WHAT! DIG THEM DEEPER AND NEVER HILL THEM!!! Woohoo!! I dug mine deep in a small space and I was so worried about hilling them and now I know I don't have too!! HERO!!! Thanks Luke!! You rock!!
Hill or earthing up is kind of old fashioned. It means you plant them shallow so don't have much trouble digging them up.I plant in containers now,very deep and also bury containers in ground.Nothing more to do until harvest. Then just pull whole container up and tip contents in barrow and search for potatoes. Put spent soil/compost in hole and plant garlic. Minimum 5kg or 12 lbs per bucket. Iv'e had 15kg from one. Almost a bit too easy. :)
Check out "HomeGrownVeg" TH-cam channel. He experiments a lot with containers, and has successfully planted store bought potatoes that grew "chits" (eyes) in 10 inch containers that yield him over a pound of potatoes 10-20 weeks later. He's got a great accent, too, lol
@@joanncreekmore4067 Depends on variety. Usually two potatoes for 30l for main harvest. Four for earlies. You have to guess a bit when to harvest. Later the better.
I loved this video! Thank you! I had some awesome sprouted seed potatoes and was ready to go, but then we had a tragic death in our family and we had to leave town suddenly. Anyway it’s now June 17 and I just planted my 1st crop of potatoes!! Everyone was a naysayer, that it was too late etc…watching your video validated my thought and my planting. Fingers crossed! And thanks again 😊
I never buy seed potatoes, just use a bag of store bought that has started to sprout and they’re fantastic. And way more economical. Certainly not a wide variety like you can get from seed potatoes but that’s not a problem for me so it works. Thanks for all the great videos ... love your channel!
Thanks Luke! I just planted my potatoes last week and felt like it was a “shot in the dark” because I’ve only ever heard of early spring planting. This put me at ease. Much appreciated friend.
I wasn't going to grow again because my last few years I put in alot of work for nothing but TH-camrs like yourself and my grandmother gave me the push to keep trying. I'm always late so I'll be just getting late harvests. Seeds were short so I planted what I had stored from previous reserves from previous years that I stashed away and what I could find that would grow Purple potatoes, Pumpkins, cucumbers, sugar daddy peas, suger snap peas, shell peas, sweet peas, yellow pear cherry tomatoes and cantaloupe. Some of the pumpkin seeds I used were 9 years old saved from a very ripe pumpkin. The pumpkins are up and seem to be doing well so far.
@@roguerat812 I don't know anything else about you, but I can tell that you have the qualities that will help you succeed in achieving success in anything you put your mind to: Determination and Persistence. All you need to do is develop better Time Management skills, get organized, decrease procrastinations and you will be The Director of your own Destiny. To decrease procrastinations, I was taught "Do the Worst thing First" * everyday. The thing you want to put off for later, do it first thing that day and get it out of the way. It works. And, best of all, it frees you from having to think about doing it, once it is done. I wish the Best to you "Rat", whoever and wherever you are. k-lee.
I'm planning to plant another crop of potatoes. I planted two varieties for my early crop, Yukon gold and russet golden. My next crops are going to be fingerling and a red potato. My gardening this year iscomplicated by needing to dig up most of what I planted in March, April, May and early this monthbecause the maple tree that I planted everything underneath has to come down! I'm digging new beds in an area of my yard that I haven't dug in before. I find lots of interesting things when digging in my yard. I have concluded that the previous owners thought glass was a soil amendment! Beyond mundane things like glass, nails, tin cans, bits of pottery, and miscellaneous plastic things, I have found half a car battery, bullets, and yesterday, a half round hollow metal object filled with dirt. Always exciting!
haahaha thats pretty funny!! to me at least-- & probably bc it's so relatable!! lol that truly all sounds very much like my yard & the countless oddities I've uncovered over here throughout the years😂😂😂 -- so much of which remains a mystery to this day . . . . 🌌🛸☄️✨️🔮...haha. this year's findings, while diggin' that earth: •two sneakers (&Nope-- they were Not matching sneakers. ha ha ha!) •lots of rope •lots of glass (of course...classic) •lots of pieces of wrappers of some sort? (think: candy wrappers) •a pretty neat lil eagle- shaped silver pin annnnnd 1 honorable mention, my #1 favorite find (so far)//pride & joy: •an absolutely stunning piece of fossilized/ "petrified" wood. !!! yeahhhh babyyy !!! it's honestly a pretty nice sized piece, too.. *this particular treasure was not from this year, though. i actually found it about 9 years ago or so...when i initially started digging/ cleaningup the yard/setting up garden space after having just moved here. &ever since then, I've hoped to stumble upon another piece, but unfortunately so far no luck. What a tease!! cheers 😋🙃🤠🤙
You don’t get as excited in introduction.. I like calm better... you’re a grown man with a lot of wisdom to offer... your growing into it well- be blessed, truly. Thank you for not being greedy and sincerely wanting to tech us and help us feed ourselves
I planted mine early this month, so I'll have a Fall harvest. Mine are in a container as I live in an apartment. No yard to speak of. At first I was afraid they'd rotted in the soil, but I finally have sprouts above soil. Also have garlic in another long planter and onions in another. I live in Kyushu Japan, so I'm sure they'll all be fine. It stays relatively warm until November.
That's what I do, kind of. I remove the potato eyes with not much potato, and grow those. So I eat my potatos, skin and all, and still get potatos to grow from just the potato eyes. Works for me.
Always good tips for the garden. We have planted potatoes three different times this year about 4 weeks apart each time. I also like your idea about succession planting your beans after your garlic, it reinforced my idea to do that after we harvest our onions in a couple of weeks.
