My Grandmother used the string method to shape several ornamental plants in her yard but they were planted in ground so she would tie the string to a brick and let the weight of the brick and gravity do the work. Worked like a charm.
i love growing potatoes in the 40/50lb dog food bags. poke a lot of holes in the bottom, fill about 6", dump chits in and fill up, and let go. My dad likes to eat them small and fresh out of the bag, so it's perfect for him. When they start to die, dump the bag, pick out potatoes, add worm castings and compost, and repeat until the bag disintegrates!
I've reused 70 litre compost bags in the same way. One small cat (who hunts hares and protects my veg) doesn't generate nearly so many food bags! My ex housemate had a dog though, and those dog food bags are very sturdy ..
Thanks for talking about fruit tree pruning. I summer prune for height and then I winter prune for the cross branching and broken branches. I like the sting for adjusting the branches I'll be putting that in use. The branch spacers(?) I got offline keeps falling when the wind blows.
Thank you so much for showing summer prune and potatoes harvesting. It was fun to watch like all other videos you have. Can't wait to watch next one. You are my favorite gardener Jacques. 💚
Ohhhh the dang Leaf Footed Bug!!! Also my nemesis!!! I was cheering for you giving that one a nice cut!! I also smashed one today! It was just hanging out on a garden chair leg, as if it were just lounging around, waiting for me to produce some kind of fruit for it to ruin. I don't even have any this year, and still, those frickin bugs are hanging around!! They literally ruin my entire pomegranate harvest every single year!!! Which is why I removed every flower on my pomegranate tree so it wouldn't even produce any fruit this year. Either way, it's the same outcome of harvest for me! I'm hoping that the majority of the leaf Footed Bugs will simply leave for lack of food. Plus, I feel their attitude is quite arrogant, as they simply wave hello to me even when I get close to them. But that's probably just me anthropomorphising... Today - I gave that confident lurker a very out of character karate kick & landed it squarely!! SO SATISFYING!!!! 1 down 999 to go...
@@jacquesinthegarden Good for you!!! I like to vacuum them up with the shop vac! They're easy targets when they're clustered together. And their confidence works against them!
They nibble on my raspberries,which is mostly fine because I have so many and they don't show up until late summer/fall. I did accidentally get one in my mouth when I ate a berry. We were both pretty horrified. 😂
Looks like your garden is super productive atm. Fresh potato is the best! I know if you place them in full sun for a day or two, the skins will suberize and they will store!
@@kirstypollock6811 Yes only half a day for me sometimes is enough to thicken the skins a little too. Although i usually eat em up in a month or two anyways. I learned about suberization at uni.
trees also push the most water and sugars up during morning and evening, so pruning at peak sun is best as the tree is almost fully dormant at that time :)
@bugz000 What do you know about pear diseases? The bark is healthy and smooth,it does put out flowers and fruit. But the leaves turn totally yellow, then black and wrinkly. It's a Kieffer pear that I inherited. About 4 years old.
@@Neenerella333 without seeing pictures it's hard to tell, but the most prevalent things i've seen on pears is leaf curl and rust... the curl is caused by an insect and the rust is bacterial, though some "rusts" are also insects... these issues can form from a lack of air flow through the plant with dense growth, crowded planting, stunted root systems, or i've even seen unfortunate root placement strangling the main stem... some precautions you can take regardless of issue; pull any damaged leaves the moment they start turning... clear any turf and plants from 6ft around the tree... good rule of thumb is a canopy and a half radius, cover with stones, if you are irrigating, water the edge not right on the base, encourage the roots to spread... you want to improve the root system. fruit trees are notoriously slow growing... and this means they are also slow healers, and slow to fight off predation and disease...they need all the roots they can get, then you can work on specific diseases etc, at 4 years old it is quite vulnerable... people love to use pesticides etc, but consider i've seen a 60ft tree cut flush to the ground come back the following year as a 12 ft tall bush... you can see the importance of a powerful root system... a tree doesn't even need anything above ground if the roots are strong, they can fend for themselves... i know it's vague but i would need to see pictures to suggest anything more specific... doing any of this will certainly help regardless of issue, so i hope it works out for you :)
@@Neenerella333 i did reply but it appears it got filtered out.... in short, strengthen the roots and strip any diseased leaves the moment they begin turning, but it's hard to say what is going on without seeing pictures or something
I struck out with in ground potatoes this year. We got so much rain this spring (Central Coast, California) that they went in late and then when it finally stopped raining my in ground soil turned to concrete. I will be using raised beds next year too, I planted sweet potatoes in a 4x8 raised bed and they’re doing better than any I’ve ever grown, so I’m thinking from now on any underground tubers will be grown in raised beds to ensure good drainage and a good crop.
