I've found them at Home Depot and Tractor Supply. I've heard you can ask bakeries to save food grade containers that they usually get rid of after they use them.
Lowes and probably Ace Hardware buckets have food grade products available at the moment but ya better get them now. They may not be very soon. “Supply Chain Issues “ will be the official reason. Or perhaps they will blame Putin?
"I've rarely planted potatoes before, let me impart all of my extensive knowledge unto thee." Skip to "Home grown vegg," an Irishman who knows nearly everything there is to know about potatoes for experienced advice. Store bought organic potatoes are fine seed potatoes. Cut potatoes preferably should have at least two eyes not just one. You don't need wood ash or sulfur to scab over potatoes, air drying is perfectly fine and you don’t need to click a link to a spendy affiliate supplier. Four days or so is fine as long as they're dry and scabbed over, two weeks is a complete waste of valuable growing time and unnecessary. Potatoes can go in the ground a month before the last frost date, two weeks before is ok but they prefer cooler weather and can go in earlier. They take a while to break ground. Green potatoes being poisonous is misleading, no one has ever died from a green potato, you may get the shits but you're not gonna die and you can just cut the green part away. Harvesting as soon as the flowers form is way way way too early, don't do it just because he said so. Flowering means potatoes are starting to form and you can dig baby potatoes then, dumping out the entire bucket will only give you a few small potatoes. When the plants die off is when they’re ready to harvest and it's wise to wait a few more weeks for the skins to toughen up for long term storage. I like this channel but as an experienced potato grower cringe at a lot of the info here. Research other growers techniques and you can assimilate how it should be done. A quick dry presentation of limited experience and knowledge, not so much. Old time potato farmers would be spinning in their graves at this.
Helped a farmer plant her garden one time. She didn't wait for the potatoes to scab. She cut them in half and dumped them in the ground. Her kids came along after and covered them. Said her potatoes grew great in poor soil, where most of her other garden produce just couldn't get enough nutrients. 🤷 This will be my first year growing my own, and I can't put them right in the ground, so I guess what happens happens? Lol
I started my potato chits a month ago and my plants in the containers are already about a foot tall. I added crushed egg shells below the chits and have only watered with rain water, all my veggies germinated in half the predicted time and are flourishing! Taters need lots of potassium and a higher acidic level than most other plants, adding coffee grounds or pine needs to the compost gives them the acidic level they need. This is my first container garden and I can’t wait to see the end result!!
@Theresa Kelly, do you know whether adding organic banana peels would work to supplement the potassium (ideally in lieu of the fish and kelp supplement)?
@@outoftheherd yes, that adds potassium to the soil as well, they need to be chopped real small and spread throughout the soil underneath b/c the tubers spread downward while the potatoes grow upwards.
@@theresakelly1915 The potatoes are the tubers. Perhaps you meant to say tubers/potatoes stay beneath the soil, and the vines grow above. Just clarifying for others.
I noticed that you didn’t talk about potato varieties. If you plant determinate varieties of potatoes, they will only produce potatoes at the bottom of the root system, no matter how much you hill them up. If you want them to produce lots of potatoes all the way up the buried stem, you need to plant indeterminate varieties. For this reason, the best potatoes for container gardening are the indeterminate varieties. Thanks for all the videos you are doing. They are helpful.
This is extremely helpful information - thank you! My local co-op sources as much food as they can from local growers. They have information posted about each grower and each product. Whether or not the potatoes (and tomatoes) are determinate or indeterminate really sounds like a great thing to add as many people use those potatoes for planting.
@@Mika-qp9hw Indeterminate potatoes are slow-growing and produce tubers all along the stem where soil exists. They need the soil to be mounded up as they grow. Determinate potatoes are considered fast-growing and produce tubers at the soil depth just above where the seed was planted. Here is a list of types: www.gardeningdream.com/the-ultimate-list-of-determinate-and-indeterminate-potatoes/ You can grow potatoes from store bought organic potatoes, because seed potatoes are unavailable this year due to the Covid virus. Sprout them in a dark warm place and plant after 1-2" of shoots form.
OK, I started potatoes in containers a few weeks back. This video confirmed I had started on the right track and gave me more info to ensure a good harvest. This has to be one of the best channels on YT for the backyard gardener.
Organic potatoes are just fine to plant, you can always get them and seed potatoes aren't around for long. Even non organic potatoes can be planted. I've had plenty of non organic potatoes sprout if they sit too long, natures way of saying that they’re ready to go. I can't tell you how many sprouted potatoes I've planted wherever instead of throwing them away.. Try buying seed potatoes mid summer as a second crop, not gonna happen.
hi, great video. I used to plant my potatoes the same way before, but then I met a guy who told me that I didn't need to wait to fill up the bucket, but just to fill it up completely once I put the seeds in, so I tried it and I found that it works perfectly and that it doesn't stress the potatoes. that's how I do it now and it works wonders, the shoots always find their way to the top of bucket. cheers mate.
