When to Plant Potatoes
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2021
- In this video I talk about how I determine when to plant my potatoes, and then I plant some red norland potatoes.
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I just love the way you watch the signs
I’ve also heard many tales about when you should plant potatoes: St. Patrick’s Day, Good Friday, Easter, four weeks before your frost free date. I planted my potatoes on April 15, 2021. Coincidentally, the dandelions were in full bloom. I like your idea to look at nature, and let nature tell you when it’s time to plant. I will be watching for the yellow dandelions from now on. It’s nature’s way.
These are the cycles of nature which all original people have followed for thousands and thousands of years. They have a great deal of collective wisdom when it comes to actual survival and respect for nature. We so-called 'civilized' people have no wisdom. We have our 'education', which is pathetic in comparison. I am following my great grandparents Slavic ways in food production based around nature and its cycles, with a whole lot of experimentation. Wisdom and hands on experience combined, with the willingness to fail in order to ultimately succeed. The end result is something I can teach my grandchildren and others who wish to learn.
I love seeing all the different ways people plant potatoes by using what they have. I use a lot of leaves because that's what's abundant here.
Last year in the BC East Kootenays I planted my potatoes in very large grow bags and was very successful. Will use the dandelion as my guide this year.😇
Lay my potatoes on the ground, no digging, cover with pine needles, come out clean and perfect. So easy..
Great tip!
When you think about what little time is invested, there’s not much to lose
Exactly!
So much to gain 😜
Completely agree: there are many ways to plant potatoes, some better than others, but all work and produce potatoes. I planted my first bed last week, too. I've read a bit about phenology, but it's a subject I need to learn more about. I keep track of what and when plants sprout, leaf and bloom and when certain animals return, such as the robin, which appeared here on March 13th this year. I'm building a calendar specific to my location.
My Mom, born 1928 in a small outport in Newfoundland, always hilled her potatoes. That was a lot of work. I don't. Call me lazy. I do as you do: plant in the dirt about six inches and cover with mulch. I have goats and have access to hay, so I've used slightly soiled hay the goats won't eat. I tried the Ruth Stout method last year, and it didn't produce as well as your (and my) method. I do no-dig, so I push my trowel into the soft soil (from years of adding compost), drop in a potato and cover. Very simple and quick.
I also agree with "use what you have". It saves money and time. Great advice.
Seaweed is in short supply here in Iowa,, glad it's not a must have😁🐢
Thank you for this. I planted my tats 6 weeks ago and this week they started sprouting which is when my dandelions are flowering... well wait next year. All they did was sit in the soil and do nothing until now might have will kept chitting them. Cheers
Thanks - I'm actually in this months edition of this magazine:
www.localgardener.net/volume-2-issue-3/
Good morning from a Hotlanta. Well, after two days and 5 in of rain, now the sun is now out. I love the fact that you're doing another potato shoot. I planted two beds February 10th and I harvested some last night. Theoretically I could get three Harvest this year. Just made my DIY Root Cellar.
What DIY plan did you use for the root cellar? Ty
send me a pic
I really enjoy watch the different ways gardeners plant potatos. One day I would like to give the seaweed a try.
I am in zone 9b and we have dandelions flowering all year even in the winter since we don’t have snow. Yet, we can’t plant potatoes year round; summer is too hot and dry. 🤪
Got my potatoes from Veysey today and I am covered in snow today 🤦🏼♂️ lol
I noticed dandelions blooming and thought of a previous video by you on planting potatoes. I was thinking of planting this weekend.
For the first time, I saved my own seed potatoes from last fall. I stored them on my cellar steps all winter, and they fared well. I’m glad I did. I’ve been chitting them in a bright room for a few weeks. I see yours have nice sprouts.
I didn't chit them out early enough - that's why the long eyes
I like the soil contact on the seed potatoes as well. Not just laying on top. Like you say use what you got. I have plenty of leaves and lawnmower bags of leaves mulched up. So that’s what I’m using this year on everything
Good stuff
Great video. I got a lot of good info from this one!
Glad it was helpful!
I have a volunteer potato plant coming up in my strawberry bed. Just noticed it the other day. Yeah, it probably started growing when the dandelions were blooming.
