This Years POTATO RESULTS Were EXACTLY What I Was Expecting!
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I've seen many, many channels cover potatoes. This channel is the BEST channel on RUclips for showing how to grow potatoes. It's really top notch content and ideas.
Thanks very much MJ K I am glad you are enjoying the videos
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Never apologize for a "potato reveal"---I could watch them all day! And I learn a great deal from you, so thank you!
Thanks Katie
Sorry for your poor harvest, but it's great to see that your potato expertise was spot on with your early-season prediction. Great video.
I knew it would be this way mate and even at planting I spoke about the compost quality and that this year would be one big test
@@simplifygardening I’ve chitted potatoes for 3 months but the weather down here in Melbourne has been rain, rain, rain. I want to plant them, really worried that with all this wet weather they’re going to just rot.
@@simplifygardening any idea what the ph of the peat free compost was?
the harvest was poor this year but it was rich in lessons thank you very much for sharing Tony 👍
It certainly was a learning opportunity
Also - if it makes you feel at all better, we followed your techniques for growing out potatoes this year and it was an amazing harvest. If you can figure out how to have a medium that works, or potatoes that work in the medium you have, your techniques are solid. We are so grateful for your advice and videos! Cheers, Colleen (and Jason)
Thanks both. Yeah I know the methods work I've had great results for 15 straight years, only real thing different was the compost and It was a test I was prepared for this result, but wanted to show the crappy compost that's being used, next year back to my own stuff and see the difference
Gotta say my results are very similar Tony. Peat-based compost buckets far outweighed the yield from peat-free ones. But what I did find is that the more expensive peat-free composts (ones based on a single media like wood fibre) were much better than the ones with a high proportion of green waste or municipal waste!
The Govt peat ban consultation results are out and not surprisingly there will be no change to the 2024 ban for domestic use and 2028 for commercial. As expected, most of the "pro peat ban groups" are whooping and raving over the result but there is one sobering letter from the NFU.
It reads (edited):
"We have provided hard data and practical solutions to Defra from across our industry. However, it is disappointing that today’s decision does not appear to be based on the evidence available.
Due to the current lack of quality alternative materials to peat, an immediate ban on peat could impact significantly on the availability of growing media.
Defra’s announcement does not support progress and we repeat our ask to government that it put its energies into addressing the barriers to alternatives rather than unnecessarily legislating. .... "
Yeah Steve I have to agree and thats my findings too mate
It's insane really as managed peat harvesting coupled with restoration of drained peatlands for future use would actually INCREASE the amount of carbon sequestration they achieve.
They're doing this in the US with significant results.
Well said Steve. Do you think there could be a significant enough PH difference to affect growth in the peat free ?
Cheers
@@clivesconundrumgarden Not sure guys, although the peat does have a lower pH (6) than the peat-free at 7.5 - could well be!
@@DigwellGreenfingers I was thinking about when you asked us to use Alluminium Sulphate in your bucket :) . Interesting
Just remember Coco Coir is an inert medium and will also need ph adjusted so when you mix it with your normal compost etc you will need to feed more often.
I use all of my yearly dried banana leaves, after going through my leaf mulcher, then I add sulfur and a few other supplements to my banana leaf, shredded straw, leaf mulch, and compost. It works great.
I want those buckets so badly I’m having to use anything I can find
I am presently growing potatoes in my basement under LED grow lights in 7 gallon bags. I’m in northeastern Massachusetts here in the USA. I did this last year and had a harvest in April while everyone else were planting their Spring crop.
How'd your potato harvest go ? I'm new to gardening and trying to start growing potatoes 🥔 and possibly Okinawan sweet potatoes too. 💯
Just a simple observation Tony, I spotted you tie the plant labels to the handles - I've had problems with cats/squirrels/rats digging in my buckets and pulling the labels out - It's an easy change so I'll defo implement that for next season - nice1
Nope didn't get bored once. in fact I could of watch you unload all potato pots. It was a surprise of how many spuds you get in each one. Great video.
