Complete Potato Growing Guide: Planting to Harvest
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Join us on a journey from planting to harvest in our complete potato growing guide! Learn how we prep the beds, cut the potatoes, and nurture the plants along the way. Subscribe for a detailed look at the whole process!
CHAPTERS:
0:00: 🥔 Detailed process of preparing raised beds, planting, and harvesting potatoes.
3:31: 🥔 Preparing raised beds with mushroom compost for planting potatoes.
7:29: 🥔 Potato seed preparation and planting process explained in detail.
10:48: 🥔 Planting excess seed potatoes in raised beds, noting differences in quantity and monitoring growth.
14:33: 🌱 Rapid growth of potato plants in raised beds with added soil and compost.
17:51: 🥔 Potato plant disease management varies based on growth stage, with late-stage plants requiring less intervention.
21:53: 🥔 Optimal watering techniques for potato plants and upcoming tasks in the garden.
25:10: 🥔 Potato harvest results and tips for maximizing yield in raised beds.
28:48: 🥔 Abundant harvest from minimal effort in growing potatoes shown in the video.
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I planted my potatoes a few weeks ago. They are up about 3 inches. My peas are in blossom. My Michigan garden is doing great. This year I invested in four 4x8 raised beds. I am loving them.
Doing all my potatoes in raised beds. In ground not worth it, during this got too much rain this spring they rot. Got 16lbs in 2- 6 sided bed, now ready to plant Sweet potatoes using 6' bamboo stakes like a teepee. Also gives a chicken a snack when leaves go over.
Michigander here....
My peas have just started blooming too. That big storm the other day, brought them in...
My carrots, chards, potatoes and onions are doing good too. 😋
I have a kiddy pool (that's where the onion are), a couple of half barrels, a couple of 15 gallon grow pots and a 3X6 raised bed. I'm growing Russets, Red Norlands and German Butterball.
I'm your neighbor to the south.. I'm in Indiana, about an hour and a half from the border.. It's been a good year for gardening here so far.. I planted my potatoes the first week of April.. I plant 50' rows directly in the ground, and my staples are Pontiac Reds, Kennebec, and Yukon Golds.. All of them are pushing 3' tall and in full bloom right now.. They probably have 5 or 5 weeks left before they are ready.. Potatoes are such beautiful plants.. They are one of my favorite things to grow.. My peas are in trouble I believe.. I have little peas starting but it's getting too hot here and I'm afraid they won't have time to finish before they die off.. Most of my broccoli and cabbage should be ready to harvest in the next week or two.. My beans and my tomato plants are starting to bloom.. I think this is probably my favorite time of the gardening season, because everything is planted and the garden is full.. You start to see the fruits of all your labor pay off.. What gardening zone are y'all in? I'm in zone 6a.. Do you have any favorite varieties to grow that do exceptionally well in our part of the country?
This is a great way to tell your story. I like seeing the progress from start to finish in one video.
I love this style of video. Start to finish.
Hi Travis, I've been watching your videos for a while now and really appreciate all of the great information you provide. Also really enjoy seeing your family out there in the garden with you. I try to involve my grandkids in my garden too. This is the first time I've commented. I tried planting potatoes in raised beds this year and used the method where you used the trenches. I planted yukon gold in one bed and red norland in another. I planted in mid March and fertilized them at planting and once more about 5 weeks later. I hilled them twice and watered them quite a bit as it is really dry out here in Northern CA zone 9B. I just dug the Yukon Gold yesterday with my granddaughters, such great fun, and got a great harvest. I planted 2 lbs of seed potatoes and got a yield of 24 lbs for a 12X multiple. Best success I've had so far. My red Norland plants are still looking nice and green so I'll give them another week or so and give a report on their yield as well. Thanks for the great and informative videos.
Just started watching your videos a few days ago. We plan to move to SE Kansas in the next 12-18 months and buy some property. I have always loved gardening, and I am soaking up everything I can learn before we move! I love the start to finish video approach. Thank you for the free education, and I will definitely buy seeds and other products from your website in the future.
Great Video Travis! Good Job!
Thank You!
--Chuck in Jensen Beach Florida.
Oh my, the baby is a toddler! What a beautiful family, such blessings.
We always planted our potatoes on February 1st in central Louisiana. I was late by one day then it rained for over a week. I used little red store potatoes though to make seed potatoes and test the forest soil mounds I made and half of them produced and I left some in the ground to see what happens. I`m gonna try planting some this fall and I have another store bag in the fridge too. I also have plans to try an indoor self-watering hydro potato grower made from a litter box and bucket with wicks.