What about watering? Is that why they don't fill the bucket up..I'd like to grow some potatoes...I guess iam not sure what to do...it seems a little easier to just fill the bucket
Yes, we've found that this is a better method, and I believe we get more potatoes, in the long run, and don't have to keep checking on the plants and adding more soil throughout the growing season. We do mulch them pretty heavily.
I've been gardening for about 1.5 months and its pretty overwhelming because I'm afraid to make a mistake early on and pay for it later. My jalepenos just bloomed which is the first of anything. They're so tiny but it's nice to see. It's addicting. I want more plants... more pots... more garden beds... lol
Been planting potatoes in buckets for several years. I plant a red and white potato. Generally 3 buckets of each. Have gotten good return at harvest. I generally use potatoes from the store that have sprouted with out any problems. This year I planted seed potatoes and potatoes that sprouted. Live in Indiana zone 5b. Love your channel, you provide a lot of information. Thanks again.
We always stop watering once the flowers die for about 2-3 weeks allowing the soil to dry and the skins on the potatoes to cure/harden it increases their storage life. At least is how the farmers taught me when I was a kid , when growing a bucket worth it probably isn't important as you are going to eat that pretty quick 😁
I grew up in a rural area, and I remember when I was a kid, one of my father's friends had to community over one afternoon, to dig up all the potatoes in his field. We all went home with a share of the crop. That was great fun!
The world is getting better. This person showed you how to do it step by step better than those highly useless personalities in our modern world that has no use in our lives. Salute to him.
Last year a grew potatoes in bags (first time). When I went to harvest, I just plunged my hand down in a bag, and grabbed the first thing I felt. It was a not-happy bullfrog. Surprised both of us. Tumping the bags made more sense after this. In Texas, God knows what could jump out.
Brian this will be my first attempt at growing potatoes!! My tomatoes are thriving and heaps on them and eating the first of the crop! Thanx to your videos my gardening skills have flourished like my veggies! Will go over your videos again to pick up some more tips that might help me grow what we like to eat in this hot arid desert of a place in western nsw australia. Learning so much from you now I’m retired and have the time and interest in gardening!
I've grown potatoes in my raised garden several time. They are easier to grow that you may think. I'm going to try the container method this year. Thanks for the tips.
THANKS. VERY INFORMATIVE!!! I plant sweet potato which is very good for the memory. You can cook, boil, steam the leaves. Put a little vinegar, sugar/honey and salt. You can also boil fish, chicken, or pork. Boil a few cups of water with onions and tomatoes. Put tamarind powder or lemon, salt, white long radish, taro, tomatoes, beans, okra and sweat potato leaves, Very delicious. You'll really enjoy eating this dish especially during winter.
I had great luck last year with potatoes & hoping to keep it going this year. Red potatoes, Yukon gold, and I also used the small red & yellow potatoes (fingerlings?) that come in a bag from the store. All I did was bury several potatoes (10-12?) that have “eyes”/sprouts into a 25 gallon grow bag and basically left them alone until the green tops fell over and started dying, which was probably 2-3 months per batch. Delicious!
I don't recall how I found your channel, but I'm ecstatic about it. I've deleted all others, because you're my go to gardener! Thank you so much for the great advice and videos. Watching you has already had me correcting several mistakes and planting lots if basil with my tomatoes 😊 Stay well and thanks❤
You did right. I never used "seed potatoes", and I never had any disease in my plants and I got lots of potatoes. There is a saying: "It takes God for trees to bloom and bud, but any ole fool can grow a spud."
@@chickentender4037 Carol, the cardboard has seams along the edges where it's folded, and water seeps out. At the same time, they're pretty good for holding moisture, especially when you use a mulch. I have a few boxes of nice mulchy soil left over from last year's tomatoes, so I amended the dirt & planted onions & carrots (which like tomatoes). Those boxes may not last long but for two years' running of raised beds, you can't get a better price than free!
@Joe A tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, pole beans, and a few other things lol. Or at least I'm trying we'll see how it ends up haha 😅.
We used to harvest a few of the young small potatoes from each plant in my Grandmother's garden almost daily during the growing time and she would cook them with fresh green beans & pork fat, so good tasting. She had a large metal spoon that was dedicated to digging new potatoes. When the potatoes were mature we plowed the rows to turn over the remaining potatoes. Of course we kids got the duty of sifting through the turned over dirt to pick up the remaining bounty. Have you tried to dig up some of the new potatoes in your buckets to cook before they fully mature? I love your channel, I found you by way of your tomato video. Please keep up the great work and I wish you well with your medical condition. You said you were a Southern Boy, what part of the South?
I got all my buckets from the local grocery store’s bakery. Frosting 5 gallon pails. I planted 2/3 more to share with my local food pantries. People covet these buckets. Since I am considered a non-profit I went to the top of the list! I sent them a picture (in a real card, handwritten.) Thanking them for their help.
I bought a bag of potatoes last yr from the grocery store and have excellent results. No bugs and no diseases and ive been continuously growing them since
I love the tip about aspirin! Just thought I would share this- I have powdered horse aspirin that will be so easy to mix! No blender needed and no coating to worry about. The only ingredient in it is acetylsalicylic acid, which is aspirin.
