I'm a complete newbie. Last summer I started this... learnt a lot of lessons the hard way. I started far too late. But i planted one store bought potato and harvested 20 good size potatoes and there were loads of tubers. I didn't have the same success with my brassicas. I thought the beautiful white butterflies flying around them was amazing and was excited to see how my new hobby was attracting beautiful insects. 🙈🙄 Then realised they were laying eggs and the catapillers demolished everything 🙄😂 This year I'm starting early 🙌 , a little more educated than last with heaps more to learn and I'm really looking forward to having a better chance with all my veggies. I have found taking this up as a hobby, has been incredibly amazing for my mental health. Esp as I'd had postnatal depression and I have generalised anxiety disorder. I have found an amazing hobby that benefits and feeds my whole family ... 3 adult boys and a baby girl. I'm not one for sitting around, checking fb or hanging out with girlfriends etc. I've always needed something mentally and physically stimulating...but a hobby where I don't feel its selfish. Hence i gave this a go. Now I can do something that benefits my family and as a major plus.... my little girl gets to help out and enjoy fresh air and learn skills. .Super excited now to get starting back. 🥰.
😅 oh I love this story! Especially about attracting the beautiful butterflies....and insects!... only to... So me. You sound like my type of person...I'm sure this year is to be a success. Much love ❤️
Followed your advise for growing potatoes last year. I planted 16 seed potatoes and harvested 65lbs of potatoes. They were the best tasting potatoes ever, thanks!
@@misseileen6012 hi Eileen, here in N. Illinois, i bought 2 bags of seed potatoes from Menards home improvement store, so check out those kind of stores where you live, or call any gardening nurseries near you. Hope this helps, good luck!
Wow! I had gotten some seed potatoes for free at a store. Small ones with sprouts. I threw them away after I learned they might not sprout or make small ones. That's a lot of potatoes!!
I got myself a bag of seed potatoes from the walmart garden center. There were eight of them for three dollars. That was a month ago and that store seems to always be out of everything so you might look in the home improvement stores too. Mine are growing well and all have come up with nice green leafy plants. I bought a three pack of 10 gallon grow bags from amazon. I put three in two bags and the final two seed potatoes in the last grow bag. This is my first time growing potatoes so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I have learned a whole lot from watching this guys videos. Otherwise I wouldn’t have much of a clue seeing as how I was raised in Los Angeles with little gardening experience.
@@banjopickerinadoublewide7613 Darn, I just spent $16 on Amazon for seed potatoes because I didn't want to get bad ones that were sprayed and wouldn't sprout😩. You kind of don't know until harvest time. I had 2 free buds from a store and I threw them out. Didn't give them a chance! I didn't think Walmart had any. Fiddlesticks!!
My husband and I had been watching yo since you were a lot younger. My husband passed in 2018 and I just started gardening again. Getting a refresher course. Glad I found you.
I just read your comment, a year after you posted. I hope gardening is a comfort for you. I find it extremely calming - I always feel happy while I'm gardening, and maybe it sounds creepy, but I love the idea of the things I'm planted (especially fruit trees) being here long after I'm gone.
I contacted a local farmer and asked for some straw. When I bought it, I told him I would use it to hill my potatoes in a grow bag, to which he asked, "did you read that in a book?" In Wisconsin, I planted 34 -10 gallon containers...and they're doing great! Thanks so much!
Great video. I used organic russet potatoes from a local co-op and they sprouted and grew well (they must not use the sprout retardant). I did get a good crop in our bed and in containers. This season, i am doing the same but going all in with containers (10 and 15 gallon). At harvest, I like the ability to “dump” the container onto a tarp, sift through and find the hidden treasure and then put soil into a reclaimed soil bin using the tarp to transfer. Thanks again.
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to grow some potatoes, but was reluctant because of hilling and not being sure the planting depth. Your explanation is so clear, informative, and helpful. Your videos are among my favorites.
I’m going to grow for the first time this year.. I had store bought potatoes ready to plant but now I am going to find some seed potatoes. Thank you so much for this great info
I just did this over the weekend and did everything but the extra sulfur. So glad i watched this! Thank you for being in a similar grow zone as me and teaching so much right when I need it.
My friend asked me to grow a row of vegetables for the hungry. I was already planning to share but this reminds me not to share with just my well to do neighbors but with the food bank.
This. Exactly the way. If you're already working something, and it's just slightly more work than what you've already invested, why not be helpful outside the neighborhood?
I have recently acquired the property in which my grandparents use to own in Central Michigan. These videos made me get back into gardening. Unfortunately the garden has turned back into grass from my youth, but I am going with raise beds. Thanks for the encouragement to get back into growing!
It might be a bit late (it's 2023 now), but I've been following a CZcams channel called Self Suffiicient Me that is run by Mark in Australia, and even though he's in a much different climate, he uses all raised beds and goes into a lot of detail about all the things he's tried and why he makes the choices he does. He is also very warm and responsive to his CZcams audience. I love watching Mark's videos.
I am from Malaysia. I am gonna start growing potatoes here in my garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I always though you can't grow potato in a tropical climate like my country Malaysia. I used to grow them in Utah when I was a student there. But after watching videos of Indonesians growing potato in tropical Jakarta, I wanna give a try here in tropical Kuala Lumpur. though potatoes are dirt cheap in Malaysia, imported from India, China, Europe, even US.
@@alextromler6407 Bad! I now give up potato growing, after all past attempts failed. The tubers germinated each time, sending out shoots that grew up healthy, bushy and green. Then after while, they wilted, leaves turned yellow, stems started to rot, and eventually died.
If you're willing to put in some work, there are more wild potatoes that have some possibility of growing in warm areas of the world, but you'd probably have to grow them from true seed and not baby tubers (which we call seed potatoes). If you're interested look up cultivariable for more info
@@Mustafa-Kamal-Satar the potato root needs a lot of airspace in the soil (airy soil amendments like perlite and peat moss make up to 60-80% volume of bagged soil mix here in Canada) also, I think Malaysian Tropical rain is too heavy and will saturate the soil way too much and suffocates the roots to death, especially if it's not planted in the very airy fabric grow bag or raised bed like here. Also, any Clay or compaction-prone soil will very quickly suffocate the roots very quickly too.