Being on Vancouver Island I have access to more seaweed than anyone could ever use, and I've always seen folks pulling barrels full off the beach. I knew it was for gardening but have never tried myself, I look forward to experimenting with it in the future. I have a bunch of potatoes in the ground already, was thinking of planting one more container and see how late in the season I can get away with planting. Cheers my friend 🙏
Wow... I wish I could have access to seaweed like that, I'm about 4 hours away from the ocean. The only 'seaweed' I can get is kelp which isn't cheap. You and Greg are lucky.
Another enjoyable video ,My great frugal friend 😁
Thank you so much 🤗
Thank you from Scotland.
You are very welcome
You made me curious, so I looked it up. Norlands were developed in 1957 out of North Dakota State U (Fargo) research, developed for the foliage to emerge quickly (compared to other potatoes), and Red Norlands came in 1965. The family was developed for short seasons (like yours).
I plant my potatoes with a bulb planter, which is as "no dig" as I can figure out how to do it. But then I have to dig them up in July or August. They don't just jump out of the ground, so "no dig" is an impossibility. I have about 10 plants growing where I grew them last year because of course I always miss some. They're pretty amazing that way.
I am conducting an experiment in which I planted 3 potatoes in a bed LAST FALL when I planted my spring-flowering bulbs. I’m waiting to see if they sprout (I think they will).
@@DavidMFChapman I love experiments. If I missed my potatoes last August 1, and they survived a -7F winter, and did not rot, I bet yours will be fine too.
I also love astronomy! I used to own a 8-inch dob, when I lived in AZ, and had really dark skies. I've seen the triangulum galaxy naked-eye twice there. I sketched some nights. Where I live now, it's not worthwhile to do much astronomy, cuz light pollution.
@@wendysgarden4283 thanks Wendy! You should consider taking up lunar or planetary observing, which are unaffected by light pollution :)
Interesting. I live in Bracebridge. I have received the potatoes I ordered from Veseys. I also have dandelion in flower so this weekend will be potato planting. I also forage the dandelion leaves to eat and juice. I leave the dandelion flowers for the pollinators. 🇨🇦💚🌱. I also plant red norland. I steam the potatoes I eat.
Interesting!
Awesome, thanks!
No problem!
Hi Greg, I planted my first batch of saved red chieftains about a week ago here in southern Ontario and mulched with leaves!
That is awesome!
Thanks for the tip, Greg! As usual, always a great source of knowledge here!
Do you have any videos/podcast on using coltsfoot cycle, frog sounds or leaves cycles on trees as planting indicator? Or any material on phenology you recommend that would be applicable to us on the Maritimes? This is my second year with a garden, so exciting! :)
I'm stilll figuring it out - but I do mention it in some of my videos.
Here's a podcast where I had a guest to discuss it:
ruclips.net/video/J6UbD68rMJY/видео.html
We are not leaving our property due to lockdown either so wondered if putting some half rotted compost, which is all we have, in the row like how you used the seaweed would be okay? I have read that unfinished compost may cause problems for any plant trying to grow in it. Could sprinkling on a bit of commercial fertilizer help off set that? Ha, I got my potatoes from Veseys two days ago so can't wait to stick some in the ground as the dandelions are out in force here now. thank you for sharing all the info about potato varieties, how they grow and how they are at their best in the kitchen! Very helpful and timely.
I think it really dependss on what the compost is and whether there's any risk to the potatoes in terms of pathogens. Seaweed is tried and test so I know it's ok. What if you instead put the 1/2 rotted compost on top of the soil but under the mulch - you you be fine then i'd have to think.
Great video Greg...I am jealous of the rocks - if I want rocks here I practically have to buy them!
I planted my first batch of taters in Mid March, another batch 2 weeks ago and some more this week. I tend to space my plantings about 2 weeks apart!
I tend to use well composted horse manure for a top dressing and then about 6" of mulch (leaves, straw, hay, what ever I can get my hands on) haven't hilled potatoes for a number of years and do not miss it!
Anyway, glad you are doing well and your garden is looking great man! 👍
Mike 🇨🇦🍁
Hey Mike, where in Canada are you growing potatoes?
@@funonvancouverisland
I am as far South in Canada as you can go. Kingsville Ontario!
Pretty mild climate, you guys have us beat but not by too much!
😁
Where are you on the island?
Mike
@@michaellippmann4474 right on, I'm central on the east coast of the island, we don't quite get the weather the Westside gets here. Cheers my friend!
@@funonvancouverisland
So near Parksville or Nanaimo?
