🥔 My Third Sowing of Potatoes: Purple Caribe
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- I am making my third sowing of potatoes today. I will be sowing purple caribe potatoes in large containers. Purple Caribe are one of my favourite potatoes. They are purple skinned with creamy white flesh. Purple Caribe potatoes are early maturing so they make a quick turn around from planting to harvest. These potatoes also tend to be very high yielding. I find I don't get as large of yields when growing potatoes in containers, but it is still a good option if your in ground space is limited. Growing in containers also means you can move the pots around to get the best growing conditions or to protect plants from early frosts or storms. I will show give youapvice to get the most from your container grown potatoes as well as show you a trick to pre starting seed potatoes while you wait for garden space to become available.
I grow flowers and vegetables in Saskatchewan, Canada. My cold hardiness zone is zone 4. I have an average of 110 frost free growing days each year. The past few years have seen our temperatures go as low as -37C (-34.6F) to as high as 37C (98.6F). Come see what and how I grow in these conditions.
My Potato Playlist
• Potatoes
#vegetablegarden #growingpotatoes #containergardening 
Хобби
Nice video
Howdy, Prairie Plantgirl and handsome Buster!🙋🏾♀️
Great video. I never heard anyone speak on keeping the roots cool...it makes sense. Thanks!
At the start of the year, I'm itching to plant something. We sow potatoes around February 14th. I start them early indoors in small pots...I saw a British gardener do it years ago. As you say, it works well.👩🏾🌾
The heat is on here...starting to hit 100 with the heat index being 11 degrees higher.
I sowed my sprouted cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower seeds...they are up and growing on my grow shelf.🌱 This year seems to be going by quickly! 😃
Your garden looks like it is really taking off!👍
Wishing you nothing but warm days!💕
100 degrees! Stay cool!
11:30 LOVE that repurposed jug made in to a scoop. Very nice.
Thanks!
I have most of my potatoes in pots as well. Last year I reclaimed a bed where lily-of-the-valley was growing. Those potatoes did ok but this year they are doing even better. The seed potatoes were supermarket spuds that had started to sprout in the bag. It sounds crazy but these are the healthiest plants I have!
I bought a 5 pound bag of potatoes at the market last week and they taste pretty bad-too old! I’m not buying any more-I can’t wait until my new potatoes are ready!
Home grown potatoes are better and healthier than any I’ve ever purchased.
I’m impressed you were able to reclaim space from lily-of-the-valley.
There is a potato growth stages online somewhere. Flowering can last a month but, two weeks after the flowers are gone potatoes might be worth steeling. They say thick skin storage potatoes two weeks after plants died.
Yep! Here is a text description of the stages. I can't paste images haha. (I didn't write anything below this).
"Overall Time from Planting to Harvest
• Early-season varieties: 60-80 days
• Mid-season varieties: 80-100 days
• Late-season varieties: 100-130 days
Growing Stages of Potatoes
1. Sprouting Stage (0-2 weeks)
• Duration: About 0-2 weeks after planting.
• Description: Seed potatoes begin to sprout and develop roots. Eyes on the seed potatoes start growing into stems.
2. Vegetative Growth Stage (2-4 weeks)
• Duration: About 2-4 weeks.
• Description: Green shoots break the soil surface, leaves develop, and plants grow rapidly. Roots establish and spread out.
3. Tuber Initiation Stage (4-7 weeks)
• Duration: About 4-7 weeks.
• Description: Small tubers start to form at the tips of stolons (underground stems). Plants continue to grow foliage.
4. Tuber Bulking Stage (7-12 weeks)
• Duration: About 7-12 weeks.
• Description: Tubers grow larger as the plant continues photosynthesis, storing energy in the tubers. Consistent watering is critical during this stage.
5. Maturation Stage (12+ weeks)
• Duration: About 12 weeks onward.
• Description: Plant growth slows down, and vines begin to yellow and die back. Tubers mature and develop thicker skins, preparing for harvest.
Harvest Time Indicators
• Early Varieties: Around 60-80 days, typically when plants flower.
• Mid Varieties: Around 80-100 days, often indicated by yellowing vines.
• Late Varieties: Around 100-130 days, after vines die back completely.
By understanding these stages, farmers can optimize their care and management practices for better yields and quality of potatoes."
@@MacroTh3ory thanks. Heard they recommended stealing one potatoe poking up or close to surface otherwise wait.
@@massriver I always rob my potato plants in fact I took 6 small spuds (500g) this morning for my lunch. IMO the best thing about growing your own is being able to eat them while the skins are still delicate. Here in the central Okanagan Valley, BC I am able to get the seeds in when dandelions are blooming which this year was April 9th. I sow into the ground because pots always dry up in the summer heat. Good video.
This is a great conversation. Thanks for sharing that info @MacroTh3ory
This is my first year seriously growing potatoes - I tried a couple years ago, but did not research much, just plonked some in pots/grow bags and didn't get a great harvest. So I just put in all the potatoes I had in one go, for some reason successions didn't occur to me. Do you keep the potatoes you get in spring in the basement and take some out every month to sprout, or buy more later? Thanks!
You can replant from the current year’s harvest (or past years). Part of my successions is due to availability of the varieties of seed potatoes, part is because I don’t have space to plant them all at once, part is so I am storing less potatoes harvested in July all the way until next year.
@@PrairiePlantgirl makes sense! I got a health issue that started in the winter that is making a big impact on how much I can garden, so this succession wave of potatoes will work very well as I can take my time with it. Thank you for the idea and explanation!
I’m glad this idea helps you to continue gardening at a new pace.