I'm so excited about growing potatoes. I took about a 10 year break from gardening. I'm back and loving everything I am learning from you and other CZcams channels. I have fingerling potatoes (store bought) in egg cartons above my fridge, ready to go into old fabric grocery store bags, as an experiment. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I hope this experiment works.
I have some questions: 1. How do you know when they’re ready for harvest? 2. How do you know how much water to give them and when? 3. What pests do I need to be aware of? 4. How many seeds can I put in a 5 or 10 gallon container? 5. How many potatoes do you expect to harvest from one seed? Sorry if these are dumb but I’m very new and trying to learn.
This is our first year adding seaweed to our potato bags instead of sulfur. Local people swear by it. Also, it's fun to visit the beach and fill bags with dried seaweed.
You don't know how many times I have reviewed this video to try to get all the information I can on growing potatoes before I start this years crop. Last year my potatoes did bad and I worked so hard on them. We have very bad soil (hard and probably some clay). I'm so glad you covered a lot of stuff about the nutrition they need!
about to plant my first potatoes in bags this year - your video is very helpful and I'm looking forward to seeing how my potatoes do thru the summer. They are leafed out in the house here and really ready to be planted outside so that is the next step! Wish me luck!
First time grower this year. Never had a garden to grow them in and a friend gifted me potatoe bags. So I'll be headed to the nursery today for soil and stuff. Thank you so much for your help.
I’ve gardened in the past but it’s been a minute. I just lucked into a plot in our community garden and want to try container potatoes. You make it sound easy, so hoping it will be. Thanks and I’ll be looking at your other videos also!
I had potatoes in my garden beds last year and they were so good. I learned some things and hope to plant them in container bags this year. Thanks for the info!
This was very helpful. I’m growing potatoes this year for the first time and I had a lot of questions about what soil to use in my containers that were all answered here. You’re the best!
I grew them last year for the first time in my raised garden. I bought organic potatoes from my local smaller store. I got 30 small potatoes from about 8 plants. I also planted late. I'm gonna try growing them in a container this year and see what happens! Potatoes are my favorite food, so an abundance of potatoes would make me happy lol. Thanks for your guidance!
Agree with Luke on recycling your soil for potatoes. I fill my containers with composted straw from previous year's straw bale gardens about 3/4 and then put refreshed/used soil mix on top. I normally just add a little nitrogen (leaf growth) and Azomite early on and then fertilize a little with an odd mix of non-nitrogen fertilizers one time around late May and get pretty good results. I also use containers and start my seed potatoes in the garage in early April for a July harvest. Having bags makes it easy to just move them into the sun when the weather is nice, and then indoors when it looks like it's going to freeze. However this year I forgot and just left them outside from mid-April and they are still coming up just fine despite temps in the mid-20s for a couple of evenings. I think the composted straw helped. Didn't know about the PH requirement but will try adding some sulphur to see if we get bigger tubers. Thanks Luke!!
This will be my first year growing potatoes and I'm excited to get started! Your videos are so helpful! I'll be picking up my supplies today- despite the below zero temps and 5 feet of snow - no joke- covering my garden at the moment. I have heard that here in Minnesota, zone 4b the best time to plant potatoes is Good Friday. What is your practice?? Thank you for all your help!!
I also usually use store bought potatoes and have never had a problem here in MI. It's totally possible we've just gotten lucky though. I usually shop at our farm market and I know most everything is locally sourced. As Luke warned, I had one set that never even formed eyes. I tend to approach it as a cost/benefit kind of thing. When 5 seed potatoes are nearly triple the cost of an entire pound from the produce department it makes sense to me to take the risk. Last year we used seed potatoes and didn't end up with much at all, but I didn't know much then about controlling ph or any of those kinds of tips. I'm eyeing some of the specialty varieties from my local garden center pretty hard though. Maybe once we've gotten a little better at our potato game...
Great video Luke. I watched it to make sure I was doing it correct before planting my seed potatoes. I am using an extra recycling bin with many holes drilled in the bottom and lower sides. Time to get excited!!!
I do mine like many CZcams videos showed. I fill the container 4 inches then I add 4 inches on top. As the plants grow I cover them when the plants get about 3 inches tall and cover again. I do this until the pot is completely full. I started this process about a month ago for my first planting. It is now completely full of soil with about 5 inches of plant on top. It's a bit extra work but it's worth it.
When you plant indeterminate potatoes they keep growing and they produce more potatoes along the stems. So you put down soil then the seed potatoes and a few inches of soil then when the stalks/ leaves sprout through the soil a few inches you cover them with more soil let them grow through again and add soil again repeating until your container is full to the desired height. The potatoes luke is talking about in this video and most of the other potato videos ive seen him do are all determinate varieties and they dont continue to grow up when you keep adding soil. Ive grown indeterminate potatoes with great sucess filling the entire container so i found it a little odd that he called it a myth....im going to try again this year with much deeper containers and i guess ill find out.
The first year I grew yukons in my raised beds, I was so disappointed with the leggy, messy, scraggly foliage, that I swore I wouldn't grow them again. Then, I dug up my first potato... and I was hooked. There is nothing like a just-picked potato for dinner. I grow them every year now. So much fun to dig up in the fall. I grow them in a tightly fenced off area, to keep the foliage under control. Works great. This year I'm also growing baby red potatoes in a container. The stalk growth so far is looking good.
Awsome.i couldn't justify throwing away my sprouting organic potatoes.they turned on me fast and what a better time or plant to plant in these times as spuds are one of the few things we could live off.
I have some big black pots at about the size of your fabric ones. Can't wait to start planting potatoes! Never did it before. Thx for your great video!🙂
Excellent guide, thankyou. That answered all my questions. And reassuring to see you use 10 gal container sacks that look just like the ones I bought. This is my first time growing seed potatoes (PFAs) and I was thinking the 10 gal sacks may not be deep enough.
