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Potatoes aren’t difficult to grow, but a few simple techniques can be used to boost and extend your harvests.
You can plant in trenches the traditional way, or save time and effort with no-dig gardening. And by tweaking your growing regime you can even enjoy some out-of-season spuds.
In this short video we share four techniques that will help you grow your own delicious potatoes to enjoy from early summer, right through to winter.
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38 Comments
I grow lazy way. 4’x3’x14”H plant deep and water.
HMM. did sack method yday-first spud attempt. I only now discovered this channel and followed Sarah Ravens advice which was 30cm compost mix to start off…now Ive run out of compost n no spare soil either really. I put x2 seed spuds per sack…is that what everyone else does cos its quite compost intensive!! Also I kow you're meant to add lots of manure if growing in ground but I want sure if I shud add to compost in sack-so I didnt?? Finally I was also planning on leaving them outside..until forecast for tonight said getting down to 1degree..now we cant move inthe kitchen or actually get to the garden as patio doors inaccessible thanks to..er..someones sacs of hopefully will be spuds!!
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Hey GrowVeg thx for ur reply! Yes NthEast UK. It threatened a Friday last night so I've wrapped sacks n covered their open tops with lots off bible wrap n rag rugs.14yr old daughter given the job to wrap n unwrap them…. for a negotiated fee😱 get fresh air fix during these stand lockdown days.
How about this for a terrible mistake? Yesterday I planted my first ever potatoes – some lovely chitted French ones called Cherie. Sadly, I had a senior moment when I thought the chits were going to become the roots, so I effectively planted them all upside down (thankfully only 24 plants). Early, very early, this morning, I went back to the allotment and with my bare hands scooped out each one and re-interred it right side up. What a prat! But – hey! – I am learning all the time! Enjoying the sunshone now, having sown a lot more seeds in the garden…
Your voice had me convinced right away
Dood cut those seed potatoes up
Do you ever cut your seed potatoes in half?
I have problems with pests are there any good tips on humanely keeping them away??
Really helpful , thank you. Have grown some last year in pots and they came out well but want to repeat the success this year and enlarge on it.
On my potato’s the green foliage some is growing faster than the other plants in the same pot am I still able to earth up even though some of the smaller shoots will be covered?
Its still cold here in the midlands can I still plant them in containers?
I used a sack and put some potatoes in it with soil on. No idea if it will work but I will update you when the season is over.
Great video do the potatoes have to be sprouted before they can go in the ground
can we still RE_use the soil for second batch ? Just need to mix it with compost, i guess ??
How do I deal with slugs that seem to be eating the tubers??
Oh yes!! I still have tume tontry for some!!
Hi. How do I know when the potatoes are ready to harvest. Thank you
Hi Ben, we planted 7 rows of potatoes. 3 rows were in their own plot and did poorly, 2 rows were planted with a row of bush beans in the center but only the beans at the end of the row sprouted and that section of potatoes did ok. The last 2 rows of potatoes that we planted with bush beans down the center did incredible! There were more potatoes per plant and the size was 4-5 times bigger than the others. We decided the only way to plant potatoes is with bush beans! Those beans did phenomenal as well!
I used organic store bought potatoes. Was told they weren't sprayed with any sprout inhibitor. Worked fairly good for my first try.
How many potatoes should you expect from 1 plant?
I'm growing mine in my Hugelkultur beds along with some other ways, as I like to experiment and compare growing ideas on my YouTube channel.
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I made a big mistake by cutting off the foliage late summer on 2nd earlies and main crop, then completely forgetting and leaving them in the pots for over a month. Some have come to the surface and started turning green. Can I still harvest the rest without issues or should I just get rid of the lot. Keeping in mind these were my last few pots, I have managed all the other pots no problem, with harvesting them in time and have turned out beautiful. It's just these last few pots I'm concerned about and need advise on please.
He sounds like a guy that would read children’s lesson books to preschoolers for a living
Nice video!
Question, how many potatoes would you recommend for a 3ft by 10ft bed?
(~90cm by ~300cm)
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Hi Ben
As you asked I like to grow my potatoes in towers.. every year I have loads of leaf material which I collect and put in towers where they compost through the winter.. and in spring I take them apart and rebuild it with same material and I like to add some compost and chicken manor.. it’s space saving and I never dig into my no-dig market garden.. later on I get beautiful forest smelling compost to spread on the beds so I call it win-win .. in winter time I just grow them in bags with some lights added to trick them, you know it’s summer time 😎
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How does one water the potatoes in India through a mulch of 20 cm.
Hi thanks for the video – im curious as to why one doesnt need to hill if u use the hay method ? Thanks
Hey new subscriber here , really like your videos buddy
Love ❤️ your channel!
I am astounded how britsh you are, in the best way possible.
What is that walking above the trees behind you at the 20 second mark??
My grandfather used to cut the potatos in half when planting them and he used his Farmall cub tractor to hill them when he had alot of them.
im going to try growing potatoes in buckets this year.