Awesome video. My seed potatoes arrive soon. Thanks for the tip on rubbing off smaller eyes for larger potatoes and using the aspirin spray. I’m in Virginia and with hot, rainy, humid weather blight is a problem here. Love your channel!
I also live in Va. I have not been able to get many potatoes! I now know to add bone meal and Kelp/seaweed fertilizer and the aspirin spray! I can’t wait to try again! Thanks so much, I have learned a lot!
I'm in southeast VA as well....and the humidity and blight can get out of control. I am gonna try this aspirin spray deal this year since this is my first time hearing about it.
A few years ago when I grew potatoes for the first time, I took some to our daughters' house for Thanksgiving (in casserole form with sour cream and cheese). My son in law commented on his first bite how much they actually tasted like potato! He normally can't stand those kind of casseroles because all you can taste is cheese and sour cream, but he was so glad he tried them, and ate 2-3 more helpings of them. The difference is really HUGE! He couldn't get over the difference.
Hi! I love that you mentioned the food safety of containers. I feel that is missing from a lot of these RUclips videos. I think we should also consider the plastic’s heat and uv resistance when growing with the container outdoors 😉
I never thought I'd be a able to grow potatoes, but last yr I just threw sprouted from the farm stand red potatoes in the ground and every few weeks I mounded straw around the plants and the potatoes were just like he said. Hard to beat fresh dug for taste and texture.
Great video! I grow a lot of different types of tomatoes and peppers, a little more plants every year. This is my first year growing potatoes. They have really taken off quickly. The video helped me understand it a lot better. big thanks :)
My father n law had the most flavorful potatoes from his garden. My kids would help plant and then pick them with him as young as toddlers. Worth growing your own. 👍
I also love this channel which I found when I was searching for growing tomatoes. But really, I have learnt a lot on your program and cant wait to start the journey of planting. By the way I am from South Africa, in Pretoria.
I was able to get free icing buckets from the store a few years ago. You have to go at the right time when they get done using them before they put them in the compactor.
I agree! I just threw in potatoes one year for fun. They grew fast and when I was able to harvest and cook them I remembered y I hadn’t cooked potatoes for so long (they were fantastic!) trying your method this year! Ty
Interesting, but you make it sound difficult. We cut the growing parts off and plant 4-6 in below the ground give them some food. I do the same thing with celery, onions, and carrots. Thank you for sharing looking forward to other videos.
I’m growing some Idaho russets, from Safeway...biggest strongest potato plants I’ve ever had. Growing them in a half wine barrel tower in my backyard compost and straw. These were potato’s straight from a bag from the grocery store, they sat and sat then just so happened they sprouted pretty much at planting time. All 5 are growing strong, I planted 18” deep in the compost filled barrel, once they hit about 10” above the surface, I added the wire tower and started just throwing hay on top, with a few shovels of compost layered in as well, some I’ll steal some orchard grass and alfalfa from the rabbits and mix in with the straw...oh, and I been throwing lots of rabbit manure in there too... I think I’m gonna get a lot of taters, I’ll come back with a report....
I use store bought organic potatoes for seed , works fine for me every time. I have some right now poking up their first leaves in the garden and my next batch are sprouting in a paper bag. I will try your bucket method then , thanks for that tip, you’re looking great by the way, cheers.
You can definitely try. If they sprout the plant them. They might not be as disease resistant but if you have them... better than going out and braving the virus!👍
I threw some store potatoes into my compost bin last year, they sprouted, and I planted them in buckets with wood chip on the bottom and then covered them in my homemade compost. They grew fantastically for several months before the deer ate the tops. I let the buckets sit a few more weeks then dumped them out. I ended up with several pounds of free potatoes. 🥔 🥔 🥔 I also recycled the soil back into my compost bins.
I don't often see videos with such detailed information. Thanks for a great vid and information. I usually just drop the potatoes in a pot but I am going to follow your instructions for larger taters.
Excellent video very easy to follow n great tip for Bigger spuds thank u so much 😁😁😁 I am just starting my spuds but didn't bye organic but i will next time u live n learn thx
So I love making baked potato soup. The skin on a baked potato add flavor to the meat which is important to making a good soup. Nobody ever talks about how the skin of the potato can add flavor to the meat and I think somebody should. Try it take one potato peeled and one not peeled and bake them and see if I'm wrong. Now you'll have something to add to your video that other people are not talking about
I never, never ever peel potatoes for the same reason. Plus, the nutrition in potatoes is mostly in and near the skin. Peeling is just senseless work to me.