You convinced me to plant potatoes in a raised bed next year! I planted my sweet potatoes in one this year so I’m hoping for a successful harvest. They just might be a little too crowded in there… I’m so jealous of your watermelons. I don’t think mine will fruit in time.
I live in North County please Jacque come and teach me how to prune I have at 60 fruit trees and you can make all the videos you want. You are so knowledgeable. Hope you consider my offer. Thank you for educating us in the art of gardening.
I grew French fingerlings and Kennebecs in my raised beds this year -- they were prolific and delicious. Zone 7 New York. I am putting fall crops in the bed now but if, come spring, there are volunteer potatoes, I will be happy to see them.
How exciting! I was starting to feel like you that it wasn't worth it but I've only tried growing potatoes and grow bags. Now I know I need to devote a raised bed to them like I did my sweet potatoes. Yay!
My best harvests were from trenched potatoes in rototilled soil mulched with fresh conifer chippings from my hedges. Found out later today potatoes like a more acid soil... Weeds were annoying eventually though. Even with the mulch.
I grow Belana white potatoes (apparently Germany's most popular potato!), Rosara and Laura (red skinned). All 3 I tend to harvest at the same stage as you. I've had the Belana and especially the Lauras (I think) last right through until the NEXT year's Belanas are ready. Belana also can get to harvest size in (officially) 100-110 days, but this year mine were planted mid march (with plastic cover over hoops - I'm 54N!) and were at that ready stage end of June! The red ones can get a bit of scab, the Belana seem bombproof, even in this year where the late blight showed up really early.
I have tried to grow potatoes so many times. The most recent was last year. One of the ranch and home stores here was giving away potato starts. Actually, it was one of its customers who had an abundance and brought them in to give away. I like red potatoes and these just happened to be red; so, I took four of them. Of those four, I ended up with three plants. In the end, I did get 5 potatoes; but, the largest one was about the size of walnut. The only things that did well this year were the peas and beans. They did not do well last year. My tomatoes and peppers have not done well at all. Last year, the peppers did really well. I grew different varieties of tomatoes last year and they did pretty good. I do have a lot of green tomatoes; but, we might be running out of growing season soon. The tomato plants look really tired. We had a storm on Saturday night. The wind broke one of my tomato plants in half. So, I pulled it today and put the green tomatoes in a brown paper bag. If I wait long enough maybe they will ripen enough. About those potatoes. You mentioned that yours did not do well in a grow bag. Maybe that was the problem with mine. I currently use three raised beds; but, they are considered to be ADA compliant. They are like standard raised beds that have been put on table legs. They are lined with wire mesh and garden fabric. Does this kind of raised bed seem like it would work for growing potatoes?
I had to harvest a lot of green tomatoes last month due to disease. I made a DELICIOUS green tomato relish using the recipe from the Ball book of preserving (think it's also in the free USDA official canning guide). With bell peppers and onions. I had to buy the peppers from the market though :-(
Love your videos! With your pepper plants so close together, do you have cross-pollination issues? I’m planning to grow Serrano and Habanero peppers and am curious how close together I can have them.
I just dug up some volunteer potatoes from my compost pile, never got watered or anything. They did SO much better than the ones I planted on purpose in grow bags! 😆
Thanks for saying this! I've been worried about overfeeding my potatoes (don't want leaves at the expense of tubers) but from your experience it sounds like they love rich soil. Next time I'll add way more compost.
