Thank you for giving us a lot of great information in a short period of time. Succinct and to the point without droning on and on and you did it with a smile. Please keep making videos.
@MarlenevT Same, I love the small potatoes for regular meal/eating but, I do want a mix of small and large potatoes, since it's much more convenient when making baked, french fries, potato salad, casseroles etc. having the large potatoes, and just dealing, peeling and cutting the large potatoes.
I was inspired to grow five different varieties of potato which I sowed in April and have watched the bags of potatoes growing ever since. I've got to say that the potatoes grow very fast. They've caught me by surprise. I'll send pictures when I get the chance. All are growing well.
I'm doing a bit of an experiment this year, and doing potatoes in 3 different areas; containers, a ground bed, and a raised bed. Thanks for the tips! :)
I have made all 3 mistakes and have always been disappointed. This year I am avoiding the errors and hopefully will have a better crop. Thanks for the video.
the advice about too many seed potatoes was very helpful! I usually put 3-4 in a 20 gallon grow bag, oips! I've gotten a few Honkers, but more small to medium-sized
I've never had great success growing potatoes. So I don't plant very often. This year I decided I was going to do a better job and I certainly did. What I learned is that they like more water than I was giving them in the past. I gave them that this year and have harvested over thirty pounds so far with at least twenty five pounds more expected with what I still have planted. Lesson learned, they like a lot of water 💦. And they are the best straight from the garden. I share with my neighbors and they all agree. Fantastic flavor. Oh, and they were mostly all real big. Way bigger than store bought.
I'm a first timer on your channel and all the "mistakes" you said, is what I did this Year...I think my most is not watering enough....will do better in the next season...thank you so much for your video
I have some potatoes left in from last year, in my veg beds. They had quite a bit of foliage but were damaged with frost last month. I cut it off and they're sprouting again. I've also planted some Arran pilot (first early), Maris Peer (second early), and Kestrel. (second early). They're all sprouting now. I have more seed potatoes (mainceop) yet to be planted in my garden. Just waiting for some of my tulips to die back. This year is the first time I've bought seed potatoes. I followed in my Dad's footsteps and just planted ones from the Supermarket that had sprouted. Thanks for the videos. 👍
One tip to increase the size of potatoes is to decrease the number of chits on the seed potato. Soon after you start chitting the seed potatoes, cut out excessive chits leaving just 2 or 3 chits. I use an old teaspoon to do this, but be sure to dig them right out. I find I get fewer spuds, but much bigger. Ideal if your growing Maris Piper or King Edwards for chips or roasties.
I have some small spuds leftover from my first crop. They were very nice and good sizes. The small ones I'm keeping to use as seeds for the next crop. Question; how long can I keep the seeds before they go off? I'm keeping them in a cool room indoors with standard light...more in shade I'd say than full light. Thanks.
Phew! So far, so good. I put 3 small potatoes in 5 gallon buckets and have not let them dry out. I don’t know what kind they are…my sister gave me her old, chitted potatoes. I’ve never actually bought seed potatoes. We don’t eat many, so I can them up with herbs to use in soups and stews, mostly. I so love dumping the buckets and finding the treasure!!
THIS might seem strange but i got hugh spuds last years from my compost heap, just potatoes skins mixed with the normel compost mix, I grow my spuds in burlap sacks beside my outside tap, TY nice vid.
I am using grow bags for the first time this year. Both bags are completely filled with compost now, with just a hint of growth starting to peek through.
Thank you. This year I am growing pots for the first time. It seems like I have made one mistake you talked about, I planted 5 potatoes in a 10 gallon grow bag. They looked lovely to start it’s been 2 months and they do not look healthy.
I put 4 seed potatoes in an 80L grow bag. I also use a wine bottle filled with water, inverted and placed in the center inverted. As soil dries, water is drawn out of the bottle. As soil gets moist, the water flow stops. Pretty automatic. Now, when should I sprinkle potash on the surface and water in?
thanks... great tips. Year 5 for me, and Potato. I grow in 25 gallon (95 liter) Fabric Grow Bags. I feed more often and I water daily. (the fabric drains both moisture and nutrients, so, need to do both more frequently than other container types) I aim for about a 7 to 10 times return based on seed potato weight. 7 is good, 10 is my goal. My first bag this season? Just about hit 11 times return!!!! Cheers from across the big pond, in New England.
hmm, mine grew small cause of small containers. no problem since i didn't think they'd grow but did and the bush looks very beautiful. daughter does not like potatoes but she saw how little they were and was smitten by them *"they're so cute"* i cooked them, now she'll ask me to make a baked potato with all the trimmings
I think 3 seed spuds in my 30L pots is about right. I started with 5 a few years back but as you say, less is more if you want larger spuds. Thanks for the vid, good tips there for beginners. Just subscribed 👍 and if you want a laugh, have a look at my recent Carrot harvest video, they didn't turn out as expected 😂
I wish I would’ve watched this video last week. I planted Viking potatoes, 3 to 25 gallon bucket hoping they do better than just itty-bitty potatoes but I will take your advice and plant the rest one to a bucket.