I do this on my fire escape in nyc. I grow them in buckets. I start my first batch in April, then second batch in late May. I might start a third batch this week if my fist batch harvest isn’t really good. Thanks for all the tips. I’ve used all ur tips for my tomatoes and they are growing healthy. 👍
We are just starting our first garden (super late 😬), so great to see we can still do potatoes at this time. Would love to see what else we can still plant this time of year. We have been watching a lot if your videos and really have learned a lot!
YES! We are in TN. We plan on more potatoes! I've even planted later, but all I got were small potatoes, they were delicious! In a big pot of green beans! GOD bless
I have an amazing amount of free potato plants that pop up in my compost pile from all the potato peels I throw in there. I never see eyes on the peels but somehow it's enough to grow a plant. When I dig them up it's really unbelievable how tiny the peels are that the plants grow out of. I have successfully transplanted them into the garden before but I think I'm going to fill a few walmart bags with compost and plant a few with the tops sticking out and see how it goes.
I planted 3 different potato beds, the different times.. I had my freinds and neighbors save sprouted potatoes for me.. and bought some seed potatoes in the spring..
I have harvested red and Yukon gold potatoes as late as November 4th here in central Georgia! This is also about the time my peppers and indeterminate tomatoes (9 varieties) stop producing and dying back… and pretty much everything else I grow, some a little earlier…
I live in S.C. so we just harvested our potatoes. I was able to buy 3 bags right before everything went south. We dug up right round 700 potatoes. This was my first year planting russets and was very pleased with the harvest; considering there were not that many potatoes in the bag. I will not be planting a 2nd crop but just like you said, I went back and planted some squash, peppers, and 2 watermelons plants in their place. It's such a blessing to have a long growing season.
Great video! I'm going to plant my second batch of potatoes tomorrow. :) I often plant the potatoes that we buy from our market and germinate before we eat them. We have a great heirloom seed here in Transylvania called potatoes from Râșca. Râșca is a village well known for its potatoes.
Thanks for cool tip on sulferchips. Were in California, each month I've been planting 5 rows, 5 seed potatoes. Same variety as you. Our harvest last year was out standing We have one more planting on July 1st. An then were set to last thru spring. These last few months being stuck at home, gave us time to revamp our root cellar, yeah were one of the lucky Californians, large property an a working cellar. Love your videos♡
Where are you in California? I’m in Rancho Cucamonga (10a) and just planted potatoes at the beginning of the month. Had a hard time finding seed potatoes and then thought I was too late. Good to hear I might not be. Just starting to see some growth poking through the soil. Lucky you with a root cellar. Not sure what to do if we actually get a decent harvest 😳
I grow beautiful potatos just from potato eyes. I carefully remove them with a bit of potato all around them, but not too much. Place them on plate upside down to dry just a little bit, forming a film. Then I plant them in large pots and ad 3 to almost 4 inches of good garden soil, or manure, or whatever I have. Now 7 to 10 weeks later, gorgeous healthy plants emerged, and I have them growing beautifully in several pots. So we have our plants, and we still ate the potatos these came from.
When I first asked my green thumbed aunt about growing potatoes, she asked her husband. He said get a mellon baller and scoop the eyes out, plant that and eat the rest. He learned how to grow taters when times were hard. That generation can grow anything!!!!
We had some seed potatoes in the garage so decided to get some ten gallon containers online and some compost dirt to try for a late harvest here in North Carolina. Will be planting them tomorrow. Thanks for the info!
I plant spring and fall potatoes, 4 varieties! North Central Texas very long growing season, mild winters so we can just about grow anything year round with a little preperation for frost & freeze
I live in southern California. I have a few different patches of potatoes. 3 5-gal containers, and 3 small areas. I find myself needing some potatoes, I harvest a bucket or a patch, re-plant with sprouted taters and in a week or so, I harvest another spot and re-plant. And, I just let one of two potatoes sprout, I've never bought extra seep potatoes.
We have more problems with typhoons than cold weather. I am looking for indeterminate tomatoes that work decently in hot, humid weather. I do use the suckers to grow new plants. Potatoes are cheap but they have not done well for us. Conversely, sweet potatoes have done very well for us in The Philippines. I will try your ideas one more time. I really respect your energy and youth. Thank you for sharing. God bless America.
I grow my potatoes in containers. I have 3 containers of reds that are just about ready to harvest. Last month I planted one container of russets that I was able to find in store. Like you, finding seeds was difficult this season. So, I will have a small 2nd harvest this year.
I was just wondering last week if it were possible to plant round 2 of potatoes. Thanks for confirming! So good to have your advise! Your channel is one of the first places I go when I have a question about my garden. Thank you!
So funny about not finding seed potatoes and procrastinating. The same thing happened with seeds from your company. I received notice that some seeds were back in stock. I decided to wait until I had a decent order - when I finally sat down to order they were all gone
Just started my garden in Australia, finally dug up enough room for my 3 kg of seed potatoes and finished planting the last of them today. Norland red have been in pots for a while now they have just sprouted through the surface
My bed of Kennebec’s are looking good also. We have a few blossoms, not open yet. I do have other store potatoes that are already blossoming. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I get organic potatoes, this is my first time year planting some, in approx late February, I created a cool damp place for them to begin sprouting.... I’ll see what I get !!!
Thank you for sharing this! I was disheartened when I completely missed the early spring window for planting. Now I'm encouraged to shoot for a bumper fall harvest. (As long as I can find the seed potatoes...)
if you have a good harvest, know that food never needs to go to waste. can it. it's easy. all you need are some jars with rubber seals in the lid - a big pot and boiling water. prepare the item the way you like it - stick it in the jar - seal w/lid - place jars in large pot cover and boil. it will keep for about a year - 'til the next harvest!