I was vacationing in Ireland and this old woman was digging in her garden and held up these two huge potatoes. I heard her say "These potatoes remind me of my husbands testicles" I replied " Your husbands testicles are that big?" She said " No, They're that dirty"
Thanks for all of the great tip and how to grow properly . I have started growing 2 yrs ago first year was a just bad , my second year was pretty good i did well . Now i took your idea on growing tomatoes and pollinated with the electric toothbrush , its amazing so for every flower has pollinated fruit everywhere . Just having a garden in south Florida or anywhere is always a learning process tanks for all of the great knowledge . So ill be watching . Have a great season .
It was only recently that I found out that there is no point in continuing to hill potatoes throughout the season, because contrary to popular belief, they do not produce more tubers/roots along the stem. As Luke said, the main aim of hilling is to keep the sunlight/heat off developing/developed potatoes.
I believe that the amount of hilling depends on the type of potato seed sown. From what I understand, indeterminate potatoes grow up along the stem where as determinate potatoes set new potatoes closer to the seed potato. Hollis and Nancy's homestead has a great tutorial about types of potatoes and how they grow them in pots. It's worth checking out at the very least!
Kathleen Laverty oh, ok-I didn’t know that-I might do a bit of research into it-I personally are quite happy to regularly hill potatoes-if it’s going to increase my yield-but it’s a lot of extra work if it isn’t necessary!
rachael james I agree! I can tell you from my own experience that this is true. Last year I filled a 30 gallon fabric container with potting mix, compost etc. I positioned the seed potatoes 6 inches from bottom and continued to hill as plants grow taller. Well when all said and done. Most of the tubers were with in 12 inches of the original seed potatoes. None were at the top 12 inches . So I looked into it and discovered that they were red potatoes of the determinant variety. I didn’t need to hill up 24 inches above them. Lesson learned : this year I’m learning which varieties are in needed of little hilling and lot of hilling depending on where the tubers set. Also I paying much closer attention to the number of days to maturity. Lady year , I waited until the stems were really dead . The voles and chipmunks like fresh potatoes as well! Good luck ! I just love growing potatoes!
Kathleen Laverty awesome! I only grew potatoes for the first time last year-Royal Blue-I wanted an all purpose variety-I did put them in late, as it was really hard year for getting seed potatoes where I am in Australia-I hilled them regularly, thinking I would get more potatoes, and I did get quite a few-but because I put them in really late, I mainly got babies! No drama though, I saved quite a few, and now I’ve got seed potatoes to put in real soon! (I’m in temperate Australia, so we have upto 104F summers/frost free winters, generally not any colder than 37.4F, but generally 46.4-53.6F). Potatoes are grown in winter here rather than summer as a general rule-along with most of the cooler crops-like brassicas and peas/broad beans. Pole/bush beans and snow peas are grown in summer. I didn’t even know there were determinate and indeterminate varieties of potatoes-but I guess it makes sense with them being related to tomatoes!!! Thanks for the info!!!
I'm a newbie gardener. I will be planting my container potatoes within two weeks. Will be attempting some other veggies as well, but I'm most excited about the potatoes. Thank you for the video!
Thank you for your video on growing potatoes. I've upped my "game" on potatoes this year and am excited to reap a larger potato harvest this 2024 season incorporating your tips!
I think the sprout inhibitor is a popular myth but ultimately not true. Have used store bought potatoes organic and inorganic many many times with zero issues. Multiple varieties etc.. etc...
Is it possible that the sprout inhibiters are not 100% indefinite prevention, with the effects wearing off over time and that the produce on store shelves is actually quite old. I thought there was the application of ripening inhibitors on alot of produce to keep it travel, warehouse and shelf stable as long as possible. Maybe temperature is a factor as well. People's homes tend to be warm.
Im growing potatoes for the first time, thanks so much for this, I have a very small garden outside of my rental home, and I will be growing them in containers cause our soil is mostly all clay.
I love that kind of thing like when I'm thinking of something then hear it in a song immediately And I miss hearing the train in my small city as it stopped coming through.
I'm growing potatoes for the first time, this year!! I attempted to root some roses and instead ended up rooting some potatoes 🤣🤣🤣 so I'm excited to try them out for the first time. I'll be doing it in a 5 gallon pail.
Hi Luke, love watching your channel. Last year I didn't have much luck with growing potatoes plus it can get expensive buying a lot of quality soil so I am trying something a little different this year. I am growing 4 varieties this year,(Adirondack Blue, Purple Viking, German Butterball and Yukon Gold) in 18 gallon rope buckets with holes on the bottom. I put down some shredded fall leaves that I saved (about 4-5 inches) in the bottom of each container. I then placed the seed potatoes on top of that and covered with a layer of cow manure. Then I layered with about 4 -5 inches of straw. The plants are coming up very nicely and the straw is helping retain the moisture as well. Planning on adding more manure and straw when they get a little taller. I have some trifecta on hand, is it too late to add? If not, about how much? You mentioned about 1 cup per 10 gallons so I am thinking maybe 1 1/2 cups per bucket. I AM trying to "grow big or go home" :-) Thanks
I'm using growing potatoes in grow bags as an impromptu additional homeschool science project for my 12 year old. I'm learning as well, b/c it's a crop that I've never grown before. Thanks for the tip on the sulfur. However, I'm allergic to sulfur, do you know of any other ideas on decreasing the pH of the soil? Thanks 👍🏽
Very helpful thank you so much. Group potatoes in the ground years ago but never had much success but going to use potato bags this year thank you so much for all your advice
Thanks for talking about bag size and how many seed potatoes per bag. I saw a lot of videos where the size was not discussed and potatoes were cut in pieces. I ordered a lot of seed-potatoes very earlies to regulars and am now planning where to put all the plants I want to grow. I will definitely try the bag option and put a couple in a bed.
