Thanks for watching don't forget to hit the like and subscribe for regular updates here's how i grow potatoes in woodchips - th-cam.com/video/YOQrJyspLI8/w-d-xo.html 30 Ltr Plant Pots - amzn.to/3tHW2hX
I'm growing potato's for the first time this year, I must admit I have watched a few videos and you have explained this so clearly. Thank you great informative vid 👏
Last years crops I emptied out my pots and then replanted 3 big ones in second week of August & two medium pots a week later, I just let them go on through the winter and I had potatoes 🥔 which I only took out of the pots in middle of January and then the third week of February, and they were perfect 👌🏼 I've still got 2 lbs left and I might use them for the same thing this year 🤔👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Using the flask & tea bag method for chilli 🌶 seeds , I got 24 out of 24 come through and I've potted them up and are all going well 😋👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Thanks for all that you do 🙏🙌🏼
Love that!!! i try to do the same but didn't work out too well for us last year because as soon as my seconf plantngs came up they got hit with blight in september and were ruined. brilliant results on the chillies
I like your philosophy of making your own materials and re-using stuff. Also your accent makes me very nostalgic for my native county. Your videos are very interesting and informative - thank you. Liked and subscribed
@@MyFamilyGarden yes such a blessing! I'm going to grow potatoes for the first time. I don't have wood chips to put at the bottom. I'm a complete beginner so I've only got vermiculite, regular compost and straw mulch. Should I just place the compost all the way through and cover with a bit of straw mulch?
Another of your excellent videos, Mothin. I have grown my potatoes in 30 litre containers for several years and I have had good results but I like your use of wood chips in the base of your containers and I am going to copy that. I will also be trying “no dig” potatoes in a be£ that had several inches of a woodchip mulch last Spring so I am now going to watch your video about that. Keep safe.
I like growing my earlies in buckets they're a bit more delicate than mains. Nice one I'd be really interested in seeing how you get on with the woodchip bed
Hey. I just found your channel. I’m growing my potatoes in buckets and I saw your video on harvest. You mentioned hardening the skins for storage. Can you please elaborate? I will harvest all my potatoes just a few days before travelling for 6 weeks and I need to store them. Do you have a video on this please? So glad I found your channel. I really like your videos.
Great video Mothin - loads of useful info! I've never seen woodchip used like this. Really good timing for me as I've got a pack of Arran Pilot ready to go in the ground. You must get incredible harvests using so much compost for them.
I really like the ue of wood in most of what i do around the garden, i don't think there's anything better to bring in fungal life to soils. A lot of the compost i use for potatoes is not properly refined so it's the bit's left over from sifting compost but it does ok here's a harvest from last year th-cam.com/video/zSOsAlYYFG4/w-d-xo.html
Just found your channel I'm about to have a go at growing potatoes for the first time so that was great information about the times to plant I've just got some potato sacks but will maybe get some buckets too. Are you growing sweet potatoes too?
@@MyFamilyGarden Thanks for the reply with everything going on in the world nows definitely the time to learn to grow your own parties are a good start.
Morning. Another great video. I'm doing my Charlotte in tubs what do you mean wood chips for in the bottom of the tub? Can it be old dried out twigs off headges ect?
Great explanation. I have a question though if u don’t mind. I planted mine last week in buckets and used a bit of potato manure I bought from a shop. They have been kept in an unseated conservatory but I have noticed there is like a fungal bloom on the surface of the pots. It was new bought compost and it’s only occurred on the potatoes. Ever seen that?
That sounds like poor ventilation causing the fungus to grow, it's not a problem because that fungus will help break down the compost further. If you don't like the look of it apply a layer of mulch over the top
Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to getting my garden going this year, including potatoes. Have you ever tried growing potaoes in double buckets? I've seen them with the inner bucket having sections cut out so you can lift it up and remove some potatoes through those openings and let the others grow. I don't see much on YT about it and wonder if those buckets are a gimmick. It would be nice to be able to pick a few at a time and not worry about storing all potatoes. And can you also just leave potatoes in some buckets after the plant dies back to store in situ?
