Been planting potatoes for almost 60 years now love them. You got it pretty much on the nail. Only thing i do differently is i just go ahead and bury my potatoes deep. Takes longer for them to come through but over the years i just just a wee bit lazier about going back to hoe them. I just plant them deep when they get about 4 inches high i hoe them and let them go from there. They do just fine long as the deer leave them alone.
Work smarter not harder😂 I'm new to growing potatoes and will be planting here shortly for a fall harvest..Oregon, zone 8b... going to try mulching heavily with straw and some compost. Did a round of containers this spring and not very impressed. Will be turning my front yard into a potato patch😂 hubby refuses to move to the country at the moment so I'm stuck in the city for now. That WILL change...🤣
@@lanamulyar6021 great motto to follow something that my grandfather always said. I'm in zone 5 myself in WV and lucky to live in the country on a 5 acre homestead. Good luck on future gardening it's a very useful skill and if things get much worse it may be the only way one can feed a family.
Planted some New potaters last year in saw dust from Woodmizer. Built a bed 4ftx12ft with rough boards. Fill with the saw dust. Put the tater eye's 8inches apart. Made a gracious plenty.
Well this was an interesting video. Man you are so real. Its a pleasure watching and listening to the things you say. I wish I could comunicate the way you do
Man alive! I thought this might be old footage that you were digging up on a slow week! Nope. I am staring out the window as snow falls right now, with the block heater bubbling away in the Ford 3600. I have to go out and plow for the 300th time this winter to clear the milling site. The camera batteries die in about 3 minutes! The snow banks on all the roads are ten feet tall and the piles down where i clear in front of the mill are 14! I love Georgia. I am literally over three months from planting potatoes here. Likely June. 4 plus feet of snow on the ground is gonna take a while to go. Thanks for the vid. It was nice to imagine warmth from up here in Maine. Georgia is better for humans to live in.
You can also grow potatoes in grass mowings subject to no weed killing in the lawn. Just lay the seed potatoes on the ground and keep adding mowings until grass cutting has finished. The result...perfect clean potatoes which can also be accessed as you need them.
@@falllineridge Nope, bit like a compost heap I suppose. Have grown them like this on my allotment here in the UK for several years now. Not for everyone I don't suppose but as a working gardener I had mowings everyday to dispose of, so it made sense.
Very interesting, Mr. Saunders. Sounds like what we call straw bale growing, in a way. I imagine this would cut down on weeds also. I've got to many weeds in my grass to do this alone but I could lay some straw over the potato plants to help with building the mound. Seems to me this would be composting in place - growing plants but building the soil at the same time. I'm going to think on it and see what I come up with. Thanks for the suggestion. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
@@sharonallen6921 It was a problem originally with too many clippings to cope with and research on Mother Earth News and other sites brought the answer. Did it for two years and was impressed with the clean nature of the potatoes.
Thank you for this video. I have not planted my potatoes yet. Been kind of dreading it since in the past I have not done well by my potatoes. Since you are just 1 state away from me I think part of my problem is that I've been waiting to long to get them in the ground. Going to be a cool snap here next week so I think next weekend maybe I'll get to planting. Thanks for the encouragement. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
Chickens are a great way to get rid of those potatoe beetles. Let them run loose in there, they will take care of most, if not all of them. They will take a few leaves with them, but the pros of using them are much more than the cons.
That's how we plant potatoes in Jefferson County just southeast of the fall line. Kudos on the Rainbow granulated, got all your micronutrients covered. Enjoy scratching up those little red ones.
I'm growing 8 different varieties including 2 blue/purple.. have 2 more on the way bringing me up to 10 (well 12 if you count the 2 store bought red and yellow varieties that are sprouting in my cupboard 😂) There are sooooo many interesting potato varieties out there to try!!! I think I have an addiction ...
All I have is a 'bucket garden' against a south facing wall that reflects the light. Tried potatoes last year in some of them.. not so good a result. With your tips, I can see how to do it better, may try again. I get great tomatoes and peppers and squashes,
We have tried sweet potatoes in large buckets before with limited success. I have a friend that uses a raised garden and does pretty well with his stuff.
Thumbs up for the bucket garden concept ! Make sure you give them some good drainage holes ! Potatoes will even do well in plain old garbage bags filled with grass clippings ! If you are a little tight for space !
Reds and Yukon golds are good, but you should try a couple rows of Idaho. Mix them two to one Yukon to Idaho for great mashed potatoes for shepherds pie or for something like breakfast potatoes. I live in MN and growing up mu grandfather had over 20 acres of potatoes in about 10 different varieties. Good luck.
That can and your knife are why I don’t use chemical fertilizer. I do compost and rabbit manure, lower in nutrients, but nothing that’s damaging either...