Hi. I was wondering, I water my plants with my aquarium water. Would that be sufficient fertilizer in place of the Neptune Organic Harvest fertilizer? Thank you.🌻
Everyone of these home gardeners looks much more healthy than the average Joe. I’m just saying. We just recently started germinating about 16 different vegetables peppers etc. and I am looking at planting my own garden area in containers during the COVID-19 virus
Great video; love your videos, Im having trouble with my eyes, so is refreshing listening to you. I cant barely see, I think are beans 🤔... what kind of beans are behind you? I have to wait for somebody at my home to describe the background 😢
Great video I’m here in Australia so some brands I can’t get here, but you’re still informative I’ll be giving the aspirin trick ago for sure One other trick you can try for a clean potato harvest is a round wire cage. First level can be soil but from there keep topping up with pea straw mixed with a bit of compost once you reach the top and the potato plant has died off open the side of the cage and watch the cleaner potatoes roll out Added bonus you now have compost to add back to your garden from the cage 😊🌱
I planted half a gricery store potatoe that had no eyes, nothing, in my grow bag just for kicks. Then I forgot and planted petunias. Now I have 2 potato plants with my petunias 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve watched a lot of these container potato videos. You are the first person to mention the importance of using food grade containers!
oh he really drills it into your head if you watch him long enough lol
I've found them at Home Depot and Tractor Supply. I've heard you can ask bakeries to save food grade containers that they usually get rid of after they use them.
It’s not only down to food grade. An ice cream container (food graded) will release toxins, if you have food in it that you put in the microwave 🤷♂️.
Lowes and probably Ace Hardware buckets have food grade products available at the moment but ya better get them now. They may not be very soon. “Supply Chain Issues “ will be the official reason. Or perhaps they will blame Putin?
I bought a batch which used to contain yoghurt. Look at online auctions.
"I've rarely planted potatoes before, let me impart all of my extensive knowledge unto thee." Skip to "Home grown vegg," an Irishman who knows nearly everything there is to know about potatoes for experienced advice. Store bought organic potatoes are fine seed potatoes. Cut potatoes preferably should have at least two eyes not just one. You don't need wood ash or sulfur to scab over potatoes, air drying is perfectly fine and you don’t need to click a link to a spendy affiliate supplier. Four days or so is fine as long as they're dry and scabbed over, two weeks is a complete waste of valuable growing time and unnecessary. Potatoes can go in the ground a month before the last frost date, two weeks before is ok but they prefer cooler weather and can go in earlier. They take a while to break ground. Green potatoes being poisonous is misleading, no one has ever died from a green potato, you may get the shits but you're not gonna die and you can just cut the green part away. Harvesting as soon as the flowers form is way way way too early, don't do it just because he said so. Flowering means potatoes are starting to form and you can dig baby potatoes then, dumping out the entire bucket will only give you a few small potatoes. When the plants die off is when they’re ready to harvest and it's wise to wait a few more weeks for the skins to toughen up for long term storage. I like this channel but as an experienced potato grower cringe at a lot of the info here. Research other growers techniques and you can assimilate how it should be done. A quick dry presentation of limited experience and knowledge, not so much. Old time potato farmers would be spinning in their graves at this.
Helped a farmer plant her garden one time. She didn't wait for the potatoes to scab. She cut them in half and dumped them in the ground. Her kids came along after and covered them. Said her potatoes grew great in poor soil, where most of her other garden produce just couldn't get enough nutrients. 🤷 This will be my first year growing my own, and I can't put them right in the ground, so I guess what happens happens? Lol
I started my potato chits a month ago and my plants in the containers are already about a foot tall. I added crushed egg shells below the chits and have only watered with rain water, all my veggies germinated in half the predicted time and are flourishing! Taters need lots of potassium and a higher acidic level than most other plants, adding coffee grounds or pine needs to the compost gives them the acidic level they need.
This is my first container garden and I can’t wait to see the end result!!
@Theresa Kelly, do you know whether adding organic banana peels would work to supplement the potassium (ideally in lieu of the fish and kelp supplement)?
@@outoftheherd yes, that adds potassium to the soil as well, they need to be chopped real small and spread throughout the soil underneath b/c the tubers spread downward while the potatoes grow upwards.
@@theresakelly1915 The potatoes are the tubers. Perhaps you meant to say tubers/potatoes stay beneath the soil, and the vines grow above. Just clarifying for others.
I noticed that you didn’t talk about potato varieties. If you plant determinate varieties of potatoes, they will only produce potatoes at the bottom of the root system, no matter how much you hill them up. If you want them to produce lots of potatoes all the way up the buried stem, you need to plant indeterminate varieties. For this reason, the best potatoes for container gardening are the indeterminate varieties. Thanks for all the videos you are doing. They are helpful.
This is extremely helpful information - thank you! My local co-op sources as much food as they can from local growers. They have information posted about each grower and each product. Whether or not the potatoes (and tomatoes) are determinate or indeterminate really sounds like a great thing to add as many people use those potatoes for planting.
Newbie "farmer" here lol what do you mean by indeterminate? Can I grow ones from grocery store?