I've seen those types of planters but i've never tried them, the price tag put me off. I won't harvest these all at once, because of the way they have been planted i can lift some of the plants that are growing at the top lay and leave the bottom layer, or harvest a single pot every couple of weeks. Potaotes are best stored under ground as long as the soil doesn't freeze, then you can just pick as needed. Early varieties don't store as well
@@MyFamilyGarden thanks. Yeah, expensive holes! I was thinking of using two regular buckets and cutting sections out of one. Sounds like there is no need by what you describe doing.
Where do you get your woodchips from? I’ve over ordered on the seed potatoe front in fact I’ve chatted about 18 potatoes in 5 varieties. I can’t really dig up the lawn so would you recommend the wood chip bed over loads of buckets and how much space would a potato bed take up for the amount of potatoes I have to sow... I know I’m asking a lot and I’ve watched loads of potato growers on her tonight, I’m putting my trust in you lol
I get them from a local tree surgeon or make my own from prunings. For early varieties I don't think it matters but for maincrop woodchips are my preferred method. This video shows the size of bed I use th-cam.com/video/YOQrJyspLI8/w-d-xo.html
I love potatoes...many dishes can be cooked using potatoes..i like pie the best! I don't know wether we can grow potatoes here in Malaysia...but i know people in Indonesia do. I tried mine late last year but the plant didn't grow.
Slm and hope u and family are well, quick question regarding woodchips you use, I have recently cut down a tree do I have to let it dry out or can I use straight away, also them buckets are perfect , where can I get them from?
Hello Mothin. Oh dear maybe I have made a mistake here. I always put my potatoes in the ground at the beginning of March, because we have a slightly warmer climate in Milton Keynes than up in Yorkshire. Watching you and following your advice I planted my spuds into 18” deep woodchip the first week of March. I made a hole and filled it with compost, I pushed the spuds into this then covered it with clippings. Oh and I planted 2nd earlies. Listening to you now I’m wondering if I have done it wrong. I don’t have any containers to grow spuds in.
Hi Graham, I wouldn't worry you're in a warmer climate and that woodchip bed will give them all the protection they need, I can't wait to see how your potatoes turn out
Hello Mothin. Thanks for the confidence vote. I forgot to mention that I made the woodchip bed in October and between then and planting in March I added a cocktail of rotted horse manure, Chicken Pellets and a good scattering of Potato Fertiliser once planted. The worms are loving it so I hope my spuds do too.
Hi Mothin. I planted Kestrel and Maris Piper. I have two experimental beds, the one with Kestrel had the cocktail added and Maris Piper is in the plain woodchip bed with a scattering of fertiliser. All experimental. This week I planted out All Year Round Cauliflower. White Round Cabbage and Pointed Cabbage (or Greens depends on where you come from). Last week I planted out Runner Beans. All beans and Brassicas are under plastic and fleece so well protected. I have Butternut Squash shouting at me to be planted out but in the past I have lost them through planting too early, first week of April will see those go in.
Thank you! What do you mean by “chicken compost”? Is that the soil from the chicken run? I have a 40-ft long chicken run with 8 chickens working on the soil all the time. How can I use it?
Salaam alaykum please can you advise me when to take the frost bags off my young fruit trees, the suns out it’s a nice day but just worried incase after all this time with the bags on their not getting enough light.
my seed potatoes are shriveled and the eyes are really long so i left them in some light nw so they shoot so i can plant them in some buckets does anyone have advice?? im just a desi kid trna garden in lockdown
I’m sorry I’m hard if hearing what was the name of the item in the small container you sprinkled in the bucket ?? And what is it?? This will be my first… I’ve never planted anything before lol
Salaam Brother, I really liked your video but request you to please make playlist so that one can follow them better please. This way even if I see them after a while I can easily follow if they are part of the playlist. By playlist I mean may be potato or similar vegetables planting in one playlist. Making compost or similar in another playlist and so on. I am Not saying to divide this video into different parts rather putting videos in right playlist. This is just a request.
