How refreshing to watch a down to Earth video. No bells, whistles, waving of arms, dancing about, irrelevant talk. Just straight to the point, simple and straight forwards instructions.... Thank you....
This man is brilliant! A natural at imparting useful information without any of the contrived eccentricities that television presenters like to adopt. He's given me confidence to do something I've never tried before...big thanks.
Just letting you know that my first effort at growing my own potatoes in pots and bags was a HUGE success! I had a good yield and they taste delicious. Thank you for all the advice!
@@GrowVeg youre welcome my question to you is will this work under a led light I live in Chicago and am growing vestables and herbs inside I wana do a potaito bag as well
This is the best to watch so far great run through no fuss. Iv been growing mine in bags and pots for about six years and iv never been disappointed I use ordinary shop bought potatoes 🥔 and I’ve done really well out of them. There’s great satisfaction in growing you own and you don’t need a lot of space. Thanks for the info 🇬🇧🙏🐌🍄
As someone below said, I've read plenty about this, but this film is so clear and helpful! Thanks! Going to go out now and reduce the amount of soil I've covered the tubers with! I've now subscribed !
Thank you sir! With the coming food shortages I thought it best to start learning how to produce my own food. This was a very informative video. Very grateful for your time.
I grew potatoes in small pots for two consequential years with no problems. Last summer was absolutely catastrophic; everything just drowned; no matter the drainage. I bought some organic potatoes in winter, let them sprout and I'll try my luck again this year.
Love your videos always, just some advice for people growing in containers. I've found earthing up isn't really necessary and if you're not on top of it you could risk frost damage to the exposed shoots. I fill them to the top and they start to come up around the last frost date
Thank you Grow Veg for sharing your knowledge with us here on TH-cam,poratoes were cheap, now not so, heeding your sage advice and growing some yummy spuds.😋👍🥔
Save a few bob, too. Keep some of your crop as next year's seeders and there's you ahead of the game already. One plant from each tuber, one potato from each plant and there's the following year's seeders and so on. A conservative yield of 10lbs of spuds from each plant and _ker-ching,_ as it all adds up. Time saved traipsing to greengrocers, as well. What's not to love about gardening?!
Going for my 2 nd potato crop this year. Maris bard , 1st earlies. Desiree maincrop. All in bags or containers i built out of pallet wood. Great tips , thanks 👍
@@GrowVeg thanks. I only have a little plot in a town centre. Everything is made with waste site wood and pallets. Even made the picket fence using a coffee cup as a template. Might do a channel for this growing year, Sir skip rats recycled urban garden 😂 Best of harvests to you all 👍
Thank you for this easy to follow guide. Just having my first try at growing my own potatoes in tubs and bags. Looking forward to a good harvest in a couple of months….
Helpful, simple video perfect for a beginner, thanks. We're trying to grow some for the first time - we've got some earlies in potato bags: Duke Of York, Home Guard and some little nobbly Pink Furs. Shoots are just starting to peep up!
I grew sweet potatoes last year in a "pallet box". It was a display box for cacti at a big box store. They were throwing it away. So, I took it home and covered the outside with landscaping fabric. I only planted 4 slips and got about 65 pounds of sweet potatoes. I planted late here. It was July 30. Then, on Halloween, I dug them up. I was shocked. All I did was put them in good soil and made sure they stayed watered. Easiest thing I've ever grown. They looked and tasted far superior to anything I could have bought at the grocery store.
Just make frame or use chicken wire to make round shapes with the landscaping fabric. Do not use pallets. They are treated with pesticides and other toxic chemicals to ward off bugs during transport of goods.
I have been growing potatoes in bags for about 2 years. I have harvested Dutch Creams, Royal Blues and currently have Russet Burbanks and White Star varieties. One thing I didn't do which you have suggested is to give them some liquid fertiliser. I was disappointed with my Royal Blue harvest so I hope this give me better harvests in the future.