Absolutely love eating fresh dog potatoes straight from the farm! Thank goodness for my local farmers market, cause I'm too lazy (and handicapped) to do that much work! Lol
More than one way to skin a cat, I guess. My dad always let the potato pieces dry and scab over. Then he sprinkle with lime. Depending on whether it was a garden or potato field (the family sold locally), he would literally drop on top of the plowed earth and then cover with soil (garden), or plow raised rows and we planted into the top with a planter hooked to the tractor (field). He would then go back later and plow dirt up around the plants. Allowed for better drainage. But its interesting to see the different methods and what works for others. May do some experimenting myself.
I did hear that you should let the potatoes dry after quartering before placing in the ground otherwise it's easier for it to rot but im not sure how true it is just what I've heard
I love the concept of farming, gardening but I hate the insects! Any particular climate location where bugs/insects are less? Is using a greenhouse reduce or minimize those yucky things? Great video Sir Thanks!
Excellent video. Thank you!! I am also planting tomatoes--I am worried about the bugs--do you have any suggestions in terms of anti-bug solutions? Thanks.
And I thought Potatoes grew in the vegetable isle at the store... Silly me. Actually I enjoyed the video. My friends tried growing potatoes in ND. and 'harvested' them when the leaves were still green. They got 'Naked Potatoes'. They had no skin.
How do you store the potatoes after you harvest so they don't go bad or rot? I like that saying you get more plants in a crooked row then a straight row.
I take them and put them on a shelf in the pantry on newspaper. It needs to be cool and dry and dark. I do not wash them. Just knock off the big chunks of dirt and leave the rest on them. The dirt helps prevent bacteria and stuff from growing on them and rotting. Don't pile them up, just do one layer at a time. Properly stored potatoes can last 6 months or more.
@@falllineridge When I was a kid my Uncle would grow potatoes and store them in bins inside his shed and cover them with Lime dust. They would keep for for months at a time and wouldn't have to worry about pests eating them.
Planting with the signs of the moon is very important. It's logical not witchcraft that is if you live in the country and most everyone does it. If there are 100 plants all at peak forage sweetness and 1000 hungry bugs or if there are 10000 plants all at peak with 1000 bugs, there will be less bugs on each plant with the second scenario. Sure beats buying 4 times the poison than you really need.
Soil looks good ,but not a lover of that hard pellet fertilizer. I use blood and bone myself and dig legumes into the ground. Those pellet fertilizers leave salts in the ground that can build up and render the ground unusable for yrs.
Great video about potatoes planting and adding fertilizer. But please don't say dirt. It is earth or soil. Had a teacher in high school, agriculture class, he would always say to us, "please call it soil". He's right you know. Don't mean to harp on you, just to want to correct you.
Tom, They are called "Seed Potatoes" because they are specifically grown / created to be used as seed to grow potatoes and have more and bigger and better eyes for reprodution rather than eating and some have been dusted to combat molde, etc, that's all. Dorien de Lusignan
Been planting potatoes for almost 60 years now love them. You got it pretty much on the nail. Only thing i do differently is i just go ahead and bury my potatoes deep. Takes longer for them to come through but over the years i just just a wee bit lazier about going back to hoe them. I just plant them deep when they get about 4 inches high i hoe them and let them go from there. They do just fine long as the deer leave them alone.
@@quadsman11 Not lazy its conservation of energy. LMBO!
Work smarter not harder😂
I'm new to growing potatoes and will be planting here shortly for a fall harvest..Oregon, zone 8b... going to try mulching heavily with straw and some compost. Did a round of containers this spring and not very impressed. Will be turning my front yard into a potato patch😂 hubby refuses to move to the country at the moment so I'm stuck in the city for now. That WILL change...🤣
@@lanamulyar6021 great motto to follow something that my grandfather always said. I'm in zone 5 myself in WV and lucky to live in the country on a 5 acre homestead. Good luck on future gardening it's a very useful skill and if things get much worse it may be the only way one can feed a family.
I've learned to cut the seed potatoes a day or two ahead so they can "skin" over to help prevent rot before they start sprouting.
I love you videos so much. I dont even live near a farm. these videos are just so entertaining
Glad you're enjoying them, Paul! Thank you!
Planted some New potaters last year in saw dust from Woodmizer. Built a bed 4ftx12ft with rough boards. Fill with the saw dust. Put the tater eye's 8inches apart. Made a gracious plenty.
I'm just learning how to be a garener. Fantastic video, very well explained. Thank you!
Well this was an interesting video. Man you are so real. Its a pleasure watching and listening to the things you say. I wish I could comunicate the way you do
Appreciate you stopping by, Glenn!
@@falllineridge ty
I have a Lowe's hand held fertilizer spreader. Only cost about $ 10.00, last forever and more even spread.