I bought a small bag of seed potatoes as soon as they showed up in the store,which was about 2 weeks before everything locked down, they were all sprouting before I was finally able to plant them. I do containers for my potatoes and will be harvesting in about a week.
Yes I planted my first harvest potatoes at May 15th. Then two weeks later I planted my second harvest. This weekend I will plant my third and then I'll be done for this year.
The ones I grew here in Az got tons of green growth but hardly any useable potatoes 😧 so I just planted some more. Now my squash seems to be done so I’m thinking I’ll pull it and plant it again. My melons just don’t seem to be doing much.
I really wish you would wait like one more week to release the video because I feel like seeing the plants sprouting up would be so much more fulfilling than just being like “okay they’re planted! Bye!” I mean ideally you would actually show them being harvested but I understand that that would take forever. This video has all of the most useful and informative parts of planting (which thank you as always for showing the whole process it’s the best, so useful) but I just think the entertainment value could be enhanced.
Thanks for the video. We've had a very wet and cool spring here in North Carolina and almost all of our potato plants rotted. I figured we just wouldn't have potatoes this year. After watching this video, I may try to plant some of the sprouting yukons in our pantry! Maybe we'll have potatoes after all. 😊
You are supposed to put as little soil on the potato as possible, well 1-2 inches tbh, just to cover it and to keep it moist. Then when it comes up and grows, you rake/plough more on to it - that is not extra work because the action of adding more soil is the same and only time when and how the weeding is done when grown professionally. That is how we do in our country on hectares of land. Potato wants to be near the surface. But be sure to keep the new tubers covered enough so it wouldn't turn poisonous under the sun.
Luke if you cut them you will be able to use those 8 potatoes to grow 24ish plants instead of just the 8... I was able to get 60 potato plants from a 5 lb. Bag of potatoes using this method in about a 300 sq foot area
Just dug up my adirondack blue and youkon golds planted one tiny bag of each from walmart that i cut up and eneded up with an excellent yeild. Also planted a wholw bag of cut up tiny gold potatoes from kroger and they are almost all coming up now and looking excellent now, willl ne prepeiring for fall planting here in central ar
I’m in Florida and have 240 days for my season, but it’s usually best August through March or April. I do have some squash, peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, and watermelon growing right now. My sun sugar is killing it through the heat right now. I never get frost so technically I can grow all year but the peak of the summer is really hard on the plants.
I will definitely be planting a second harvest of potatoes in hopes that the first one does something too! We absolutely love fried potatoes and onions and it’s a nice comfort food during the winter time. Especially with homemade biscuits and sometimes scrambled eggs and bacon. If only we could grow bacon...
We planted a big batch in our new greenhouse in April and I assume they'll be ready soon. The plants are big and beautiful. We just planted a second batch in two raised beds (not in the greenhouse). It doesn't always get much sun there so I hope they do well.
I had a hard time getting sweet potato slips this year. They were a dollar each. I must have tried to order too late. As a result I planted 2.5 100 foot rows of Yukon golds with one bag of Pontiac reds. 250 potato plants.
I purchased the purple sweet potatoes and sprouted them in a dark bin with seed starter mix. I kept it in a warm spot for 2 weeks and the slips grew so long! Then I took them off the potatoes and potted them. They’re growing great leaves and I’m hopeful and excited for a decent harvest. This is my first time trying anything. 😬
@@danakarloz5845 From what I read sweet potato slips can be made in 6 weeks but it was too late to do that and get them in in time. I will try to start my own in March next year in case they are too expensive again.
cruciferousvegetable that’s why I’m hoping that mine do something. I put the potatoes in a container with seed starter and kept it covered with plastic film and created a mini greenhouse for two weeks indoors. After that two weeks I had massive slips and I planted them outside. They’re thriving now and I really do hope to see actual sweet potatoes in a few months. Our warm season ends in mid October so that might be just enough time.
@@danakarloz5845 You will get sweet potatoes I'm sure. I plant quite a few so I want to maximize what I get for all that work. They are a bear to dig up. How many slips did you get off each potato?
Eggs..when rotten are Sulphur. I throw soiled eggs in my garden to fertilize. I put eggs in a hole with plants. The overly soiled eggs aren't the safest so i use those in my garden. Egg shells too
He put out a video covering EXACTLY that two days ago. th-cam.com/video/_0bfEJURwpc/w-d-xo.html Perhaps a quick search before commenting would be sensible in the future?
grateful for the info.....had yokon gold left over after initial planting, I've been wondering what to do with the balance so now I will plant a 2nd time replacing broc, garlic and spinach....again thanks
No I planted 250# but I’ll plant other stuff when beans and so on is done yes seed potatoes was in shortage I found mine at the Co Op I was going to plant a bushel of red potatoes but couldn’t find in my area this year
I was lucky enough to find seed potatoes early spring. Otherwise most stores did not have them. Also, I am in Wisconsin near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Is it too late for me to plant another batch of potatoes? If I can find some. Thanks for all the good info on here. Keep up the good work.
For the second harvest, if I uses big growing bags and in Quebec , we never know if September will be hot or cold!! So, may be, if to cold, bring back the bags inside in plants room???
I planted potatoes for the first time this year a red flesh variety. They are about 3 feet tall! Is this normal? You mentioned yours were a foot tall. I did not apply any sulphur at planting. Can I still do that mid growth or is it too late?
