Hi Gary, I usually grow maincrop potatoes Sarpo Mera and Rudolph both variety's keep well over winter, but also grow any spare seed potatoes in my compost bins, the advantage is that you can pick young potatoes without disturbing the main plant and it can be left to maturity if you want. Regards Bob
Thank you for your comment Bob which is greatly appreciated. I will make an effort to get some Sarpo Mera as many growers recommend them and they are blight resistant. As stated in the video, the post and package costs put me off so I will try to get some locally. Kind regards. Gary
Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and also the BELL ICON to be notified when each new video is uploaded. I hope you enjoy the videos and let me know if you have any suggestions for future videos. Thank you for watching. Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, just stumbled across your channel and subscribed, the information you give is spot on. I’m growing Sarpo Blue Danube this year and using the same compost as I have for the last three years with added Fish, Blood & Bone, absolutely no reason to purchase compost annually. Agree entirely on postage costs, I bought mine from a well known supplier and the postage was ridiculous and the seeds were also very small! My wife bought home the same variety from Dobbies garden centre, cheaper and far better quality, lesson learned.
Thank you so much for your comment Michael and I’m so pleased you like my videos and find them helpful. The postage costs for potatoes and seeds generally are excessive and seeds suppliers need to do something about thick otherwise they will put off future customers. Also, adding fish, blood and bone into used compost helps to add back nutrients that have been lost from previous crops, so you appear to do what I do and reduce the need to buy new compost. Thanks again for your comments and welcome to the channel. Kind regards. Gary
I love growing potatoes in pots although we don’t really eat many potatoes. I use a mixture of leaf mould, sieved composted bark from an old path, my own compost and some sort of fertiliser it like fish blood and bone or potato fertiliser. I save the purchased compost for the top layer to suppress weeds. After the potatoes are picked I use the compost for leeks or carrots or salads. Then I tip it into my chickens compound in a box made of old pallet collars and the chickens pick through it all winter and then I reuse it in pots or put on top of beds.
Thank you very much for your comment Gail. It’s good to use other things like leaf mold and sieved compost bark to baulk out the compost which makes it much mite cost effective. You make some great suggestions which I’m sure will help other growers so thank you very much. Kind regards. Gary
Thank you very much Corrine and I’m pleased you are enjoying my video. I will take a look at Vales Sovereign so thank you for the suggestion. Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, great video, I have some of those pots, and will be using them for my potatoes. I agree with you on the post and packaging, it does put you off buying. Lovely seeing Jacob helping. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for your comment Sheila which is greatly appreciated. Yes the post and package costs are too high and seed merchants need to look at this. Jacob was a great help and looking forward to harvesting the potatoes when ready! Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary. Interesting video. Over the past 2 years I have grown 1st and 2nd earlies in buckets and a raised bed. Very little difference in the crop per plant but as you said the cost of compost really is a real problem so this year I will just be growing in my raised bed. This year I am growing Charlotte and Arran Pilot which I am currently chitting and hope to plant out later next week . Fingers crossed for a good crop and good luck with yours as well. Trevor.
Thank you very much for your comment Trevor which is really appreciated. The cost of the compost will be a real issue for many as growing in containers can require quite a lot so unless we can find ways of being cost effective it will put a lot of people off using this method. Thanks again for your comment and kind regards. Gary
Thank you very much for your comment Richard and I am so pleased you enjoyed the video. Please check that you spelt my email address correctly; garyoneill65@hotmail.co.uk often people miss one of the ‘l’s or miss the ‘65’ or use ‘.com’ instead of ‘.co.uk’. Please try sending another email and I will happily send you one of my Vegetable Sowing and Planting Calendars, completely free. Kind regards. Gary
Thank you very much for your comment Valorie. I might try using more leaf mold for my main crop potatoes which will reduce the amount of compost I need. Thank you for the suggestion. Kind regards. Gary
I’ve used this method (with homegrown compost too) but need to add fish, blood and bone to get a bigger crop. My granddaughter just luuuuvs harvesting potatoes!!!