Thanks for watching don't forget to hit the like and subscribe for regular updates
here's how i grow potatoes in woodchips - th-cam.com/video/YOQrJyspLI8/w-d-xo.html
30 Ltr Plant Pots - amzn.to/3tHW2hX
Ko hubbub
I love your videos. The fact that you allowed your children to get involved and not try to edit that out. Bravo!!!
This is ANOTHER reason I RESPECT him
Love hearing your kids playing in the background and seeing them involved in the gardening. Another great video thank you!
I'm growing potato's for the first time this year, I must admit I have watched a few videos and you have explained this so clearly. Thank you great informative vid 👏
Ive been looking for this information that suits the UK climate.
Thanks for the compose videos in 10 days I did it works great
You're the SPUD MAN
Only recently found your channel and I’m really enjoying watching. You are a knowledgeable gardener
Thanks Rebecca, really appreciate it and welcome on board
Last years crops I emptied out my pots and then replanted 3 big ones in second week of August & two medium pots a week later, I just let them go on through the winter and I had potatoes 🥔 which I only took out of the pots in middle of January and then the third week of February, and they were perfect 👌🏼
I've still got 2 lbs left and I might use them for the same thing this year 🤔👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Using the flask & tea bag method for chilli 🌶 seeds , I got 24 out of 24 come through and I've potted them up and are all going well 😋👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for all that you do 🙏🙌🏼
Love that!!! i try to do the same but didn't work out too well for us last year because as soon as my seconf plantngs came up they got hit with blight in september and were ruined.
brilliant results on the chillies
WELL DONE.
This is the best video out there on planting potatoes - thank you 🙏👌 🙇♀️
Thanks Wendy I'm glad you like it
Great advice and ideas thank you for sharing
You're very welcome glad you like it
Brilliant information, I can't wait to see all the potatoes you get at the end of the growing period!
You and me both!
So many spuds round yours for a chip butty night great information thanks for your time 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lol great minds think alike
Barek Allah bik wa jazak khair for this really good video. بارك الله فيك وجزاك خير
Thank you for the content excellent!
You are a very skilled gardener. I like the way you have made really good use of an ordinary back garden.
Thanks John, I think it's really important for the kids to see where food comes from
🇨🇦🇨🇦Stopping by to say Hi!
Great stuff NEW TH-cam friend!
Nice one, welcome aboard hope you enjoy the videos
Subbed. Awesome vid brother. Thank you for your wisdom. Blessings from northern california.
Great vid! Thanks Mothin 🤜🤛
You're very welcome 🙂
Thanks for another great video, brother.
So glad you like it
I like it. I am going heavy on the spuds this year. I'm into chips.
Oh yes, got to love chips
@@MyFamilyGarden yes, I love them too much. Crisps, chips etc. Lovely.
Thank you 💜
might try next season
Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Cheers mate
I like your philosophy of making your own materials and re-using stuff. Also your accent makes me very nostalgic for my native county. Your videos are very interesting and informative - thank you. Liked and subscribed
it's so easy to harvest when planted in buckets, thanks for the share
Great video!
Thank you
Thank You
Thank you
Very informative 👍
You're very welcome
@@MyFamilyGarden Have bought second early seed potatoes..never grown before. Definitely will take your advice and plant in buckets
Thanks Motin. You have answered all my questions, even those I did not know I had
You're very welcome glad it helped
অতি সুন্দর, মতিন ভাই।
Great stuff
Thanks
Great advice! Many thanks…
Great informative video, thank you! My daughter enjoys learning from you and seeing your kids in the background!