First time potato grower here! Used this tutorial 2 weeks ago and already have Huge potato plants above ground with thumb-sized stalks! I will let you know the end result, but very happy now! Thank you!
@@apollofateh324 aww thanks for asking!! Wonderfully! I got 8.5 pounds out of 5 seed Red Potiac potatoes. I was able to repeat and grow 3 crops of the taters in my 15 gallon bag. Super satisfied!! Shared with all of my friends. Did you grow any this past summer? How did yours turn out?
@@sissinoklahoma2057 Thanks! I'm just starting gardening this year, I have the seed potato eyes growing in the window rn but I gotta wait to plant them (unusually cold/polar vortex and all 😭 #rip)
Thank you, this my first time and your video was great. Other short vids I have seen says to add soil as the leaves get taller, i noticed you did not mention that. I have 10 gallon bags that i will be using. Thank you!
This is great! We are heading back to Uganda in 2 weeks. Trying to figure out how to start crops that can grow and hopefully protect from the locusts swarming.
Not all store bought potato’s are sprayed with bud sprouting inhibitors. I’ve planted many different types and sizes of store bought potato’s and they’ve all reproduced very nicely. My favorite are the baby mix new potatoes grown in South America that Sams Club carries.. They reproduce perfectly every time. Just thought I would share...
Thank you for this video, I am starting my plant today, I will comment and send a pic when it starts to grow. You're a great host by the way, good show
Oh dear. I am growing potatoes for the first time this year, and watching this video has shown me that I have already made quite a few rookie mistakes... But Hey-ho I'll see what happens this year, and next year I will do better =D
God knew we needed a Hardy food source. Potatoes are so versatile too. Fries, hash browns, scalloped, augratin, mashed, you name it. The one starch that trumps bread.
Very informative, thank you. I was thinking of growing bag potato's in my basement with grow lights, because I have no full sun area in my yard, but have heard that if they should start to rot they could put off poisonous gas so leaving them outside and taking chances with amount of the sun for now.
Love your growing guides. It's the first time I'm growing potatoes, they have been in the container for almost 2 months now and they have started to bloom. Do you think I need to pinch off the flowers or there is no need?
I'm a complete newbie. Last summer I started this... learnt a lot of lessons the hard way. I started far too late. But i planted one store bought potato and harvested 20 good size potatoes and there were loads of tubers. I didn't have the same success with my brassicas. I thought the beautiful white butterflies flying around them was amazing and was excited to see how my new hobby was attracting beautiful insects. 🙈🙄 Then realised they were laying eggs and the catapillers demolished everything 🙄😂 This year I'm starting early 🙌 , a little more educated than last with heaps more to learn and I'm really looking forward to having a better chance with all my veggies. I have found taking this up as a hobby, has been incredibly amazing for my mental health. Esp as I'd had postnatal depression and I have generalised anxiety disorder. I have found an amazing hobby that benefits and feeds my whole family ... 3 adult boys and a baby girl. I'm not one for sitting around, checking fb or hanging out with girlfriends etc. I've always needed something mentally and physically stimulating...but a hobby where I don't feel its selfish. Hence i gave this a go. Now I can do something that benefits my family and as a major plus.... my little girl gets to help out and enjoy fresh air and learn skills. .Super excited now to get starting back. 🥰.
SAME HERE!! yay for Us🥔🧅🥕🍒💫🙌Stay Blessed and know your not alone.
Prayers for you. You are healing life will get better. I'm glad this is helping you. God bless you. This guy is a wealth of knowledge
😅 oh I love this story! Especially about attracting the beautiful butterflies....and insects!... only to... So me.
You sound like my type of person...I'm sure this year is to be a success. Much love ❤️
You are my kind of ppl. Mental health issues? Check. Pointless hobbies dismissed? Check. Lol. Hoping to start seed potatoes in Orlando this month.
What do you mean you started too late? They should survive through the fall. Did you not start until the summer vs spring?
Followed your advise for growing potatoes last year. I planted 16 seed potatoes and harvested 65lbs of potatoes. They were the best tasting potatoes ever, thanks!
Paul Tyock where do you find seed potatoes ?
@@misseileen6012 hi Eileen, here in N. Illinois, i bought 2 bags of seed potatoes from Menards home improvement store, so check out those kind of stores where you live, or call any gardening nurseries near you. Hope this helps, good luck!
Wow! I had gotten some seed potatoes for free at a store. Small ones with sprouts. I threw them away after I learned they might not sprout or make small ones. That's a lot of potatoes!!
I got myself a bag of seed potatoes from the walmart garden center. There were eight of them for three dollars. That was a month ago and that store seems to always be out of everything so you might look in the home improvement stores too. Mine are growing well and all have come up with nice green leafy plants. I bought a three pack of 10 gallon grow bags from amazon. I put three in two bags and the final two seed potatoes in the last grow bag. This is my first time growing potatoes so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I have learned a whole lot from watching this guys videos. Otherwise I wouldn’t have much of a clue seeing as how I was raised in Los Angeles with little gardening experience.
@@banjopickerinadoublewide7613 Darn, I just spent $16 on Amazon for seed potatoes because I didn't want to get bad ones that were sprayed and wouldn't sprout😩. You kind of don't know until harvest time. I had 2 free buds from a store and I threw them out. Didn't give them a chance! I didn't think Walmart had any. Fiddlesticks!!
My husband and I had been watching yo since you were a lot younger. My husband passed in 2018 and I just started gardening again. Getting a refresher course. Glad I found you.
Bless you, I bet your husband would be proud of you for continuing to garden ❤️
I just read your comment, a year after you posted. I hope gardening is a comfort for you. I find it extremely calming - I always feel happy while I'm gardening, and maybe it sounds creepy, but I love the idea of the things I'm planted (especially fruit trees) being here long after I'm gone.
I contacted a local farmer and asked for some straw. When I bought it, I told him I would use it to hill my potatoes in a grow bag, to which he asked, "did you read that in a book?" In Wisconsin, I planted 34 -10 gallon containers...and they're doing great! Thanks so much!