I have both in ground and container/grow bags for my potatoes. I've tried everything from the "Ruth Stout"(sp?) method. Just laying the seed potatoes on top of the soil and covering with a thick layer of straw. Not that bad of a harvest but, I found that mice and other gnawing creepy crawlies got to them easier than if they were in ground. I'm over in Sweden and Sweden is known for having good potato yields. I can get 2 harvests of potatoes most summers, if I'm able to start early enough. This year, I have invested in felt grow bags. I opted for the large bags that are about 60 liters, filled half way with soil, so I can add more when needed. I've previously grown in huge plastic garbage bags with pretty good result, cardboard boxes lined with chicken wire. Those were real good but, this year apart from my trusty in ground potato bed, I'm giving the black felt grow bags a try. 2 seed potatoes in each.
have you ever tried wicking pots . mine are made out of 1/2 of a plastic 55gal barrels , the hold 6+ gal of water in reserve . easily room for up to 6 plants
Hi Katrina thanks for the advise on growing potatoes. I'm also alway tempted to put more into the grow bed than I should. I'm growing Home Guard and Charlotte this year and they are coming on nicely. It's a lovely day here in Ireland today perfect weather for some gardening. Hope you have a good day. Liz
Thanks for the potato advice. Two years ago I ordered four types of potatoes and grew them in 30 gal barrels and had some large potatoes, but most were very small. Of course, because of the large container, I had planted about 8-10 potatoes in each pot. Now I know what happened. I'll try again, maybe 4 max in each 30 gal pot? You are the first person I've come across mentioning planting 1-2 only and why. I had decided not to try growing potatoes again after the lousy first try. Because of you, I'll give it another try. Thanks again.
In November of last year I took a sprouting potato, cut the eyes out of it, and rooted the eyes. Got two really healthy chutes out of the 5 I started. Planted one in a deep pot, but hilled it excessively. That one died off, and yielded a single marble sized potato a month or so ago now. The other potato however, plated in a similar sized pot but hilled only 6 inches, is growing vines like crazy. It is almost completely covering the window that I have it in front of now. (I had to string the vines up through the window lock, its so heavy.) Finally starting to see some yellowing of the leaves. Should be a few more weeks and my first over winter indoor grow will be complete. I'm excited to see what I dig up out of that container. The foliage is extremely healthy, and the vines are such a tangled mess. Its hard to follow the route the single stem takes upwards. They were russets from the store that were starting to go off.
Please, tell us what happened! Have you harvested the "winter indoor grow" container? Last year I did the "too many in one pot" mistake and harvested the same number I planted. The funny thing was I planted old, wrinkled, sprouted potatoes and they came out plump and edible. I haven't planted any this year but I must have missed 1 or 2 because the container is full of vines. It will be interesting to see what happens. Our growing season just started. We had our last frost a couple of weeks ago. By September 1 we could have our first frost. But, we could have one any time. One time we had one in July. Poor garden!
@@jeannebee2935 The vines actually got so big that they collapsed off the things I used to prop them up. One segment broke off, losing about 30% of the overall vegetation. I have since re-hung the vines, more securely, and the plant has regained all the lost vegetation and more. Still no harvest, which now puts this at 7 (almost 8) months into its life. I am beginning to wonder if it's just not getting enough sunlight to grow at the normal rate? Hence the excessive vine growth to potentially find more light? (The window it is in faces east, and there are a lot of other buildings around in the downtown area I live in.) I have a few grow bags in the back yard, planted seed potatoes in two of them (Which exploded), and in the other I planted 3x sprouts, identical to the ones I have upstairs (Just the flesh around the eye, no whole or even half potatoes). The same test out back is yielding no vines whatsoever, but they are bushing out like the normal seed potatoes are (Which also re-enforces my suspicion about the lack of light indoors). That is wild about your potential mid summer frosts! You must live way up north to have that happen.. I planted in early may, and we wont see consistent cold temperatures until October/November (If it's anything like last year) I'll try to come back once my indoor vines finally die off and report my harvest! If I even get one decent sized potato out of it, it'll be worth it. Given that I planted a piece no bigger than a fingernail, and I am not using artificial light.