Thank you for your comment Maggie. Fish, blood and bone adds some great nutrients to the compost and should help to produce more productive crops. I will be getting my grandsons to harvest the potatoes when they are ready too, which I’m sure they will love! Kind regards. Gary
I use Morrisons flower buckets. One seed to a pot and homemade compost with chicken manure pellets and potato fertiliser. I like Fortyfold heritage potatoes
Thank you very much for your comment Raymond which is greatly appreciated. Even better if you can get the pots for free! I’ve not tried Fortyfold Heritage potatoes before so I will take a look at these. Thank you for the suggestion and kind regards. Gary
@@RaymondButcher-lw2rm hi Raymond, yes, I am on Facebook which I use for my veg growing activities, but I’m not based in Cambridge, I’m based in the West Midlands. Kind regards. Gary
I've heard about people getting flower buckets for free....I need to go and ask! I've got a mixture of fabric grow bags, plastic growbags and hard plastic pots this year.ive got a small patio garden but have a large allotment plot and the areas that still aren't quite up to scratch (not long had it and was left in an awful state!) I'm going to try the old tyre method....know it's probably not great but I've got a load of tyres left behind and some space I've done the best I can with for now, covered with cardboard and then mixed up home made compost, leaf mould....free bags of chicken/guinea pig manure and straw from facebook and some pellets/fish blood and bone! Shall see what produces the best results 😊👍 re space and actually cost of buying potatoes from the shop, really doesn't seem worth the effort of using up so much outdoor growing space....but maybe using some twigs/leaves...any organic matter to fill the bottom of pots might help re cost of compost and filling them 🤷♀️ seen some videos where 2-3 seeds potatoes are planted and then another layer of compost etc and then 2 seed potatoes in the spaces where the last ones werent...to maximise space. My Family Garden on TH-cam is another great channel to watch too....as is yours 👍😊
@@clarejerome7679 thank you very much for your comment Clare which is greatly appreciated. I’m pleased you like my channel. I’m also going to ask at my local supermarket to see if they have any spare plastic containers. Anything we can get for free is a real bonus! Let me know how you get on with your potatoes, you are trying some really interesting things. Kind regards. Gary
Thank you very much for your comment Theo which is very much appreciated. Sarpo Mira is definitely a variety I want to try as so many other growers seem to favour them. Kind regards. Gary
Great video Gary. I'm planting 8 or so Charlotte's directly in the ground this year. The cost of compost just doesn't represent good value for money imo to produce a low-cost vegetable in tubs like i did last year. It's more about me learning how to grow them this year than having a big crop. I have Sarpo Mera as main crop, as recommended by Huw Richards, for its blight resistance. Just in case 😂
Thank you very much for your comment and I’m really pleased you enjoyed the video. I commented at the end of the video that I would be reluctant to grow spuds in containers if I did not have my own homemade compost, so I totally agree with you on that. I was also looking to try Sarpo Mera but I was put off by the cost of post and packaging which made the potatoes very expensive. Kind regards. Gary
@@redbaron1392 I made a plea in the video for seed merchants to reduce the post and package costs as they are losing customers like me, and clearly you! Kind regards. Gary
Thank you very much for your comment. King Edwards are a great variety which I’ve grown before and produce some decent size potatoes as well. Great variety if anyone has never tried them before. Kind regards. Gary
First year for me growing potatoes in pots, I have, pentlen javelin, Charlotte, desrira, and maras pippers, sorry for spelling am dyslexic. But am sure you know what they are.
Thank you very much for your comment which is greatly appreciated. You have some great varieties of potatoes there and I’m sure you will do very well. Desiree are great and a variety I’ve grown for years. Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, I usually grow maincrop potatoes Sarpo Mera and Rudolph both variety's keep well over winter, but also grow any spare seed potatoes in my compost bins, the advantage is that you can pick young potatoes without disturbing the main plant and it can be left to maturity if you want. Regards Bob
Thank you for your comment Bob which is greatly appreciated. I will make an effort to get some Sarpo Mera as many growers recommend them and they are blight resistant. As stated in the video, the post and package costs put me off so I will try to get some locally. Kind regards. Gary
Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and also the BELL ICON to be notified when each new video is uploaded. I hope you enjoy the videos and let me know if you have any suggestions for future videos. Thank you for watching. Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, just stumbled across your channel and subscribed, the information you give is spot on. I’m growing Sarpo Blue Danube this year and using the same compost as I have for the last three years with added Fish, Blood & Bone, absolutely no reason to purchase compost annually. Agree entirely on postage costs, I bought mine from a well known supplier and the postage was ridiculous and the seeds were also very small! My wife bought home the same variety from Dobbies garden centre, cheaper and far better quality, lesson learned.