Sulphur is only for preventing scab, not for yields. I dip my potatoes in sulphur powder before I put them in the ground. I have no idea if it is worth it or not, but I do it anyway. Sounds like your potatoes are doing really well. You can fertilize some if you want, with something like a 4-4-4 or so. Don't add too much nitrogen (the first 4 number). I just toss a small handful on each plant. If you have problems with potato beetles (mine are starting to hit now), spray with spinosad. It is organic. Sometimes you see it under "Captain Jack's Deadbug." That is just one brand. Just look for spinosad in the ingredients. You may need to only spray once or twice. Any hardware store will carry it. I've used neem oil and BT, but nothing organic worked against the beetles until I found spinosad. Good luck!
ask your grocery store produce guy for the bag of chitting or sprouted potatoes in the back, they always have them, no one wants them and they are practically free. grows every time, every variety I've tried and you can save a bundle on SEED Potatoes. Can you find a nice french fingerling at Giant food? Nope but those fancy whole foods will!!
Why yes, yes I WAS going to plant my second crop of red potatoes last Friday (6/12). Got the ground worked up, and had a mini heart attack. Had a couple more in the ER and got to spend a few days in the hospital. Been home a few days and going crazy wanting to finish, but trying to be "good" for awhile until I have my next cardiologist appointment next week....😞
Glad you’re okay, and it sounds wise to be careful for now. You can put the word out to friends for help planting potatoes, if that’s what you’re wanting to do. People want to help but don’t know what to do. They’ll be glad you reached out.
New sub here, from MI as well, also started a small farm on my quarter acre. I'm growing potatoes, I just threw a cut-up potato in a bucket of dirt and wondered if I shouldn't try for another crop. Didn't know, glad this was recomended!! Thanks so much for all the info... Off subject, but was wondering if anyone knew if its beneficial to plant rhubarb under my dwarf peach tree? Well pruned, of course.
Luke..Can you please give me some advice? I have bought some seed potatoes and their eyes are very small so I want to wait till they are larger till I plant them out. I am getting mixed messages. Some say to put them in a cool dark place to sprout and some say to place them in a brightly lit area out of direct sunlight. I don't know what to do.
I am so enjoying learning from your videos. Thank you so much. I catch glimpses of your garden - a piece here, and a piece there, but would you please do a video to introduce your gardens to us. Why you plant this here, and why you plant that over there? I'd love to see an overview of your "plot" which looks pretty big! Do you keep all your produce, or do you grow to sell? Thank you!
What does everyone do with all of their lettuce? I can't eat it fast enough evem with staggering the planting. It is only me and hubby, so we don't eat it every day. I have dehydrated some to use in green powder mixes. Other ideas for preservation or storage?
We got chickens, also put an ad in Kijiji for lettuce fore sale when we get too much, my 10 years old girl loves to sell it on our little farm stand we have. Give it to family, friends and neighbors. Juice it, grill it, use it for wraps...
I don’t even have a garden but I find so educational and soothing to listen to you!
Cuz right?
Well, me neither so I use vases, planters and other containers.
It's not the same as having a garden but rather satisfying. Give it a try! 😉
Me too 🙋🏾♀️
I love his voice. He should teach
Kind of a weird thing to watch when you don't even want to start gardening lol
Reminded me of the travel 🧭 adventure guy on tv, he’s on a few shows and searches for mystery places. Oh yes I remember- Josh Gates
WHAT! DIG THEM DEEPER AND NEVER HILL THEM!!!
Woohoo!! I dug mine deep in a small space and I was so worried about hilling them and now I know I don't have too!! HERO!!! Thanks Luke!! You rock!!
Hill or earthing up is kind of old fashioned. It means you plant them shallow so don't have much trouble digging them up.I plant in containers now,very deep and also bury containers in ground.Nothing more to do until harvest. Then just pull whole container up and tip contents in barrow and search for potatoes. Put spent soil/compost in hole and plant garlic. Minimum 5kg or 12 lbs per bucket. Iv'e had 15kg from one. Almost a bit too easy. :)
Check out "HomeGrownVeg" TH-cam channel. He experiments a lot with containers, and has successfully planted store bought potatoes that grew "chits" (eyes) in 10 inch containers that yield him over a pound of potatoes 10-20 weeks later. He's got a great accent, too, lol
@@garyz2043 how many eyes do you plant in a bucket? And how do you know when to harvest?
@@joanncreekmore4067 Depends on variety. Usually two potatoes for 30l for main harvest. Four for earlies. You have to guess a bit when to harvest. Later the better.
@@garyz2043 thank you. What's 301?
I loved this video! Thank you! I had some awesome sprouted seed potatoes and was ready to go, but then we had a tragic death in our family and we had to leave town suddenly. Anyway it’s now June 17 and I just planted my 1st crop of potatoes!! Everyone was a naysayer, that it was too late etc…watching your video validated my thought and my planting. Fingers crossed! And thanks again 😊
I never buy seed potatoes, just use a bag of store bought that has started to sprout and they’re fantastic. And way more economical. Certainly not a wide variety like you can get from seed potatoes but that’s not a problem for me so it works.
Thanks for all the great videos ... love your channel!
Sometimes the ones I buy from the store grow great but no potatoes
Thanks Luke! I just planted my potatoes last week and felt like it was a “shot in the dark” because I’ve only ever heard of early spring planting. This put me at ease. Much appreciated friend.
I wasn't going to grow again because my last few years I put in alot of work for nothing but TH-camrs like yourself and my grandmother gave me the push to keep trying. I'm always late so I'll be just getting late harvests. Seeds were short so I planted what I had stored from previous reserves from previous years that I stashed away and what I could find that would grow Purple potatoes, Pumpkins, cucumbers, sugar daddy peas, suger snap peas, shell peas, sweet peas, yellow pear cherry tomatoes and cantaloupe. Some of the pumpkin seeds I used were 9 years old saved from a very ripe pumpkin. The pumpkins are up and seem to be doing well so far.