Thank you so much for this brief, concise but very informative video.. Just the right tip that i need to start growing my potato. I super love this vegetable and i cant wait to grow them. Thanks again!! 😊
Moved from New England, USA to the southern part and having trouble growing as it gets very hot early in the season and the soil is not great. Tomato's, potato's, string beans etc up north no problem, down here low yields. Watched this and I'm getting some bags to try potato's and other stuff so I can use better soil and move the bags in and out of the sun. Thanks!
Fantastic video, I’m so new to growing potatoes, I’m really excited about my new veg garden, I’ve definitely decided on growing most my veggies in containers easier to maintain,,, keep you posted
Thanks for the advice, i have tried spuds this yr, Jacks from seed potatoes, ive topped the crop of 10 up with a mixture of organic farmyard manure, topsoil & potting, they certainly dont grow slow. Also tomatoes, and carrotts. Peace
I plant in the ground rather than in bags, because then I don't have to water so much, I can mulch them and keep them cool enough to have good tuber set. It seems like the soil temperatures in pots, for people in warm climates, can get too hot to have the most favorable conditions for potatoes, reducing their yield (not sweet potatoes which like heat, but regular potatoes which like cool soil).. I really like German Butterball for high yields, great storage, and they can produce some real lunkers. Purple Viking are the most beautiful potato I've ever seen and grow well. There are so many potato varieties it's easy to get carried away! : )
I think the idea of planting in bags and containers is for people who don't have the space for potatoes in the ground. I always plant in bags at home and in the ground on my allotment. Happy gardening 😊
Chitted 100 Mona Lisa to be grown for the first time in buckets and Bags. Live in Pyrenean France (7b/8a) in a new-to-me mountain home with Last-Frost Date last year of 21st March. Just want to say thank you for being my "go-to" source of tips and tricks
In the coming months. I built my bed two days ago hand soiled it yesterday and planted patatos this morning. And that's to get patatos in the coming months I would kindly suggest you start ryt away so you can count down the 100 days ASAP GL.
I grew sweet potatoes from plants purchased in Wal-Mart last year I put them in an oil change pan/container I harvested 66 delicious potatoes! This year I'm using the shoots from those potatoes to grow new ones inside two tires!
At the Sussex County (DE) Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, we are successfully growing potatoes in white plastic 13-gal trash bags. Punch drainage holes in the bottom of the bags, plant and earth up as shown in your video, rolling up the sides of the bag as you add soil. We top with straw for moisture retention.
I am growing a variety called Charlotte, a real firm salad spud. Have grown spuds in pots for a number of years now, especially in a small garden where space is of the essence 🙋
Good video and clearly explained. As per your request, I have grown first and second earlies as well as main crop: pentland javelin, desiree, King Eds, Nicola and so on! I like container growing as there is no weeding to do and no pests!
I've just gotten some potato seeds--real seeds--in my grow rig. Renee's seeds used to have a version, but this is Botanical interests. The strain is called "Clancy."
This is the first year I am attempting to grow potatoes and I am doing it in pots and buckets. I am trying All Blue and Katahdin from the Maine Potato Lady.
Thanks for this video really clear and well presented. Have grown potatoes successfully in containers for last two years but still improving technique for chitting and earthing up and varieties for best cropping. I'm growing Homeguard in Northern Ireland as worked well last year but would like to branch out more in future!
Thank you for your quick reply. I've been going nuts trying to figure out if they were big enough pots and wondering if they were, how many eyes do I put in there. So glad I subscribed to your channel. Amazing videos.
I grew Ratte 2nd earlies -Yum - in containers last year. Neighbours were delighted to receive the surplus. I kept some with some of the compost around them in a cardboard box in the dark and they were fine weeks later (and hadn't sprouted). I'm growing Ratte again this year and trying Arran Pilot 1st earlies. The spuds started worryingly slowly this cold spring and then salt-laden gales in my seaside town battered the foliage but it's recovered. Unlike the runner beans, which were shredded.
Sorry I pressed send before finished, I just kind of popped them in a full trough of soil I had spare but I did top up new stuff from my new grow bags. My 1st ones were white potatoes, ones we usually get from Asda. My daughter got some red rooster ones and she left some in a bag they had used and this time I've done it through your video so thanks for the stuff I didn't do in 1st place but hopefully they should be okay. I've subscribed because I want to grow some veg and fruit 😁
I am so glad to see you demonstrate how easy this method may be as I am thinking of growing potatoes in big pots for the first time and was a little nervous but not anymore.