Always good information 👍👍👍
I love you’re channel & videos & work ❤️
Man alive! I thought this might be old footage that you were digging up on a slow week! Nope. I am staring out the window as snow falls right now, with the block heater bubbling away in the Ford 3600. I have to go out and plow for the 300th time this winter to clear the milling site. The camera batteries die in about 3 minutes! The snow banks on all the roads are ten feet tall and the piles down where i clear in front of the mill are 14! I love Georgia. I am literally over three months from planting potatoes here. Likely June. 4 plus feet of snow on the ground is gonna take a while to go. Thanks for the vid. It was nice to imagine warmth from up here in Maine. Georgia is better for humans to live in.
Also, I milled out some flooring from a big red oak for this weeks video. You'll be into it me thinks.
Yep, I hate that you're suffering through all that snow, but I'm thankful for my climate! Looking forward to the Red Oak!
You can also grow potatoes in grass mowings subject to no weed killing in the lawn.
Just lay the seed potatoes on the ground and keep adding mowings until grass cutting has finished. The result...perfect clean potatoes which can also be accessed as you need them.
Interesting, no dirt at all?
@@falllineridge Nope, bit like a compost heap I suppose. Have grown them like this on my allotment here in the UK for several years now.
Not for everyone I don't suppose but as a working gardener I had mowings everyday to dispose of, so it made sense.
I might give that a try sometime. Thanks!
Very interesting, Mr. Saunders. Sounds like what we call straw bale growing, in a way. I imagine this would cut down on weeds also. I've got to many weeds in my grass to do this alone but I could lay some straw over the potato plants to help with building the mound. Seems to me this would be composting in place - growing plants but building the soil at the same time. I'm going to think on it and see what I come up with. Thanks for the suggestion. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
@@sharonallen6921 It was a problem originally with too many clippings to cope with and research on Mother Earth News and other sites brought the answer. Did it for two years and was impressed with the clean nature of the potatoes.
When i cut the potatoes in quaters , i let them dry an scab over for a few days before i plant them, helps with disease
Enjoyable to watch, not cut and planted potatoes since I was a kid. Exactly right keep the dirt coming. 👍
Man i love that nutty dog LOL, Thats perfect dirt for tators nice and sandy
LoL no planting around here Wes! Looks like it was a nice day
Thank you for this video. I have not planted my potatoes yet. Been kind of dreading it since in the past I have not done well by my potatoes. Since you are just 1 state away from me I think part of my problem is that I've been waiting to long to get them in the ground. Going to be a cool snap here next week so I think next weekend maybe I'll get to planting. Thanks for the encouragement. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
Very helpful.thanks
Is there a harvest video for this? I would like to see how they work out.
czcams.com/video/IYtvpgsit30/video.html not sure if this is the same plot.
Chickens are a great way to get rid of those potatoe beetles. Let them run loose in there, they will take care of most, if not all of them. They will take a few leaves with them, but the pros of using them are much more than the cons.
That's how we plant potatoes in Jefferson County just southeast of the fall line. Kudos on the Rainbow granulated, got all your micronutrients covered. Enjoy scratching up those little red ones.
Nice video
I plan on planting some of those red potatoes from that same local feed and seed store this year for the first time down here on Wilson road.
Great video , very informative...👍
I'm growing 8 different varieties including 2 blue/purple.. have 2 more on the way bringing me up to 10 (well 12 if you count the 2 store bought red and yellow varieties that are sprouting in my cupboard 😂) There are sooooo many interesting potato varieties out there to try!!! I think I have an addiction ...
All I have is a 'bucket garden' against a south facing wall that reflects the light. Tried potatoes last year in some of them.. not so good a result. With your tips, I can see how to do it better, may try again. I get great tomatoes and peppers and squashes,
We have tried sweet potatoes in large buckets before with limited success. I have a friend that uses a raised garden and does pretty well with his stuff.
Thumbs up for the bucket garden concept !
Make sure you give them some good drainage holes !
Potatoes will even do well in plain old garbage bags filled with grass clippings !
If you are a little tight for space !
Reds and Yukon golds are good, but you should try a couple rows of Idaho. Mix them two to one Yukon to Idaho for great mashed potatoes for shepherds pie or for something like breakfast potatoes.
I live in MN and growing up mu grandfather had over 20 acres of potatoes in about 10 different varieties. Good luck.
That can and your knife are why I don’t use chemical fertilizer. I do compost and rabbit manure, lower in nutrients, but nothing that’s damaging either...
Yep, I wish I had a bunch of chicken or rabbit manure to use. Much cheaper too. Appreciate you watching.
@@falllineridge chicken manure is high in nitrogen. It will make beautiful plants but takes away from fruit.
Absolutely love eating fresh dog potatoes straight from the farm! Thank goodness for my local farmers market, cause I'm too lazy (and handicapped) to do that much work! Lol
I have a little beagle I love beagles
Great informative video. Thanks for sharing.