Wonderful, especially the pumpkins.
@@klee88029 thanks am doing my best and trying to have a see what happeneds attatude this year.
@@roguerat812 I don't know anything else about you, but I can tell that you have the qualities that will help you succeed in achieving success in anything you put your mind to: Determination and Persistence. All you need to do is develop better Time Management skills, get organized, decrease procrastinations and you will be The Director of your own Destiny. To decrease procrastinations, I was taught "Do the Worst thing First" * everyday. The thing you want to put off for later, do it first thing that day and get it out of the way. It works. And, best of all, it frees you from having to think about doing it, once it is done.
I wish the Best to you "Rat", whoever and wherever you are. k-lee.
I'm planning to plant another crop of potatoes. I planted two varieties for my early crop, Yukon gold and russet golden. My next crops are going to be fingerling and a red potato. My gardening this year iscomplicated by needing to dig up most of what I planted in March, April, May and early this monthbecause the maple tree that I planted everything underneath has to come down! I'm digging new beds in an area of my yard that I haven't dug in before. I find lots of interesting things when digging in my yard. I have concluded that the previous owners thought glass was a soil amendment! Beyond mundane things like glass, nails, tin cans, bits of pottery, and miscellaneous plastic things, I have found half a car battery, bullets, and yesterday, a half round hollow metal object filled with dirt. Always exciting!
haahaha thats pretty funny!! to me at least-- & probably bc it's so relatable!!
lol that truly all sounds very much like my yard & the countless oddities I've uncovered over here throughout the years😂😂😂 -- so much of which remains a mystery to this day . . . .
🌌🛸☄️✨️🔮...haha.
this year's findings, while diggin' that earth:
•two sneakers (&Nope-- they were Not matching sneakers. ha ha ha!)
•lots of rope
•lots of glass (of course...classic)
•lots of pieces of wrappers of some sort? (think: candy wrappers)
•a pretty neat lil eagle- shaped silver pin
annnnnd 1 honorable mention, my #1 favorite find (so far)//pride & joy:
•an absolutely stunning piece of fossilized/ "petrified" wood.
!!! yeahhhh babyyy !!!
it's honestly a pretty nice sized piece, too..
*this particular treasure was not from this year, though. i actually found it about 9 years ago or so...when i initially started digging/ cleaningup the yard/setting up garden space after having just moved here.
&ever since then, I've hoped to stumble upon another piece, but unfortunately so far no luck. What a tease!!
cheers 😋🙃🤠🤙
Every time I watch your videos I have more stuff to research. Thanks!!
You don’t get as excited in introduction..
I like calm better... you’re a grown man with a lot of wisdom to offer... your growing into it well- be blessed, truly. Thank you for not being greedy and sincerely wanting to tech us and help us feed ourselves
This is my first time growing and we had store bought potatoes that sprouted so we started up gardening and they are thriving!
I planted mine early this month, so I'll have a Fall harvest. Mine are in a container as I live in an apartment. No yard to speak of. At first I was afraid they'd rotted in the soil, but I finally have sprouts above soil. Also have garlic in another long planter and onions in another. I live in Kyushu Japan, so I'm sure they'll all be fine. It stays relatively warm until November.
I’ve always planted sprouted store bought russet or white potatoes and the grow profusely ❤️
That's what I do, kind of. I remove the potato eyes with not much potato, and grow those.
So I eat my potatos, skin and all, and still get potatos to grow from just the potato eyes. Works for me.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 wish I could find some not chemically treated but lucky to have a store even in our small town lol
Great! I was just wondering about store bought.
Always good tips for the garden. We have planted potatoes three different times this year about 4 weeks apart each time. I also like your idea about succession planting your beans after your garlic, it reinforced my idea to do that after we harvest our onions in a couple of weeks.
I do this on my fire escape in nyc. I grow them in buckets. I start my first batch in April, then second batch in late May. I might start a third batch this week if my fist batch harvest isn’t really good. Thanks for all the tips. I’ve used all ur tips for my tomatoes and they are growing healthy. 👍
I just threw some expiring potatoes from my fridge in some compost this year and they are going wild!
We are just starting our first garden (super late 😬), so great to see we can still do potatoes at this time. Would love to see what else we can still plant this time of year. We have been watching a lot if your videos and really have learned a lot!
My husband loves it when I plant potatoes. However, he loves red potatoes, and I love yukons and purple potatoes.
sounds like yall got some growin ta do!! n get you a nice mixed harvest. .. 😉😊
YES! We are in TN. We plan on more potatoes! I've even planted later, but all I got were small potatoes, they were delicious! In a big pot of green beans! GOD bless
I have an amazing amount of free potato plants that pop up in my compost pile from all the potato peels I throw in there. I never see eyes on the peels but somehow it's enough to grow a plant. When I dig them up it's really unbelievable how tiny the peels are that the plants grow out of. I have successfully transplanted them into the garden before but I think I'm going to fill a few walmart bags with compost and plant a few with the tops sticking out and see how it goes.
Elle Simpson I have beans and squash in those Walmart bags. Going great
The reusable bags?????
@@leastitdidforme
Yeah some people use those for growing plants.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 Plastic bags?
You've inspired me. I'm going to give second harvest potatoes a try! I'll get them in the ground today!!!
I planted 3 different potato beds, the different times.. I had my freinds and neighbors save sprouted potatoes for me.. and bought some seed potatoes in the spring..