Hi there, I decided one day after seeing my potatoes sprouting that I would grow my own, I have a small yard with a small built rockery and pots and hanging baskets. And the plants are massive now. And
I found a small, red potato on the floor at work last month. I was going to throw it away but for some reason, put it in my shirt pocket. I ended up planting it at home (in a pot) and it is now 7" tall. Now that I know how stupid easy they are to grow, I plan on trying to grow some in season, properly. Thank you for showing us how!
Very informative video. Couple of questions though. 1. What soil type is best recommended for growing sack potatoes? 2. Will it grow in any kind of weather? 3. Can it be grown all year round or is there a season for it? 4. Can one use organic fertilizer (chicken/cow dung) and at what stages? 5. How many weeks/months after planting should I except to start harvesting? Sorry I know I said a couple questions 😃
In answer to your questions Emmanuel: 1. You can use any potting mix, or a mixture of garden compost and garden soil. But lighter, all-purpose potting mix is best. 2. Potatoes will be killed by the frost, so as long as you can avoid frosty conditions they should grow. They prefer it warm, but not very hot - particularly potatoes in sacks. 3. Best to plant in the spring, as the weather is warming up, with a view to harvesting in the summer. In some climates potatoes are also planted later in summer for a crop in mid autumn - so long as frosts can be avoided. 4. You can use organic fertiliser. Best applied very lightly as you add the potting mix. Not essential though. 5. Anywhere from 10 weeks to 20 weeks, depending on what type of potato you are growing.
Thank you so much for this - really informative. I've just set out a few potatoes for chitting for my first ever "container" season. Just a few leftover spuds from Lidl.
I’ve had the best luck with the 3$ bag of top soil from Lowe’s, cut a couple X shapes into the bag and plant seed potatoes just barely in the hole where the X is, water it about once every 2-3 weeks and give it 2-3 months and each 40lb bag of top soil has produced more than 10 lbs no less than 7lbs per bag but neither have gone over 15 lbs
Love this video. First time potato grower here in Seattle USA and I think I’m ready to harvest. Just subscribed and looking forward to more of your excellent videos. Thanks!
This is the second year I grow potato in containers. Last year we tried desiree and kennebec. It was okayish... I didn't add extra potash or phosporus. This year I put extra potash and phosporus and we are growing Purple Sapphire, Red Pontiac, Sebago and Dutch Cream. Hoping to get better yields 😊
This is the BEST potato growing video I’ve seen to date. Highly informative, and most importantly: straight to the point!
How refreshing to watch a down to Earth video. No bells, whistles, waving of arms, dancing about, irrelevant talk. Just straight to the point, simple and straight forwards instructions.... Thank you....
This man is brilliant! A natural at imparting useful information without any of the contrived eccentricities that television presenters like to adopt. He's given me confidence to do something I've never tried before...big thanks.
Thanks Rupert!
And no American accent.
Just letting you know that my first effort at growing my own potatoes in pots and bags was a HUGE success! I had a good yield and they taste delicious. Thank you for all the advice!
That's really super to hear! You might also find this video handy: th-cam.com/video/OIXwguJg5aA/w-d-xo.html
I am planting container potatoes this year. I always know where to get the most complete and expert instruction for ANY gardening project! RIGHT HERE
Thank you for this video! I’ve been reading online about how to grow potatoes, but you’re the first person to show me exactly how. I appreciate this!
I appreciate his natural teaching tone
this video is 8 years old potatoes are very expensive today and this video is amazing if my grand mother was alive today she would love your channel
Thanks for watching. That's very kind of you to say. Hope you're inspired to give potatoes a grow! :-)
@@GrowVeg youre welcome my question to you is will this work under a led light I live in Chicago and am growing vestables and herbs inside I wana do a potaito bag as well
Lovely Ben,we will need your knowledge more than ever in the battle to help survive this winter,down ro earth and caring, thank you..