@@Mika-qp9hw Indeterminate potatoes are slow-growing and produce tubers all along the stem where soil exists. They need the soil to be mounded up as they grow. Determinate potatoes are considered fast-growing and produce tubers at the soil depth just above where the seed was planted. Here is a list of types: www.gardeningdream.com/the-ultimate-list-of-determinate-and-indeterminate-potatoes/
You can grow potatoes from store bought organic potatoes, because seed potatoes are unavailable this year due to the Covid virus. Sprout them in a dark warm place and plant after 1-2" of shoots form.
I'm constantly posting on here for people to look up or discuss the difference between determinant and indeterminate potatoes.
@@Mika-qp9hw I planted purple ones several years ago and they are like weeds, all over the place.
OK, I started potatoes in containers a few weeks back. This video confirmed I had started on the right track and gave me more info to ensure a good harvest.
This has to be one of the best channels on YT for the backyard gardener.
A year later, (2021) I’m watching this again. Forgot some of the steps. You’re my go to garden guy, thank you!
Amen. Had my first garden fresh potatoes this year, and I'm HOOKED! Btw I did grow all 5 potato patches from, organic, store bought potatoes.
I was going to ask about using organic potatoes to start, rather than buying seed potatoes. Thank you!
I was wondering about organic, as well! :D
From my understanding, organic produce doesn’t have the sprout inhibitor applied to it, so you can grow new plants from them.
Organic potatoes are just fine to plant, you can always get them and seed potatoes aren't around for long. Even non organic potatoes can be planted. I've had plenty of non organic potatoes sprout if they sit too long, natures way of saying that they’re ready to go. I can't tell you how many sprouted potatoes I've planted wherever instead of throwing them away.. Try buying seed potatoes mid summer as a second crop, not gonna happen.
hi, great video.
I used to plant my potatoes the same way before, but then I met a guy who told me that I didn't need to wait to fill up the bucket, but just to fill it up completely once I put the seeds in, so I tried it and I found that it works perfectly and that it doesn't stress the potatoes. that's how I do it now and it works wonders, the shoots always find their way to the top of bucket.
cheers mate.
Wonderful
What about watering? Is that why they don't fill the bucket up..I'd like to grow some potatoes...I guess iam not sure what to do...it seems a little easier to just fill the bucket
Yes, we've found that this is a better method, and I believe we get more potatoes, in the long run, and don't have to keep checking on the plants and adding more soil throughout the growing season. We do mulch them pretty heavily.
@@stoverboo Do You put the mulch on at the same time You plant them, or do You add it after they come up?
I've been gardening for 19 years and there is still so much to learn.
So true! For gardeners learning is a way of life, I never get tired of it.
I’ve been Gardening for SIXTY. And still learn every day. Part of the appeal. Cheers!
I've been gardening for about 1.5 months and its pretty overwhelming because I'm afraid to make a mistake early on and pay for it later. My jalepenos just bloomed which is the first of anything. They're so tiny but it's nice to see. It's addicting. I want more plants... more pots... more garden beds... lol
@@clydefrog8711 Everyone makes mistakes. Every year. Those are the lessons that stick with us.
@@clydefrog8711 me too!
Been planting potatoes in buckets for several years. I plant a red and white potato. Generally 3 buckets of each. Have gotten good return at harvest. I generally use potatoes from the store that have sprouted with out any problems. This year I planted seed potatoes and potatoes that sprouted. Live in Indiana zone 5b. Love your channel, you provide a lot of information. Thanks again.
So with about 6 buckets how many potatoes do you harvest?
I want to start here in Chicago in my yard but looking to see what my return could be.
We always stop watering once the flowers die for about 2-3 weeks allowing the soil to dry and the skins on the potatoes to cure/harden it increases their storage life. At least is how the farmers taught me when I was a kid , when growing a bucket worth it probably isn't important as you are going to eat that pretty quick 😁
I grew up in a rural area, and I remember when I was a kid, one of my father's friends had to community over one afternoon, to dig up all the potatoes in his field. We all went home with a share of the crop. That was great fun!
Cucumbers are so flavorful, crisp & have a great aroma homegrown. Completely different than store bought!
The world is getting better. This person showed you how to do it step by step better than those highly useless personalities in our modern world that has no use in our lives. Salute to him.
You mean Joe Biden. Ha Ha. ( useless )
@@jeffscott8323 look into a mirror for useless..
@@danbolton3180 Mr Bolton. You dont have to be ugly. You dont know me so keep your mouth shut
@@jeffscott8323 😥 Boo-hoo..
@@danbolton3180 I dont understand. What did I say. Huh ?
Last year a grew potatoes in bags (first time). When I went to harvest, I just plunged my hand down in a bag, and grabbed the first thing I felt. It was a not-happy bullfrog. Surprised both of us. Tumping the bags made more sense after this. In Texas, God knows what could jump out.
😂😂😂😂😂
Brian this will be my first attempt at growing potatoes!! My tomatoes are thriving and heaps on them and eating the first of the crop! Thanx to your videos my gardening skills have flourished like my veggies! Will go over your videos again to pick up some more tips that might help me grow what we like to eat in this hot arid desert of a place in western nsw australia. Learning so much from you now I’m retired and have the time and interest in gardening!