@@michaellippmann4474 Campbell River Comox Valley
I prepared an eel grass bed over cardboard over lawn last fall, can’t wait to get potatoes in it! Eastern shore NS. Wondering if I should put shredded leaves on top? In the past I just tossed them into eel grass.
If it's working for you I wouldn't change it
I would love to hear about how you built your terrace in the background. I have a similar slope and need to build something like that. Do you have a video on that already?
i believe he does. just search on his channel
ruclips.net/video/jl_mSLZonK0/видео.html
Do you find you get smaller potatoes or smaller yields when using very small seed potatoes vs large ones? I heard someone mention this and always wondered if it was true.
Have you ever cut your potatoes into chunks? If yes, have you noticed a difference in yield or size either way? I follow my great grandparents ways in some situations but do things very differently than they did as well. As in, the hell if I'm going to hill potatoes if I don't need to. I also refuse to till after watching them do that my entire childhood. No dig / hugelkultur / vertical growing / container growing / Ruth Stout all the way!
Anyways, thanks for the video. Haven't had a chance to collect my seaweed yet this year but I'm fermenting and deliberately rotting many early wild spring herbs to use as garden amendments. Medicine for my many plants, made from plants. Great stuff 😁
I usually don't cut them unless they are really big. regarding your oher question - here's a video where I answer that question: ruclips.net/video/DPyeC0DKrxk/видео.html
I have to drive 100 miles to get seaweed but I have a huge bin of leaves in the back. I have red pontiacs I'm trying to hold off for at least a few more weeks before planting for the same reason as you - cool garage for storing. I noticed your sprouts were long on the ones you planted. My pontiacs have short nubs sprouting out now. Do you think it reduces your harvest any if the sprouts get long before you put them in the ground? I have them chitting on the front porch right now.
I do think it reduce the wield to have long eyes. These ones were not chitted early enough - that's why the eyes got so long
No magical ingredient. Glad to hear that! haha Just sunlight and water. Makes sense to me. :)
Exactly!
Hey there fellow canadian, I'm from ontario. What growing zone are you there?
Great video, cool tip using dandelions as a planting guide.
I usually just wait for the farmers in my area to start planting them in the fields then i feel safe to do the same. I was planning on planting this coming weekend but i guess based on the dandelions i could have planted 1-2 weeks ago. The temp really dropped this week so im not to upset i didn't plant earlier but i will definitely try this next year.
FYI I've read that if you space them a bit further apart (closer to 12") they grow bigger potatoes. Do you have any experience with this?
I've also heard that sprouting potatoes helps them grow bigger but also removing all but 1-2 sprouts per piece of potato will give bigger potatoes too. More sprouts = smaller potatoes.
Just some things I've learned from other gardeners, I wonder if you have any experiences with any of these tips?
Thanks for sharing. Much appreciated.
I just subscribed today. I'll be checking out some of your other videos for sure.
Cheers! Happy gardening
I don't space them as much when the seed potatoes are smaller. More eyes means more potatoes; size is a function of variety and how much sun, water and nutrients the plant can gather. Less eyes means more water and nutrients per plant; but in general it's all about the plant getting what it needs.
Oh - and where I am is zone 6a. Warmer winter than ON, but cooler summer
Do you think it's OK to plant a few flowers over the top and/or just to the side of the potatoes? Of course they'll be dug up when the potatoes are ready.
you can - but the potatoes foliage will probably out-grow and shade them out eventually.
I live in Nova Scotia and my potato order from vesseys has been shipped so I’m sure yours will be on its way soon. Probably shipping the orders in the order in which they were received. Eagle Creek is also an excellent supplier but they don’t have cheap shipping like vesseys does.
just got an email yesterday that they're on their way
Excellent. Their shipping is so fast you’ll likely have them on Monday and with a waning moon in Taurus that’s an ideal time to plant potatoes.
I sent a question to Vesey's yesterday suggesting that I'm worried about not receiving the potatoes yet. I'm also wondering if there are supply issues this covid year.
Mine are on their way - and some other viewers have gotten theirs already, so I wouldn't sweat it :)
Last year seed potatoes near Halifax were hard to find! Seems to be ok this year.
Do the flowers have to be in the area you'll be planting in? I have no flowers in my yard but I've seen them in my community. I wonder if they were growing in warmer microclimates.
the closer they are to where you plant the more accurately they represent your growing conditions
Thanks!