This demo was excellent! My only suggestion is that you show the final result you speak of (by preparing a potato in advance that is now ready for planting) and this may be in a different video, but seeing a "dried over" potato that is ready for planting would be a very helpful conclusion for this step of the process. I just found your channel today when I searched for and watched your video on growing the potatoes in a container. What I really love about your videos so far is that you don't over-explain and take forever to share information. Also your organization of your channel is fantastic because you have labeled with large lettering over the video so it's easy to find what I will want to watch. Subscribed immediately! Thanks for all of this information and I wish you the greatest success!
#1… I really like your approach to asking your viewers to share what type of videos we would like to hear. FOR ME, I know I can obsess over doing something RIGHT or abandoning a project or putting it off because I don’t know EXACTLY what the BEST WAY to get the highest yield. So I wind up with nothing, rather that start w what I know and learn as I go! I really get less obsessive or OCD, when learning something new the presenter says, “… don’t get discouraged, YOU CANT MESS THIS UP!” BTW, your video is the ONLY reason I’m now cutting my first ever purchased seed taters to let dry. I had no clue they needed to dry!! Thanks!! Example: Don’t worry about getting them at the proper depth in the soil. As long as they are covered with dirt, you’re good!! 👍🏼 “You really can’t mess this up!”😉
Hi Kevin - Eric😅, thank you so much for I am just learning at 68 years young. I am doing container gardening. And have 5 20 gallon fabric bags and waiting for 20 25 gallon bags. It is mid April here in the mid Hudson Valley so things are slowly coming back to life. I purchased 5 seed potatoes and now I know what to do…thank you. You are the best gardening inspiration. I am going to plant peas today and can’t wait to see the growing. I am slowly start takin over some more yard towards garden. I think I will be purchasing your raised beds to accomplish my takeover. Who needs yards to mow. It’s a British thing. Thank you for your help and support in learning to be a more self sufficient in providing a better way to make our food healthier.
Thank you. This is my first time planting potatoes ever..... i wasn't sure what exactly was a seed potato, meaning was it a special potato used for growing. I'm doing a no dig potato garden for blues, reds & sweets, plus a container garden. So excited. Thank you.
Sweets grow differently and are propagated differently so if you're new to them as well you might want to find a video about them, specifically. Just a FYI
Getting ready to teach potato planting to my Montessori Farm School middle school students today! They are going to love your video... Thanks for the thorough explanation about the reasons we trim down the potato matter, and for beginning with potato anatomy!
Thanks so much. I am learning by making mistakes. How long do they need to dry? I'm not sure what they should look like when they are ready to plant. Thank you again for your very informative videos.
Nice video! Please consider making your seed pieces a bit larger: 1.5 to 2 ounces seems to be an ideal size. Another consideration is that the seed piece needs to use additional energy to heal every cut face so there is no advantage to cutting away the extra material. The rot you mention is much more likely to come in through the cut face than the area with the intact skin.
I love to grow food from seeds but I wasn't sure how to grow them, I had potatoes that had gone to seed and I would just put them whole into the soil but what you said makes sense to have them dry out so they dont go rotten. Enjoyed your tips thank you
I just started gardening. I have my green house and a raised bed .. thanks to the hubby. Well, we started potatoes and was looking for some tips .. how long do potatoes even take before they start sprouting and how do you even know if your veggies have disease ...
I've now watched Volume one and two of your seed potatoes and I just want to say thank you, you got to the point explained and demonstrated excellent. As a viewer nothing bugs me more than a drawn out video of fluff so, again thank you for a well put together video, I am now subscribed and can't wait to check out your other gardening tips.
Thanks a lot for your gardening advise. I am in Aussie and find you practical examples excellent. You just get right to the point and provide easy to follow instruction. Thanks a lot.
Are you yet familiar with the channel Self Sufficient Me? He's a lovely, informative fellow -- and also an Aussie. 😃 th-cam.com/video/MZ4pLUrtPpg/w-d-xo.html
This is the way I remember my dad doing potatoes every year. I remember him layering them in boxes lined with newspaper in between. We always had lots of potatoes to harvest.
