November 21, 2024

VIDEO: How to Grow Potatoes in Buckets: Planting Techniques!


Today we take our seed potato sections from a previous video and plant them in our buckets! I’m using 5 gallon buckets from Ace Hardware, but you can use whatever container you’ve got lying around the house.

I mixed up some compost, peat moss, and perlite, along with a handful of worm castings for the soil mix. After laying down 4″ of soil, I placed two seed potato chunks down and covered up with 6″ of soil, then watered it in.

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28 thoughts on “VIDEO: How to Grow Potatoes in Buckets: Planting Techniques!

  1. I'm just really trying to find out how to store the potatoes after cut so they harden off. Store in dark and cool? Is it ok if it gets some light? How long do they take to scan over? Thanks!

  2. Does anyone have a suggestion for peat moss and perilite brands? I am afraid of using things that don’t clearly say it can be used for vegetables like Miracle Grow brands

  3. I was always unhappy with the results of growing potatoes in buckets and containers, they never got very big and just didn't seem to produce very well over all

    Put them in the ground if you can

  4. I'd like to reccomend growing taters in a bucket. I planted some in the ground and some in buckets this year. The last month it has rained almost every day and the ditch off of my property is blocked up so its flooded my garden. I had to pull my potatoes early and some were already rotten. The plants in the buckets are fine.

  5. How long does it generally take for them potatoes to grown and ready for harvest in a 5 gallon bucket? Thank you for the drawing, it helps a lot to understand. Did you call them sweet potatoes?

  6. Very informative video. keep it up.
    I have noticed brown patches on my potato leaf which I have planted in bucket. What could be the reason?
    What if plant is growing but no flower bloom?

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