@@ugib8377 I am impressed! I had no idea you could plant such a small piece. Yes, please report back on your harvest. This is a very interesting gardening experiment.
@@jeannebee2935 Well. My indoor plants were overrun by spider mites. I still did manage to pull a few spuds out of the dirt though. Considering that small pieces were planted, I did gain more volume than planted. The outdoor experiment also fell short of expectations, though all in all it was a bad year for potatoes here. I had two other grow bags with purple/golden varieties of spuds, and all of them, my sprout experiment included did not yield much. Though once again, considering I planted a piece the size of a dime coin, it did return much more in volume. It is something I will try again next year, to see if it was just the weather. (We had 2-3 months of 90+ degree heat, might have cooked the plants in the grow bags, as all of the potato plants seemed to die at once, in all three bags.)
@@ugib8377 Very interesting results from very small pieces of potatoes. I hope it is more successful for you next year. My container of potatoes is still growing. But I have no idea what is happening in the dirt. lol I had a narrow escape from a freeze the last 2 nights. It was 34 degrees both nights but it is warming up and will be 101 degrees on Sunday afternoon. Thank you for the up date, it is interesting to hear how other peoples garden experiments work out.
Glad you added that bit at the end, because I actually prefer small salad/new potatoes for eating. Now I just need to find out if I can grow potatoes via hydroponics, but that's not something relevant to your channel I'd assume. Nice useful tips regardless!
I always put too many seed potatoes in one pot but I like the small potatoes so it's not a big problem. Actually those small ones are more expensive if you want to buy them 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
First earlys one seed spud per 5l gives growing space. I do one spud in a 5l water flower bucket and my bigger pots 25l 30 l pot three or two. I'd also advise not to grow main crop if you can in containers they grow so much better in the ground. But if your limited for space containers you'll have to. I have one bed for main crop but all my other spuds in containers I v planted about 200 seed spuds this year iv family who have some friends at work who have some first early spuds in salads taste great I love them. Main crop just great for chiping wedges roasting which I use goose fat there amazeing. Allbthe best take care.😊😊😊
thanks to you I'm starting to grow potatoes, what's the best month to plant...?? I live in Phoenix AZ. and here is really really hot in the summer months above 105 F degrees
March 2024 I have a couple of plastic dustbins I thought about growing potatoes in one which had home made compost in, there was some potatoes I had that was seeding so I dropped them them in the covered up some more went after a time in the end it was filled as the foliage died I broke it off now we are in Aug I am still got foliage growing so I don’t know what I have in the dustbin and won’t know until it dies off, hoping though for a good crop, if it works it shall be done again next year
I'm growing potatoes for the first time on my allotment. Purely accidental, i was gifted 6 seed potatoes from a plot neighbour. She did tell me the variety but i cant recall. Looking forward to a nice buttered jacket on bonfire night.
Just harvested my first potatoes. I planted on 6th june. My question is do I replant the plants that still have tiny potatoes growing?. I've got about 20 usable spuds. From 1 spud.
Thanks so much for the vid, just a quick question regarding pot size. I've got 90L pots, should I still only put two seed potatoes in per pot when growing main crop potatoes?
Well, I got 15ish 33L buckets with various varieties in them and 30ish 10L with main crop potatoes,... so I guess next year I'll flip that around if possible... Great content, thank you! I give grass clippings and wood ash as extra, do you have good experiences with something or the other?
I live in way up northern Wisconsin and tried growing potatoes in maybe 10 old 50-pound feed bags. That's Mistake #1 that doesn't apply as there was plenty of volume. I tended to water around twice weekly rather deeply, so Mistake #2 also doesn't apply. As for how many seed potatoes per bag: well, I MIGHT have been a little over-zealous with 5-6 seeders per bag. That MIGHT have been a mistake! 🤦🏻♂️I wanted foot-long baking spuds. Instead I got a bunch of little marbles...and blamed NOT living in southeastern Idaho! 😫😸😸
Important tip #4: to get larger potatoes but less of them, allow only one sprout per seed. If you want more but smaller ones, leave all the sprouts on.
I have some small spuds leftover from my first crop. They were very nice and good sizes. The small ones I'm keeping to use as seeds for the next crop. Question; how long can I keep the seeds before they go off? I'm keeping them in a cool room indoors with standard light...more in shade I'd say than full light. Thanks.