Thanks Cher glad you enjoyed the video
Loved this vid, I accidentally grew potatoes and tomatoes in my compost this year. I put them in separate pots and the best tomatoes harvest ever and so many varieties.
Thank you again, keep up these vlogs.
Home made compost is so much better
Great video Tony, yes I tried 10 gallon grow bags this year. It was a terrible harvest 🤪. 8 grow bags and 3lbs of potatoes. Thanks again 👍👍
I'm excited to know that it wasn't just me! This was a terrible season for everything with that hot dry June. My Canela Russets are fairly small but they sure do taste great! My Red Pontiacs are shaped very odd and many are rotten.
Been a weird year for sure Mark, there is always next year
Thank you for sharing. I may be one of the weird ones but I could watch the potato digs all day. I'm learning a lot....😊
They always seem to do well lol
To bad US subscribers cannot participate in getting the buckets. Would gladly pay the shipping!
I know Chris. Im trying to find a company who will stock them but I am struggling atm bare with me
I clicked out, clicked back in again and the sound came in
Thanks Jean maybe YT was having issues
One day they will be able to ship the buckets to us, in the US! I'm happily waiting! 😀
Probably never. I contacted the manufacturer to see if they will ever ship to Slovenia (Europe), the answer was short, they have no such intention. I did my own thing and bought 60 litre buckets for mixing mortar from a builder's shop. Drilled the holes, it works wonderfully. They are cheap and they are practically indestructible. They are labelled as not harmful to health.
@@berghauss I made cages out of chicken wire. They are fantastic!
@@k.p.1139 Well, that's even cheaper! Nice!
Walmart totes etc buckets twice that size are $7. If you dont pull them by the sides too much when loaded they will last.
Im still trying to find a company to stock them,. I don't have the funds to open a warehouse there
Excellent lessons you taught us. Thanks for taking us along for the big reveal!
Sound ok here
Cheers Stuart
I got a suggestion. Just plant your seed potatoes in your compost bins lol.
This season I averaged 2 kg per plant, including about 8 selenium type plants. One single plant of the other variety had zero potatoes, but the ones next to it had more than average. I was the only one in my area to have so many potatoes. I planted mine as soon as the risk of frost was over, and managed to harvest them before the extreme drought destroyed everyone else's crops.
Been a very strange year this year and lots to learn from it
The results are undeniable Tony. It's an amazing lack of foresight surrounding the situation over there. Hope you, your partners and community can work towards a solution.
Thanks for sharing your findings!!
Cheers J&C
Oh the solution is for everyone to follow my book and produce more compost mate
I didn't plant potatoes this year (cutting starchy veggies). Nevertheless, I still got about 10 pounds of potatoes 😃
You just have to love volunteers
Wow those home seed potatoes were as big as sweet potatoes.
Love your videos, from New Zealand)
Your 'bad" season would be brilliant for me.. I sometimes get no potatos at all from my buckets. I get massive tops on the plants, flowers, etc. But when they die off and I tip it out there's nothing there. The best I've ever had was about 5 egg size potatos. I am in awe of your harvests 😲
Time for another great season
Hi Tony I have been growing potatoes for 3 years now in pots after watching your channel. My harvest was the worst ever. I had massive top growth like you most of my compost was peat free as well. 😢 Great to see you back as well.
Hey Gary try and get my book and produce your own compost you will see huge improvements next year
This is my second question, the first question is about your ratio in compost & looking forward to your answer… This question is in reference to what you do with the soil of the rotten potatoes. Do you toss the whole lot in a compost pile? If not do you have the soil hauled off. I guess two-part question is what do you not put in your compost pile?
Thanks.
Once again I'm wishing they'd ship to the US :( It seems to me that the biggest factor was the peat-free compost. Weather and the accompanying watering difficulties is probably the second. I don't think the new seed is as big of a factor as you feel it is. I'm both sorry you have had such a bad year and am glad. I'm sorry because its always such a hardship to be disappointed by a loved crop. But I'm glad because by overcoming the issues you will help others and also because it keeps you humble. :) I am afraid you have too many irons in the fire my friend. But I am so glad success is with you. Couldn't happen to a nicer man!