See you are helping SO many people by teaching gardening . You should be proud!!!!!
Great video. I used organic russet potatoes from a local co-op and they sprouted and grew well (they must not use the sprout retardant). I did get a good crop in our bed and in containers. This season, i am doing the same but going all in with containers (10 and 15 gallon). At harvest, I like the ability to “dump” the container onto a tarp, sift through and find the hidden treasure and then put soil into a reclaimed soil bin using the tarp to transfer. Thanks again.
Awesome tip regarding the tarp! Thank you 😊
Luke, this is perfect. I was just about to start my potatoes in containers. Perfect timing. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to grow some potatoes, but was reluctant because of hilling and not being sure the planting depth. Your explanation is so clear, informative, and helpful. Your videos are among my favorites.
I’m going to grow for the first time this year.. I had store bought potatoes ready to plant but now I am going to find some seed potatoes. Thank you so much for this great info
Revisiting older videos and figured I should comment to show I appreciate your library of knowledge.
Thanks for your help
I just did this over the weekend and did everything but the extra sulfur. So glad i watched this! Thank you for being in a similar grow zone as me and teaching so much right when I need it.
My friend asked me to grow a row of vegetables for the hungry. I was already planning to share but this reminds me not to share with just my well to do neighbors but with the food bank.
Here in Edmonton we have "grow a row" for the food bank. It's like veggies tithing:)
This. Exactly the way. If you're already working something, and it's just slightly more work than what you've already invested, why not be helpful outside the neighborhood?
Nothing wrong with helping food banks. Sometimes we aren't in a position to teach someone due to circumstances.
I have recently acquired the property in which my grandparents use to own in Central Michigan. These videos made me get back into gardening. Unfortunately the garden has turned back into grass from my youth, but I am going with raise beds. Thanks for the encouragement to get back into growing!
Have at it! Don't be afraid to jump right in. And have fun. Many blessings everyone.
It might be a bit late (it's 2023 now), but I've been following a CZcams channel called Self Suffiicient Me that is run by Mark in Australia, and even though he's in a much different climate, he uses all raised beds and goes into a lot of detail about all the things he's tried and why he makes the choices he does. He is also very warm and responsive to his CZcams audience. I love watching Mark's videos.
I am from Malaysia. I am gonna start growing potatoes here in my garden in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I always though you can't grow potato in a tropical climate like my country Malaysia. I used to grow them in Utah when I was a student there. But after watching videos of Indonesians growing potato in tropical Jakarta, I wanna give a try here in tropical Kuala Lumpur. though potatoes are dirt cheap in Malaysia, imported from India, China, Europe, even US.
How did your potatoes turn out?
@@alextromler6407 Bad! I now give up potato growing, after all past attempts failed. The tubers germinated each time, sending out shoots that grew up healthy, bushy and green. Then after while, they wilted, leaves turned yellow, stems started to rot, and eventually died.
@@Mustafa-Kamal-Satar still, good try
If you're willing to put in some work, there are more wild potatoes that have some possibility of growing in warm areas of the world, but you'd probably have to grow them from true seed and not baby tubers (which we call seed potatoes). If you're interested look up cultivariable for more info
@@Mustafa-Kamal-Satar the potato root needs a lot of airspace in the soil (airy soil amendments like perlite and peat moss make up to 60-80% volume of bagged soil mix here in Canada) also, I think Malaysian Tropical rain is too heavy and will saturate the soil way too much and suffocates the roots to death, especially if it's not planted in the very airy fabric grow bag or raised bed like here. Also, any Clay or compaction-prone soil will very quickly suffocate the roots very quickly too.
I'm so excited about growing potatoes. I took about a 10 year break from gardening. I'm back and loving everything I am learning from you and other CZcams channels. I have fingerling potatoes (store bought) in egg cartons above my fridge, ready to go into old fabric grocery store bags, as an experiment. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I hope this experiment works.
I have some questions: 1. How do you know when they’re ready for harvest? 2. How do you know how much water to give them and when? 3. What pests do I need to be aware of? 4. How many seeds can I put in a 5 or 10 gallon container? 5. How many potatoes do you expect to harvest from one seed? Sorry if these are dumb but I’m very new and trying to learn.
Great questions…but this was in 2018 and he didn’t answer you. How discouraging…I would of like to know too
@@cbass2755 great question! I would like to know too!
Growfully Jenna is very good to answer questions. She has helped me a lot!
@@hollyhall4236 I just went to her channel, Thank you so much! I subscribed….
@@cbass2755 did she answer you? Can you please post the answers here, when you have them?
Yep...the video is incomplete without those answers. He probably doesn't know and has to look it up 🙄 2 yrs later...crickets
This is our first year adding seaweed to our potato bags instead of sulfur. Local people swear by it. Also, it's fun to visit the beach and fill bags with dried seaweed.
You don't know how many times I have reviewed this video to try to get all the information I can on growing potatoes before I start this years crop. Last year my potatoes did bad and I worked so hard on them. We have very bad soil (hard and probably some clay). I'm so glad you covered a lot of stuff about the nutrition they need!
You continue to be a great resource in furthering my gardening education.
about to plant my first potatoes in bags this year - your video is very helpful and I'm looking forward to seeing how my potatoes do thru the summer. They are leafed out in the house here and really ready to be planted outside so that is the next step! Wish me luck!
First time grower...period lol. Going to try my luck with potatoes, onions, and some garlic
My spinach seeds sprouted! 1st 2 ever!
Thank you so much for your growing guides!
Put them in a sandwich bag with a tiny bit of water in dark spot in kitchen. Voila, sprouts:)
First time grower this year. Never had a garden to grow them in and a friend gifted me potatoe bags. So I'll be headed to the nursery today for soil and stuff. Thank you so much for your help.
I’ve gardened in the past but it’s been a minute. I just lucked into a plot in our community garden and want to try container potatoes. You make it sound easy, so hoping it will be. Thanks and I’ll be looking at your other videos also!