More than one way to skin a cat, I guess. My dad always let the potato pieces dry and scab over. Then he sprinkle with lime. Depending on whether it was a garden or potato field (the family sold locally), he would literally drop on top of the plowed earth and then cover with soil (garden), or plow raised rows and we planted into the top with a planter hooked to the tractor (field). He would then go back later and plow dirt up around the plants. Allowed for better drainage. But its interesting to see the different methods and what works for others. May do some experimenting myself.
100% cold pressed Neem oil is my go to for organic method for removing unwanted insects and helps with different fungi....
Excellent!
Here in Louisiana we say as long a water moccasin doesn't break his back going down the row then the row is fine!!
Nice job, thumbs up.
I did hear that you should let the potatoes dry after quartering before placing in the ground otherwise it's easier for it to rot but im not sure how true it is just what I've heard
I love the concept of farming, gardening but I hate the insects! Any particular climate location where bugs/insects are less? Is using a greenhouse reduce or minimize those yucky things? Great video Sir Thanks!
love to see the end result
Good info thanks for sharing
South Mississippi here. What’s potato planting season in this area? And are you able to save any of your harvest for seed next year?
If I cut them I dip in sulfur and let them skin over before I plant. Im a beekeeper...are you?
Excellent video. Thank you!! I am also planting tomatoes--I am worried about the bugs--do you have any suggestions in terms of anti-bug solutions? Thanks.
Proroxide an water solution
Here one for ya - When does your toes have eyes? - - - When they are potatoes LoL
So is it to late to put in a crop of baking potatois
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And I thought Potatoes grew in the vegetable isle at the store... Silly me. Actually I enjoyed the video. My friends tried growing potatoes in ND. and 'harvested' them when the leaves were still green. They got 'Naked Potatoes'. They had no skin.
Called and marketed as "New Potatoes"...
How do you store the potatoes after you harvest so they don't go bad or rot? I like that saying you get more plants in a crooked row then a straight row.
I take them and put them on a shelf in the pantry on newspaper. It needs to be cool and dry and dark. I do not wash them. Just knock off the big chunks of dirt and leave the rest on them. The dirt helps prevent bacteria and stuff from growing on them and rotting. Don't pile them up, just do one layer at a time. Properly stored potatoes can last 6 months or more.
@@falllineridge When I was a kid my Uncle would grow potatoes and store them in bins inside his shed and cover them with Lime dust. They would keep for for months at a time and wouldn't have to worry about pests eating them.
Planting with the signs of the moon is very important. It's logical not witchcraft that is if you live in the country and most everyone does it. If there are 100 plants all at peak forage sweetness and 1000 hungry bugs or if there are 10000 plants all at peak with 1000 bugs, there will be less bugs on each plant with the second scenario. Sure beats buying 4 times the poison than you really need.
If you don’t dig up the potatoes will they keep producing every year?
ronald ren a few may grow but most will rot before next spring, not a good idea to try
Growing up Our potato patch we had a duck that would go through the rows eating the bugs!
I sprayed my entire garden with Franks Hot Sauce and the bugs don't come near the plants. I sprayed mine with a garden sprayer about every week or so.
Why is everybody giving snow such a bed rep? I just shovel a roof that had 3' on it and then shoveled out the windows below it.
Chickens or turkeys will eat the potatoes bugs
I wish my soil was that loose
Potatoes grow upwards on the plants they don't go below the original seed potato
You don't let your potatoes Scab over before planting
Gotta plantem' taters and eatem' too!!
Oops! After cutting harden your taters until dey on all sides to avoid in ground rot.
You can coat the exposed potatoes in corn starch to prevent rotting also
You leave a lot of space inbetween rows.
I would not use anything that would damage A can in that fashion.
You should have aired dried them first they will probably rot
Soil looks good ,but not a lover of that hard pellet fertilizer. I use blood and bone myself and dig legumes into the ground. Those pellet fertilizers leave salts in the ground that can build up and render the ground unusable for yrs.
Great video about potatoes planting and adding fertilizer. But please don't say dirt. It is earth or soil.
Had a teacher in high school, agriculture class, he would always say to us, "please call it soil". He's right you know. Don't mean to harp on you, just to want to correct you.
wish I knew that as a kid my mom would tell me I was dirty ,,, now you could just say your soiled 🤣🤣😬🤔😵
Why use seed potatoes rather than potato eyes? Eyes are what my uncle used.
Tom Skaggs It’s the same thing. Seed potatoes have eyes on them. The eyes are where the potatoes sprout.
Tom, They are called "Seed Potatoes" because they are specifically grown / created to be used as seed to grow potatoes and have more and bigger and better eyes for reprodution rather than eating and some have been dusted to combat molde, etc, that's all. Dorien de Lusignan
It's highly corrosive, so let's put it where were growing...lmao
grock mail and grab it with your hands without gloves.
And you want to eat your food after putting that shit on there