As you know Travis I'm in the same growing zone as you and I have succession grown potatoes since September of 23. The ones that are growing now is in mostly shade and I've found that works really well at this time of year to avoid early die off from disease. I'm going to experiment with growing in a different area again in September. This only works if you save some of the early potatoes to replant in the fall. By Sept the earlies are usually sprouting anyway.
Excellent video Travis! We are a little north of Macon and having a video like this
,with the dates, is so helpful. I would love to see more like this with other crops. We are growing more food than ever and so many crops are new to us. Having the dates will really help me make a plan. Thank you so much!
I'm about 2/3s through the potato season now but watching the video has me fired up for next year already!
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO TRAV!!!! Loved it!❤ I think the old-timers coat their taters with lime, cement, etc. so they can plant them stat instead of waiting for the scabs.
And where were the boys??? your tater harvest helpers? 😊
I am in North Carolina and planted yukon gold and red norland on March 7 in black grow bags. Just waiting for soil to dry some before digging up. Also, have more red norland planted two weeks after first batch. And planted red, white and blue potatoes, russets, and gold nuggets April 1. They got to be 3 feet high! Eventually fell over. Lol.
I like this type of video. Very comprehensive! I've always used store bought sprouted potatoes and it was hit or miss. This year I did half store bought and half seed. The seed potatoes seem to be doing the best. Better quality plants above ground
Store bought potatoes are meant for food and are only inspected for possible
human diseases, whereas seed potatoes are inspected for possible disease
resistance in the plants. Both will grow. Any potato that develops chits/buds will
grow. But both are stored differently for resale. 1 is stored in a way not grow, but
to eat. The other 1 is stored so as to grow a new plant with disease resistance.
We've grown them both ways with success. This year we are growing only from
potatoes we grew ourselves last year. We are in Maine. Best of luck
Hey Travis, I have 12 20gallon grow bags that I grew potatoes in this year and they hit 90 days on July 1st (though some are early and ready to dump next weekend). Do you have any suggestions on what I should or shouldn't grow behind them in the same dirt with ammendments?
I’m in Gulfport,ms. I planned my potatoes in February and there still green as can be. Some have died back but the majority of them are still just a green as can be. Thinking about pulling him this weekend.
I also got my potatoes from the grocery store
Good job Travis. I’ve always enjoyed your videos of you sharing your knowledge. When I embarked on my journey to grow my own food five years ago I stumbled upon your content and I’m sure glad I did. I don’t always knock it out of the park, but my pantry is full of groceries. Keep up the good work and more content like this. Bless you and your family.
Thank you for such a great video! I like the start to finish on one crop. Hopefully you will do more with other crops.
When i plant my taters I dig a hole about a foot deep and place the tater in the bottom and cover with a little soil and as the rains come they get hilled without a lot effort on my part, works great.
Love your videos, family fun! I love some homemade fried taters! Georgia used to be a huge, huge tater producer of fancy potatoes at least outside Savannah, GA, now mostly sweet taters. Yours look amazing! 😎
Great video... from beginning to harvest... I love it! Love your channel...
Great content and narrative! My potato crop this year in Tallahassee was not as good as last year. Once again. La Soda was my best producer. This year I did try Baltic Rose, Huckleberry Gold, and Yukon Gold. On these production was OK, but nothing to brag about. I did follow your advice on cutting and preparing the potatoes for planting. This year I did not use drip irrigation on my potatoes, I think next year I will use drip irrigation. Always good seeing your family helping in the garden! Take care and be safe....
That's an interesting and informative video. I like seeing the chronology from planting to harvest. Very convincing! Thanks.
Didn’t know to wait a couple weeks to water. I grow in ground in Central Florida in my backyard.
Travis, as you may remember I've lost about 1/3 of my potatoes to root rot/fungus and am digging them today. Thinking about possibly tarping the bed or spreading the Mighty Mustard Trifecta as cover crop - come fall will cut and dig in and possibly spread another over the winter. Good idea (or not)? Thanks. Got the sweet potato bed ready to go - thanks to you and Steele Plants!
Start to finish video. Perfect. TYFS
Charlotte has been my favourite potato to grow for years.
The kids are a great touch!
It’s almost time to dig mine. Exciting! Great tater harvest!
My container grown potatoes produced big beautiful plants, but very little produce. On the other hand my in ground did good.
Thanks for sharing
Great video!! This is my first year growing them, and I realized I did one thing wrong!! Thanks for the education!!! You’re the man!! Even if you are a Bulldogs fan! 😂
Really like this start to finish video format, great know how T-Dog
Great video! We planted red potatoes this year in large totes and got quite a bit from them.Thanks so much for all your videos!