I've grown potatoes in my raised garden several time. They are easier to grow that you may think. I'm going to try the container method this year. Thanks for the tips.
Just had my first home-grown potato and, agree - it was the most delicious I ever had.
THANKS. VERY INFORMATIVE!!! I plant sweet potato which is very good for the memory. You can cook, boil, steam the leaves. Put a little vinegar, sugar/honey and salt. You can also boil fish, chicken, or pork. Boil a few cups of water with onions and tomatoes. Put tamarind powder or lemon, salt, white long radish, taro, tomatoes, beans, okra and sweat potato leaves, Very delicious. You'll really enjoy eating this dish especially during winter.
This is the best bagged potato tutorial. Easy to follow while my husband and I do it. This season we've followed along twice.
I had great luck last year with potatoes & hoping to keep it going this year.
Red potatoes, Yukon gold, and I also used the small red & yellow potatoes (fingerlings?) that come in a bag from the store. All I did was bury several potatoes (10-12?) that have “eyes”/sprouts into a 25 gallon grow bag and basically left them alone until the green tops fell over and started dying, which was probably 2-3 months per batch.
Delicious!
I don't recall how I found your channel, but I'm ecstatic about it. I've deleted all others, because you're my go to gardener! Thank you so much for the great advice and videos. Watching you has already had me correcting several mistakes and planting lots if basil with my tomatoes 😊 Stay well and thanks❤
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Thank you for this info!
I grew all my tatties this year from stock bought in a store and left to sprout. Strong, healthy plants and a great crop. Maybe I was just lucky...
Every year we do it this exact same way. No store bought SEED potatoes.
You did right. I never used "seed potatoes", and I never had any disease in my plants and I got lots of potatoes. There is a saying: "It takes God for trees to bloom and bud, but any ole fool can grow a spud."
@@elizabethblane201 omg! I love that 😂
I buy only organic potatoes from the store. They are not sprayed. I will use these....
So glad to hear that you don't have to buy seed potatoes because I didn't buy seed potatoes. I just bought organic potatoes from a health food store.
Thanks!
Thank you
I grow potatoes in boxes. They love it! I layer composted cow manure & straw and add more as the sprouts come up.
Do the boxes have drainage holes? Now I have to try this!
@@chickentender4037
Carol, the cardboard has seams along the edges where it's folded, and water seeps out.
At the same time, they're pretty good for holding moisture, especially when you use a mulch.
I have a few boxes of nice mulchy soil left over from last year's tomatoes, so I amended the dirt & planted onions & carrots (which like tomatoes). Those boxes may not last long but for two years' running of raised beds, you can't get a better price than free!
Do you mean cardboard boxes?
What type of boxes please
I planted some red potatoes 😁! Last Friday. It's my first time to plant potatoes so I'm excited I hope I get some at least lol.
I'm sure you will! They're so fun to grow
@Joe A It's only been since the end of February I don't think I'm supposed to dig them up yet? Soon I think?
@Joe A tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, pole beans, and a few other things lol. Or at least I'm trying we'll see how it ends up haha 😅.
@Joe A good luck to you also. I do hope you're not doing everything wrong and you get lots lots of strawberries and potatoes 😉.
I'm growing potatoes with you, 1 year later lol. Very exciting
There is such a difference between home-grown NEW potatoes and older home-grown potatoes. I agree that new potatoes ARE incredible!
We used to harvest a few of the young small potatoes from each plant in my Grandmother's garden almost daily during the growing time and she would cook them with fresh green beans & pork fat, so good tasting. She had a large metal spoon that was dedicated to digging new potatoes. When the potatoes were mature we plowed the rows to turn over the remaining potatoes. Of course we kids got the duty of sifting through the turned over dirt to pick up the remaining bounty. Have you tried to dig up some of the new potatoes in your buckets to cook before they fully mature? I love your channel, I found you by way of your tomato video. Please keep up the great work and I wish you well with your medical condition. You said you were a Southern Boy, what part of the South?
Sad that producer doesn't seem to acknowledge any THANKS or Questions - I'm from the south and I say he's a transplanted Yankee- LOL
I got all my buckets from the local grocery store’s bakery. Frosting 5 gallon pails. I planted 2/3 more to share with my local food pantries. People covet these buckets. Since I am considered a non-profit I went to the top of the list! I sent them a picture (in a real card, handwritten.) Thanking them for their help.
You are such a good teacher and your videos are very informative. Thanks for your efforts in making the videos.
I bought a bag of potatoes last yr from the grocery store and have excellent results. No bugs and no diseases and ive been continuously growing them since
Gardening has meaning to me
Like how he called potatoes, tomatoes at the end of the video. Funny and very informative
I love the tip about aspirin! Just thought I would share this- I have powdered horse aspirin that will be so easy to mix! No blender needed and no coating to worry about. The only ingredient in it is acetylsalicylic acid, which is aspirin.
Grabbed my seed potatoes yesterday. Getting buckets and soil soon.
