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Growing Potatoes is a hugely satisfying experience and doesn’t require a large portion of your garden for a successful crop.
Potatoes are also fantastic fun to grow with your family especially finding the treasure when they’re ready to harvest.
In this video we explain what’s required to get started growing your own potatoes and demonstrate how to tend your plants to keep them healthy for a bigger, tastier harvest.
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Thanks for the video. My question is when is best to plant potatoes how long and is there a right month to harvest them?
Fantastic video, I’m so new to growing potatoes, I’m really excited about my new veg garden, I’ve definitely decided on growing most my veggies in containers easier to maintain,,, keep you posted
What is the recommended liquid fertilizer is best?
can you do this with storebought organic potatoes,?
Can you use store bought potatoes?
Thanks for the advice, i have tried spuds this yr, Jacks from seed potatoes, ive topped the crop of 10 up with a mixture of organic farmyard manure, topsoil & potting, they certainly dont grow slow. Also tomatoes, and carrotts. Peace
Sarpo Una produces huge crops of medium sized tasty red salad potatoes when grown in bags.
Right. 4 seed potatoes per bag. I needed that! Only one question left. How many seed potatoes should I expect to get in a 1kg packet? I know it will depend on variety, but a rough idea would be a huge help. I have 5 x 40L bags ready to go (and a few shopping bags if necessary) and just need to order my seed potatoes, but don’t know if I should get 2 packets or 3!
Lovely Ben,we will need your knowledge more than ever in the battle to help survive this winter,down ro earth and caring, thank you..
Good presentation; thanks.
Question ….. do I need to add fertilizer into my soil when starting my potatoes????
Thank you always for your extremely helpful videos!!!
The last time I grew potatoes I harvested them with my granddaughter before we took them inside and made chips with them which we eat for tea.
boy you’re pretty chill back then
I am planting container potatoes this year. I always know where to get the most complete and expert instruction for ANY gardening project! RIGHT HERE
Amazing. These are very informative videos.Have learnt a lot.I planted my seed a fortnight now,in sunny spot after spreading cattle manure.I noted the sprout drying up as we have had temps above 28 degrees celcius here. I just covered planks on them hoping to revive the sprouting! Will this work?
I planted 6 ten gallon buckets with potatoes but got almost nothing out. What can cause this to happen?
Honestly, your channel is one of the best, no faffing about. I wonder if you could tell me though, if they start flowering and your spuds are still minute, do you just nip off the flowers? Or allow them to continue on? I've also seen elsewhere people putting chicken manure in with the compost. I'm quite amenable to that idea, what's your opinion? @GrowVeg
Hi Ben!
Would you mind terribly, setting me straight on something, as I am in a state of confusion from conflicting info on various websites?!
Getting ready to plant potatoes for the first time. I have Yukon Gold seed potatoes and they are chitting away nicely. Going to plant in 1/2 barrel
sized planters, average 20-22 inches across and 14-16 inches deep. I understand that these are a determinate variety, growing mostly on one level.
Herein is my confusion: is there any advantage to hilling determinate potatoes? I understand the process and it worked great for the last tomatoes
I planted, but I just can't figure out how it would benefit Yukon Golds.
To hill, or not to hill?
Very helpful, thank you.
Moved from New England, USA to the southern part and having trouble growing as it gets very hot early in the season and the soil is not great. Tomato's, potato's, string beans etc up north no problem, down here low yields. Watched this and I'm getting some bags to try potato's and other stuff so I can use better soil and move the bags in and out of the sun. Thanks!
No clue if you are still giving advice here, but if you are, how often should I water my potatoes, and how much water?
I have been growing potatoes in bags for about 2 years. I have harvested Dutch Creams, Royal Blues and currently have Russet Burbanks and White Star varieties. One thing I didn't do which you have suggested is to give them some liquid fertiliser. I was disappointed with my Royal Blue harvest so I hope this give me better harvests in the future.
No to the hilling that you did. Just plant them on soil that is about 50cm deep and cover them with another 10cm. The roots will grow down and so will the potatoes
Is anyone going to mention he actually looks like a potato
I’m growing Yukon gold for the first time. Wish me luck! Yay!!!!!