Hi Dolly you are right, but when I was planting these I did say it was an experiment as i didnt think the soil was good and it would ruin the harvest
@@simplifygardening So you did :) I wonder what is it specifically about the peat free compost that makes it so detrimental to the potatoes. You kept saying it was rich...Did it give a breakdown of nutrients? Ours don't here in the US.
The more reveals we all do the more we can learn from each other. This Chanel has been absolute gold for me, if it was just potato reveals it would be enough for me pal. I have already had some blight early in the year and will be checking out the rest soon enough. You just dont know what they will show up like.
Catch 22, we need to move away from peat but it's very effective.
I wait for this video every year. :)
Thanks Tony
When harvesting I pull back my six inch deep wood chips to soil level, pop the small potatoes back into trench as I go, everything is done in one day. I harvest when I see the plants dying or I’m running short for eating. I live in a 26 inch rainfall and our summer heat can exceed 100 several times, but only water about four times during summer and never fertilise. I would honestly recommend wood-chips above everything else
June they are good to plant in and its why i use tons of them around the garden I just like compost
Great stuff June
Very enjoyable and interesting
Thanks Barbara
Great insightful video.🤗🇨🇦
Thanks Joanne
great work😍😍
Thank you! Cheers!
@@simplifygardening w.c 🤗😊
Great vid! Massive potatoes love it
Thanks for your posts Tony, I always look forward to them and find them really informative. Needless to say, my potatoe harvest was very poor this year, so I've taken you up on the code for the pots and have just placed an order 😀
Thats great Pamela they will serve you well
I can’t believe I’m saying this but that video was absolutely riveting. I’ve ordered my buckets from Oakland for next year.
Thanks pal, im glad you enjoyed it :)
even for a bad year your harvest was still decent, a testament to you!
For me its a dreadful year. normally id pull 3 quarters of a ton of potatoes out of this space Mothin
Well I have just started growing potatoes. I watched everyone of your videos and searched the best way and what to do yours is the best video to watched . And I am really buzzing at how mine have growing . There is some in potato bags also got some in large pots . Looking forward for my harvest. Will let you know more 😊
keep me informed Marion
so informative😍🤗
Glad you think so!
@@simplifygardening 😊
In Scotland, we never had any hot weather and plenty of rain but I am getting very few potatoes here a lot of green but that was all.
So I was thinking it is peat-free compost.
We had the same result. Even my grow bag was disappointing.
Peat free is not good atm
Tony, I commented on your "WHY I Think I Will Have Bad Potato Yields This Year!", experiencing exactly the same problems, mental foliage over 1.5 metres high, never seen bushes like that, not to mention watering problems in this year's heat, on top of that my first attempt at growing potatoes at all, and in buckets. But the harvest was a surprise. I grew the Desiree variety and the final weight after 10 buckets was 40 kg, or 88 lb. A very even yield over all 10 buckets, averaging 4 kg per bucket, almost 9 lb. Not a single rotten one. For most this will probably be nothing special, but when I think of all the problems and the worry that there will be absolutely nothing, I am overjoyed.
So glad that you had such a great result. maybe the peat free in your area was of a better quality. for ref what brand was it? And congrats on a great harvest
Had much better harvests this year than I did last year - despite the drought. All peat free. Except for variety blue Danube. And I live in south east England
So glad someone having some good results this year Robert
Thanks for the discount code and the great video.
Your welcome Dee
I would be very happy with that harvest. That tells you how bad my harvest was lol I have taken advantage of your code on the pots I have ordered 30 pots for next year. Never realised whats involved with potatoes early's mid late all the different variety's when to plant them all how much to water all a bit overwhelming. I have time to go through all your videos before next year, I think I will make a play list on all your potato videos so I can reference then easily. PS And what to grow them in ARGH! I 'm getting a head ache LOL
I have it all covered on potatoes in 3 playlists so watch them, this year was a trial on peat free and when I planted I made predictions on what I might expect, then about 8 weeks before this video I made a prediction on the results based on what I saw. tbh this was pretty much what I expected based on the growing medium
@@simplifygardening will you try peat free again but feed it up before planting?