Awesome video. My seed potatoes arrive soon. Thanks for the tip on rubbing off smaller eyes for larger potatoes and using the aspirin spray. I’m in Virginia and with hot, rainy, humid weather blight is a problem here. Love your channel!
Thank you and you're welcome. Yes the humidity is something we do not have here
How are your potatoes? Did you have any success?
I also live in Va. I have not been able to get many potatoes! I now know to add bone meal and Kelp/seaweed fertilizer and the aspirin spray! I can’t wait to try again! Thanks so much, I have learned a lot!
I'm in southeast VA as well....and the humidity and blight can get out of control. I am gonna try this aspirin spray deal this year since this is my first time hearing about it.
I'm addicted to growing potatoes 😂 I've become obsessed! 😂
Who else is in quarantine and decided “fuck it, I’m a farmer now”
Created a whole channel about it 😂😂😂
It’s me. I am farmer.
(Raises hand)
That’s hilarious 😂 yup my inner farmer has danced a happy dance! We just harvested our first potatoes!!!
I said “F it. Government’s lying anyway ;)”
As someone who has always enjoyed gardening but not been very good at it, I'm really enjoying your channel!
Your videos always seem to find me at perfect times. Just planted 30 buckets today
Your up early
damn son save some buckets for us
@@dorian345 big family big farm big garden. I'll be doing his tomato trellis on steroids soon 110 plants
A few years ago when I grew potatoes for the first time, I took some to our daughters' house for Thanksgiving (in casserole form with sour cream and cheese). My son in law commented on his first bite how much they actually tasted like potato! He normally can't stand those kind of casseroles because all you can taste is cheese and sour cream, but he was so glad he tried them, and ate 2-3 more helpings of them. The difference is really HUGE! He couldn't get over the difference.
Hi! I love that you mentioned the food safety of containers. I feel that is missing from a lot of these RUclips videos.
I think we should also consider the plastic’s heat and uv resistance when growing with the container outdoors 😉
Information was very helpful I didn’t know if I had to take the leaves off in order to add dirt and you Answered that for me thank you
Thank you for all the tips and advices, im loving this channel
Love the topics sections on this video
So much great info! I'm in Virginia, trying to garden in the front yard. Thanks for your help.
I had never before heard of potato food!
This is my first year growing potatoes, I'm using canvas grow bags and seed potatoes. I'll check back in August 🤞🤞🤞🤞
The blue 50 cent Walmart grocery bags work really well. They are hard to find and last about 5 years. Ten cents a year is pretty good.
I never thought I'd be a able to grow potatoes, but last yr I just threw sprouted from the farm stand red potatoes in the ground and every few weeks I mounded straw around the plants and the potatoes were just like he said. Hard to beat fresh dug for taste and texture.
Great video! I grow a lot of different types of tomatoes and peppers, a little more plants every year. This is my first year growing potatoes. They have really taken off quickly. The video helped me understand it a lot better. big thanks :)
My father n law had the most flavorful potatoes from his garden. My kids would help plant and then pick them with him as young as toddlers. Worth growing your own. 👍
Talk to your local restaurants. They go through so many buckets of mayonnaise and butter and margarine as well. They are usually massive and perfect.
I love how you explain things. Good job.
Thank you for this video. I really like the way you teach.
I also love this channel which I found when I was searching for growing tomatoes. But really, I have learnt a lot on your program and cant wait to start the journey of planting. By the way I am from South Africa, in Pretoria.
I was able to get free icing buckets from the store a few years ago. You have to go at the right time when they get done using them before they put them in the compactor.
Nice!
I agree! I just threw in potatoes one year for fun. They grew fast and when I was able to harvest and cook them I remembered y I hadn’t cooked potatoes for so long (they were fantastic!) trying your method this year! Ty
I love simple yet fully explained videos! Great job!
I agree!!! A homegrown potato is so delicious!!!
Interesting, but you make it sound difficult. We cut the growing parts off and plant 4-6 in below the ground give them some food. I do the same thing with celery, onions, and carrots. Thank you for sharing looking forward to other videos.
Thank you for showing us this about the buckets . Will try this next and even in a laundry basket it works to .
My brother had a farm in Tennessee and he grows the best potatoes. They are called Kennebec. I highly recommend them!
I’m growing some Idaho russets, from Safeway...biggest strongest potato plants I’ve ever had. Growing them in a half wine barrel tower in my backyard compost and straw. These were potato’s straight from a bag from the grocery store, they sat and sat then just so happened they sprouted pretty much at planting time. All 5 are growing strong, I planted 18” deep in the compost filled barrel, once they hit about 10” above the surface, I added the wire tower and started just throwing hay on top, with a few shovels of compost layered in as well, some I’ll steal some orchard grass and alfalfa from the rabbits and mix in with the straw...oh, and I been throwing lots of rabbit manure in there too... I think I’m gonna get a lot of taters, I’ll come back with a report....
Total agreement. A good potato is up there with the best tasting foods. A great video.