Thank you so much for your comment Michael and I’m so pleased you like my videos and find them helpful.
The postage costs for potatoes and seeds generally are excessive and seeds suppliers need to do something about thick otherwise they will put off future customers.
Also, adding fish, blood and bone into used compost helps to add back nutrients that have been lost from previous crops, so you appear to do what I do and reduce the need to buy new compost. Thanks again for your comments and welcome to the channel. Kind regards. Gary
I love growing potatoes in pots although we don’t really eat many potatoes. I use a mixture of leaf mould, sieved composted bark from an old path, my own compost and some sort of fertiliser it like fish blood and bone or potato fertiliser. I save the purchased compost for the top layer to suppress weeds. After the potatoes are picked I use the compost for leeks or carrots or salads. Then I tip it into my chickens compound in a box made of old pallet collars and the chickens pick through it all winter and then I reuse it in pots or put on top of beds.
Thank you very much for your comment Gail. It’s good to use other things like leaf mold and sieved compost bark to baulk out the compost which makes it much mite cost effective. You make some great suggestions which I’m sure will help other growers so thank you very much. Kind regards. Gary
Hello Gary found vales sovereign potatoes as main crop do really well for me great videos in West midlands
Thank you very much Corrine and I’m pleased you are enjoying my video. I will take a look at Vales Sovereign so thank you for the suggestion. Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, great video, I have some of those pots, and will be using them for my potatoes. I agree with you on the post and packaging, it does put you off buying. Lovely seeing Jacob helping. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for your comment Sheila which is greatly appreciated. Yes the post and package costs are too high and seed merchants need to look at this.
Jacob was a great help and looking forward to harvesting the potatoes when ready! Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary. Interesting video. Over the past 2 years I have grown 1st and 2nd earlies in buckets and a raised bed. Very little difference in the crop per plant but as you said the cost of compost really is a real problem so this year I will just be growing in my raised bed. This year I am growing Charlotte and Arran Pilot which I am currently chitting and hope to plant out later next week . Fingers crossed for a good crop and good luck with yours as well. Trevor.
Thank you very much for your comment Trevor which is really appreciated. The cost of the compost will be a real issue for many as growing in containers can require quite a lot so unless we can find ways of being cost effective it will put a lot of people off using this method. Thanks again for your comment and kind regards. Gary
Great help as it's going to be my first time in pots, I did send you an email asking for a calendar but have not yet received it
Thank you very much for your comment Richard and I am so pleased you enjoyed the video.
Please check that you spelt my email address correctly; garyoneill65@hotmail.co.uk often people miss one of the ‘l’s or miss the ‘65’ or use ‘.com’ instead of ‘.co.uk’. Please try sending another email and I will happily send you one of my Vegetable Sowing and Planting Calendars, completely free. Kind regards. Gary
I grow my potatoes in pots; however, I only put a bit of soil in the bottom with fertilize and grow them in leaf mold or just leaves. 🙂
Thank you very much for your comment Valorie. I might try using more leaf mold for my main crop potatoes which will reduce the amount of compost I need. Thank you for the suggestion. Kind regards. Gary
I’ve used this method (with homegrown compost too) but need to add fish, blood and bone to get a bigger crop. My granddaughter just luuuuvs harvesting potatoes!!!
Thank you for your comment Maggie. Fish, blood and bone adds some great nutrients to the compost and should help to produce more productive crops. I will be getting my grandsons to harvest the potatoes when they are ready too, which I’m sure they will love! Kind regards. Gary
I use Morrisons flower buckets. One seed to a pot and homemade compost with chicken manure pellets and potato fertiliser. I like Fortyfold heritage potatoes
Thank you very much for your comment Raymond which is greatly appreciated. Even better if you can get the pots for free! I’ve not tried Fortyfold Heritage potatoes before so I will take a look at these. Thank you for the suggestion and kind regards. Gary
Are you on facebook in Cambridge?