Growing your own food is at least something we can take control of Ann.
This is the best to watch so far great run through no fuss. Iv been growing mine in bags and pots for about six years and iv never been disappointed I use ordinary shop bought potatoes 🥔 and I’ve done really well out of them. There’s great satisfaction in growing you own and you don’t need a lot of space. Thanks for the info 🇬🇧🙏🐌🍄
You're very welcome Maria. Interesting you use shop-bought potatoes - it's great they've done so well for you.
How often do you water them
Nothing better than growing spuds.. If you don't garden but want too this is a perfect way to start
As someone below said, I've read plenty about this, but this film is so clear and helpful! Thanks! Going to go out now and reduce the amount of soil I've covered the tubers with! I've now subscribed !
Awesome Kathy - welcome!
same with me!
My sister shared this with me. We are both planting potatoes! Thank you!
Thank you sir! With the coming food shortages I thought it best to start learning how to produce my own food. This was a very informative video. Very grateful for your time.
Thanks for watching Chris. It's wise to learn how to grow food - always a useful skill to have.
As a newbie allotment owner your videos are a welcome information hub. Easy to watch with well put together easy to follow instructions
Thanks Terry, I'm really pleased you're finding them helpful. :-)
This is the best video I've seen and I've seen quite a few potato planting videos.
Awesome job!👍👍
This will be my first time using grow bags and growing potatoes.
Thank you for being straight to the point and explaining so well.
Great instructional video! I'm growing red potatoes and texas russet potatoes in containers and can't wait until my harvest! Thank you!
I grew potatoes in small pots for two consequential years with no problems. Last summer was absolutely catastrophic; everything just drowned; no matter the drainage. I bought some organic potatoes in winter, let them sprout and I'll try my luck again this year.
Good luck with this year.
Love your videos always, just some advice for people growing in containers. I've found earthing up isn't really necessary and if you're not on top of it you could risk frost damage to the exposed shoots. I fill them to the top and they start to come up around the last frost date
Love it … what simple easy to follow advice, will definitely follow as I start my vegetable growing journey. Many thanks
I hope your vegetable growing gets off to a great start Jayne - enjoy it! :-)
This is helpful and your voice is so calming
Thank you Grow Veg for sharing your knowledge with us here on TH-cam,poratoes were cheap, now not so, heeding your sage advice and growing some yummy spuds.😋👍🥔
You're very welcome - thank you for watching. You might also find this video helpful: th-cam.com/video/OIXwguJg5aA/w-d-xo.html
I've grown Yukon gold, will again this year along with some sweet potatoes and other veggies. Thanks for the tips, always welcome.
Sweet potatoes are complicated to grow; do you have a simple technique.
I’m going to try my hand at growing the Kennebec variety. I did red ones so now on to something new.😁
Fantastic video. So easy to follow and highly informative. Can't wait to grow my own potatoes this year- wish me luck !
Very best of luck - I'm sure you'll ace it! :-)
Have planted some Home guard potatoes in a few buckets, first time doing this, looking forward to the result later in the year
Never thought of growing my own potatoes but it looks fun. Thank you!
Save a few bob, too.
Keep some of your crop as next year's seeders and there's you ahead of the game already.
One plant from each tuber, one potato from each plant and there's the following year's seeders and so on.
A conservative yield of 10lbs of spuds from each plant and _ker-ching,_ as it all adds up.
Time saved traipsing to greengrocers, as well.
What's not to love about gardening?!
What a lovely information packed straight forward video. I will be starting my free food garden next week 😊
How exciting - best of luck with it.
@@GrowVeg thank you so much
Going for my 2 nd potato crop this year. Maris bard , 1st earlies. Desiree maincrop. All in bags or containers i built out of pallet wood. Great tips , thanks 👍
Nice one Adrian!
@@GrowVeg thanks. I only have a little plot in a town centre. Everything is made with waste site wood and pallets. Even made the picket fence using a coffee cup as a template.