Phew! I've put mine in 35 litre containers but possibly with three small tubers in each that's too many? Wondering how often I need to feed them now during the growth season (they're mid earlies). The rain this spring has meant watering has not been a problem up to now. I'm mainly using 'terreau de plantation' which is a forest product made from sieving forest waste. Not much nitrogen but I can add that. Thank you for your encouraging videos.
I’m sure they’ll be fine! Just don’t be tempted to harvest them too early in case they haven’t reached their best size. I focus the feed into the soil by using some manure and blood, fish and bone. Once planted I don’t really feed my potato plants. Thanks for watching!
Do you have any input on the ideal number of waterings per day, etc for container grown potato plants? I have been searching for information about this. Thanks. I'm in an area of low natural water and low humidity, high heat. High # of waterings per day works for tomatoes and cucumbers for us and non-root vegetables. But for root vegetables, and containers... it feels like its different somehow? I wonder what others think about this?
When growing in containers, potatoes get dry very quickly. The solution is place the pots in a raised bed and put about 6 inched of wood chippings to cover the base of the raised bed and up the sides of the pots. The wood chips will absorb water and because the bottom of the pots are buried in the wood chips, water will wick up into the pots.
I haven’t used them before as I’ve continued to reuse the same pots over and over. I imagine that they work fine but I would be sure to buy good quality ones that won’t fall apart after one season and that they will retail water well enough.
The look on her face in the thumbnail photograph so perfectly captures the feelings of so many women when something that they were eagerly anticipating turns out to be much tinier than they thought it would be.
"Potatoes are one of the easiest veggies to grow" 🙄 Not for me they're not, I have more success growing tomatoes and chillis than I do with spuds 😆 Watching this video reminded me that I have a bag of seed taters in my car, so I've just got them as per your tips....huge pot - tick.....not too many seeds, 6 or 7 - tick......well watered in - tick. Lets see in a couple of months time if I have some big King Edwards 👍
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Your style of video presentation is refreshingly direct. I like it.
Exactly. Get to the point. End the video. Thanks
Thank you for giving us a lot of great information in a short period of time. Succinct and to the point without droning on and on and you did it with a smile. Please keep making videos.
the head coming off the watering can. nice touch 👌
youre so easy to watch. great videos. so intelligently done. Thank you!!
I like the tiny potatos. I buy the little ones at the market all the time. They are tender and sweet.
They have their place but as a main crop you want large ones for a propr return on effort pout in.
@MarlenevT Same, I love the small potatoes for regular meal/eating but, I do want a mix of small and large potatoes, since it's much more convenient when making baked, french fries, potato salad, casseroles etc. having the large potatoes, and just dealing, peeling and cutting the large potatoes.
Same, they are sold as chat potatoes in Australia
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@@BJ-kn2te Chit potatoes not chat
Because of you I’m growing potatoes in pots this years Thanks
Thanks so much. I have been a 'too many potatoes', planted in 'too small a pot, with 'not enough water', guy. Great info.
Nice to see potatoes so happy to be in a video at 2:30.
I was inspired to grow five different varieties of potato which I sowed in April and have watched the bags of potatoes growing ever since. I've got to say that the potatoes grow very fast. They've caught me by surprise. I'll send pictures when I get the chance. All are growing well.
Love your videos. A ton of down-to-earth info in an easy-to-understand style. Thank you for making time to produce and post. David
I'm doing a bit of an experiment this year, and doing potatoes in 3 different areas; containers, a ground bed, and a raised bed. Thanks for the tips! :)
Raised bed is always best. I come from the world's most famous potato island.
I have made all 3 mistakes and have always been disappointed. This year I am avoiding the errors and hopefully will have a better crop. Thanks for the video.
I’m making small potato soup tomorrow! Wish me luck! It’s how I’m turning my tiny potato harvest into a yummy meal lol
@@Stella-n-Luna enjoy!
the advice about too many seed potatoes was very helpful! I usually put 3-4 in a 20 gallon grow bag, oips! I've gotten a few Honkers, but more small to medium-sized
I've never had great success growing potatoes. So I don't plant very often. This year I decided I was going to do a better job and I certainly did. What I learned is that they like more water than I was giving them in the past. I gave them that this year and have harvested over thirty pounds so far with at least twenty five pounds more expected with what I still have planted. Lesson learned, they like a lot of water 💦. And they are the best straight from the garden. I share with my neighbors and they all agree. Fantastic flavor. Oh, and they were mostly all real big. Way bigger than store bought.