It's so nice to have the kids involved that's probably the best thing about the lockdown situation we get more time together
@@MyFamilyGarden yes such a blessing! I'm going to grow potatoes for the first time. I don't have wood chips to put at the bottom. I'm a complete beginner so I've only got vermiculite, regular compost and straw mulch. Should I just place the compost all the way through and cover with a bit of straw mulch?
Yes that will be fine maybe a few stones in the bottom to help drainage
@@MyFamilyGarden thanks for the tip!
Thanks great vid
Nice video matey. Pots are great :)
Thanks to a special discount!
Another helpful video. I can’t wait to start planting in pots fingers crossed get nice crop!!
Good luck with them
Where did you get your pots from?
I've put a link in the description to them
Great content. I had no idea determinant potatoes grew in layers!
Another of your excellent videos, Mothin. I have grown my potatoes in 30 litre containers for several years and I have had good results but I like your use of wood chips in the base of your containers and I am going to copy that. I will also be trying “no dig” potatoes in a be£ that had several inches of a woodchip mulch last Spring so I am now going to watch your video about that. Keep safe.
I like growing my earlies in buckets they're a bit more delicate than mains. Nice one I'd be really interested in seeing how you get on with the woodchip bed
MashaAllah good explained bro
I ❤️ potatoes. Nice video bhai 👍🏻
i love chips !!!
Me too. My fav food.
Hey. I just found your channel. I’m growing my potatoes in buckets and I saw your video on harvest. You mentioned hardening the skins for storage. Can you please elaborate? I will harvest all my potatoes just a few days before travelling for 6 weeks and I need to store them. Do you have a video on this please?
So glad I found your channel. I really like your videos.
With maincrop potatoes (generally the indeterminate type) if you cut the stems back and leave them then they thicken up their skins so store better
I really like those planting buckets. I can't seem to find them over here. I bet they are rather expensive. Stay well brother. Best wishes Bob.
thanks Bob, These weren't that bad, priced about $8 US per bucket
Great video Mothin - loads of useful info! I've never seen woodchip used like this. Really good timing for me as I've got a pack of Arran Pilot ready to go in the ground. You must get incredible harvests using so much compost for them.
I really like the ue of wood in most of what i do around the garden, i don't think there's anything better to bring in fungal life to soils. A lot of the compost i use for potatoes is not properly refined so it's the bit's left over from sifting compost but it does ok here's a harvest from last year th-cam.com/video/zSOsAlYYFG4/w-d-xo.html
@@MyFamilyGarden great stuff!
Just found your channel I'm about to have a go at growing potatoes for the first time so that was great information about the times to plant I've just got some potato sacks but will maybe get some buckets too. Are you growing sweet potatoes too?
Glad you found us. I don't grow sweet potatoes the returns have never been good enough for the space
@@MyFamilyGarden Thanks for the reply with everything going on in the world nows definitely the time to learn to grow your own parties are a good start.
First! Sowed mine in Oct 👍
Nice!!
Morning. Another great video. I'm doing my Charlotte in tubs what do you mean wood chips for in the bottom of the tub? Can it be old dried out twigs off headges ect?
They can be anything from hedge trimmings, tree prunings, wood chip from the tree surgeons
Great video.would it be ok to do the same with Maris piper? Thanks.
Maria Piper are a main crop so they'll grow potatoes up the stem, so don't layer them just a couple about a third of the way up will be fine
Nice information iam from pakistan my home is very small gardning is my hobby i grow potato in a container
Mashallah they're perfect for a small garden
Great video. How do you keep fox etc from the chickens
They're normally tucked away bin their pen
Great explanation. I have a question though if u don’t mind. I planted mine last week in buckets and used a bit of potato manure I bought from a shop. They have been kept in an unseated conservatory but I have noticed there is like a fungal bloom on the surface of the pots. It was new bought compost and it’s only occurred on the potatoes. Ever seen that?