Might do a channel for this growing year, Sir skip rats recycled urban garden 😂
Best of harvests to you all 👍
Thank you for this easy to follow guide. Just having my first try at growing my own potatoes in tubs and bags. Looking forward to a good harvest in a couple of months….
Hope you enjoy a superb harvest Angela. :-)
Such positive advice, thank you. I have been growing Vivaldi potatoes (2nd earlies)for years. A very tasty and versatile variety.
Great variety of potato! :-)
Helpful, simple video perfect for a beginner, thanks. We're trying to grow some for the first time - we've got some earlies in potato bags: Duke Of York, Home Guard and some little nobbly Pink Furs. Shoots are just starting to peep up!
I can't wait to try out growing potatoes this year! Great video, thanks for the information!
I grew sweet potatoes last year in a "pallet box". It was a display box for cacti at a big box store. They were throwing it away. So, I took it home and covered the outside with landscaping fabric. I only planted 4 slips and got about 65 pounds of sweet potatoes. I planted late here. It was July 30. Then, on Halloween, I dug them up. I was shocked. All I did was put them in good soil and made sure they stayed watered. Easiest thing I've ever grown. They looked and tasted far superior to anything I could have bought at the grocery store.
Just make frame or use chicken wire to make round shapes with the landscaping fabric.
Do not use pallets. They are treated with pesticides and other toxic chemicals to ward off bugs during transport of goods.
The pallet depends on how the wood was treated, so not all pallets are dangerous.
Thank you ! So great to know. I was given 1 sweet potato plant. Anxious to see how it does.
@@asiangoddess4606 They are usually stamped with a code letting you know if they are the safe kind or not. Easily found on Google.
I have been growing potatoes in bags for about 2 years. I have harvested Dutch Creams, Royal Blues and currently have Russet Burbanks and White Star varieties. One thing I didn't do which you have suggested is to give them some liquid fertiliser. I was disappointed with my Royal Blue harvest so I hope this give me better harvests in the future.
You can also find organic potato fertiliser as granules, to mix in with the planting medium.
Thank you so much for this brief, concise but very informative video.. Just the right tip that i need to start growing my potato. I super love this vegetable and i cant wait to grow them. Thanks again!!
😊
Good luck with it. Growing potatoes in containers and bags is definitely a lot of fun!
I’m growing Yukon gold for the first time. Wish me luck! Yay!!!!!
Great stuff - best of luck!
Moved from New England, USA to the southern part and having trouble growing as it gets very hot early in the season and the soil is not great. Tomato's, potato's, string beans etc up north no problem, down here low yields. Watched this and I'm getting some bags to try potato's and other stuff so I can use better soil and move the bags in and out of the sun. Thanks!
Easy to follow and easy listening growing guides. Just great. Thanks.
Very Clear, easy to follow video that answered all of my questions. Thank You!
Thank so. Much to your tip. I will surely plant my own potatoes in the pots.i love organic.. Very good tips.
Fantastic video, I’m so new to growing potatoes, I’m really excited about my new veg garden, I’ve definitely decided on growing most my veggies in containers easier to maintain,,, keep you posted
Please do - and here's to a productive season. :-)
Ahhh wouldn't have worked out the adding soil bit , so very helpful ...
I have planted sangre potatoes for the last few years( in pots) they are scab resistant & I replace the soil each year. thanks for the video
Excellent video. Short and to the point.
Just planted some Rooster potatoes in a growing bag during the week. Hopefully they'll shoot up soon!
Just planting my potatoes in a potato bag now, thank you for your handy tips👍
Great stuff - I hope they do well for you.
Thanks for the advice, i have tried spuds this yr, Jacks from seed potatoes, ive topped the crop of 10 up with a mixture of organic farmyard manure, topsoil & potting, they certainly dont grow slow. Also tomatoes, and carrotts. Peace
They really don’t hang about, do they Tony!
