In my potato growing journey this year, I decided to do a little experiment. What happens if you plant potatoes and then just TOTALLY IGNORE them? No hililng potatoes, no watering, no fertilizing. NOTHING.
Well, to my surprise, I ended up having the BEST yields from this method out of the 5 that I tried: 5 gallon buckets, grow bags, raised beds, and in ground with hilling. Crazy, right? Just goes to show you have to always test and question conventional wisdom.
No need for a fancy potato tower, or a complex watering and fertilization schedule. Just learn how to plant potatoes a bit deeper than recommended and wait for those beautiful taters to pop out of the ground.
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I got 25.2lb (11kg) of potatoes total from this bed, and I only visited it ONCE in three months. EPIC!
Making me excited for my potatoes! The seed potatoes are just about to sprout in my grow bags. Can’t wait to start adding more dirt.
I haven’t seen him dig around enough. I wonder how many are still in the ground. Grew mine in a swimming pool. Honestly, anyone can grow potatoes, corn, beans, peas, squash. They just thrive. You can do it!
You remind me of the twin brothers who remodel and sell houses hehe
What is the stuff you sprinkle on them when you plant?
This is freak'in so.cool!!. My potatoes have sprouted! I squeeled!! Thanks for being my favorite gardner
How do you know when to harvest. I planted potatoes in grow pots in March here in Michigan. They are flurishing, can't wait to see what was produced. Yukons, idahoes and fingerlings.
I've been trying to put together (on paper I'm still planning) a fancy raised bed (finally finished a draft, got a hexagon with 2ft sides making it a max of 4 ft from corner to corner. I'm attaching "petals" to each side, a 2×2 square with a 1 foot tall triangle attached at the end of the square, giving each "petal" bed about 5 sqft planting area. And in the center, a 2.5 ft wide hexagon, they're gonna be stacked, petals at 15" high beds, the base hex at maybe 30" to 36", and the The center smaller hexagon will be 12-18 inches, but jammed into the dirt 8-10" imma add triells to the sides of some of the petals, not all, just 3 max. I'm excited.)
Anywho, after maping out where imma plant everything, I came to the conclusion that all the leafy veggies and things I want to grow and eat, none play nice with potatoes. Imma have to just grow them in a bucket or something if I want potatoes
Do you compost potato greens or eat?
I love the urban gardening, but the idea of growing food right on the side of the road next to diesel trucks driving by and stuff makes me nervous. I know it's absolutely silly because tractors on farms use diesel but I donno… So much exhaust around.
Where'd you get that "Anarchy" shirt!? It's rad!
do you always plant the potatoes roots up?
Your excitement about digging in the dirt for potatoes is giving me life in 2021
What kind of microbial inoculant do you use?
its the co2 from the cars. they make plants go crazy
Awesome yield!! How do you store them, I was looking into making a root cellar with sand in a tote bucket.
4:13 lol. CC says titties
where can I get red potatoe seedlings?
Totally love this video ..I’m gonna try it this way
I just bumped into your channel recently, and i am learning alot, especially on how to plant potatoes. Thank you so much!!!!! I really enjoy watching your videos! God Bless <3
Thanks so much for the smashed potato recipe. This is my first year growing them . Zone 7b Delaware. Adirondack Blue and Yukon Gold.judt harvested purples, now on to trying to cure. Thanks for your great videos. Though we are super zones away, much of your info translates to all zones.
Your channel is to big to see most comments
But I am a 36yr old dude with a black thumb.
Iv been working on a herb and small veg patio garden this summer and you have been such a fucking help thank you so much!
The wife and kiddo and I are hoping for some Taties this winter into spring
10 lbs of potatoes is cheap in the grocery store and I live in an apartment. I wonder how well potatoes would grow from soil from the forest placed in a bucket (after sterilizing it at 180f in the oven).
Mmm..i thought you were supposed to wait the leafs to semi die?..before you dig them up
I love how this is at your old place! Passer bys won't steal the yield as they just look like bushes to the layman!
On a potato growing vid binge as my generic sprouting white potato skin that i found in the composter is about 3 months of growing. I think i planted it end of Jun?
It started to flower and then the next thing is they are gone! It's about 5' now. The clay pot is about the size of a big SUV tyre. An upgrade from the leek science pot. Still crappy clay soil. It's more of an experiment brought about a luck of nature and curiosity.
RHS Gardens suggests to cut the plant stem, when the leaves turn yellow. Then wait 10 days before harvesting and then letting the potatoes dry for a few hours before storing unwashed.
I don't know what i am going to get from this plant but i want to test again and see if i can grow potatoes in London over autumn/ winter and see what happens.
I want you to go to a night club wearing that apron
Reds are wonderful but they don't last long…..good idea. Yukon Golds grow great here in alaska and whites do too.