I have harvested red and Yukon gold potatoes as late as November 4th here in central Georgia! This is also about the time my peppers and indeterminate tomatoes (9 varieties) stop producing and dying back… and pretty much everything else I grow, some a little earlier…
I live in S.C. so we just harvested our potatoes. I was able to buy 3 bags right before everything went south. We dug up right round 700 potatoes. This was my first year planting russets and was very pleased with the harvest; considering there were not that many potatoes in the bag. I will not be planting a 2nd crop but just like you said, I went back and planted some squash, peppers, and 2 watermelons plants in their place. It's such a blessing to have a long growing season.
I wasn’t planning to grow potatoes this year, but now I think I might!
ooh awesome tips and advice for late harvest! great since i missed the early season. thanks!
I missed early planting too. This weekend I will be planting my potatoes ❤️
Great video! I'm going to plant my second batch of potatoes tomorrow. :) I often plant the potatoes that we buy from our market and germinate before we eat them. We have a great heirloom seed here in Transylvania called potatoes from Râșca. Râșca is a village well known for its potatoes.
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Thanks for cool tip on sulferchips. Were in California, each month I've been planting 5 rows, 5 seed potatoes. Same variety as you. Our harvest last year was out standing We have one more planting on July 1st. An then were set to last thru spring. These last few months being stuck at home, gave us time to revamp our root cellar, yeah were one of the lucky Californians, large property an a working cellar. Love your videos♡
Where are you in California? I’m in Rancho Cucamonga (10a) and just planted potatoes at the beginning of the month. Had a hard time finding seed potatoes and then thought I was too late. Good to hear I might not be. Just starting to see some growth poking through the soil. Lucky you with a root cellar. Not sure what to do if we actually get a decent harvest 😳
I grow beautiful potatos just from potato eyes. I carefully remove them with a bit of potato all around them, but not too much. Place them on plate upside down to dry just a little bit, forming a film. Then I plant them in large pots and ad 3 to almost 4 inches of good garden soil, or manure, or whatever I have.
Now 7 to 10 weeks later, gorgeous healthy plants emerged, and I have them growing beautifully in several pots.
So we have our plants, and we still ate the potatos these came from.
Heidi Misfeldt, do you grow any other plants?
I didn't know you could do that! That's quite the economical process for getting potatoes growing in the garden. I love that! Thank you.
When I first asked my green thumbed aunt about growing potatoes, she asked her husband. He said get a mellon baller and scoop the eyes out, plant that and eat the rest. He learned how to grow taters when times were hard. That generation can grow anything!!!!
Definitely going to go check the pantry for some spuds with eyes and if it's looking at me, I'm gonna plant it!
I didn't know I can plant Potatoes this time of the month. so thank you. ill go put some in tonight.
We had some seed potatoes in the garage so decided to get some ten gallon containers online and some compost dirt to try for a late harvest here in North Carolina. Will be planting them tomorrow. Thanks for the info!
They are the fabric containers. I’ve been having great success with this type of gardening since trying it out last summer
I plant spring and fall potatoes, 4 varieties! North Central Texas very long growing season, mild winters so we can just about grow anything year round with a little preperation for frost & freeze
I live in southern California. I have a few different patches of potatoes. 3 5-gal containers, and 3 small areas. I find myself needing some potatoes, I harvest a bucket or a patch, re-plant with sprouted taters and in a week or so, I harvest another spot and re-plant. And, I just let one of two potatoes sprout, I've never bought extra seep potatoes.
We have more problems with typhoons than cold weather. I am looking for indeterminate tomatoes that work decently in hot, humid weather. I do use the suckers to grow new plants. Potatoes are cheap but they have not done well for us. Conversely, sweet potatoes have done very well for us in The Philippines. I will try your ideas one more time.
I really respect your energy and youth. Thank you for sharing. God bless America.
I thought the window was lost! Running outside to plant these puppies right now 😃👍
Always try. Even potato peels grow great potatos.
I grow my potatoes in containers. I have 3 containers of reds that are just about ready to harvest. Last month I planted one container of russets that I was able to find in store. Like you, finding seeds was difficult this season. So, I will have a small 2nd harvest this year.
hey Luke, I planted another 12 potatoes here in Northern Ireland a few days ago, always good to get a late harvest. stay safe :)
I wanted to plant potatoes in the spring but didn’t have time. Didn’t know I can plant this late. Planing on planting now thanks Luke
I was just wondering last week if it were possible to plant round 2 of potatoes. Thanks for confirming! So good to have your advise! Your channel is one of the first places I go when I have a question about my garden. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing! I just pulled out our peas and couldn't decide what I wanted to put back in the bed but I think I'm going to give this a go.
So funny about not finding seed potatoes and procrastinating. The same thing happened with seeds from your company. I received notice that some seeds were back in stock. I decided to wait until I had a decent order - when I finally sat down to order they were all gone
Just started my garden in Australia, finally dug up enough room for my 3 kg of seed potatoes and finished planting the last of them today. Norland red have been in pots for a while now they have just sprouted through the surface
Bought a few bags of organic potatoes a couple months ago and let them sprout....ta da...seed potatoes!👍😊
My bed of Kennebec’s are looking good also. We have a few blossoms, not open yet. I do have other store potatoes that are already blossoming.
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I get organic potatoes, this is my first time year planting some, in approx late February, I created a cool damp place for them to begin sprouting....
I’ll see what I get !!!
I just planted my russet potatoes June 18. Good to hear they can be planted later!
Thanks, Luke. I will definitely be planting a second potato crop this week! I appreciate the video.