I plant in the ground rather than in bags, because then I don't have to water so much, I can mulch them and keep them cool enough to have good tuber set. It seems like the soil temperatures in pots, for people in warm climates, can get too hot to have the most favorable conditions for potatoes, reducing their yield (not sweet potatoes which like heat, but regular potatoes which like cool soil).. I really like German Butterball for high yields, great storage, and they can produce some real lunkers. Purple Viking are the most beautiful potato I've ever seen and grow well. There are so many potato varieties it's easy to get carried away! : )
I think the idea of planting in bags and containers is for people who don't have the space for potatoes in the ground. I always plant in bags at home and in the ground on my allotment. Happy gardening 😊
Chitted 100 Mona Lisa to be grown for the first time in buckets and Bags. Live in Pyrenean France (7b/8a) in a new-to-me mountain home with Last-Frost Date last year of 21st March. Just want to say thank you for being my "go-to" source of tips and tricks
Thanks so much for watching - and best of luck in your new home.
Thanks! About to give it a go for the first year!
Love these videos. I’m learning more and more every day thank you!
Aww did you see the cute lil potato smiling at @2:22 😃 now that was a happy potato 🥔
A happy spud! :-)
Literally the best channel
Ahhh, thank you! :-)
Really useful. Looks like we will be doing lots of this in the coming months!
In the coming months. I built my bed two days ago hand soiled it yesterday and planted patatos this morning. And that's to get patatos in the coming months I would kindly suggest you start ryt away so you can count down the 100 days ASAP GL.
I grew sweet potatoes from plants purchased in Wal-Mart last year I put them in an oil change pan/container I harvested 66 delicious potatoes! This year I'm using the shoots from those potatoes to grow new ones inside two tires!
This is a fascinating introduction video to growing potatoes. Very well made.
At the Sussex County (DE) Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, we are successfully growing potatoes in white plastic 13-gal trash bags. Punch drainage holes in the bottom of the bags, plant and earth up as shown in your video, rolling up the sides of the bag as you add soil. We top with straw for moisture retention.
Brilliant - and so affordable as a container!
I am growing a variety called Charlotte, a real firm salad spud. Have grown spuds in pots for a number of years now, especially in a small garden where space is of the essence 🙋
That's a lovely variety - very tasty.
just found your posts. Very useful thank you.
I'm going to grow mine in a growbag it seem like a very good idea
boy you’re pretty chill back then
Good video and clearly explained. As per your request, I have grown first and second earlies as well as main crop: pentland javelin, desiree, King Eds, Nicola and so on! I like container growing as there is no weeding to do and no pests!
Thanks for such to the point and rich with advice video.
I echo the same comment as Kristen. Thank you for this informative video
Thank you very much for this very interesting video and direct to the point instructions. I`ll surely do this :))
Thank you, putting mine in bags today!
Very useful tips indeed.
Thanks for this great video.
Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks for watching - great to have you on board!
I've just gotten some potato seeds--real seeds--in my grow rig. Renee's seeds used to have a version, but this is Botanical interests. The strain is called "Clancy."
This is the first year I am attempting to grow potatoes and I am doing it in pots and buckets. I am trying All Blue and Katahdin from the Maine Potato Lady.
Thanks for this video really clear and well presented. Have grown potatoes successfully in containers for last two years but still improving technique for chitting and earthing up and varieties for best cropping. I'm growing Homeguard in Northern Ireland as worked well last year but would like to branch out more in future!
Great to hear!
What's a good balanced liquid fertiliser please?
Hey! Down Under my favorite variety to grow are Fingerling potatoes. Cheers!
Thank you. Very informative-great presentation.
Thank you!!! I’m going to try it💃🙋🏻♀️
Great video, packed full of information, thank for sharing 👍
Answered all my questions, thanks!
Thank you for your quick reply. I've been going nuts trying to figure out if they were big enough pots and wondering if they were, how many eyes do I put in there. So glad I subscribed to your channel. Amazing videos.
Thank you so much for the demo :)
Brilliant video. Thank you
This is my first time growing potatoes .. so fingers crossed 🤞
Hope it goes well Lynne.
I will try this method, thanks mate 👏!
You're very welcome.