Real oragnic strawberries are another...even the texture is different...Mmmm 😋
Hi from New Bern. We are going to try growing potatoes in grow bags this season. Thanks for the info.
I use store bought organic potatoes for seed , works fine for me every time. I have some right now poking up their first leaves in the garden and my next batch are sprouting in a paper bag. I will try your bucket method then , thanks for that tip, you’re looking great by the way, cheers.
I have organic russet potatoes on hand and would like to know if I can use a couple of these to try to grow some.
You can definitely try. If they sprout the plant them. They might not be as disease resistant but if you have them... better than going out and braving the virus!👍
I'm always too late to buy seed potatoes at the store so i've been using organic potatoes and it works.
My daughter and I are growing in 5 gallon buckets. Getting potato's tomorrow
Super great video on potatoes.. I learn something everytime I watch one of your vids... This time was aspirin spray for blight. Thank you so much.
That was a great video. I live in Ohio so we just had snow again! Can't wait to be back in the garden
Best "how to" video I've seen yet. Looking forward to planting. Thanks
I threw some store potatoes into my compost bin last year, they sprouted, and I planted them in buckets with wood chip on the bottom and then covered them in my homemade compost.
They grew fantastically for several months before the deer ate the tops. I let the buckets sit a few more weeks then dumped them out. I ended up with several pounds of free potatoes. 🥔 🥔 🥔
I also recycled the soil back into my compost bins.
feed bags from chicken feed works good!
We love you. Ignore the ball busters. They're jealous.
My mind is blown right now. 🤯 Thanks for the tips!!!
Very informative video. Im chuckling a bit because this is the first youtube vid I have seen on gardening where the farmer wore makeup.
I don't often see videos with such detailed information. Thanks for a great vid and information. I usually just drop the potatoes in a pot but I am going to follow your instructions for larger taters.
Just the vid i was looking for love the channel so helpfull.
You are so informative I love your channel . I am going to try growing potatoes 🥔 smile 😃 . I love the aspirin spray. My tomatoes always get blight.
Carrots! I grow the sweetest juiciest carrots ever. Grocery store carrots are dry and lack the flavor.
Excellent video very easy to follow n great tip for Bigger spuds thank u so much 😁😁😁 I am just starting my spuds but didn't bye organic but i will next time u live n learn thx
Great video Brian... I will try to grow my own potatoes😀😉
Thank you... Good luck
Good for you. Here in my country you won't get seed potatoes for planting. They ignored me when I asked how to get a few for home growing.
Here I am searching for my last frost day and I live in Key West, FL 😋🤣🤣
I live in Miami and I was a bit confused at first🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 @Gracie
Hello. You look much better now. Anyway thanks for your potatovlog. I will try it. From the Philippines
So I love making baked potato soup. The skin on a baked potato add flavor to the meat which is important to making a good soup. Nobody ever talks about how the skin of the potato can add flavor to the meat and I think somebody should. Try it take one potato peeled and one not peeled and bake them and see if I'm wrong. Now you'll have something to add to your video that other people are not talking about
Good point! I agree.
I never, never ever peel potatoes for the same reason. Plus, the nutrition in potatoes is mostly in and near the skin. Peeling is just senseless work to me.
Im 60, i bought my 1st. Potatoes at a local sm. Private farmer & it was delicious. Trying to grow my own
Potato challenge accepted . Getting ready.
Best tutorial yet!!
great video number 900! also you can buy an Aspirin in a powder form.
Found your channel by accident and glad I did bc I'm planning to try potatoes in buckets for the first time and your video is just what I needed.
Hi. I was wondering, I water my plants with my aquarium water. Would that be sufficient fertilizer in place of the Neptune Organic Harvest fertilizer? Thank you.🌻
My potatoes are blooming, I can't wait to harvest, I'm excited
Everyone of these home gardeners looks much more healthy than the average Joe. I’m just saying. We just recently started germinating about 16 different vegetables peppers etc. and I am looking at planting my own garden area in containers during the COVID-19 virus
Same here, interesting how a global pandemic has people of all ages watching tutorials and starting gardens.
Love the way you explain so clearly. The only thing I wish you'd done is give ratios when you mix things. Great video.
Great video; love your videos, Im having trouble with my eyes, so is refreshing listening to you. I cant barely see, I think are beans 🤔... what kind of beans are behind you? I have to wait for somebody at my home to describe the background 😢
I was trying to figure that out as well. 🤷♀️
Great video I’m here in Australia so some brands I can’t get here, but you’re still informative
I’ll be giving the aspirin trick ago for sure
One other trick you can try for a clean potato harvest is a round wire cage. First level can be soil but from there keep topping up with pea straw mixed with a bit of compost once you reach the top and the potato plant has died off open the side of the cage and watch the cleaner potatoes roll out
Added bonus you now have compost to add back to your garden from the cage 😊🌱
I planted half a gricery store potatoe that had no eyes, nothing, in my grow bag just for kicks. Then I forgot and planted petunias. Now I have 2 potato plants with my petunias 🤣🤣🤣🤣