I just had a very handsome harvest of two (2) good sized russets and two baby ones, my gf and I turned them into löded baked potatoes to honor them 🥔❤️🥔
to train my tree's I have old milk bottles filled with water to weigh the tree down, just tie a rope around the handle and loop the rope over the branch you want to train. an eyesore perhaps but it's free/cheap as
Used to be a bit squeamish about pests. Now I grab and smash with my bare hands. Rage and protective instinct for my plants got me over it 😂 plus there’s no time to get a glove…gotta get ‘em quick.
Make some stone stacked raised beds. You will attract small lizards or spiders that can house in them and eat all the bugs. I have no bugs because of my awesome lizards
1st half of the season last year I grew potatoes' in totes with holes in the bottom and layered, not good, only got a few off 4 plants in each tote, started a later batch in a raised bed and got way more. This year I did 2 raised beds 4x8x12 and have gotten a lot already and waiting on the rest to finish up, raised bed is the best from what i have done.
Good job showing your care for the grafted fruit trees. I plan to put two - three or four into ones in at the beginning of the year. Just been waiting all year to redesign my raised bed layout at the end of the year. (Like November). Plus get me one more 8 in 1 birdies bed from you guys. I'm thinking about two tree surrounds but I may not. Always enjoy your videos a lot.
@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you for your time and the response to my comment. I'm torn between the decision based on root spread and growth. I would use them to only contain the roots to restrict size of growth. But at the same time I want them to spread, not be rootbound and be healthy. Of course then there's the trimming I'd have to do to keep it to proper size. Which has to be done no matter what.( I did work as a certified arborist with the ISA, and landscape consultant in my career). So I'm just torn. Undecided. We'll see when I place my order at the Xmas sale time. Once again, appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm sure it takes a lot of your time up. But it does make commenters feel more connected.
Awesome haul Jacques. Better than we got, plant per plant. Grew the Sarpo's last year and was doing my Garden Gnome Happy Dance all over the place. 1lb of seed potato, 45+/-lbs. We wintered over 33 potatoes. Chitted, planted, and couldn't wait to harvest. Nope. About 90% looked more like a true, small Russet and more a tannish brown, than a nice solid red. Disappointed isn't the word I want to use. Did a whole day dive, researching a few things and it dawned on me. I wonder if Sharpo's are a hybrid? If so, no guarantee, plant, saving and replanting it's going to grow true to one parent or the other in the second-year potato. A couple of scientific results seemed to say with potatoes, there are very few synthetic "gmo" created potatoes, as much as there are cross pollinated potatoes. I'm going to ask about their knowledge of if Sharpo Mira's are a hybrid or not when I place my order for next year.
A heading cut is when you only take part of the branch off (the head), where thinning cuts entirely remove a branch at the collar, thinning out the clutter.
@@jacquesinthegarden Might want to try using your string in a continuous loop fashion. Run it around both objects, the branch and the anchor and tie it off. As you progress you can slide a loop around either end to tighten or loosen, tighten the loop, by using the two objects, by twisting the strings with a stick, that works like a turnbuckle. As you tighten, it shortens. No cutting and or retying to adjust. Just give it a couple of twists, and it tightens. Voila!
Amazing potato harvest! It’s been too hot here to grow potatoes during the summer, but I’m looking forward to planting them soon for fall. Does your company sell seed potatoes or do you just sprout your own? Thank you so much!
Great video! I'm also harvesting my grow-bag potatoes. Like you, I'm considering starting some in raised beds next season. If you find a variety of potatoes you like is it feasible to save some to grow again the next season or will they be too wilted by the time you're ready to set new potatoes? I'm still trying out varieties and will focus on a few to spread the harvest across the season.
It's not 100% but if you cut just under a bud (in a summer prune) you get a bit of die back. This changes the hormones that can change the buds to fruiting spures. It's great to keep 2 or 3 buds rather than get rid of a hole branch. You have nothing to lose, if it you don't get fruiting spures just get rid of it!