I'm a first timer on your channel and all the "mistakes" you said, is what I did this Year...I think my most is not watering enough....will do better in the next season...thank you so much for your video
I have some potatoes left in from last year, in my veg beds. They had quite a bit of foliage but were damaged with frost last month. I cut it off and they're sprouting again.
I've also planted some Arran pilot (first early), Maris Peer (second early), and Kestrel. (second early). They're all sprouting now.
I have more seed potatoes (mainceop) yet to be planted in my garden. Just waiting for some of my tulips to die back.
This year is the first time I've bought seed potatoes. I followed in my Dad's footsteps and just planted ones from the Supermarket that had sprouted.
Thanks for the videos. 👍
I'm always tempted to put many seed potatoes 🥔 🥔🥔 in one pot 🌝 Thank you very much for sharing 👍 Have a nice Sunday 🌼🌞🌻🏖
One tip to increase the size of potatoes is to decrease the number of chits on the seed potato.
Soon after you start chitting the seed potatoes, cut out excessive chits leaving just 2 or 3 chits. I use an old teaspoon to do this, but be sure to dig them right out.
I find I get fewer spuds, but much bigger. Ideal if your growing Maris Piper or King Edwards for chips or roasties.
I have some small spuds leftover from my first crop. They were very nice and good sizes. The small ones I'm keeping to use as seeds for the next crop. Question; how long can I keep the seeds before they go off? I'm keeping them in a cool room indoors with standard light...more in shade I'd say than full light. Thanks.
Great information with a beautiful smile! Thanks!
Phew! So far, so good. I put 3 small potatoes in 5 gallon buckets and have not let them dry out. I don’t know what kind they are…my sister gave me her old, chitted potatoes. I’ve never actually bought seed potatoes. We don’t eat many, so I can them up with herbs to use in soups and stews, mostly. I so love dumping the buckets and finding the treasure!!
Excellent. Thank you.
You're amazing. Thank you so much!
THIS might seem strange but i got hugh spuds last years from my compost heap, just potatoes skins mixed with the normel compost mix, I grow my spuds in burlap sacks beside my outside tap, TY nice vid.
Fantastisch Good tips voor patatoes planting te pot good Sunday weekend Top 👍⛅🌿🤗💐🥔
1st time planting potatoes, haven't had to water much, getting rain up to 4 times a week, they have flowered, keeping my fingers crossed, thanks😊
I am using grow bags for the first time this year. Both bags are completely filled with compost now, with just a hint of growth starting to peek through.
Thank you. This year I am growing pots for the first time. It seems like I have made one mistake you talked about, I planted 5 potatoes in a 10 gallon grow bag. They looked lovely to start it’s been 2 months and they do not look healthy.
Thanks for the tips. I think I did the latter. 4 in each larger containers. Hopefully it works out ok.
I put 4 seed potatoes in an 80L grow bag.
I also use a wine bottle filled with water, inverted and placed in the center inverted.
As soil dries, water is drawn out of the bottle. As soil gets moist, the water flow stops.
Pretty automatic.
Now, when should I sprinkle potash on the surface and water in?
thanks... great tips.
Year 5 for me, and Potato.
I grow in 25 gallon (95 liter) Fabric Grow Bags. I feed more often and I water daily. (the fabric drains both moisture and nutrients, so, need to do both more frequently than other container types)
I aim for about a 7 to 10 times return based on seed potato weight. 7 is good, 10 is my goal. My first bag this season? Just about hit 11 times return!!!!
Cheers from across the big pond, in New England.
hmm, mine grew small cause of small containers. no problem since i didn't think they'd grow but did and the bush looks very beautiful. daughter does not like potatoes but she saw how little they were and was smitten by them *"they're so cute"* i cooked them, now she'll ask me to make a baked potato with all the trimmings
Im a beginner, thank you for this info
I think 3 seed spuds in my 30L pots is about right. I started with 5 a few years back but as you say, less is more if you want larger spuds. Thanks for the vid, good tips there for beginners. Just subscribed 👍 and if you want a laugh, have a look at my recent Carrot harvest video, they didn't turn out as expected 😂
I wish I would’ve watched this video last week. I planted Viking potatoes, 3 to 25 gallon bucket hoping they do better than just itty-bitty potatoes but I will take your advice and plant the rest one to a bucket.
Nice video, short and sweet!
⚘ Needed and appreciated!
Ill never dig potatoes again now that ive mastered conrainer potatoes. Game changing!
Great video! Thanks to you, I think I’ll embark on my potato growing journey!! Thanks for giving me the confidence!