Thank you for sharing this! I was disheartened when I completely missed the early spring window for planting. Now I'm encouraged to shoot for a bumper fall harvest. (As long as I can find the seed potatoes...)
if you have a good harvest, know that food never needs to go to waste. can it.
it's easy.
all you need are some jars with rubber seals in the lid - a big pot and boiling water.
prepare the item the way you like it - stick it in the jar - seal w/lid - place jars in large pot cover and boil.
it will keep for about a year - 'til the next harvest!
I bought a small bag of seed potatoes as soon as they showed up in the store,which was about 2 weeks before everything locked down, they were all sprouting before I was finally able to plant them. I do containers for my potatoes and will be harvesting in about a week.
Yes I planted my first harvest potatoes at May 15th. Then two weeks later I planted my second harvest. This weekend I will plant my third and then I'll be done for this year.
Just watched you video, and planted potatoes yesterday. Kenbec and Reds
The ones I grew here in Az got tons of green growth but hardly any useable potatoes 😧 so I just planted some more. Now my squash seems to be done so I’m thinking I’ll pull it and plant it again. My melons just don’t seem to be doing much.
maybe less nitrogen and more p&k in the fertilizer
I really wish you would wait like one more week to release the video because I feel like seeing the plants sprouting up would be so much more fulfilling than just being like “okay they’re planted! Bye!” I mean ideally you would actually show them being harvested but I understand that that would take forever. This video has all of the most useful and informative parts of planting (which thank you as always for showing the whole process it’s the best, so useful) but I just think the entertainment value could be enhanced.
this year marks my first attempt at potatoes, first batch is well established. May have to plant some more:)! luckily potatoes last in storage
I planted 5 bags of potatoes plus two raised beds this Spring. Now that we have eaten several bags of potatoes I am planning more this weekend.
Thanks for the video. We've had a very wet and cool spring here in North Carolina and almost all of our potato plants rotted. I figured we just wouldn't have potatoes this year. After watching this video, I may try to plant some of the sprouting yukons in our pantry! Maybe we'll have potatoes after all. 😊
You are supposed to put as little soil on the potato as possible, well 1-2 inches tbh, just to cover it and to keep it moist. Then when it comes up and grows, you rake/plough more on to it - that is not extra work because the action of adding more soil is the same and only time when and how the weeding is done when grown professionally. That is how we do in our country on hectares of land. Potato wants to be near the surface.
But be sure to keep the new tubers covered enough so it wouldn't turn poisonous under the sun.
Luke if you cut them you will be able to use those 8 potatoes to grow 24ish plants instead of just the 8... I was able to get 60 potato plants from a 5 lb. Bag of potatoes using this method in about a 300 sq foot area
Just dug up my adirondack blue and youkon golds planted one tiny bag of each from walmart that i cut up and eneded up with an excellent yeild. Also planted a wholw bag of cut up tiny gold potatoes from kroger and they are almost all coming up now and looking excellent now, willl ne prepeiring for fall planting here in central ar
I'm planting some today in Scotland
Great advice! Especially here in my area in zone 6b this is a great way to get another harvest.
FYI their is a nice cheap seed potato place in zeeland mi they also sell cheap sets of 2 year old asparagus.
I’m in Florida and have 240 days for my season, but it’s usually best August through March or April. I do have some squash, peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, and watermelon growing right now. My sun sugar is killing it through the heat right now. I never get frost so technically I can grow all year but the peak of the summer is really hard on the plants.
I'm getting ready to plant potatoes..saved a little room for them.
I will definitely be planting a second harvest of potatoes in hopes that the first one does something too! We absolutely love fried potatoes and onions and it’s a nice comfort food during the winter time. Especially with homemade biscuits and sometimes scrambled eggs and bacon. If only we could grow bacon...
Awesome, I didn’t get a chance to put mine in, it’s the same seed potatoes, which are cut.. and SUPER dry.. I’m going to try anyway
We planted a big batch in our new greenhouse in April and I assume they'll be ready soon. The plants are big and beautiful. We just planted a second batch in two raised beds (not in the greenhouse). It doesn't always get much sun there so I hope they do well.
Here in California I do three plantings a year I do them in containers and move them around to deal with heat and cold areas based on the weather
I planted potato towers, seems to be working well.
Just planted the first planting yesterday. Had to finish building the raised bed's.
Another great video! Thanks!
I'm just harvesting my first earlies in my English garden - maybe I should have done some successtional planting.
Great Speech!
When you don’t have enough seed potatoes is when to split them in two. Or just use food potatoes. ☺️☺️☺️ 🥔 🥔 🥔
You got me growing a second harvest alright.
I had a hard time getting sweet potato slips this year. They were a dollar each. I must have tried to order too late. As a result I planted 2.5 100 foot rows of Yukon golds with one bag of Pontiac reds. 250 potato plants.
I purchased the purple sweet potatoes and sprouted them in a dark bin with seed starter mix. I kept it in a warm spot for 2 weeks and the slips grew so long! Then I took them off the potatoes and potted them. They’re growing great leaves and I’m hopeful and excited for a decent harvest. This is my first time trying anything. 😬
@@danakarloz5845 From what I read sweet potato slips can be made in 6 weeks but it was too late to do that and get them in in time. I will try to start my own in March next year in case they are too expensive again.
cruciferousvegetable that’s why I’m hoping that mine do something. I put the potatoes in a container with seed starter and kept it covered with plastic film and created a mini greenhouse for two weeks indoors. After that two weeks I had massive slips and I planted them outside. They’re thriving now and I really do hope to see actual sweet potatoes in a few months. Our warm season ends in mid October so that might be just enough time.
@@danakarloz5845 You will get sweet potatoes I'm sure. I plant quite a few so I want to maximize what I get for all that work. They are a bear to dig up.