I had potatoes in my garden beds last year and they were so good. I learned some things and hope to plant them in container bags this year. Thanks for the info!
Thanks, this was exactly the info I needed, for my first attempt.
This was very helpful. I’m growing potatoes this year for the first time and I had a lot of questions about what soil to use in my containers that were all answered here. You’re the best!
Thanks for the tip on potassium! Prayers up for everyone's successful victory garden, this year!
I grew them last year for the first time in my raised garden. I bought organic potatoes from my local smaller store. I got 30 small potatoes from about 8 plants. I also planted late. I'm gonna try growing them in a container this year and see what happens! Potatoes are my favorite food, so an abundance of potatoes would make me happy lol.
Thanks for your guidance!
I'm learning so much from your channel! Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience.
Agree with Luke on recycling your soil for potatoes. I fill my containers with composted straw from previous year's straw bale gardens about 3/4 and then put refreshed/used soil mix on top. I normally just add a little nitrogen (leaf growth) and Azomite early on and then fertilize a little with an odd mix of non-nitrogen fertilizers one time around late May and get pretty good results.
I also use containers and start my seed potatoes in the garage in early April for a July harvest. Having bags makes it easy to just move them into the sun when the weather is nice, and then indoors when it looks like it's going to freeze. However this year I forgot and just left them outside from mid-April and they are still coming up just fine despite temps in the mid-20s for a couple of evenings. I think the composted straw helped.
Didn't know about the PH requirement but will try adding some sulphur to see if we get bigger tubers. Thanks Luke!!
This will be my first year growing potatoes and I'm excited to get started! Your videos are so helpful! I'll be picking up my supplies today- despite the below zero temps and 5 feet of snow - no joke- covering my garden at the moment. I have heard that here in Minnesota, zone 4b the best time to plant potatoes is Good Friday. What is your practice?? Thank you for all your help!!
I've never had a problem growing store-bought potatoes in Canada. It works every year and it makes great potatoes.
U.S. isn't Canada unfortunately. I wish we would get away from it here because it really isn't great to consume I would imagine.
I also usually use store bought potatoes and have never had a problem here in MI. It's totally possible we've just gotten lucky though. I usually shop at our farm market and I know most everything is locally sourced. As Luke warned, I had one set that never even formed eyes. I tend to approach it as a cost/benefit kind of thing. When 5 seed potatoes are nearly triple the cost of an entire pound from the produce department it makes sense to me to take the risk. Last year we used seed potatoes and didn't end up with much at all, but I didn't know much then about controlling ph or any of those kinds of tips. I'm eyeing some of the specialty varieties from my local garden center pretty hard though. Maybe once we've gotten a little better at our potato game...
@@sissymarie2912 I'm looking to start growing my own potatoes. You just went to a grocery store and picked up a bag of potatoes and planted them?
@@AllAmericanGuy01 I found a bag of purple organic potatoes on sale for 1.50. Used those instead of seed potatoes.
@@mikalks247 What type of soil did you use?
First time grower this year ! Looking forward to a potato crop. Thank you .
Great video Luke. I watched it to make sure I was doing it correct before planting my seed potatoes. I am using an extra recycling bin with many holes drilled in the bottom and lower sides. Time to get excited!!!
Starting to plan my garden for the season and I am looking forward to adding potatoes for the first time this year. Thanks for the video!
I do mine like many CZcams videos showed. I fill the container 4 inches then I add 4 inches on top. As the plants grow I cover them when the plants get about 3 inches tall and cover again. I do this until the pot is completely full. I started this process about a month ago for my first planting. It is now completely full of soil with about 5 inches of plant on top. It's a bit extra work but it's worth it.
When you plant indeterminate potatoes they keep growing and they produce more potatoes along the stems. So you put down soil then the seed potatoes and a few inches of soil then when the stalks/ leaves sprout through the soil a few inches you cover them with more soil let them grow through again and add soil again repeating until your container is full to the desired height. The potatoes luke is talking about in this video and most of the other potato videos ive seen him do are all determinate varieties and they dont continue to grow up when you keep adding soil. Ive grown indeterminate potatoes with great sucess filling the entire container so i found it a little odd that he called it a myth....im going to try again this year with much deeper containers and i guess ill find out.
@@alorastewart7091 what was your outcome?
I bought an organic bag of potatoes last year and didn't end up using all of them. They started growing like crazy! I'm going to try planting them.
The first year I grew yukons in my raised beds, I was so disappointed with the leggy, messy, scraggly foliage, that I swore I wouldn't grow them again. Then, I dug up my first potato... and I was hooked. There is nothing like a just-picked potato for dinner. I grow them every year now. So much fun to dig up in the fall. I grow them in a tightly fenced off area, to keep the foliage under control. Works great. This year I'm also growing baby red potatoes in a container. The stalk growth so far is looking good.
Hi Luke, I'm going to do this, this weekend. So glad you made a video about this!
this is my first year trying potatoes in 5 gallon buckets, they are doing good so far
Awsome.i couldn't justify throwing away my sprouting organic potatoes.they turned on me fast and what a better time or plant to plant in these times as spuds are one of the few things we could live off.
This is my first year growing potatoes, thanks for the information.
Tried your method last summer, great success, now all my gardening friends want to try your method next summer. Thanks.
Starting my first potatoes in a bucket this year!
Me too!!
I have some big black pots at about the size of your fabric ones. Can't wait to start planting potatoes! Never did it before. Thx for your great video!🙂
How extremely timely of you. I JUST today got seed potatoes today AND a seed growing bag container the other day
Excellent guide, thankyou. That answered all my questions. And reassuring to see you use 10 gal container sacks that look just like the ones I bought. This is my first time growing seed potatoes (PFAs) and I was thinking the 10 gal sacks may not be deep enough.
These did very well in the GroBuckets last year but I bet we could have increased yields with more potassium and more acidic soil. Great information.
This will be my first year trying this Luke. I'll follow your guidelines, and I'll hope to grow big or I'll stay home...lol.
How did the potatoes work out? I failed miserably!