Here in finland those tiny potatoes are very popular,
Iused a packing box yfirst time growing potatoes anddid well.I got 22 potatoes from 4 seed potatoes.
I have both in ground and container/grow bags for my potatoes. I've tried everything from the "Ruth Stout"(sp?) method. Just laying the seed potatoes on top of the soil and covering with a thick layer of straw. Not that bad of a harvest but, I found that mice and other gnawing creepy crawlies got to them easier than if they were in ground.
I'm over in Sweden and Sweden is known for having good potato yields. I can get 2 harvests of potatoes most summers, if I'm able to start early enough.
This year, I have invested in felt grow bags. I opted for the large bags that are about 60 liters, filled half way with soil, so I can add more when needed. I've previously grown in huge plastic garbage bags with pretty good result, cardboard boxes lined with chicken wire. Those were real good but, this year apart from my trusty in ground potato bed, I'm giving the black felt grow bags a try. 2 seed potatoes in each.
Thank you.
Great info in a well edited and short video! Well done ! ❤
The thumbnail for this video is the best! 😂❤
Good morning. Good information 👍 👌 your amazing and awesome love all your videos 📹 ❤ 😊😊😊😊😊
Really good info, thanks - just discovered your channel and subscribed! ✌😊
Thanks for a great potato tips!
You are so welcome!
Planted mine about 2 weeks ago, 4 types in 2 30' rows, the extra sets left over will go into some large containers I picked from a landscaper.
Nice to see you! Thanks for the tips! 💐
have you ever tried wicking pots . mine are made out of 1/2 of a plastic 55gal barrels , the hold 6+ gal of water in reserve . easily room for up to 6 plants
Very nice. Just happen to put potatoes in pots. Small ones in not too big pots. Thank you,❤,🍀!
Hi Katrina thanks for the advise on growing potatoes. I'm also alway tempted to put more into the grow bed than I should. I'm growing Home Guard and Charlotte this year and they are coming on nicely. It's a lovely day here in Ireland today perfect weather for some gardening. Hope you have a good day. Liz
Thanks for the potato advice. Two years ago I ordered four types of potatoes and grew them in 30 gal barrels and had some large potatoes, but most were very small. Of course, because of the large container, I had planted about 8-10 potatoes in each pot. Now I know what happened. I'll try again, maybe 4 max in each 30 gal pot? You are the first person I've come across mentioning planting 1-2 only and why. I had decided not to try growing potatoes again after the lousy first try. Because of you, I'll give it another try. Thanks again.
In November of last year I took a sprouting potato, cut the eyes out of it, and rooted the eyes. Got two really healthy chutes out of the 5 I started. Planted one in a deep pot, but hilled it excessively. That one died off, and yielded a single marble sized potato a month or so ago now.
The other potato however, plated in a similar sized pot but hilled only 6 inches, is growing vines like crazy. It is almost completely covering the window that I have it in front of now. (I had to string the vines up through the window lock, its so heavy.) Finally starting to see some yellowing of the leaves.
Should be a few more weeks and my first over winter indoor grow will be complete. I'm excited to see what I dig up out of that container. The foliage is extremely healthy, and the vines are such a tangled mess. Its hard to follow the route the single stem takes upwards. They were russets from the store that were starting to go off.
Please, tell us what happened! Have you harvested the "winter indoor grow" container? Last year I did the "too many in one pot" mistake and harvested the same number I planted. The funny thing was I planted old, wrinkled, sprouted potatoes and they came out plump and edible.
I haven't planted any this year but I must have missed 1 or 2 because the container is full of vines. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Our growing season just started. We had our last frost a couple of weeks ago. By September 1 we could have our first frost. But, we could have one any time. One time we had one in July. Poor garden!
@@jeannebee2935 The vines actually got so big that they collapsed off the things I used to prop them up. One segment broke off, losing about 30% of the overall vegetation.
I have since re-hung the vines, more securely, and the plant has regained all the lost vegetation and more. Still no harvest, which now puts this at 7 (almost 8) months into its life. I am beginning to wonder if it's just not getting enough sunlight to grow at the normal rate? Hence the excessive vine growth to potentially find more light? (The window it is in faces east, and there are a lot of other buildings around in the downtown area I live in.)
I have a few grow bags in the back yard, planted seed potatoes in two of them (Which exploded), and in the other I planted 3x sprouts, identical to the ones I have upstairs (Just the flesh around the eye, no whole or even half potatoes). The same test out back is yielding no vines whatsoever, but they are bushing out like the normal seed potatoes are (Which also re-enforces my suspicion about the lack of light indoors).