I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. None of my tomatoes, peppers, squash, and eggplant are producing as much as this. I’m in NorCal East Bay zone 9b. I’m following all the instructions, etc.
You may want to put stainless steel hardware cloth mesh under your raised beds if you grow potatoes, carrots, or beets. Leaving so many valuable calories in the ground, you want to prevent anything burrowing underneath to steal your food! Rodents will catch on the longer you grow these yummy root crops. Even put netting on top when you are getting close to harvest, keep them from digging in from the top.
if all powerful benevolent god is the true creator of every thing not the satans ruling you human slaves then why would god want & need you human slaves to cut down trees turn them to papers in order to write print god's words why can't god communicate with every one instinctly ?
The more frequent posting is really helping me through an especially tough time. Love the videos
Very happy to hear that, I am feeling much more into vlogs and it's easier for me to make more!
"We have a bunch of things to get done today, besides petting Cosmo." I have a feeling that Cosmo begs to differ! :P
My Grandmother used the string method to shape several ornamental plants in her yard but they were planted in ground so she would tie the string to a brick and let the weight of the brick and gravity do the work. Worked like a charm.
i love growing potatoes in the 40/50lb dog food bags. poke a lot of holes in the bottom, fill about 6", dump chits in and fill up, and let go. My dad likes to eat them small and fresh out of the bag, so it's perfect for him. When they start to die, dump the bag, pick out potatoes, add worm castings and compost, and repeat until the bag disintegrates!
Genius
@@tristinchristenson6349 and when you've got several BIG dogs, you have lots of bags to use. ;)
I've reused 70 litre compost bags in the same way. One small cat (who hunts hares and protects my veg) doesn't generate nearly so many food bags!
My ex housemate had a dog though, and those dog food bags are very sturdy ..
I grew potatoes for the first time this year and OMG even my husband commented on the taste - sooo much better than the store!
His animosity and aggression towards those leaf footed bugs is hilarious….and I felt it deeply. lol
Jacques, your garden is just beautiful! That tree you planted for us is just amazing! Ahhhh...peaches.. and, I can't wait to grow potatoes!
Beautiful garden and potato harvest! You have a very pleasant voice to listen too. Love from sw Oregon
I planted and harvested potatoes this week too. So easy to grow. But I need to learn more to make the most of them. Thank you for the video
LOL, when you said "precious" potatoes, I instantly thought "what's 'taters,' Precious?" 😅boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!
This hermit is feenin for potatoes, you can tell
I need my fix 🥔🥔🥔!
Thanks for talking about fruit tree pruning. I summer prune for height and then I winter prune for the cross branching and broken branches. I like the sting for adjusting the branches I'll be putting that in use. The branch spacers(?) I got offline keeps falling when the wind blows.
Thank you so much for showing summer prune and potatoes harvesting. It was fun to watch like all other videos you have. Can't wait to watch next one. You are my favorite gardener Jacques. 💚
Thank you for such an upclose and in depth explanation on that pruning, Jacques.
I just planted potatoes in my raised beds and after 1 week I sprouts! I am so excited
Ohhhh the dang Leaf Footed Bug!!!
Also my nemesis!!!
I was cheering for you giving that one a nice cut!!
I also smashed one today!
It was just hanging out on a garden chair leg, as if it were just lounging around, waiting for me to produce some kind of fruit for it to ruin.
I don't even have any this year,
and still,
those frickin bugs are hanging around!!
They literally ruin my entire pomegranate harvest every single year!!!
Which is why I removed every flower on my pomegranate tree so it wouldn't even produce any fruit this year.
Either way, it's the same outcome of harvest for me!
I'm hoping that the majority of the leaf Footed Bugs will simply leave for lack of food.
Plus, I feel their attitude is quite arrogant, as they simply wave hello to me even when I get close to them.
But that's probably just me anthropomorphising...