I’m going to plant potatoes for the first time. This video was very helpful! Thank you!!
This is my first year with a garden and I'm looking forward to having so much fresh produce for my family
I ordered Trifecta for the first time this year. My plants always grow well, but this year they are amazing.
That is what we love to hear!
Where did you get the trifecta plus from?
What is the formula for the Trifecta - looks like 5-10-4? Is that a high potassium fertilzer?
I was vacationing in Ireland and this old woman was digging in her garden and held up these two huge potatoes. I heard her say "These potatoes remind me of my husbands testicles" I replied " Your husbands testicles are that big?" She said " No, They're that dirty"
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Thanks for all of the great tip and how to grow properly . I have started growing 2 yrs ago first year was a just bad , my second year was pretty good i did well . Now i took your idea on growing tomatoes and pollinated with the electric toothbrush , its amazing so for every flower has pollinated fruit everywhere . Just having a garden in south Florida or anywhere is always a learning process tanks for all of the great knowledge . So ill be watching . Have a great season .
Brilliant clear advice/ well put together content 👌 , I need this for strawberries
It was only recently that I found out that there is no point in continuing to hill potatoes throughout the season, because contrary to popular belief, they do not produce more tubers/roots along the stem. As Luke said, the main aim of hilling is to keep the sunlight/heat off developing/developed potatoes.
I believe that the amount of hilling depends on the type of potato seed sown. From what I understand, indeterminate potatoes grow up along the stem where as determinate potatoes set new potatoes closer to the seed potato. Hollis and Nancy's homestead has a great tutorial about types of potatoes and how they grow them in pots. It's worth checking out at the very least!
Kathleen Laverty oh, ok-I didn’t know that-I might do a bit of research into it-I personally are quite happy to regularly hill potatoes-if it’s going to increase my yield-but it’s a lot of extra work if it isn’t necessary!
rachael james I agree! I can tell you from my own experience that this is true. Last year I filled a 30 gallon fabric container with potting mix, compost etc. I positioned the seed potatoes 6 inches from bottom and continued to hill as plants grow taller. Well when all said and done. Most of the tubers were with in 12 inches of the original seed potatoes. None were at the top 12 inches . So I looked into it and discovered that they were red potatoes of the determinant variety.
I didn’t need to hill up 24 inches above them. Lesson learned : this year I’m learning which varieties are in needed of little hilling and lot of hilling depending on where the tubers set. Also I paying much closer attention to the number of days to maturity. Lady year , I waited until the stems were really dead . The voles and chipmunks like fresh potatoes as well! Good luck ! I just love growing potatoes!
Kathleen Laverty awesome! I only grew potatoes for the first time last year-Royal Blue-I wanted an all purpose variety-I did put them in late, as it was really hard year for getting seed potatoes where I am in Australia-I hilled them regularly, thinking I would get more potatoes, and I did get quite a few-but because I put them in really late, I mainly got babies! No drama though, I saved quite a few, and now I’ve got seed potatoes to put in real soon! (I’m in temperate Australia, so we have upto 104F summers/frost free winters, generally not any colder than 37.4F, but generally 46.4-53.6F). Potatoes are grown in winter here rather than summer as a general rule-along with most of the cooler crops-like brassicas and peas/broad beans. Pole/bush beans and snow peas are grown in summer. I didn’t even know there were determinate and indeterminate varieties of potatoes-but I guess it makes sense with them being related to tomatoes!!! Thanks for the info!!!
Rachael J it depends on wether they r determinate it indeterminate potatoes
I'm a newbie gardener. I will be planting my container potatoes within two weeks. Will be attempting some other veggies as well, but I'm most excited about the potatoes. Thank you for the video!
Love your videos!! Novice gardener here, first time doing potatoes in felt pots, wish me luck!!
I've gardened for so long and this will be my first time trying potatoes. Thanks for the video!
It would be awesome if you included the links to the products you use in case we want to reference without having to go back and search the video.
Will be trying this for the first time. 2021. I'll let you know how it goes!
Following. Me too.
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Me toooooooo
I grew them this way last year and they did great! Planting now for this year.
ME TOO!!!
Thank you for your video on growing potatoes. I've upped my "game" on potatoes this year and am excited to reap a larger potato harvest this 2024 season incorporating your tips!
I wanted to just jump forward ahead to speed up the video, but found myself watching all of it! So much good info! Thank you.
I think the sprout inhibitor is a popular myth but ultimately not true. Have used store bought potatoes organic and inorganic many many times with zero issues. Multiple varieties etc.. etc...
MT Worlds agreed. Though I just have tried it with organic potatoes and had no issues
I've tried with store bought potatoes and they didn't work for me. Had to get seed potatoes.
Is it possible that the sprout inhibiters are not 100% indefinite prevention, with the effects wearing off over time and that the produce on store shelves is actually quite old. I thought there was the application of ripening inhibitors on alot of produce to keep it travel, warehouse and shelf stable as long as possible. Maybe temperature is a factor as well. People's homes tend to be warm.
Everyone I know that uses them get foliage but no potatoes...if you want to grow a weed to save $1 then go ahead
I've tried it with store-bought as well. Never worked. I have not tried potatoes from an organic market though, which I think would work fine.
Im growing potatoes for the first time, thanks so much for this, I have a very small garden outside of my rental home, and I will be growing them in containers cause our soil is mostly all clay.
I’m about to plant seed potatoes for the first time. This video was very helpful! Thanks 😊
Thank you for this very timely video!
Mine just started sprouting. Excited to see how it goes.
Same here. Zone 6 pa
Do you have a video on the harvesting of these potatoes? Would really like to see how they turned out!
Growing container potatoes for the first time. This is 3 video that I have watched & was by far the best
First timer for potatoes can’t wait for the outcome! Thanks for the guidance😘
As a train horn was going off in the video, a train went past our house. :-D
I love hearing a train!
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Keiko Mushi who asked
I love that kind of thing like when I'm thinking of something then hear it in a song immediately
And I miss hearing the train in my small city as it stopped coming through.
i LITERALLY read this comment at it started blowing! how funny!
