This Tip Will Save You BIG MONEY Growing Potatoes!
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2024
- On today's 2 minute garden tip, I share how to buy seed potatoes for a fraction of the cost at big box stores and online nurseries! Buying seed potatoes can be so expensive that it can defeat the purpose of growing potatoes. This tip will save you big money growing potatoes and makes it affordable for everyone to grow potatoes in their garden!
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Great tip, and you're right. I've never bought seed potatoes, I just do exactly what you've done. And without organic potatoes. Buy a bag, put some in a dark closet for a week or two, and voila! You have seed potatoes.
I typically plant my sprouted pantry potatoes. You definitely can. Once a potato sprouts, it's a seed potato. *But,* if you are buying potatoes to intentionally plant soon, the organic potatoes will sprout more quickly in many cases.
The local Feed Store I get my sweet potatoes from has them in freestanding baskets so you can mix and match whatever you want. last year they were a $1.25 a pound. I bought all the seed potatoes I needed plus some last year for $22. And between two plantings of potatoes I probably grew 100 plus pounds, I gave a lot of it away... And I still have potatoes in my potato box 🙂.
Never shop at the big box stores for garden supplies, go to the local independent folks.
That's a pretty good deal. Unfortunately, most people don't have access to a feed store. The big box stores are out of control with the prices, so you can't go wrong with grocery stores.
Ours were 69¢ a pound at our local farm store. I was so excited. I was shocked. They are normally way more. Thanks for tip!
I remember 3 years ago, I was buying 10 lb bags of potatoes for $4. Now, a 5 lb bag is about $5 😕Growing your own is a good idea.
Ours are 69 cents a pound too! I couldn't believe it! I'm tempted to eat them :)
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Thank you. I went to buy potatoes and they were all gone and I remembered this video. I got organic potatoes russet and golden Thank you thank you thank you!!!🌺🌺
Just did this today! I had been saving some red and Yukon gold that had sprouted some weeks back. I followed your advice from the other potato planting video in four 10 gallon grow bags. Thanks for all the great content!
Outstanding! Be sure to give them plenty of bone meal. Potatoes are heavy feeders.
I was wondering about using potatoes from the grocery store. I was at our tractor supply store and they had a 5 pound bag of "seed" potatoes for 4 dollars so i bought them. I bought them last year and they pretty well. Thanks again for this tip
That's dirt cheap. Lowe's wants $4 for less than 1 lb 🙄
Just in time Anthony. Thank you so much 😊❤
You're welcome!
As long as you aren’t looking for a specific type of potato it will work fine. But Even if you buy the big box seed potato that is only a one time cost. you can bring those potatoes back the following year at no cost.
Which would be my motivation. I never seen a purple potato my whole life. Didn’t know there was such a thing. I’d love to grow some next year.
The problem with that is that if you have a long winter, the chances of your potatoes overwintering indoors for 6+ months and still being plantable may be slim. Also, consider that one of those boxes of 4 potatoes for $4 will probably only yield 4-6 lbs of potatoes, total. Imagine planting that for a ~5 lb harvest, then having to save half of them to re-plant in 6+ months. It just doesn't seem worth it.
My husband keeps the house at 60° year round with thick curtains to keep out the Texas heat. I have to race to cook any potatoes because they’ll sprout before the week is out. 😅 other than that, we also had some ‘well-chitted’ red potatoes that I had to wait all December to plant. So glad the weather is already warming back up down south. They’re just starting to break the surface and spread those leaves in our grow bags. Beautiful sight to see.
I buy my potatoes at trader Joe's every year and have had great crops
They have a nice selection of regular old potatoes. They usually have a white, yellow, redskin, purple flesh, etc. They have more selection than the actual garden stores for 75% less cost 😄
Another great tip! Thank you 😊👍👍
Thanks for the tip! I bought a bag of FOOD Maris Piper potatoes for eating, saved up the ones that were too small, did like you described and had them in an egg box. They have sprouted and are good to go in the ground! Now we're just waiting for the weather to warm up a bit more, as we are still near freezing point at night.
Awesome tip. Thanks Man
You're welcome!
Love this... also started my sweet potato slips with organic potatoes!
Excellent! I'll be starting my sweet potatoes this week.
I grew mine from seed potatoes last year in grow bags. I decided to do the same thing you are doing. This year, they are going in a raised bed. I hope I get a better harvest. I did buy some Kinnebec at the farm store to add to the red and gold. Thanks for your tips!
Be aware that if you're growing them in a raised bed, you'll need to dig up practically the entire bed. I don't want to do that since the soil disturbance is enormous, and it's messy. That's why I grow in grow bags. You may get a better harvest in a true raised bed...maybe...but it's more work.
I've heard you should sprout your seed potatoes in a sunny window and the sprouts that come out of the seed will be hardier.
Great info. Save money on seed pot.
Absolutely. I always have a few potatoes at the end of the bag that sprout before I can eat them, so into the garden they go! I saw seed potatoes for sale today at Lowe’s and thought “but… why?”
Exactly. Unless you have your heart set on a very specific variety, just plant your old pantry potatoes. To me, a potato is a potato. They don't get me all excited like a tomato where I need 25 different varieties 😂
Seed potatoes are certified to be free of diseases while store bought are not. Do you have any concerns about introducing disease into your garden via grocery store potatoes?