Today - I gave that confident lurker a very out of character karate kick
& landed it squarely!!
SO SATISFYING!!!!
1 down
999 to go...
I will smash a tomato to kill them instead of risking it flying away! Their babies cluster together which makes it easy to decimate their populations
@@jacquesinthegarden
Good for you!!!
I like to vacuum them up
with the shop vac!
They're easy targets when they're clustered together.
And their confidence works against them!
They nibble on my raspberries,which is mostly fine because I have so many and they don't show up until late summer/fall. I did accidentally get one in my mouth when I ate a berry. We were both pretty horrified. 😂
I did grow bag potatoes this summer and got a so so harvest. The volunteers in my garden definitely did better. Love you posts!
Looks like your garden is super productive atm. Fresh potato is the best! I know if you place them in full sun for a day or two, the skins will suberize and they will store!
I only give them half a day and it seems to work well for me (but also my storage area is cool and decently humid, which is ideal)
@@kirstypollock6811 Yes only half a day for me sometimes is enough to thicken the skins a little too. Although i usually eat em up in a month or two anyways. I learned about suberization at uni.
I have a bucket bursting from potatoes from a volunteer plant that I never planted. Going to harvest tomorrow!
It is so smart to use your pot to tie the tree limbs. Good thinking.
Great idea on stringing the branches down!!!
trees also push the most water and sugars up during morning and evening, so pruning at peak sun is best as the tree is almost fully dormant at that time :)
That's a great additional bit of info I wasn't even considering!
@@jacquesinthegarden i worked with trees for 12 years, should you have any queries about trees i am happy to help :)
@bugz000 What do you know about pear diseases? The bark is healthy and smooth,it does put out flowers and fruit. But the leaves turn totally yellow, then black and wrinkly. It's a Kieffer pear that I inherited. About 4 years old.
@@Neenerella333 without seeing pictures it's hard to tell, but the most prevalent things i've seen on pears is leaf curl and rust... the curl is caused by an insect and the rust is bacterial, though some "rusts" are also insects...
these issues can form from a lack of air flow through the plant with dense growth, crowded planting, stunted root systems, or i've even seen unfortunate root placement strangling the main stem...
some precautions you can take regardless of issue; pull any damaged leaves the moment they start turning... clear any turf and plants from 6ft around the tree... good rule of thumb is a canopy and a half radius, cover with stones, if you are irrigating, water the edge not right on the base, encourage the roots to spread...
you want to improve the root system.
fruit trees are notoriously slow growing... and this means they are also slow healers, and slow to fight off predation and disease...they need all the roots they can get, then you can work on specific diseases etc, at 4 years old it is quite vulnerable...
people love to use pesticides etc, but consider i've seen a 60ft tree cut flush to the ground come back the following year as a 12 ft tall bush... you can see the importance of a powerful root system... a tree doesn't even need anything above ground if the roots are strong, they can fend for themselves...
i know it's vague but i would need to see pictures to suggest anything more specific... doing any of this will certainly help regardless of issue, so i hope it works out for you :)
@@Neenerella333 i did reply but it appears it got filtered out.... in short, strengthen the roots and strip any diseased leaves the moment they begin turning, but it's hard to say what is going on without seeing pictures or something
I struck out with in ground potatoes this year. We got so much rain this spring (Central Coast, California) that they went in late and then when it finally stopped raining my in ground soil turned to concrete. I will be using raised beds next year too, I planted sweet potatoes in a 4x8 raised bed and they’re doing better than any I’ve ever grown, so I’m thinking from now on any underground tubers will be grown in raised beds to ensure good drainage and a good crop.
You convinced me to plant potatoes in a raised bed next year! I planted my sweet potatoes in one this year so I’m hoping for a successful harvest. They just might be a little too crowded in there…
I’m so jealous of your watermelons. I don’t think mine will fruit in time.
I live in North County please Jacque come and teach me how to prune I have at 60 fruit trees and you can make all the videos you want. You are so knowledgeable. Hope you consider my offer. Thank you for educating us in the art of gardening.