I grew 7 varieties this year. 6 were new seed potatoes. All the seed potatoes grown were tiny. I've managed to save enough for seeds for next year.
I planted a 3kg organic potatoes that were reduced to clear at the supermarket. For my kids to grow. They got over 14 kg of decent useable organic potatoes back? Using no fertilizer?
Then I seen some of the potato farmers on TV having a terrible harvest this year.
Im wondering if there were seed issues i have heard of none though
First year growing spuds.Crop is not big or spuds large either but great tasting King Edwards.Thanks for your tutorials. How do I keep seed for next season?
Your prediction was right Tony and I agree the peat free stuff has not done much for me either this year. Though I am a newbie and grow in containers only. What feed do you normally give your potatoes? A great video and have a lovely day.
I could watch you dig for potatoes all day. It is fun to do and fun to watch. thank you
Thanks appreciate it. check out todays video on potatoes I think you will enjoy it. ruclips.net/video/L1rf1FXtI9s/видео.html
This was the first year I grew potatoes in containers. I had a really bad harvest, but I don't blame the buckets since the rest of my garden was equally bad. It was way too dry in New York this year.
Yeah I know its not the buckets as i have 12 previous years with excellent results. I can rule that out
Those that you dug from the new buckets are huge.
Yes Kondor variety is the WR holder atm
Hi Tony. Can't watch this now but will watch tomorrow.
Cheers mate
@@simplifygardening I'm looking forward to it. I have a bucket of Maris Piper to tip out. Will be interesting to see how they have done this year.
In my containers I MIX dead leaves collected the year before and kept in a compost pile, a bit of my kitchen waste compost bin which is full of worms and small fauna and it works a treat. but this year not a massive harvest compared to last year....
Welldone Brother !
your job is great ❤
Thank you so much 😀
Nice video Tony , sorry to see rotten potatoes 🥔 but looked like you had many beautiful ones.
We all have bad years but I knew this one was coming
Same up here in Alaska. Very poor potato harvest this year. We have barely 90 days of decent growing weather and this year no rain for the first 2 months of that. My main crop potatoes look like new early potatoes.
Here's to next year. 😊
Great video Tony - I don’t mind the length. I love potatoes and I enjoy watching them being harvested. Mine did just ok this year, not great either. I attribute it to my drip system malfunctioning for a bit, not fertilizing enough, and like you super hot temps. I got a decent harvest but the spuds were smaller than in other years. I’m in Chicago USA. I too will be making some changes for next year. Thanks for all your knowledge, I really enjoy your channel.
Its just another learning opportunity :) Thats the great thing about gardening its a great teacher
From a new potato grower, having only tried to grow potatoes for 2 years now, your bad harvest is way better than my best. But I am getting better.
Next year is gonna be a great year
What Is the wooden frame helping with?
Great vid, I had about 4 buckets with around 4/5 rotten potatoes in. They were harvested after the heat. I got the 18kg out of the ground fromm 11 seeds
What do you do with the spent compost?
Hi Tony, thanks for the great information. Do you reuse the growing media?
Yes I do! ruclips.net/video/3G9du1Bhlas/видео.html
But you had great harvests out of the peels 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ either way it is always fantastic to see you. Have a great weekend Tony 🐝 safe
Yes and my own compost. I be going back to that next year as this was a trial
even without the information, just watching you empty buckets of spuds is so enjoyable lol, i love watching the surprise of turning out the bucket to see whats hidden inside
Its why its my favorite veg to grow
It’s the most exciting part for me
Just wanted to say🤔?? It's absolutely fantastic to have you back 👍. Some great Potatoes 🥔 there. Just need to get this Peat free Compost sorted out, I suppose it will take Time. Anyway take care 🙏and hope to see you again soon 🤞
It will take time and it is why its so important for people to make their own at home
Those were really nice potatoes
They are!