I grew Ratte 2nd earlies -Yum - in containers last year. Neighbours were delighted to receive the surplus. I kept some with some of the compost around them in a cardboard box in the dark and they were fine weeks later (and hadn't sprouted). I'm growing Ratte again this year and trying Arran Pilot 1st earlies. The spuds started worryingly slowly this cold spring and then salt-laden gales in my seaside town battered the foliage but it's recovered. Unlike the runner beans, which were shredded.
My potatoes took AGES to emerge, but they're now growing fast. Hopefully you have time to re-sow the runner beans not it's a bit warmer.
Sorry I pressed send before finished, I just kind of popped them in a full trough of soil I had spare but I did top up new stuff from my new grow bags. My 1st ones were white potatoes, ones we usually get from Asda.
My daughter got some red rooster ones and she left some in a bag they had used and this time I've done it through your video so thanks for the stuff I didn't do in 1st place but hopefully they should be okay. I've subscribed because I want to grow some veg and fruit 😁
Excellent presentation.
I am so glad to see you demonstrate how easy this method may be as I am thinking of growing potatoes in big pots for the first time and was a little nervous but not anymore.
Thank you for the help.
Hi there, I decided one day after seeing my potatoes sprouting that I would grow my own, I have a small yard with a small built rockery and pots and hanging baskets. And the plants are massive now.
And
I found a small, red potato on the floor at work last month. I was going to throw it away but for some reason, put it in my shirt pocket. I ended up planting it at home (in a pot) and it is now 7" tall. Now that I know how stupid easy they are to grow, I plan on trying to grow some in season, properly. Thank you for showing us how!
Very informative video. Couple of questions though. 1. What soil type is best recommended for growing sack potatoes? 2. Will it grow in any kind of weather? 3. Can it be grown all year round or is there a season for it? 4. Can one use organic fertilizer (chicken/cow dung) and at what stages? 5. How many weeks/months after planting should I except to start harvesting?
Sorry I know I said a couple questions 😃
In answer to your questions Emmanuel:
1. You can use any potting mix, or a mixture of garden compost and garden soil. But lighter, all-purpose potting mix is best.
2. Potatoes will be killed by the frost, so as long as you can avoid frosty conditions they should grow. They prefer it warm, but not very hot - particularly potatoes in sacks.
3. Best to plant in the spring, as the weather is warming up, with a view to harvesting in the summer. In some climates potatoes are also planted later in summer for a crop in mid autumn - so long as frosts can be avoided.
4. You can use organic fertiliser. Best applied very lightly as you add the potting mix. Not essential though.
5. Anywhere from 10 weeks to 20 weeks, depending on what type of potato you are growing.
@@GrowVeg Thanks for your quick response sir. I really appreciate it.
Good presentation; thanks.
Very cool. Will try! Been wanting to do potatoes for ages. Looks pretty low-fuss, actually. Thanks!
It is very low fuss, so great for gardeners who don't have much time. Good luck if you decide to grow them.
😊great videos that you produce. Thank you
Thank you so much for this - really informative. I've just set out a few potatoes for chitting for my first ever "container" season. Just a few leftover spuds from Lidl.
Ray I am very new to this, where can you buy certified seed potatoes? Do they sell them in bag in garden centres..? Thank you
I’ve had the best luck with the 3$ bag of top soil from Lowe’s, cut a couple X shapes into the bag and plant seed potatoes just barely in the hole where the X is, water it about once every 2-3 weeks and give it 2-3 months and each 40lb bag of top soil has produced more than 10 lbs no less than 7lbs per bag but neither have gone over 15 lbs
That's fantastic - what a great result! :-)
Thanks for the advice
Love this video. First time potato grower here in Seattle USA and I think I’m ready to harvest. Just subscribed and looking forward to more of your excellent videos. Thanks!
Welcome - great to have you subscribed!
This is the second year I grow potato in containers. Last year we tried desiree and kennebec. It was okayish... I didn't add extra potash or phosporus. This year I put extra potash and phosporus and we are growing Purple Sapphire, Red Pontiac, Sebago and Dutch Cream. Hoping to get better yields 😊
Hope you get a great crop Fiona. :-)
@@GrowVeg thank you!! Your videos inspired me :)
Thank you! Can't wait to try it!