QUESTION: What is the best way to store them? Should I wash them before putting them in the basement or just let them dry and shake off the excess dirt and only wash when we're about to use them?
Very helpful- thanks!
Your videos are awesome i take notice of the tater videos. What npk is the coop grow im kind of lost on fertilizer with taters
Little bit there is so cute!
As a first time potato grower, earth bag and half barrel planters, I could not have asked for a better timed or created video. Thank you! I’ve made notes for some changes to next year and will up my game a bit for the rest of this season (zone 7A - Virginia). My one question regards my reading of not watering plants a couple of weeks prior to harvesting. Was there any point that you stopped hand watering your raised bed plants in the weeks running up to harvesting?
Side note: I’ve watched you over the ears starting with your original channel, to the pop up camper fun, to this one. Greatly enjoy all, but I get the best enjoyment watching your fabulous family grow. Job well done.
Stop watering stops the potato growth and allows the potatoes to start
curing. Drier skin and better storage life once pulled. Some will cut the tops
and leave/store them in ground for a few weeks to cure more thoroughly.
Again increasing dormancy even further. Last longer. Hope this helps.
@@marktoldgardengnome4110 Thank you for taking the time to reply. I understand the curing for storage aspect, butI’m not sure I will have an amount worthy of storing. Definitely not for winter purposes. Didn’t go crazy with my first try. Is it still recommended to stop the watering if that’s the case? If yes, how long/ when after the greenery begins to die? Hope that makes sense. Thank you again .
@@alohaann6106 You can harvest any Potato at any time, whether they have reached maturity or not. There are 3 basic varieties of potatoes, with 3 different avg maturity dates. Key word, averages.
Earlies, (new potatoes) 55-70 days
Mids, (2nd earlies) 70-90 days
Lates, (Main crops) 90-120 days
Most of the time the plants will give you
a hint they're ready or nearing ready.
Bottom leaves turning yellow. Flowering,
putting on tubers, stop flowering, ready.
General consensus is, Earlies/mids 2-3 weeks after flowering. Main crops/lates ready when plants die back. Curing. Mostly
to get the potato skins dry and protective
of the flesh, and now prepared for long term
storage. When you pull your potatoes,
rub your potato rigidly on the skin of one.
It will easily come off. Do the same with a store bought one, no harm at all. no damage is what you're shooting for. Then put bagged loosely, in a dark, cool, dry place and they will store quite nicely. Oh, and
storage this way, of store bought should be done the same way. Watering, yes, if you
are going to be pulling them within the next week or two, stop watering. Also stop if you
intend to use, left in the ground, as your
primary storage method. If you live in an area where the ground freezes get them pulled before the soil gets to cold, 40ish degrees. Sorry to be so wordy. Hope this helps. Mark and Rosa in Maine.
This was a great instructional video.
Thank you very much!!
Great video Travis.
Good evening 🇨🇦
@lazydogfarm What was the pH of your beds? I think the pH in my containers was too high. I used straight mushroom compost. My taters had scab pretty bad.
Here in South Carolina the fire ants love my raised beds also. They seem to prefer the loose soil and compost. Hope you didn't get stung much since they swarm and attack fast.
I have them in my cherry tomatoes raised bed it seems it don't effect the tomatoes so I left them. Also in my compost bins just leave them they help break things down.
My Sarpo Mira seems to be slowing down. It bloomed and has little fruit on it. The vines are healthy and 3-4 ft. long. However, it's behaving like a determinate. There's no new growth at the tips that I can see. I still plan to leave it growing until July if possible. We're supposed to hit the low 90s next week.
I'll be digging my early taters this coming week.
I actually thought TyTy was a lil girl for the longest time.. on one post Brooklyn said "the boys".that's when I realized he was a lil guy.. that is one cute lil kid❤
What type of fertilizer do you use
Coop Gro
How often do you water?
My red pontiacs over performed, we got a ton of new taters, to bad the bush string beans arent ready.
Do you have any seeds forever tree collards
I don't.
What was your total cost per pound? Seed starters tatoes, fertilizer, mushrooms dirt,and water (wells flap flat raise elective bill.
No idea. We don’t garden to save money on groceries. That’s never really been the intent. We do it because we like seeing things grow and enjoy the convenience of having food readily available in the backyard.
@@LazyDogFarm Same but we all have a budget
Tater😊 time!!!
They need to stick to a gardener that speaks like they do then if they’re so limited and judgmental.