I grew French fingerlings and Kennebecs in my raised beds this year -- they were prolific and delicious. Zone 7 New York. I am putting fall crops in the bed now but if, come spring, there are volunteer potatoes, I will be happy to see them.
Absolutely looking forward to some bonus volunteer potatoes!
I've used the string method to help train my tree except I use landscape staples and rocks to hold the string down
How exciting! I was starting to feel like you that it wasn't worth it but I've only tried growing potatoes and grow bags. Now I know I need to devote a raised bed to them like I did my sweet potatoes. Yay!
It's really striking how much more you get from the raised bed!
My best harvests were from trenched potatoes in rototilled soil mulched with fresh conifer chippings from my hedges. Found out later today potatoes like a more acid soil...
Weeds were annoying eventually though. Even with the mulch.
I grow Belana white potatoes (apparently Germany's most popular potato!), Rosara and Laura (red skinned). All 3 I tend to harvest at the same stage as you. I've had the Belana and especially the Lauras (I think) last right through until the NEXT year's Belanas are ready. Belana also can get to harvest size in (officially) 100-110 days, but this year mine were planted mid march (with plastic cover over hoops - I'm 54N!) and were at that ready stage end of June!
The red ones can get a bit of scab, the Belana seem bombproof, even in this year where the late blight showed up really early.
I have tried to grow potatoes so many times. The most recent was last year. One of the ranch and home stores here was giving away potato starts. Actually, it was one of its customers who had an abundance and brought them in to give away. I like red potatoes and these just happened to be red; so, I took four of them. Of those four, I ended up with three plants. In the end, I did get 5 potatoes; but, the largest one was about the size of walnut.
The only things that did well this year were the peas and beans. They did not do well last year. My tomatoes and peppers have not done well at all. Last year, the peppers did really well. I grew different varieties of tomatoes last year and they did pretty good. I do have a lot of green tomatoes; but, we might be running out of growing season soon. The tomato plants look really tired. We had a storm on Saturday night. The wind broke one of my tomato plants in half. So, I pulled it today and put the green tomatoes in a brown paper bag. If I wait long enough maybe they will ripen enough.
About those potatoes. You mentioned that yours did not do well in a grow bag. Maybe that was the problem with mine. I currently use three raised beds; but, they are considered to be ADA compliant. They are like standard raised beds that have been put on table legs. They are lined with wire mesh and garden fabric. Does this kind of raised bed seem like it would work for growing potatoes?
I had to harvest a lot of green tomatoes last month due to disease. I made a DELICIOUS green tomato relish using the recipe from the Ball book of preserving (think it's also in the free USDA official canning guide). With bell peppers and onions. I had to buy the peppers from the market though :-(
That plum tree is crazy!!!
Love your videos! With your pepper plants so close together, do you have cross-pollination issues? I’m planning to grow Serrano and Habanero peppers and am curious how close together I can have them.
I just dug up some volunteer potatoes from my compost pile, never got watered or anything. They did SO much better than the ones I planted on purpose in grow bags! 😆
Haha that's how things work sometimes, you get scammed by the volunteers
Dug up some volunteer potatoes from a worm bed and was some of the best potatoes ever
Wow. My volunteers mainly didn't produce anything! Enjoy!
Wish I could show you the crazy potato growing out of a hole in my compost tumbler!😂 anxiously awaiting the harvest!
Thanks for saying this! I've been worried about overfeeding my potatoes (don't want leaves at the expense of tubers) but from your experience it sounds like they love rich soil. Next time I'll add way more compost.
I just had a very handsome harvest of two (2) good sized russets and two baby ones, my gf and I turned them into löded baked potatoes to honor them 🥔❤️🥔
to train my tree's I have old milk bottles filled with water to weigh the tree down, just tie a rope around the handle and loop the rope over the branch you want to train. an eyesore perhaps but it's free/cheap as
Used to be a bit squeamish about pests. Now I grab and smash with my bare hands. Rage and protective instinct for my plants got me over it 😂 plus there’s no time to get a glove…gotta get ‘em quick.