This was very informative ! I have always wondered about this sort of comparison. Maybe do a combo of the two trench at 1 ft deep? Maybe do different ways to grow green runner beans?
Love the info! I grew up with my parents just putting the whole potatoes in a mound. Glad I seen this. I will give it a try. I plan on planting mine in self wicking buckets.
I would love a start to finish, complete guide for potatoes. I am trying to grow them this year and it seems like everyone had videos that only cover one part of the process. The problem is, apparently with potatoes, there are many steps that have to be done at different, specific times! Trying to piece that all together from separate videos is a bit challenging.
This was perfect! I’m planting some potatoes soon and now I have a great idea on how to start! Much appreciated!!!! Really enjoy the tips and tricks! Thank you!
I am very glad you did this video. It was extremely informative especially with the close-ups. I hope you will do a video for each part of the process for these potatoes because they are such a different crop. Also, as easy as everyone says they are to grow, I have not had good success. For now I'm back to just growing in pots anyway. Look forward to learning more. Keep up the good work.
I'm getting ready to plant potatoes and i'm so happy I watched this.. I wasn't going to any of that.. I watched a video where the guy just put the whole potato into the soil and called it a day.. now I have a way to maximize my potato! I am very new to this and I am eager to learn any and everything I can about it.. But more importantly, where did you find this beautifully colored potatoes!?? I want to taste that so bad now.
Thank you soo much for this informative video. I have been wanting to experiment with growing potatoes and actually have a few perfect potatoes that have several eyes that I was going to cut and then immediately plant and now I know that would have been a mistake. Appreciate learning how and why that you present in your videos. Love to learn about growing broccoli, green peppers and squash in containers.
Very interesting to see. I got some seed potatoes back in march and and ended up just putting them in the ground whole and the amount of potatoes we harvested was very sad. Im curios if putting them in whole was the absolute wrong move. Do you need to cut them up?
2nd year gardener here - potatoes were my favorite to grow last year, but I didn’t cut my seed potatoes. This year I am cutting them, but after 3 days they look pretty dry. Can you show what these look like at planting please?
That’s what I need to see! I planted before and ants ate everything, I think. Didn’t know to let them dry out or scab over. Gotta see how they look before planting please! Ty
We are at home with kids and started re-gaining interest in urban gardening. Your video is super useful and a much simpler way to show them why we can't just chop and plant! Thanks, my son is wondering where you consider home? or your heritage? I said we are all earthlings :) but if you don't mind sharing let us know.
How long between the time that you cut the potatoes and the time that you can plant them? Do they need to dry for minutes? Hours? Days? Thanks for the video!
Good information, thank you. I was hoping, though, to find out if the seed potatoes I bought 10 days ago, some of which are quite soft and have long "sprouts" from the eyes already, are still okay to cut up, dry, and plant. Advice, please?
A couple of questions: 1 How long for the cuttings to dry and crust? 2. How long after I plant does it take to get a harvest? 3 what about succession planting, how should I time the next planting? 4 I’m in zone 8b, high desert, any variety better than other? TIA
@@luzamart2 im in high desert. At least over night. 15 to 30 days for secession. You can look for determinate or long storing. Plant both types and you have secession
Loved the video. I am new to this and was totally confused after 3 hours on Pinterest. Thank you for being so informative. Now, I know what to do with the 3 lbs. of seed potatoes I just bought. How long should I let them dry out? Is it a matter of a few days? Looking forward to following you and seeing what to do next!
Love these type of videos. You do your research and do a great job of explaining things. I just got my seed potatoes yesterday. I am excited to get them ready and then plant them.
Didn't know you trimmed them that close to eye,also I didn't ever wait for them to scab over! What's the best way to get eyes bigger before planting! Great video
Thank you for this video. My 7 year old and I love your videos. He wants to grow potatoes and we knew where to go for info. Thank you. Next up to figure out how to fix our compost bin.
Thank you.. thank you , thank you !! I've asked this question, with no response or answer from anyone over the past year! I didn't understand why folks didn't cut the potatoes before growing them? wouldn't you get more potatoes? etc
Your videos are excellent. And have given me the courage to move forward to planting potatoes. My questions: does it matter what time of year to plant seed potatoes? And: do you have experience with planting a potato that one gets from the grocery store. ie pros and cons of that. Thank you.