That is wild about your potential mid summer frosts! You must live way up north to have that happen.. I planted in early may, and we wont see consistent cold temperatures until October/November (If it's anything like last year)
I'll try to come back once my indoor vines finally die off and report my harvest! If I even get one decent sized potato out of it, it'll be worth it. Given that I planted a piece no bigger than a fingernail, and I am not using artificial light.
@@ugib8377 I am impressed! I had no idea you could plant such a small piece. Yes, please report back on your harvest. This is a very interesting gardening experiment.
@@jeannebee2935 Well. My indoor plants were overrun by spider mites. I still did manage to pull a few spuds out of the dirt though. Considering that small pieces were planted, I did gain more volume than planted.
The outdoor experiment also fell short of expectations, though all in all it was a bad year for potatoes here. I had two other grow bags with purple/golden varieties of spuds, and all of them, my sprout experiment included did not yield much. Though once again, considering I planted a piece the size of a dime coin, it did return much more in volume.
It is something I will try again next year, to see if it was just the weather. (We had 2-3 months of 90+ degree heat, might have cooked the plants in the grow bags, as all of the potato plants seemed to die at once, in all three bags.)
@@ugib8377 Very interesting results from very small pieces of potatoes. I hope it is more successful for you next year.
My container of potatoes is still growing. But I have no idea what is happening in the dirt. lol I had a narrow escape from a freeze the last 2 nights. It was 34 degrees both nights but it is warming up and will be 101 degrees on Sunday afternoon.
Thank you for the up date, it is interesting to hear how other peoples garden experiments work out.
Great tips! :)
Handy tip 😊
Glad you added that bit at the end, because I actually prefer small salad/new potatoes for eating. Now I just need to find out if I can grow potatoes via hydroponics, but that's not something relevant to your channel I'd assume. Nice useful tips regardless!
How about fertilizer hints?
Very nice video by the way. Most useful. I'm about to plant in pots.
Second how to keep slugs out? Thanks so much!
Great advice! 😀❤
Glad you think so!
I always put too many seed potatoes in one pot but I like the small potatoes so it's not a big problem. Actually those small ones are more expensive if you want to buy them 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
The small potatoes are the best to eat. I like them baked.
Hi katrina I'm new to this what is the best compost to use in pots
First earlys one seed spud per 5l gives growing space. I do one spud in a 5l water flower bucket and my bigger pots 25l 30 l pot three or two. I'd also advise not to grow main crop if you can in containers they grow so much better in the ground.
But if your limited for space containers you'll have to. I have one bed for main crop but all my other spuds in containers I v planted about 200 seed spuds this year iv family who have some friends at work who have some first early spuds in salads taste great I love them. Main crop just great for chiping wedges roasting which I use goose fat there amazeing. Allbthe best take care.😊😊😊
thanks to you I'm starting to grow potatoes, what's the best month to plant...?? I live in Phoenix AZ. and here is really really hot in the summer months above 105 F degrees
I have some 40L grow bags I bought this year. So you'd recommend 2 seed potatoes max if I want larger ones?
It’s just a general guide. Maybe run an experiment of your own to see which works best! Try some with 2 and others with 3 😃
March 2024 I have a couple of plastic dustbins I thought about growing potatoes in one which had home made compost in, there was some potatoes I had that was seeding so I dropped them them in the covered up some more went after a time in the end it was filled as the foliage died I broke it off now we are in Aug I am still got foliage growing so I don’t know what I have in the dustbin and won’t know until it dies off, hoping though for a good crop, if it works it shall be done again next year
Bravo......hey size don't matter........many does.......cheers
Why have many small potatoes when they could all be large?
enjoyed that video most enjoyable
Awesome, thank you!
What compost should I use as I'm new to growing
Thanks for this advising..for information in IRAQ the potato has two seasons in one year 😊
Excellent
Hi, how do you control weeds? I try to plant in my garden but the weeds grow like a forest and I put Gallop XL weedkiller and it kills everything.
Help, I have planted way too many in a small trough, shall I pull some out now to give the rest a chance?
Great thumbnail. 👍
I'm growing potatoes for the first time on my allotment. Purely accidental, i was gifted 6 seed potatoes from a plot neighbour. She did tell me the variety but i cant recall. Looking forward to a nice buttered jacket on bonfire night.
Spot on with that!