I swear so much at the aphids and cabbage moth babies.🤭
Make some stone stacked raised beds. You will attract small lizards or spiders that can house in them and eat all the bugs. I have no bugs because of my awesome lizards
@@lemonyskunkketts7781 we don’t have lizards running around here unfortunately 🙃
@@Neenerella333 aphids don’t bother me, but all the other nasties do. Getting more every year 😩😭
Thanks for the posting, Jacques.
One thing we do in greece to train trees is to hang heavy water bottles on the branches
1st half of the season last year I grew potatoes' in totes with holes in the bottom and layered, not good, only got a few off 4 plants in each tote, started a later batch in a raised bed and got way more. This year I did 2 raised beds 4x8x12 and have gotten a lot already and waiting on the rest to finish up, raised bed is the best from what i have done.
Good job showing your care for the grafted fruit trees. I plan to put two - three or four into ones in at the beginning of the year. Just been waiting all year to redesign my raised bed layout at the end of the year. (Like November). Plus get me one more 8 in 1 birdies bed from you guys. I'm thinking about two tree surrounds but I may not. Always enjoy your videos a lot.
The tree surrounds are nice for weeding around them and its easier to water and establish in like random spots but definitely not required!
@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you for your time and the response to my comment. I'm torn between the decision based on root spread and growth. I would use them to only contain the roots to restrict size of growth. But at the same time I want them to spread, not be rootbound and be healthy. Of course then there's the trimming I'd have to do to keep it to proper size. Which has to be done no matter what.( I did work as a certified arborist with the ISA, and landscape consultant in my career). So I'm just torn. Undecided. We'll see when I place my order at the Xmas sale time. Once again, appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm sure it takes a lot of your time up. But it does make commenters feel more connected.
Awesome haul Jacques. Better than we got, plant per plant. Grew the Sarpo's last year
and was doing my Garden Gnome Happy Dance all over the place. 1lb of seed potato,
45+/-lbs. We wintered over 33 potatoes. Chitted, planted, and couldn't wait to harvest.
Nope. About 90% looked more like a true, small Russet and more a tannish brown, than
a nice solid red. Disappointed isn't the word I want to use.
Did a whole day dive, researching a few things and it dawned on me. I wonder if Sharpo's
are a hybrid? If so, no guarantee, plant, saving and replanting it's going to grow true
to one parent or the other in the second-year potato. A couple of scientific results seemed
to say with potatoes, there are very few synthetic "gmo" created potatoes, as much as there
are cross pollinated potatoes.
I'm going to ask about their knowledge of if Sharpo Mira's are a hybrid or not when I place
my order for next year.
I always do my potato in 25 gallon (95 liter) grow bags. 1/3peat, 1/3 last year's soil, 1/3 compost
do you have a goal? I consider a 5x return (by weight compared to seed potato) to be my "GOOD." 7x is GREAT
My benchmark is at least 1kg per potato planted.
A heading cut is when you only take part of the branch off (the head), where thinning cuts entirely remove a branch at the collar, thinning out the clutter.
I always blank when I go to call something by its specific name!
I totally get that too, especially on the spot 🤣. Either way, your video is spot on about how important it is!
Yumo. I bet they tasted delicious
good potato information.
❤COSMO!❤
Those holes in the pots for training your branches is such a great idea! I’m using those blue spreader things but they have their limits.
The string is working a lot better and also gives me way more optionality!
@@jacquesinthegarden yes, looks very versatile. Gonna use that fosho!
@@jacquesinthegarden Might want to try using your string in a continuous
loop fashion. Run it around both objects, the branch and the anchor and tie it off. As you progress you can slide a loop around either end to tighten or
loosen, tighten the loop, by using the two objects, by twisting the strings with a stick, that works like a turnbuckle. As you tighten, it shortens. No cutting
and or retying to adjust. Just give it a couple of twists, and it tightens. Voila!