I get so much information from Epic Gardening. I have about 5 acres, I want to utilize, I also have chickens so would like to move towards a homesteading lifestyle. THANK YOU
I bought some seed potatoes but didn't know where to start. Thank you for this! I'm excited to get started. Could you maybe talk about planting onions also?
My family tried to plant some potatoes (partly for a school project), and... well, the plants themselves grew fairly well, but the yield was... underwhelming (all tiny little things-- to be fair, I'm sure possums dug up the big ones). All we heard was, "just cut up the potatoes and chuck them in the ground". I'm sure we would've found the proper method if we found the right book in the right library or something (this was back in 1990 ish, so no widely-available Internet), but the experience was enough to put us off for a long time. You've given me some great tips here that I'll put to good use when we find some spuds with eyes on 'em.
According to my local nursery, after you cut a potato, you dip the wound into sulfur to help prevent fungus. They also said corn starch is a bad choice. Lime can cause scabbing.
How to save more than the basic seeds? Like strawberries, onions and broccoli? I love your videos, tours and tutorials. Your shop is fantastic and I’m impatiently waiting for my order because I’m so excited!
Yesss this is great! Do you have strawberries? Any tips? Also, maybe some information about common weeds. I know the basic ones but there’s been a patch of something next to our driveway. The leafs look a little like parsley but wider and theres a big patch!
I've got some strawberries right now so I'll do a video on those soon. Great idea on the weeds, I honestly didn't think about that because I don't have too many weeds in my garden anymore 😎
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This demo was excellent! My only suggestion is that you show the final result you speak of (by preparing a potato in advance that is now ready for planting) and this may be in a different video, but seeing a "dried over" potato that is ready for planting would be a very helpful conclusion for this step of the process. I just found your channel today when I searched for and watched your video on growing the potatoes in a container. What I really love about your videos so far is that you don't over-explain and take forever to share information. Also your organization of your channel is fantastic because you have labeled with large lettering over the video so it's easy to find what I will want to watch. Subscribed immediately! Thanks for all of this information and I wish you the greatest success!
#1… I really like your approach to asking your viewers to share what type of videos we would like to hear. FOR ME, I know I can obsess over doing something RIGHT or abandoning a project or putting it off because I don’t know EXACTLY what the BEST WAY to get the highest yield. So I wind up with nothing, rather that start w what I know and learn as I go! I really get less obsessive or OCD, when learning something new the presenter says, “… don’t get discouraged, YOU CANT MESS THIS UP!”
BTW, your video is the ONLY reason I’m now cutting my first ever purchased seed taters to let dry. I had no clue they needed to dry!! Thanks!!
Example: Don’t worry about getting them at the proper depth in the soil. As long as they are covered with dirt, you’re good!! 👍🏼 “You really can’t mess this up!”😉
You're killing it, keep doing exactly what you're doing! I get a lot of great info from your videos, despite us being in different hardiness zones.
Thanks Randy! Hopefully these techniques are timeless and can be applied to any zone at the right time of year :)
Hi Kevin - Eric😅, thank you so much for I am just learning at 68 years young. I am doing container gardening. And have 5 20 gallon fabric bags and waiting for 20 25 gallon bags. It is mid April here in the mid Hudson Valley so things are slowly coming back to life. I purchased 5 seed potatoes and now I know what to do…thank you. You are the best gardening inspiration. I am going to plant peas today and can’t wait to see the growing. I am slowly start takin over some more yard towards garden. I think I will be purchasing your raised beds to accomplish my takeover. Who needs yards to mow. It’s a British thing. Thank you for your help and support in learning to be a more self sufficient in providing a better way to make our food healthier.
Thank you. This is my first time planting potatoes ever..... i wasn't sure what exactly was a seed potato, meaning was it a special potato used for growing. I'm doing a no dig potato garden for blues, reds & sweets, plus a container garden. So excited. Thank you.