That sounds like poor ventilation causing the fungus to grow, it's not a problem because that fungus will help break down the compost further. If you don't like the look of it apply a layer of mulch over the top
I’m not composting yet so I’ve bought loads of compost, but can I make this go further by adding layers of leaves or something?
Yes you can, here are some tips on rationing compost th-cam.com/video/1V39Pkw2vJA/w-d-xo.html
I've just got hold of a load of 42 litre rubble buckets for my spuds, nice and cheap . ;-)
I’m using grow bags this season for mine. Have you ever experimented with grow bags?
I used growbags last about 10 years ago, they work well but they don't tend to last very long
Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to getting my garden going this year, including potatoes. Have you ever tried growing potaoes in double buckets? I've seen them with the inner bucket having sections cut out so you can lift it up and remove some potatoes through those openings and let the others grow. I don't see much on YT about it and wonder if those buckets are a gimmick. It would be nice to be able to pick a few at a time and not worry about storing all potatoes. And can you also just leave potatoes in some buckets after the plant dies back to store in situ?
I've seen those types of planters but i've never tried them, the price tag put me off. I won't harvest these all at once, because of the way they have been planted i can lift some of the plants that are growing at the top lay and leave the bottom layer, or harvest a single pot every couple of weeks. Potaotes are best stored under ground as long as the soil doesn't freeze, then you can just pick as needed. Early varieties don't store as well
@@MyFamilyGarden thanks. Yeah, expensive holes! I was thinking of using two regular buckets and cutting sections out of one. Sounds like there is no need by what you describe doing.
Waalaikumsalam , masya allah , nice video
Barakallah feek
Where do you get your woodchips from? I’ve over ordered on the seed potatoe front in fact I’ve chatted about 18 potatoes in 5 varieties. I can’t really dig up the lawn so would you recommend the wood chip bed over loads of buckets and how much space would a potato bed take up for the amount of potatoes I have to sow... I know I’m asking a lot and I’ve watched loads of potato growers on her tonight, I’m putting my trust in you lol
I get them from a local tree surgeon or make my own from prunings. For early varieties I don't think it matters but for maincrop woodchips are my preferred method. This video shows the size of bed I use th-cam.com/video/YOQrJyspLI8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the seeds let us know when you plant your gourd seeds
You're welcome, not sure if I'll be doing any videos on gourds this year did loads last year
I love potatoes...many dishes can be cooked using potatoes..i like pie the best!
I don't know wether we can grow potatoes here in Malaysia...but i know people in Indonesia do.
I tried mine late last year but the plant didn't grow.
We also grow potatoes in bangladesh so hopefully you should be able to, i know they grow them in the sandy soils in bangladesh so it's not as wet
Malaysia too 😊.....
Slm and hope u and family are well, quick question regarding woodchips you use, I have recently cut down a tree do I have to let it dry out or can I use straight away, also them buckets are perfect , where can I get them from?
Walaikum salaam, Alhamdulillah. use them straight away, I've left a link in the pinned comment and description to the buckets
@@MyFamilyGarden thank you, appreciate that
Hello Mothin. Oh dear maybe I have made a mistake here. I always put my potatoes in the ground at the beginning of March, because we have a slightly warmer climate in Milton Keynes than up in Yorkshire. Watching you and following your advice I planted my spuds into 18” deep woodchip the first week of March. I made a hole and filled it with compost, I pushed the spuds into this then covered it with clippings. Oh and I planted 2nd earlies. Listening to you now I’m wondering if I have done it wrong. I don’t have any containers to grow spuds in.
Hi Graham, I wouldn't worry you're in a warmer climate and that woodchip bed will give them all the protection they need, I can't wait to see how your potatoes turn out
Hello Mothin. Thanks for the confidence vote. I forgot to mention that I made the woodchip bed in October and between then and planting in March I added a cocktail of rotted horse manure, Chicken Pellets and a good scattering of Potato Fertiliser once planted. The worms are loving it so I hope my spuds do too.
