kind. Making them more reliable I said it for years. Water is the main problem. After nuclear activities, the water and ground will become bitter for miles. Personal wells will not be excused from the mix, neither the streams or rivers. Water will not be fit to drink or use for growing vegetation. Yeah. He who has the water will be considered a ruler of the area.
It is not a problem at all. We reside in northeast Arkansas about 15 miles from the border of Missouri. Salem, Arkansas is where we buy products.. .peace to ya.
I tried my best to address this at the end of the video. I apologize for not being clearer. May I invite you to see the last half of the video. Start here. 2:30 Thanks a million! You're the best!
@@RoosterHoller thanks for clarifying. I admit I did rush the video a bit as it was interesting and I wanted to watch it before I went to work. I'd have lost the video if I'd waited.
Good info for those living in drier climates. Wouldn't work in my part of the world though - between the rain, slugs, wireworms and blight they would get destroyed if left in the soil.
Cheers! Nice to meet ya!
If ya dont mnd me asking,, where does your garden reside?
How long of growing season do you have?
What is the weather like there?
I have found the rain or water on the potatoes while they are under the ground, which does not hurt the potatoes as long as the water is able to drain immediately and dry back out.
If the water sets on the potatoes, they will rot.
The dry environment the potatoes reside in keeps the bugs damaged down as well.
Thanks for your input. 😊
@@RoosterHoller I'm in the west of Ireland, the windy and wet part of the country.
We get a lot of rain here, on average 275 days a year, or so the internet tells me. The ground gets really saturated, to the point I have pools of standing water for weeks at a time.
Still, I can grow food all year round as we don't get much frost during winter. I can over-winter stuff like cabbages, leeks, spring onions and leafy greens outside and carrots in the polytunnel (what you would call a hoop house).
I went to the old ghost town at Bannock State Park in Montana, a few years ago. It is well preserved and you can go inside the old hotel and the stores and other buildings. I noticed a couple things. The old hotel had high ceilings and tall windows and was cool inside, even in summer. The old store had big barrels. They were labeled and I was surprised to see massive barrels labeled: vinegar. Why so much vinegar? That got me to thinking: because vinegar is a great preservative. That and salt. I didn't see any big barrels labeled salt but I am betting that next to vinegar, salt was also in high demand, as a preservative for meat.
Great observation and economic growth have taken our knowledge from those who had paid a price to obtain.
I totally agree!
Vinegar is easily made.
Vinegar is one of the best disinfectants and cleaners out there.
Enjoyed the comment! 😉
The reason for the high ceilings is because heat rises and if the windows open at the top, it can let the heat out.
So very informative, thanks for sharing.
Thank-you! :-)
Fantastic info . Cheers
Cheers!
If you make anything, kool out of those KIWI's. Tag me do i can see, or even better, shoot a bottle over to us. We will taste test it for you. :-)
@@RoosterHoller I dehydrate and eat fresh . Some times i make jam . Depends on how i feel
@FoodForestPermaculture sounds s great! They do look beautiful, nice haul!
Great Informative video😀I planted potatoes in a big grow bag on my deck - it was so cool reaching down in the dirt to feel a potato grew under the soil🥔
Potato is fun to grow. Thanks for your opinion. Nice to meet ya.
I will try it. What have a got to lose and it might be a great method
Hey Rick, good to see ya. Gotta stop by!
Interesting, good tip 👍
Blessings to you and yours.
Thank you, blessings to you too
:-)
This was such an informative video!!! I have never actually grown potatoes, just because I didn’t know much about them. I’ll have to look into whether this will work in freezing temperatures that we have in Canada too!
Full watch but for some reason the end stamp isn’t working!
7:45
@NitroseFarm
Potatoes are a cold weather plant.
Sweet potatoes are a hotter weather plant.
Potatoes don't mind some cold.
Thanks for stopping by. You are awesome!
The potatoes will get ruined if they freeze. If they are kept below the frost line they’d be fine but you would have a hard time digging them up at that rate. So this method isn’t really an option for places that get deep freezes unfortunately. If you want a perennial survival root crop that you only need to plant once, look into sunchokes. They’ll survive the winter in the ground.
@CampingforCool41.
Thank you for your insight. It is helpful.
I did attempt to address this in the video. Stating, "This method is for the duration of the warm growing season and not to be used through the winter."
This will give a soul a few months of survival. Hopefully, this will buy time to gather other means.
Cheers, and thanks!
@@CampingforCool41unless you're used to eating sun chokes pretty often ..... watch out! Sunchokes have a certain sugar that when broken down causes a lot of gas!
Takes a while for your stomach biome to adjust
My body fat is number 1 disaster management resource. Also there is plenty of food to forage of you know where to look. Clean water is probably the main issue in immediate disaster. Not saying I'ld get far as my bush craft is none existent.
Also it sucks that we have a lot of hybrid food in the supermarket, cuz everything thing that has seed should technically be able to grown. Probably worth having a stash of seed packets available in the event something goes wrong. A mixture of short season, high energy and perennials.
Great comment .
I started to address the hybrid in the video.
One of the main reasons we chose potatoes as the top vegetable to survive during the times mentioned is that there are no worry of the plant not producing.
This is common with hybrids. Many times, their offspring can not be trusted, leaving no telling what you will get.
Potatoes do not reproduce from the seeds they put off on the top of the plant. But rather, the potatoes propergate via its roots.
Basically, no matter what or where you pick up the potatoes, potatoes will be able to reproduce their own kind. Making them more reliable
I said it for years. Water is the main problem. After nuclear activities, the water and ground will become bitter for miles.
Personal wells will not be excused from the mix, neither the streams or rivers.
Water will not be fit to drink or use for growing vegetation.
Yeah. He who has the water will be considered a ruler of the area.
Where are you located? Not being creepy, just need to know if your growing conditions are similar to mine
It is not a problem at all.
We reside in northeast Arkansas about 15 miles from the border of Missouri.
Salem, Arkansas is where we buy products..
.peace to ya.
If I leave potatoes in the ground year round, they'd freeze and turn to mush. Or start growing again.
I tried my best to address this at the end of the video. I apologize for not being clearer.
May I invite you to see the last half of the video. Start here. 2:30
Thanks a million! You're the best!
@@RoosterHoller thanks for clarifying. I admit I did rush the video a bit as it was interesting and I wanted to watch it before I went to work. I'd have lost the video if I'd waited.