@@RaymondButcher-lw2rm hi Raymond, yes, I am on Facebook which I use for my veg growing activities, but I’m not based in Cambridge, I’m based in the West Midlands. Kind regards. Gary
I've heard about people getting flower buckets for free....I need to go and ask!
I've got a mixture of fabric grow bags, plastic growbags and hard plastic pots this year.ive got a small patio garden but have a large allotment plot and the areas that still aren't quite up to scratch (not long had it and was left in an awful state!) I'm going to try the old tyre method....know it's probably not great but I've got a load of tyres left behind and some space I've done the best I can with for now, covered with cardboard and then mixed up home made compost, leaf mould....free bags of chicken/guinea pig manure and straw from facebook and some pellets/fish blood and bone! Shall see what produces the best results 😊👍 re space and actually cost of buying potatoes from the shop, really doesn't seem worth the effort of using up so much outdoor growing space....but maybe using some twigs/leaves...any organic matter to fill the bottom of pots might help re cost of compost and filling them 🤷♀️ seen some videos where 2-3 seeds potatoes are planted and then another layer of compost etc and then 2 seed potatoes in the spaces where the last ones werent...to maximise space.
My Family Garden on TH-cam is another great channel to watch too....as is yours 👍😊
@@clarejerome7679 thank you very much for your comment Clare which is greatly appreciated. I’m pleased you like my channel.
I’m also going to ask at my local supermarket to see if they have any spare plastic containers. Anything we can get for free is a real bonus! Let me know how you get on with your potatoes, you are trying some really interesting things. Kind regards. Gary
great informative video have subscribed
Thank you very much for your comment and a warm welcome to the channel! Kind regards. Gary
Hi Gary, my favorit in pots is sarpo mira, but no fitting them this year in Belgium
Thank you very much for your comment Theo which is very much appreciated. Sarpo Mira is definitely a variety I want to try as so many other growers seem to favour them. Kind regards. Gary
Great video Gary. I'm planting 8 or so Charlotte's directly in the ground this year. The cost of compost just doesn't represent good value for money imo to produce a low-cost vegetable in tubs like i did last year. It's more about me learning how to grow them this year than having a big crop. I have Sarpo Mera as main crop, as recommended by Huw Richards, for its blight resistance. Just in case 😂
Thank you very much for your comment and I’m really pleased you enjoyed the video.
I commented at the end of the video that I would be reluctant to grow spuds in containers if I did not have my own homemade compost, so I totally agree with you on that. I was also looking to try Sarpo Mera but I was put off by the cost of post and packaging which made the potatoes very expensive. Kind regards. Gary
@The Allotment Garden and Kitchen Yes the p and p was over the top at 7.99! I learned a lesson 😆
@@redbaron1392 I made a plea in the video for seed merchants to reduce the post and package costs as they are losing customers like me, and clearly you! Kind regards. Gary
Let me know which varieties of potatoes are your favorites and what you will be growing this year by adding a comment below!
Good old fashioned King Edward for me, fingers crossed we all get a bumper crop this year.
Thank you very much for your comment. King Edwards are a great variety which I’ve grown before and produce some decent size potatoes as well. Great variety if anyone has never tried them before. Kind regards. Gary
First year for me growing potatoes in pots, I have, pentlen javelin, Charlotte, desrira, and maras pippers, sorry for spelling am dyslexic. But am sure you know what they are.
Thank you very much for your comment which is greatly appreciated. You have some great varieties of potatoes there and I’m sure you will do very well. Desiree are great and a variety I’ve grown for years. Kind regards. Gary
I grow Sarpo Mira potatoes main crop.
Hi Phil and thank you for your comment. I’ve heard really good things about Sarpo Mira so I will definitely try to get some. Kind regards. Gary
Are those 30 or 50 litre pots?
Thank you for your question. The pots I use in the video are 30 litre pots. Kind regards. Gary