Sweets grow differently and are propagated differently so if you're new to them as well you might want to find a video about them, specifically. Just a FYI
Getting ready to teach potato planting to my Montessori Farm School middle school students today! They are going to love your video... Thanks for the thorough explanation about the reasons we trim down the potato matter, and for beginning with potato anatomy!
Thanks so much. I am learning by making mistakes. How long do they need to dry? I'm not sure what they should look like when they are ready to plant. Thank you again for your very informative videos.
I’m in Greater Montreal and I LOVE watching all your videos! Great Job!!! I was about to plant whole potatoes and I’m glad I just watched this!
Nice video! Please consider making your seed pieces a bit larger: 1.5 to 2 ounces seems to be an ideal size. Another consideration is that the seed piece needs to use additional energy to heal every cut face so there is no advantage to cutting away the extra material. The rot you mention is much more likely to come in through the cut face than the area with the intact skin.
I have always just planted whole seed potatoes, never cut. Ive never had any diseases and always great yields.
Wow
I love to grow food from seeds but I wasn't sure how to grow them, I had potatoes that had gone to seed and I would just put them whole into the soil but what you said makes sense to have them dry out so they dont go rotten. Enjoyed your tips thank you
You're welcome, good luck!
I just started gardening. I have my green house and a raised bed .. thanks to the hubby. Well, we started potatoes and was looking for some tips .. how long do potatoes even take before they start sprouting and how do you even know if your veggies have disease ...
I've now watched Volume one and two of your seed potatoes and I just want to say thank you, you got to the point explained and demonstrated excellent. As a viewer nothing bugs me more than a drawn out video of fluff so, again thank you for a well put together video, I am now subscribed and can't wait to check out your other gardening tips.
Thanks a lot for your gardening advise. I am in Aussie and find you practical examples excellent. You just get right to the point and provide easy to follow instruction. Thanks a lot.
Are you yet familiar with the channel Self Sufficient Me? He's a lovely, informative fellow -- and also an Aussie. 😃 th-cam.com/video/MZ4pLUrtPpg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for dumbing it down... I have been trying and not understanding other videos but you explain everything. Thank you!!!!
Omg THANK YOU! Yours are my favorite gardening how-to videos. 😊
This is the way I remember my dad doing potatoes every year. I remember him layering them in boxes lined with newspaper in between. We always had lots of potatoes to harvest.
This was very informative ! I have always wondered about this sort of comparison. Maybe do a combo of the two trench at 1 ft deep? Maybe do different ways to grow green runner beans?
Love the info! I grew up with my parents just putting the whole potatoes in a mound. Glad I seen this. I will give it a try. I plan on planting mine in self wicking buckets.
This is what I saw him do in another video. I guess either way will work
I love how you get so excited you say now I've stopped freaking out it's hilarious really entertaining I love your tube videos very informative
I would love a start to finish, complete guide for potatoes. I am trying to grow them this year and it seems like everyone had videos that only cover one part of the process. The problem is, apparently with potatoes, there are many steps that have to be done at different, specific times! Trying to piece that all together from separate videos is a bit challenging.
He has an entire Playlist
My first time planting potatoes and glad u had this video, thanks
This was perfect! I’m planting some potatoes soon and now I have a great idea on how to start! Much appreciated!!!! Really enjoy the tips and tricks! Thank you!
"Soo...now that im done Freaking out" ahaha I love this guy
Madison Grace ikrrrr
That was a pretty potato. I freaked out a little myself.
(one o and a dash) 2:48 😏
I freaked out too. It's gorgeous.
I am very glad you did this video. It was extremely informative especially with the close-ups. I hope you will do a video for each part of the process for these potatoes because they are such a different crop. Also, as easy as everyone says they are to grow, I have not had good success. For now I'm back to just growing in pots anyway. Look forward to learning more. Keep up the good work.
I'll definitely do followups as I let these scab over, plant them, hill them up, and grow them in various containers! Appreciate the commend Elsie!
I'm getting ready to plant potatoes and i'm so happy I watched this.. I wasn't going to any of that.. I watched a video where the guy just put the whole potato into the soil and called it a day.. now I have a way to maximize my potato! I am very new to this and I am eager to learn any and everything I can about it..