Wonderful video. Helpful, humble, friendly, very informative. Cheers from an old retired pensioner down under )))
How many pototoes should I put in a 30ltr bucket? I have just harvested mine (i put four potatoes in) they have grown quite small.
Interesting shaped potatoes at 2:29
do you plant multiple potatos in different levels? 2 potatos on bottom and 2 more in the middle?
Just harvested my first potatoes. I planted on 6th june. My question is do I replant the plants that still have tiny potatoes growing?. I've got about 20 usable spuds. From 1 spud.
Thanks so much for the vid, just a quick question regarding pot size. I've got 90L pots, should I still only put two seed potatoes in per pot when growing main crop potatoes?
Well, I got 15ish 33L buckets with various varieties in them and 30ish 10L with main crop potatoes,... so I guess next year I'll flip that around if possible... Great content, thank you!
I give grass clippings and wood ash as extra, do you have good experiences with something or the other?
I live in way up northern Wisconsin and tried growing potatoes in maybe 10 old 50-pound feed bags. That's Mistake #1 that doesn't apply as there was plenty of volume. I tended to water around twice weekly rather deeply, so Mistake #2 also doesn't apply. As for how many seed potatoes per bag: well, I MIGHT have been a little over-zealous with 5-6 seeders per bag. That MIGHT have been a mistake! 🤦🏻♂️I wanted foot-long baking spuds. Instead I got a bunch of little marbles...and blamed NOT living in southeastern Idaho! 😫😸😸
Important tip #4: to get larger potatoes but less of them, allow only one sprout per seed. If you want more but smaller ones, leave all the sprouts on.
I have some small spuds leftover from my first crop. They were very nice and good sizes. The small ones I'm keeping to use as seeds for the next crop. Question; how long can I keep the seeds before they go off? I'm keeping them in a cool room indoors with standard light...more in shade I'd say than full light. Thanks.
Phew! I've put mine in 35 litre containers but possibly with three small tubers in each that's too many?
Wondering how often I need to feed them now during the growth season (they're mid earlies). The rain this spring has meant watering has not been a problem up to now. I'm mainly using 'terreau de plantation' which is a forest product made from sieving forest waste. Not much nitrogen but I can add that. Thank you for your encouraging videos.
I’m sure they’ll be fine! Just don’t be tempted to harvest them too early in case they haven’t reached their best size. I focus the feed into the soil by using some manure and blood, fish and bone. Once planted I don’t really feed my potato plants. Thanks for watching!
Do you have any input on the ideal number of waterings per day, etc for container grown potato plants? I have been searching for information about this. Thanks.
I'm in an area of low natural water and low humidity, high heat. High # of waterings per day works for tomatoes and cucumbers for us and non-root vegetables. But for root vegetables, and containers... it feels like its different somehow? I wonder what others think about this?
When growing in containers, potatoes get dry very quickly.
The solution is place the pots in a raised bed and put about 6 inched of wood chippings to cover the base of the raised bed and up the sides of the pots. The wood chips will absorb water and because the bottom of the pots are buried in the wood chips, water will wick up into the pots.
Hi Katrina , Have you ever used potato bags ?
I haven’t used them before as I’ve continued to reuse the same pots over and over. I imagine that they work fine but I would be sure to buy good quality ones that won’t fall apart after one season and that they will retail water well enough.
The look on her face in the thumbnail photograph so perfectly captures the feelings of so many women when something that they were eagerly anticipating turns out to be much tinier than they thought it would be.
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Lollll yes
"Potatoes are one of the easiest veggies to grow" 🙄
Not for me they're not, I have more success growing tomatoes and chillis than I do with spuds 😆
Watching this video reminded me that I have a bag of seed taters in my car, so I've just got them as per your tips....huge pot - tick.....not too many seeds, 6 or 7 - tick......well watered in - tick. Lets see in a couple of months time if I have some big King Edwards 👍
first early are all ready coming up ,no frost so far down hear Westgate on sea second early and main crop are just gone in yesterday ,formost first early ,second early Picasso main crop cara
I've had a problem this year with beetle larvae getting in to my potatoes. They've all got holes chewed into them.
I actually look forward to small potatoes, as I grow them for baby potatoes.
We love 'baby' golden potatoes with butter & dill
Very guilty of sticking too many in … and always surprised when they’re tiny!
Use TERRACOTTA CONTAINER, you can make it from bricks.
Do not use plastic.
Terracotta is fully pack of concentrated ENERGY.
My spuds are huge!!!!!!!!!!! but I've only got a small cucumber alas
I recon I didnt water sufficiently - I stuffed my hand in up to the knuckle and it was often dry