I'm growing potatoes for the first time, this year!! I attempted to root some roses and instead ended up rooting some potatoes 🤣🤣🤣 so I'm excited to try them out for the first time. I'll be doing it in a 5 gallon pail.
How's it working out? Mine failed in a big way....poor soil I think, too sandy.
This is my first year growing potatoes. I put mine in Gro pots, 7 gallon. Plants are beautiful, hoping for a good harvest.
Great video! No fluff and straight to the point....which means more time for gardening!
Hi Luke, love watching your channel. Last year I didn't have much luck with growing potatoes plus it can get expensive buying a lot of quality soil so I am trying something a little different this year. I am growing 4 varieties this year,(Adirondack Blue, Purple Viking, German Butterball and Yukon Gold) in 18 gallon rope buckets with holes on the bottom. I put down some shredded fall leaves that I saved (about 4-5 inches) in the bottom of each container. I then placed the seed potatoes on top of that and covered with a layer of cow manure. Then I layered with about 4 -5 inches of straw. The plants are coming up very nicely and the straw is helping retain the moisture as well. Planning on adding more manure and straw when they get a little taller. I have some trifecta on hand, is it too late to add? If not, about how much? You mentioned about 1 cup per 10 gallons so I am thinking maybe 1 1/2 cups per bucket. I AM trying to "grow big or go home" :-) Thanks
I would avoid manure because nitrogen grows leaves not potatoes. Many blessings everyone.
I'm using growing potatoes in grow bags as an impromptu additional homeschool science project for my 12 year old. I'm learning as well, b/c it's a crop that I've never grown before. Thanks for the tip on the sulfur. However, I'm allergic to sulfur, do you know of any other ideas on decreasing the pH of the soil? Thanks 👍🏽
Very helpful thank you so much. Group potatoes in the ground years ago but never had much success but going to use potato bags this year thank you so much for all your advice
Thanks for talking about bag size and how many seed potatoes per bag. I saw a lot of videos where the size was not discussed and potatoes were cut in pieces. I ordered a lot of seed-potatoes very earlies to regulars and am now planning where to put all the plants I want to grow. I will definitely try the bag option and put a couple in a bed.
First time potato grower here! Used this tutorial 2 weeks ago and already have Huge potato plants above ground with thumb-sized stalks! I will let you know the end result, but very happy now! Thank you!
How'd your potatoes turn out? Was the harvest a good size, and did they taste good?
@@apollofateh324 aww thanks for asking!! Wonderfully! I got 8.5 pounds out of 5 seed Red Potiac potatoes. I was able to repeat and grow 3 crops of the taters in my 15 gallon bag. Super satisfied!! Shared with all of my friends.
Did you grow any this past summer? How did yours turn out?
Sorry, meant to say, I only weighed the first batch. I don't know my total season ending weight.
@@sissinoklahoma2057 Thanks! I'm just starting gardening this year, I have the seed potato eyes growing in the window rn but I gotta wait to plant them (unusually cold/polar vortex and all 😭 #rip)
Anyone else a beginner? None of this made sense to me. Ahhhh let me go back and watch this 10 more times 😢
Learning about the soil they like was great. We have dense soil in our main garden so I’m excited to try containers for the potatoes this year.
Thank you, this my first time and your video was great. Other short vids I have seen says to add soil as the leaves get taller, i noticed you did not mention that. I have 10 gallon bags that i will be using. Thank you!
This is great! We are heading back to Uganda in 2 weeks. Trying to figure out how to start crops that can grow and hopefully protect from the locusts swarming.
There still there?
Not all store bought potato’s are sprayed with bud sprouting inhibitors. I’ve planted many different types and sizes of store bought potato’s and they’ve all reproduced very nicely. My favorite are the baby mix new potatoes grown in South America that Sams Club carries.. They reproduce perfectly every time. Just thought I would share...
Awesome Thanks
Me too. I have never bought actual seed potatoes.
Thank you for this video, I am starting my plant today, I will comment and send a pic when it starts to grow. You're a great host by the way, good show
Trying potatoes for the first time. Love watching your DIY videos. Growing in grow bags, and can’t wait to
See what type of harvest I get.
Oh dear. I am growing potatoes for the first time this year, and watching this video has shown me that I have already made quite a few rookie mistakes... But Hey-ho I'll see what happens this year, and next year I will do better =D
Best thing about potatoes is, it doesn't matter what container you use, they'll grow in pretty much anything... :)
God knew we needed a Hardy food source. Potatoes are so versatile too. Fries, hash browns, scalloped, augratin, mashed, you name it. The one starch that trumps bread.
Very informative, thank you. I was thinking of growing bag potato's in my basement with grow lights, because I have no full sun area in my yard, but have heard that if they should start to rot they could put off poisonous gas so leaving them outside and taking chances with amount of the sun for now.
Loving all your videos, thank you!!! 🙏🏼🌱🌈
I just think “potatoes “ is one of the best words out there. 🙂
I prefer POETAHTOHS ♥
So for a 5 gallon container it is 1/2 cup Trifecta, 2 Tablespoons of Peletized Sulfur? Is that the correct measurements?
I've grown most backyard vegetables, but this will be the first year for potatoes. Thanks for the good tips.
Love love love your growing guides
Any1 here because of covid-19?? lol 😆
Yes lol I'm going self sufficient have a nice day
lol yessir
Yes. Covid-19 Gardener. Thanks.Starr
You betcha!
Yes, I've been gardening for several years but I'm ramping it up now! Just got my potatoes today from Etsy, hopefully they'll work!
Love your growing guides. It's the first time I'm growing potatoes, they have been in the container for almost 2 months now and they have started to bloom. Do you think I need to pinch off the flowers or there is no need?
Don't damage the flowers or pick them. Just watch for the 'die back that tells you hot delicious taters are almost here.
great video from absolutely the best channel on utube thank you keep up the good work
Gonna be my first time growing potatoes, found your video very helpful