But more importantly, where did you find this beautifully colored potatoes!?? I want to taste that so bad now.
You certainly can do that! This is to make use of larger potatoes with more sprouting eyes. I got mine from ufseeds.com
Cool
This is so cool! I just made my first seed potatoes and this step by step tutorial was so helpful. Thank you!
Good information! Straight to the point and easy to understand. More videos like this one would be awesome!
This is very useful to know.
Thank you for making this.
Thank you soo much for this informative video. I have been wanting to experiment with growing potatoes and actually have a few perfect potatoes that have several eyes that I was going to cut and then immediately plant and now I know that would have been a mistake. Appreciate learning how and why that you present in your videos. Love to learn about growing broccoli, green peppers and squash in containers.
Very interesting to see. I got some seed potatoes back in march and and ended up just putting them in the ground whole and the amount of potatoes we harvested was very sad. Im curios if putting them in whole was the absolute wrong move. Do you need to cut them up?
Only video on watched to get started. Only one needed. Thanks!
Does anyone else love how smoothly that knife cuts? So satisfying.
Yes, I want that knife lol
One day i will have my own places and i will grow tons of things..one day..
And thanks to you im learning so much even without space🙃
Lol, great opening, love when he's having fun
Thank you for putting the links in the comment section!!!
2nd year gardener here - potatoes were my favorite to grow last year, but I didn’t cut my seed potatoes. This year I am cutting them, but after 3 days they look pretty dry. Can you show what these look like at planting please?
That’s what I need to see! I planted before and ants ate everything, I think. Didn’t know to let them dry out or scab over. Gotta see how they look before planting please! Ty
Excellent video. Very informational and engaging.
A link to the video how to plant in garden ( pt2) would be helpful! This looks fun!
Just found you! I have watched several of your videos now & I love how well you exain this. The quality & quality are excellent! Thank you!
Like your video on sweet potato process for planting.
We are at home with kids and started re-gaining interest in urban gardening. Your video is super useful and a much simpler way to show them why we can't just chop and plant! Thanks, my son is wondering where you consider home? or your heritage? I said we are all earthlings :) but if you don't mind sharing let us know.
How long between the time that you cut the potatoes and the time that you can plant them? Do they need to dry for minutes? Hours? Days? Thanks for the video!
Good information, thank you. I was hoping, though, to find out if the seed potatoes I bought 10 days ago, some of which are quite soft and have long "sprouts" from the eyes already, are still okay to cut up, dry, and plant. Advice, please?
Lol, nice sunglasses!! Love your channel!!! We have learned so much from you, thank you! I would watch anything you make here on yt!!
Did I have my little bag of seed potatoes right next to me while watching? You betcha 🤩😁 On to the next video!
Woow look at that powerful blue!
Thx for the tips i'm gonna grow potatoes now!
Some epic gardening tips.
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Just found your channel. Enjoying then potato planting series.
You're gonna love this year then...tons of potatoes!
A couple of questions: 1 How long for the cuttings to dry and crust? 2. How long after I plant does it take to get a harvest? 3 what about succession planting, how should I time the next planting? 4 I’m in zone 8b, high desert, any variety better than other? TIA
@@luzamart2 im in high desert. At least over night. 15 to 30 days for secession. You can look for determinate or long storing. Plant both types and you have secession
Loved the video. I am new to this and was totally confused after 3 hours on Pinterest. Thank you for being so informative. Now, I know what to do with the 3 lbs. of seed potatoes I just bought. How long should I let them dry out? Is it a matter of a few days? Looking forward to following you and seeing what to do next!
I agree! Check out his store! It’s beautiful and great quality items.
Is it necessary to cut the potatoes or is this just to increase possible yields?
I did not freak out but I got a lot out of this epic video, thanks
Love these type of videos. You do your research and do a great job of explaining things. I just got my seed potatoes yesterday. I am excited to get them ready and then plant them.
I love the short, info rich editions… fantastic 🥰😎
Great vid, love the close-ups and great detail. So many other channels gloss over this. Great job!