No, and I'll tell you why. I plant my potatoes 2-3 weeks before my last frost, because they take a few weeks to get going before they break the surface. By the time they break through, frost danger has passed. So, by the time the potatoes grow and mature, it's only May and the rain and humidity hasn't started yet. I've never had to spray my potatoes for any pests or diseases, because growing them this way, they're done before the diseases start. If you were concerned, you could always soak them in a solution of 3-4 parts water and 1 part 3% hydrogen peroxide for 30-60 minutes.
I usually dampen potatoes and store them in a brown paper bag in a dark warm place, seem them sprout in as little as three days also never buy them in a big box store, usually get them at a farm supply place or a garden center
This is thinking outside the box. We're conditioned to buy seeds or starts, but you can get seeds from the actual food.
Last year, I grew peppers from some seeds that I removed from store bought peppers (they just can't be green).
You can also grow beans from... beans. You don't have to buy bean seeds. Just buy a bag of beans, which are the same thing, but you pay less and get a lot more.
You can do this with just about any crop. Just make sure the fruit is ripe and is non-GMO, or the seeds might not sprout.
Vast majority of food commercially available is indeed GMO.
@@aprilmay1700 You just have to read the label. It's also a good idea to buy produce from small family farms and farmers markets.
I buy seed potatoes, because I want to try different varieties. This yr , I have 5 different types and I will saving some to replant.
I will tell you that I don't use grocery store seeds from tomatoes, peppers, etc., because my feeling on those is that they're grown in huge commercial operations and likely have cross-pollinated, so I won't get true seeds most likely. Therefore, I like supporting the seed companies to get true seed. *However,* for potatoes, you don't need to worry about this, so it's all good. No need to spend the extra money. Same thing with sweet potatoes. Just root a potato from the store and grow slips.
@@aprilmay1700that is not true. In fact, the exact opposite is true. It's almost impossible for people to get GMO seeds. GMO seeds are tightly controlled intellectual property. In order to buy GMO seed, you need to sign contract and you're legally liable if you let the seed out. For this reason, virtually nothing fresh is GMO, because they don't want you to get your hands on the seed. GMO food is almost entirely relegated to processed food, because it's been milled/extracted/ground and otherwise destroyed so there is nothing left for you to plant. Nothing in the produce section is GMO. That would make no sense, because if you could buy a GMO tomato for $1 and plant the seed, their patent becomes worthless. Don't want GMO food? Don't eat anything in boxes/bags. Buy fresh ingredients and cook.
I needed this video 48 hours ago :(
You can always grow more!
I've bought seed potatoes, but now I am growing potatoes from those potatoes.
If you're able to store them long enough, you can keep a portion of your fall harvest to replant in spring.
Is it best o cut them in sections or leave them whole?
I used to cut them. Now, I just plant them whole. I haven't tested it side by side to see if one way gives you more production, but this one $3.49 bag of potatoes as-is is enough to plant 3-4 20 gallon grow bags full of potatoes.
potatoes sprouts are around $10-$12 a packet in Australia
That's absurd, unless it's a giant box. Just buy potatoes and sprout them yourself. It only takes a couple weeks.
Nice tip, I didn't know I could just buy organic store potatoes, sit them on my countertops in a cool, dark place and wait until they root out and then just plant them. For outdoors, when do you recommend planting? How long does that process from planting that potato like that until harvest? 90-120 days or what?
Yep, that's all you have to do! If you have any conventional potatoes that have started to sprout in your pantry, you can plant them, too. I recommend planting potatoes about 3 weeks before your last frost. Potatoes are NOT tolerant of frost, but since it takes them 2-3 weeks to get going and break through the surface, you want to start them a couple weeks early.
@@2MinuteGardenTips okay thank you for the advice. I grow marijuana (legally)and your tips are almost always relevant and useful. I will give potatoes a shot soon.
Years ago I was warned off growing potatoes in my garden because they supposedly attract a lot of nasty pests... do you agree with that assessment? I've never tried to grow them because of that... I'm in NJ... thanks
No. I have never had my potatoes get any pests or disease. Here is why: I plant my potatoes 3 weeks before my last frost. Since they take a few weeks to break the soil line, you can plant them while it's still frosting lightly outside. By starting them early, I harvest them in May before the rain and humidity starts. Those that struggle with potato diseases usually plant them too late. If you plant them early enough, you'll beat the pests and diseases.
This is not about potatoes- just want to ask if you grow papaya. I live in NC and tried to grow but was not successful. Any tip?
No. It would be very difficult if not impossible to grow a papaya outdoors in NC. It's just too cold. There are no frost-tolerant papayas, so you'd have to find a way to grow it in a container somehow. I imagine that would be tricky to overwinter.
thank you.
The only drawback is, you have no choice regarding variety. 🤷♂️
Sure you do. There are 3 varieties in the bag I purchased alone. They also had Yukon Gold, Russet, some redskin varieties, etc., so there were 5-6 varieties available just in one grocery store. At Lowe's, there was only 2 or 3 varieties. The selection at the grocery stores is better than the actual big box stores. Now, if you want to order something unique online, they're going to cost you a pretty penny, so you have to decide if that's worth it to you. In my opinion, there isn't enough variability in potatoes to justify the cost, so I'm happy growing varieties I can find in the store. It's not like a tomato where there is huge variance in varieties. I've never had a potato that has blown me away. They're a foundational food for me, so they're all similar enough.
This tip is illegal in my state
Engage in civil disobedience
I won't tell.
Seriously???!!! What state do you live in?
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State of denial…🤷🏼
Last year I planted grocery store russets not organic. They grew great but they did not store well. In 2 months they were all growing eyes and some were getting soft. Any suggestions? Hello to Dale 🦴🦴