How many slips did you get off each potato?
cruciferousvegetable I got at least 5 or 6 slips
Eggs..when rotten are Sulphur. I throw soiled eggs in my garden to fertilize. I put eggs in a hole with plants. The overly soiled eggs aren't the safest so i use those in my garden. Egg shells too
Hey Luke! What else can be planted in July?
If you live in the South, eggplant, okra, and cowpeas LOVE this heat!
And don't forget the peppers!!
He put out a video covering EXACTLY that two days ago. th-cam.com/video/_0bfEJURwpc/w-d-xo.html
Perhaps a quick search before commenting would be sensible in the future?
@@Roboticexile classy
grateful for the info.....had yokon gold left over after initial planting, I've been wondering what to do with the balance so now I will plant a 2nd time replacing broc, garlic and spinach....again thanks
No I planted 250# but I’ll plant other stuff when beans and so on is done yes seed potatoes was in shortage I found mine at the Co Op I was going to plant a bushel of red potatoes but couldn’t find in my area this year
I was lucky enough to find seed potatoes early spring. Otherwise most stores did not have them. Also, I am in Wisconsin near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Is it too late for me to plant another batch of potatoes? If I can find some. Thanks for all the good info on here. Keep up the good work.
An Ole farmer told me you dig up the spuds 2 weeks after they appear to be dieing off for best results
Store bought organic Russet potatoes 2nd harvest...they sprouting now. Will be ready early Sept
I just planted seed potatoes yesterday that I bought in spring, but didn't get in the ground and they are already breaking through this morning!
For the second harvest, if I uses big growing bags and in Quebec , we never know if September will be hot or cold!! So, may be, if to cold, bring back the bags inside in plants room???
I planted potatoes for the first time this year a red flesh variety. They are about 3 feet tall! Is this normal? You mentioned yours were a foot tall. I did not apply any sulphur at planting. Can I still do that mid growth or is it too late?
I’m sure it’s really good to add sulfur, but we never have in 40 yrs of planting potatoes and have always had very abundant yields.
@@mlang3066 I think Luke adds sulphur to inhibit potato scab not to make higher yields
Sulphur is only for preventing scab, not for yields. I dip my potatoes in sulphur powder before I put them in the ground. I have no idea if it is worth it or not, but I do it anyway. Sounds like your potatoes are doing really well. You can fertilize some if you want, with something like a 4-4-4 or so. Don't add too much nitrogen (the first 4 number). I just toss a small handful on each plant. If you have problems with potato beetles (mine are starting to hit now), spray with spinosad. It is organic. Sometimes you see it under "Captain Jack's Deadbug." That is just one brand. Just look for spinosad in the ingredients. You may need to only spray once or twice. Any hardware store will carry it. I've used neem oil and BT, but nothing organic worked against the beetles until I found spinosad. Good luck!
Val H thank you so much for all the helpful information!
Same here - organic reds from the store. 3ft tall. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
ask your grocery store produce guy for the bag of chitting or sprouted potatoes in the back, they always have them, no one wants them and they are practically free. grows every time, every variety I've tried and you can save a bundle on SEED Potatoes. Can you find a nice french fingerling at Giant food? Nope but those fancy whole foods will!!
Why yes, yes I WAS going to plant my second crop of red potatoes last Friday (6/12). Got the ground worked up, and had a mini heart attack. Had a couple more in the ER and got to spend a few days in the hospital. Been home a few days and going crazy wanting to finish, but trying to be "good" for awhile until I have my next cardiologist appointment next week....😞
Glad you’re okay, and it sounds wise to be careful for now. You can put the word out to friends for help planting potatoes, if that’s what you’re wanting to do. People want to help but don’t know what to do. They’ll be glad you reached out.
New sub here, from MI as well, also started a small farm on my quarter acre. I'm growing potatoes, I just threw a cut-up potato in a bucket of dirt and wondered if I shouldn't try for another crop. Didn't know, glad this was recomended!! Thanks so much for all the info...
Off subject, but was wondering if anyone knew if its beneficial to plant rhubarb under my dwarf peach tree? Well pruned, of course.
I am going to try to find organic potatoes at the store to see if they will grow. I love to experiment in the garden.
perhaps i may try that. when i try potatoes i get vibrant flashy stalks bright flowers and nothing underground..
Luke..Can you please give me some advice? I have bought some seed potatoes and their eyes are very small so I want to wait till they are larger till I plant them out. I am getting mixed messages. Some say to put them in a cool dark place to sprout and some say to place them in a brightly lit area out of direct sunlight. I don't know what to do.
What else can I grow right now in Michigan? Thanks! I love your channel.
Great job man! Thank you for sharing so much useful information!
Just put some chits in the ground today....zone 7......so maybe 75 days to first frost.....will cold frame help extend growing season for potatoes?
Do you guys know if you can propagate potatoes from the stems like you can with tomatoes?
I am so enjoying learning from your videos. Thank you so much. I catch glimpses of your garden - a piece here, and a piece there, but would you please do a video to introduce your gardens to us. Why you plant this here, and why you plant that over there? I'd love to see an overview of your "plot" which looks pretty big! Do you keep all your produce, or do you grow to sell? Thank you!
I have a shady area that gets only about 4 hours of direct sunlight. Will potatoes grow there?
What does everyone do with all of their lettuce? I can't eat it fast enough evem with staggering the planting. It is only me and hubby, so we don't eat it every day. I have dehydrated some to use in green powder mixes. Other ideas for preservation or storage?
You can make lettuce soup which is delicious.
We got chickens, also put an ad in Kijiji for lettuce fore sale when we get too much, my 10 years old girl loves to sell it on our little farm stand we have. Give it to family, friends and neighbors. Juice it, grill it, use it for wraps...