What variety did you go with?
Hi Mothin. I planted Kestrel and Maris Piper. I have two experimental beds, the one with Kestrel had the cocktail added and Maris Piper is in the plain woodchip bed with a scattering of fertiliser. All experimental. This week I planted out All Year Round Cauliflower. White Round Cabbage and Pointed Cabbage (or Greens depends on where you come from). Last week I planted out Runner Beans. All beans and Brassicas are under plastic and fleece so well protected. I have Butternut Squash shouting at me to be planted out but in the past I have lost them through planting too early, first week of April will see those go in.
Thank you! What do you mean by “chicken compost”? Is that the soil from the chicken run? I have a 40-ft long chicken run with 8 chickens working on the soil all the time. How can I use it?
I use my chickens to make compost, this video explains th-cam.com/video/aiHe5DGHdF8/w-d-xo.html
Salaam alaykum please can you advise me when to take the frost bags off my young fruit trees, the suns out it’s a nice day but just worried incase after all this time with the bags on their not getting enough light.
Great advice! One question: Is it possible to plant potatoes in a covered bucket now?
I just planted some, I'll put them in the greenhouse next month but I'm not expecting a massive harvest
I bought some potatoes already chitted at the store. But the sprouts are longer. Should I throw them away and go get better ones?
Use the ones you bought, if you look at my latest potato growing video i address that exact issue
th-cam.com/video/KsdN5AU_B3A/w-d-xo.html
Walaikumassalam warahmatullah wabrakatuh
What is biocha????
This will explain th-cam.com/video/cNW2TCqs2WM/w-d-xo.html
Its posibble to use only dry leaf or compost by chicken?
So rare to find woodchip in malaysia... but dry leaf we have everyday whole year...
leaves will be brilliant, grass, veg peels etc the chickens will break it down really quickly,
my seed potatoes are shriveled and the eyes are really long so i left them in some light nw so they shoot so i can plant them in some buckets does anyone have advice?? im just a desi kid trna garden in lockdown
Go ahead and plant them, place the potato with it's shoot sideways, they'll grow
Which month is the best month to plant potato
Now
Waalaikumussalam warahmatullah
Can you cut the chits if they get too long?
I wouldn't, if you look at my latest potato growing video i address that exact issue
th-cam.com/video/KsdN5AU_B3A/w-d-xo.html
@@MyFamilyGarden 😪 aww man I just did mine yesterday and planted them. Oh well.
MFG Great post stay safe ATB
Thanks mate
👍👍👍
How do you deal with slugs? They're KILLING everything I plant.
I use nematodes
th-cam.com/video/V6BlvfvPoSE/w-d-xo.html
I’m sorry I’m hard if hearing what was the name of the item in the small container you sprinkled in the bucket ?? And what is it??
This will be my first… I’ve never planted anything before lol
Where you get your potato buckets at?
Can main crop be done in containers and if so how many per pot?
With maincrop put 2/3 potatoes in at the bottom, don't layer them
اسلام علیکم ماشااللہ
Walaikum salaam barakallah feek
brilliant demo pal ,easily understood and using what youve got around you. down to earth, bang on.
Salaam Brother, I really liked your video but request you to please make playlist so that one can follow them better please. This way even if I see them after a while I can easily follow if they are part of the playlist. By playlist I mean may be potato or similar vegetables planting in one playlist. Making compost or similar in another playlist and so on. I am Not saying to divide this video into different parts rather putting videos in right playlist. This is just a request.
Walaikum salaam, they're in a playlist by year, by category by date order
My Family Garden oh I missed it then. Will check again. Thanks a lot
alaikum salam, where to find woodchips?
Walaikum salaam, i get some from a local tree surgeon, so if you ring around you'll find someone
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Do wood the wood chips cause your mustache not to grow? Nice beard but your upper lip doesn't have hair. Good video