I've always had poor cropping from clay soil so I tried the potato pots and got mediocre results. This year I had access to a plot of land that had flooded and sank so the owner had some fill from a newly dug basement dumped over the soggy area. I wasn't sure about the soil, it was full of stones and junk but I planted spuds anyway. Gave them some 6-24-24 at planting time, then a sidedress right before the first hilling. Soil was scarce so we applied rotted straw for the 2nd hilling. Wow!! Did we harvest potatoes, hundreds of pounds from a one hundred foot row, and mostly big ones, too. Keep persevering and you'll eventually get lucky.
Soil must have been very nutritious
hi tony,just got to say i love watching your potato videos and was wondering if you will be trying for the record again ?if yes would it be possible for you to show how you bare root them to remove excess sprouts before repotting into the larger pots,looking forward to your future potato videos
Hey Robert I have a video on it. ruclips.net/video/zZpYRu67mEY/видео.html
Thanks for the very helpful videos! I live in the US and want to try growing spuds in containers as you've shared. I checked out Oakland Garden supplies and it appears they will not ship to the US. Do you have a referral for a supplier in the US where I can get the same quality contains as you use? Thanks again for the great content of your videos.
i have had the same problems with mine , 2 tonnes of compost delivered for tubs, potatoes had huge tall stems and leaves small potatoes, some rotted etc ...the same as yours!!! ...must be the compost as you said
It's great to see you again. I was beginning to think you were I'll again or just leaving utube. I love your vids on gardening. It brings me hope..my land was stripped by loggers and it's soil is horrible so I am having to bring in tons of soil from down the mtn. I am in TN USA. Please stay well and continue growing 🙂
Hey `demi im still here more to come
Bought another batch of buckets again this year through your code…must say makes growing potatoes easier
So much easier Darren real easy to plant and harvest mate
Plus this year I used my own made soil and seed potatoes from last year…had a ok harvest but that was my first bucket ..since then I’ve had some whoppers …never fed the buckets ..just water…plus in my mind all free and no cost to me and I’ll be repeating the same process but next year more buckets… I did trial 10 potatoes in each bucket.. to show does more seed potatoes produce more potatoes…first bucket I got 38.. so 28..extra.. not the biggest ..but all the seed potatoes I used were small ..the runts of the litter so to speak… next year I’ll be trialing different amounts in each bucket…all the same soil ..I did have comments saying why count the smaller ones ..but in my mind they all count and they’ll all be ate…most were sharpo varieties..
First bad year, it would be the first year I followed you, 🤣🤣. I got lots of potatoes, but they were all small, I've still learned a lot, so thanks anyway, won't be long before we start again Tony, onwards and upwards.
I knew it would be bad when I saw the quality of the compost and I said so at the time
I thought it was going to be fantastic, when I saw the quality of my top growth, they were like tree trunks 🤣🤣
How do you know when your potatoes are ready for picking? I have done only my first grow bag this year, the leaves are starting to go yellow.
Tony where can I find the code for discount on the pots I want to try thanks
I really wish I could grow potatoes here Tony, I did try once but it is just too hot and humid. I suppose I will just have to make do with my sweet potatoes :). Great video mate 🙏
Sweet potatoes are nice too though we cant get them big here dont have enough heat but i still love growing them
@@simplifygardening Cool. I'm waiting for my slips to grow but I'm having a lot of issues with the seed rotting in the compost. It's just been so wet the past few months.
Nevertheless you've been harvesting some really big ones 👍 This year I've been growing my potatoes 🥔 in homemade compost and the harvest was much better than in other years. So you're right Tony. Greetings Heidi 👩🌾🌼
Same here ,next year will be better ,reason i use coca and my own compost.
Yes It is what I will be doing next year for sure
Been trying to talk my hubby into trying the same buckets as you since you did video on the size 30. So he's bought the 10 on offer but they were the one's with less holes in, (which isn't a problem). I expected them to be bigger so I suppose it must be the camera which made them look larger. Still looking forward to trying them next yr. All the best and thanks for the video.