Didn't know you trimmed them that close to eye,also I didn't ever wait for them to scab over! What's the best way to get eyes bigger before planting! Great video
I needed this advise. thanks for the video
Thank you for this video. My 7 year old and I love your videos. He wants to grow potatoes and we knew where to go for info. Thank you. Next up to figure out how to fix our compost bin.
Thank you.. thank you , thank you !! I've asked this question, with no response or answer from anyone over the past year!
I didn't understand why folks didn't cut the potatoes before growing them? wouldn't you get more potatoes? etc
Once cut…how long will they keep before planting?
Love to learn thanks i just put in my raised garden last ye
I'm going to try to grow some. Thank you for the knowledge!
Your videos are excellent. And have given me the courage to move forward to planting potatoes. My questions: does it matter what time of year to plant seed potatoes? And: do you have experience with planting a potato that one gets from the grocery store. ie pros and cons of that. Thank you.
Did you find when to plant?
great tips for preparation
Thank you I learned so much in such a short time... thanks to you!
Learned this in school as a kid in NYC...used it first time during lockdown. Plants look great...hoping for a crop.
I get so much information from Epic Gardening. I have about 5 acres, I want to utilize, I also have chickens so would like to move towards a homesteading lifestyle. THANK YOU
I bought some seed potatoes but didn't know where to start. Thank you for this! I'm excited to get started. Could you maybe talk about planting onions also?
Thanks for the information!
My family tried to plant some potatoes (partly for a school project), and... well, the plants themselves grew fairly well, but the yield was... underwhelming (all tiny little things-- to be fair, I'm sure possums dug up the big ones). All we heard was, "just cut up the potatoes and chuck them in the ground". I'm sure we would've found the proper method if we found the right book in the right library or something (this was back in 1990 ish, so no widely-available Internet), but the experience was enough to put us off for a long time.
You've given me some great tips here that I'll put to good use when we find some spuds with eyes on 'em.
According to my local nursery, after you cut a potato, you dip the wound into sulfur to help prevent fungus.
They also said corn starch is a bad choice.
Lime can cause scabbing.
Great video where do you let the seed potatoes dry out at before you plant them??
Can you use store bought potatoes as seed potatoes? Would prepping them be the same?
Do you do this for a living? how do you have this much time? Ps I started gardening because of u!
How long are you letting dry after cuts? what are best kind of potatoes to use and to buy organic ones or store bought is ok
Love your vids, you’re easy to follow, thank you!!!
How to save more than the basic seeds? Like strawberries, onions and broccoli? I love your videos, tours and tutorials. Your shop is fantastic and I’m impatiently waiting for my order because I’m so excited!
Love the shades and wooooop😂. Great combination of education and laughter.
super helpful, cannot thank you enough
My seed potatoes just arrived from Grand Teton Organics. Gotta let those eyes develope now.
How long are you going to let your potato cuttings dry until it is safe to plant them?
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Succinct information presented superbly! 👌🙏
Could you place them in front of a blowing fan to dry faster?
Great Video!! Quick question. How long do you let the potato seeds dry?
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this video and the planting one that follows!!!
Dude thank you. This was helpful.
Cool like this guy. Clear informative good pace and fun ! I’m in 👍
Yesss this is great!
Do you have strawberries? Any tips?
Also, maybe some information about common weeds. I know the basic ones but there’s been a patch of something next to our driveway. The leafs look a little like parsley but wider and theres a big patch!
I've got some strawberries right now so I'll do a video on those soon. Great idea on the weeds, I honestly didn't think about that because I don't have too many weeds in my garden anymore 😎
@@epicgardening So, about that strawberry video...
awesome video. Just starting to learn about gardening.
Congrats for your enormous success! I remember watching you when you had less than 200K subs
the color of that potato is so pretty, I didn't know they can have other colors
Love your videos. So informative. What variety is the blue potato in this video? I would love to try growing them, myself. Thanks!
How long do the seed potatoes need to dry before planting? Thx
How long do you let the cut part of the seed potato dry out before planting?
Wow!!! That’s pretty awesome! Ok I get it!
This is so helpful thanks!! How long does it take to scab over?
Excellent! Thank you! Do more
When you’re done cutting do you put them in the sun in the dark in the shade?
Well done.