Lovely harvest!
Amazing potato harvest! It’s been too hot here to grow potatoes during the summer, but I’m looking forward to planting them soon for fall. Does your company sell seed potatoes or do you just sprout your own? Thank you so much!
Both my orange trees, still have ripening fruit on them. As does the pear. Was a little worried I was too late pruning Apricots. Thank for the info
It's all regional and variety dependent for sure!
@@jacquesinthegarden ventura county 10a
Great video! I'm also harvesting my grow-bag potatoes. Like you, I'm considering starting some in raised beds next season. If you find a variety of potatoes you like is it feasible to save some to grow again the next season or will they be too wilted by the time you're ready to set new potatoes? I'm still trying out varieties and will focus on a few to spread the harvest across the season.
Don't worry about slowing fruit production on a Beauty plum. They are super prolific!
I can tell by how much thicker that branch is that it is going to be a winner
Love the video ❤
1:32 Hello Chickens!!!
Haha "I've got more peppers than I know what to do with"
5 mins later in the video, "I Planted more Peppers 😊" hahaha
Have you ever grown purple potatoes? If so how do they taste compared to regular sweet potatoes
I have once before, it was good, I can't remember specifics but it wasn't like oh this is better I will grow it instead from now on
I grew purple potatoes but they are normal potatoes not sweet potatoes! ,💜
would like to see you eating your produce 👍👍👌👌
So, prune the over vigorous branches in the summer, and the weaker ones in the winter? Is that right (pruning always confuses me)?
Got enough from my grow bag for one meal, but so creamy.
Have you tried sunchokes/Jerusalem artichokes?
It's not 100% but if you cut just under a bud (in a summer prune) you get a bit of die back. This changes the hormones that can change the buds to fruiting spures. It's great to keep 2 or 3 buds rather than get rid of a hole branch. You have nothing to lose, if it you don't get fruiting spures just get rid of it!
Was the raised bed you had the potatoes in one of the 15" short ones or the 29" tall ones?
You win! You got a better potato harvest than "Eric". Ha!!!
Eric from eric gardening has been real quiet since Jacque's video dropped.
He is a potato grandfather now
I also grew my potatoes in a raised bed this year and got more potatoes than I have in any other way
It seems like it's really the best way to go
How much soil is in the container with the potatoes?
Cosmo kisses! 😂
So, that's what has been doing that to my tomatoes....I blamed it on stink bugs. I've been having volunteer potatoes for 3 years in my raised bed.
The leaf footed bugs are related to stink bugs if I recall!
cool
I trained my cherry tree with a stake and a ratchet strap
That's some serious training!
I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. None of my tomatoes, peppers, squash, and eggplant are producing as much as this. I’m in NorCal East Bay zone 9b. I’m following all the instructions, etc.
You may want to put stainless steel hardware cloth mesh under your raised beds if you grow potatoes, carrots, or beets. Leaving so many valuable calories in the ground, you want to prevent anything burrowing underneath to steal your food! Rodents will catch on the longer you grow these yummy root crops. Even put netting on top when you are getting close to harvest, keep them from digging in from the top.
It's true that I would be devastated if they got in there before me!
Yeah, I can't leave carrots in ground in winter due to rodents. My cat is great at his job, but he needs to sleep sometimes! (Lots)
Fruit trees; Unless your in the north. Then you only prune the trees in early spring, or late fall. JS.
“Mostly dead” 😂
Citrus pruning?
Basically optional as needed to control height. The main thing is to make sure you know when they flower so you don't cut all your fruit off
@@jacquesinthegarden thank you!
Pruner posse
ngl jacques, it hella looks like you dumped a bunch of store bought potatoes in dome dirt and covered them with soil
Hahaha, the soil was bone dry and I kinda sorta should have harvested them a month ago but they started regrowing.
if all powerful benevolent god is the true creator of every thing not the satans ruling you human slaves then why would god want & need you human slaves to cut down trees turn them to papers in order to write print god's words why can't god communicate with every one instinctly ?