I've concentrated on doing my own compost for next year, looking forward to experimenting and using the feeds you suggest. What are those beautiful red pots Tony?
The large ones are Kondor. the smaller ones Rudolph
Hi Tony, it's an excellent video for potato growers. Sorry for the poor harvest, though.
Do you think cocopeat, compost, and soil make an excellent combo for growing root vegetables?
I think it will be fine depends on the soil of course
Yay, managed to buy some multi compost with peat from ebay, so will try again this year.
Wonderful!
Recently found your channel and I greatly appreciate the information you are providing. Can you address what you are doing with the potato bucket compost year to year. Can it be re-used for potatoes? What amendments would you recommend if re-using? Thanks
Hi Tony, I think the rudolf didnt do well in two types of compost yet, your own condour & charlotte have growing quite well in both types of compost. very interesting result. thanks for sharing and take care 🙂
it will be interesting to see how next year goes
Brilliant video. Must have been the seed that was off, your own deed was far better. I'm going to try buckets next year, I've seen your normal yields and I think I'm going to give them a try.
Yeah that is one thing I can rule out Jean I know the buckets work
@@simplifygardening I know, I've watched your videos with your spuds in buckets, that's what decided me to give it a try. X
Followed your instructions and grew spuds for the very first time, had a fair crop of Charlotte, so pleased, Thanks for your videos, I cannot find the code for the buckets? Where is it
It was in the description but its SIMPLIFY30
Hi it was my first time growing potatoes in containers this year your videos inspired me to try and I was really happy with the results I used the 30L containers from Oakland was very happy with them and have ordered another 10 just now so many thanks for the discount code👍😀🙏🏻
So what mix did you use. Thanks for any info
@@JamesWhite-tg4kw hi I’ll have a look tomorrow at the empty bags and the other bits I added and will let you know.
Great Allan glad it worked well for you
1:26 exactly the same thing happened to me. Very small and only so few in each bucket. I did it all right and was hoping for something nice to happen and I end up buying potatoes on local market.
Lisa there is always next year, but something didnt want to play ball this year
@@simplifygardening yes I am not giving up, I will try again Thanks for all your suggestions and advises
Looks like the heavy rain and soil without peat, didn't drain as well. Need some perlite and cocoa coir if you can't get peat. Equal parts compost, cocoa coir and perlite.
agreed
I just put in the Dutch creams here. I normally grow a spring crop and a second summer one which I harvest in early autumn but it'll be interesting to see how they go as its just been rain, rain rain and more rain here and this year's summer is forecast to be wet warm and humid. We don't normally get high humidity here in Tasmania at least not regularly so we'll have to just wait and see how the spuds and other summer crops do. The garlic and onions have held up well despite the constant rain though.
Its been a weird year for us all. My friend Mark in Ozz been flooded out its crazy whats going on
Are those brassica in with the potatoes??
What are the wood frames for on your left? Look Interesting
They are raised beds filled with sand I grow carrots and parsnips in
Hi Tony
Can I reuse the compost I grew potatoes in this year,next year if I put plenty of fertiliser in
Thanks
Yes Ricky for lots of things including potatoes. Here is a video on it ruclips.net/video/3G9du1Bhlas/видео.html
I tried feed bags this year with my own compost, and store potatoes that had sprouted. Mixed results but it was an experiment. I didn't keep them watered as I should have, its just been a busy summer for me. I think I will do it again next year as I have tons of animal feed bags and plenty of compost.
I tried with feed bags too!
Feed bags tend to dry out much quicker too
@@simplifygardening I would agree with that as well. I did think of putting them on a shallow tray next year to see how that works.
Double up the bags to insulate the soil to stop them from drying out too quickly. You can also fill the outer bag with leaf litter to help wick water back into the bags, and creating a buffer between bags. 👍
Edit: I also found that mixing perlite into the compost helps retain moisture a lot better. 🤙
@@jimmyrustler8983 Great tips, thank you.
Tony my grandkids call me the Chippy monster (cos I love em) but mate you are the king. Even when you don't do so well you do better than most.
lol the chippy monster. i love chips too