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What Happens When You Grow Potatoes In ONLY LEAVES?
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James Prigioni: What Happens When You Grow Potatoes In ONLY LEAVES?



140 days ago I planted potatoes in ONLY LEAVES with NO soil, today it’s time to see what happened!

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TimeStamps

00:37 Why I am Using Only Leaves to Grow Potatoes
01:04 Planting Potatoes
01:54 Preparing Leaves for Planting
02:42 Covering Potatoes with Leaves
03:33 Planting Potatoes in 5 Gallon Buckets only Leaves
04:23 10 Days after Planting
05:19 Hilling Potatoes with Leaves
05:52 39 Days after Planting
07:13 59 Days after Planting
07:41 77 Days after Planting
08:44 122 Days after Planting
10:00 Harvesting after 140 Days
14:41 Showing Final Harvest in Beds
16:34 Harvesting Potatoes in Containers with Soil
17:48 Harvesting Potatoes in Containers with ONLY leaves
20:06 Insights after, and what I would do differently
22:00 Final Thoughts

Thanks for the kind words and support 😁🐕❤️

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50 Comments

  1. @jamesprigioni

    SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU ENJOYED IT!

    TimeStamps
    00:00 Intro
    00:37 Why I am Using Only Leaves to Grow Potatoes
    01:04 Planting Potatoes
    01:54 Preparing Leaves for Planting
    02:42 Covering Potatoes with Leaves
    03:33 Planting Potatoes in 5 Gallon Buckets only Leaves
    04:23 10 Days after Planting
    05:19 Hilling Potatoes with Leaves
    05:52 39 Days after Planting
    07:13 59 Days after Planting
    07:41 77 Days after Planting
    08:44 122 Days after Planting
    10:00 Harvesting after 140 Days
    14:41 Showing Final Harvest in Beds
    16:34 Harvesting Potatoes in Containers with Soil
    17:48 Harvesting Potatoes in Containers with ONLY leaves
    20:06 Insights after, and what I would do differently
    22:00 Final Thoughts

    Thanks for the kind words and support 😁🐕❤

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  5. @JavaTheKat

    I truly appreciate what you do! Your experiments like these are so creative, and it's so much fun to see how the different methods work out! I just started my first potato planting thanks to one of your previous videos, using an old Amazon box! 😁

  7. @katiem9644

    What a great experiment! We learn so much from these experiments; what to do and what NOT to do. Great fun!!!

  15. @PeterLawton

    I'd love to see you collect free leaves, but set aside in a pile for a year, to breakdown/compost; then try potatoes in year-old leaves.

  21. @mcravenufo

    We have so many leaves from our neighbors' huge maple tree, it's unreal. Any time you talk about what to do with leaves, I'm there. Thank you for this experiment! At the end of this season I am going to cover my raised beds with the leaves for the first time.

  26. @kiwioffgrid2437

    As an organic gardener and former 10+years self sufficient offgrider (long story/terminal cancer ended my offgrid days), that was very interesting.
    Thanks.
    Do you keep and grow potatoes from their seed pods?

  35. @MikeBNutz

    I feel you would have had better luck if you mulched the leaves a few more times with the mower and made the bottom layer thicker so the potatoes have some room to stretch out 😉

  36. @maureenrebele2071

    I grew some potatoes in leaves last year. I had more seed potatoes than I had room for so I decided to give it a try with the leaves. While they were not as big or as prolific as my soil grown potatoes, mine were still nice looking. One thing I liked about the leaf grown potatoes was that it was super easy to dig through the leaves and pull up a few potatoes for dinner, even before the whole plant was completely dead.

  37. @mendynoma4272

    Thank you for this video . I learned a valuable lesson from it and it was so great to see the little Boss❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ , by the way , does this mean you now have the probability of scabby potatoes from now on in this particular garden ?

  39. @mw1130

    I once grew pumpkins in a horse manure and straw ang got great results. And the manure pile was markedly reduced.

  40. @tonyalewis9053

    I wonder if you used grow bags if the nutrients would stay in the bag longer, or, if mixing native soil with leaves would work. Great experiment!

  41. @Gardenergal

    Not a failure but a great experiment. I learned a great deal from this. We have heavy clay soil and always thought something like leaves would be better.

  42. @OrionValencia

    Awesome video James! Your last potato video is how we found your channel so it was super cool that you put this one out! It would have been cool to see a side by side photo comparisons of the yields from the straw vs soil for those who didn't see the last video. But either way, great job! I love seeing these kinds of experiments. Much love from Indiana!

  43. @MrXaeox

    would you consider trying a few mixes of leaves and soil, 20/80, 50/50 and 80/20 or something to see if there is a benefit anywhere along the line as opposed to pure soil?

  45. @sweynforkbeardtraindude

    Dude, how do you go from your greatest harvest ever, to hey, growing in leaves might be cool? That said, I’m heading out in a bit and I going to try it.

  46. @RitaCarr-q6p

    I really appreciate garden experiment videos like this! It's still helpful to know what doesn't work in addition to what does

  48. @danya.9602

    It would be interesting to see you do an experiment with half soil half leaves to see if the potatoes will yield more potatoes and have a better shape.

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