I dig shallow trenches. I put the seed potatoes in and add leaves. When the potato plants reach the top of the leaves I add compost. Then I mulch with old hay. After the potatoes are harvested I have amazing rich soil for the next crop to be planted! A bonus to growing the potatoes this way is that I don't need to water while the potatoes are growing!
That little tomato looking thing on the potato is the seed of the spud. However it takes several years, maybe 3, to grow potatoes from seed. More efficient to use the sprouted spud. I'm amazed at how many people don't know how to raise them as I'm a country girl/woman/ old lady...but then I'd get lost in a city and can't do math and/or balance my checkbook. I love potato reveals...keep 'em coming and thanx!
In the US we have "seed" potatoes that are planted. They are either saved from previous years, purchased from a store or purchase from a "seed" potato producer. Regardless of the source, everything grows and is harvested the year it is planted.
Usually, I rake the leaves and throw them away. I'd like to keep my garden clean. I've been using Miracle-Gro potting mix and other brands. They seem to work great, but could be expensive. I'm thinking about building a compost bin and dump the leaves in it along with some greens. If it works as good as the stuff I buy that'd be a miracle. Great video as always.
Thanks Programmer Qn, I hope you start that compost bin! Dry leaves make the best compost and help to balance out kitchen scraps. I have even heard of people growing potatoes in just a pile of leaves, but a mix of soil, compost and leaves should work just as good as that store bought potting soil.
Keep your leaves, shred them, and compost them over the winter. There’s no end to how you can use them. I mulch the veggies in my raised beds with shredded leaves. Cuts down on weeding and watering.
I collect leaves, throw them in a garbage can and chop with a weed wacker. Can use them there and then but really they take a year to break down into useful leaf mould in my climate. Eventually turns into something very compost like, can grow directly in it or just use as a soil conditioner or mulch.
Very interesting. I think I will have to give this a try now that my tomatoes and peppers are spent. I'm pretty sure they will grow all year here. We have no frost, seldom anyway. I don't usually read comments but did to see if there was a followup and I'm glad looked...off to the harvest...
I grow potatoes in containers with 4” of soil in the bottom and covered with shredded leaves partially broken down since last fall. I don’t get huge yields but it’s better than nothing and I’m not taking up space in my raised beds.
Try shredding the leaves, run them over with a lawn-mover a couple of times, the leaves will break down so much faster and will be much easier to mix with the soil.
I dig shallow trenches. I put the seed potatoes in and add leaves. When the potato plants reach the top of the leaves I add compost. Then I mulch with old hay. After the potatoes are harvested I have amazing rich soil for the next crop to be planted! A bonus to growing the potatoes this way is that I don't need to water while the potatoes are growing!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing your results! I wish I had the space for a setup like yours, but I am pretty much stuck growing in pots for now.
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Please let me know how to transfer the garlics to the ground... 🤔
That little tomato looking thing on the potato is the seed of the spud. However it takes several years, maybe 3, to grow potatoes from seed. More efficient to use the sprouted spud. I'm amazed at how many people don't know how to raise them as I'm a country girl/woman/ old lady...but then I'd get lost in a city and can't do math and/or balance my checkbook. I love potato reveals...keep 'em coming and thanx!
In the US we have "seed" potatoes that are planted. They are either saved from previous years, purchased from a store or purchase from a "seed" potato producer. Regardless of the source, everything grows and is harvested the year it is planted.
Usually, I rake the leaves and throw them away. I'd like to keep my garden clean. I've been using Miracle-Gro potting mix and other brands. They seem to work great, but could be expensive. I'm thinking about building a compost bin and dump the leaves in it along with some greens. If it works as good as the stuff I buy that'd be a miracle. Great video as always.
Thanks Programmer Qn, I hope you start that compost bin! Dry leaves make the best compost and help to balance out kitchen scraps. I have even heard of people growing potatoes in just a pile of leaves, but a mix of soil, compost and leaves should work just as good as that store bought potting soil.
Keep your leaves, shred them, and compost them over the winter. There’s no end to how you can use them. I mulch the veggies in my raised beds with shredded leaves. Cuts down on weeding and watering.
I collect leaves, throw them in a garbage can and chop with a weed wacker. Can use them there and then but really they take a year to break down into useful leaf mould in my climate. Eventually turns into something very compost like, can grow directly in it or just use as a soil conditioner or mulch.
Very interesting. I think I will have to give this a try now that my tomatoes and peppers are spent. I'm pretty sure they will grow all year here. We have no frost, seldom anyway. I don't usually read comments but did to see if there was a followup and I'm glad looked...off to the harvest...
I grow potatoes in containers with 4” of soil in the bottom and covered with shredded leaves partially broken down since last fall. I don’t get huge yields but it’s better than nothing and I’m not taking up space in my raised beds.
Nice! I do think containers make harvesting a lot easier. Thanks for sharing :)
Try shredding the leaves, run them over with a lawn-mover a couple of times, the leaves will break down so much faster and will be much easier to mix with the soil.
Nice, I do that now :) Thanks for the tip
Aww...you were totally in your zone...then those rude treckers came honkn by... I'd sue Canada if I were you. 😂💖💖💖💖💖💖💖😂
Better a goose than a garbage truck! The suburbs can be so noisy some times.
I did this yesterday following my instincts.
Nice! Nothing like growing your own food :)
What happened with the potatoes?
They turned out great! ruclips.net/video/FcDSmxX6BmM/видео.html Next year I will be adding shredded leaves to even more containers.
@@GiveitaGrow hi you did not give complete update about potatoes harvest from other containers than how will we adopt this technique.
where you from?
Minnesota.
Where is the harvest video what good does it do to make video like this with no results to show.
ruclips.net/video/FcDSmxX6BmM/видео.html Here it is