I Grew Cut vs Whole Potatoes with Harvest Results

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I conducted a potato growing experiment by planting whole potatoes and cut potatoes and the results are surprising. I kept everything else constant such as sunlight, fertilizer, and watering. Cut vs Whole Potatoes with Harvest Results
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@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

I have another idea, what if I plant the whole potato but keep only one eye/chit on the potato and get rid of the other eyes, hmm and do the same for cut potatoes too, only one eye per potato. So only one plant grows per panted potato. Another video? lol But then I think the result might be the same, fewer larger potatoes, what you all think?

@tinkmarshino Год назад

you maybe right about the one eye... but I am gonna try it on one row of potatoes this next growing season..

@chrispedersen6999 Год назад

On seed potato packs they advise two good chits. Remove the rest. I hope this helps.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

@chrispedersen6999 Makes sense, thanks!

@rajib8231 Год назад

Good 💡

@6140970 Год назад

It most likely grow larger potatoes, because then all the energy is going into the one eye. It would be interesting to see what the outcome would look like hey

@PeterSedesse Год назад

I did this experiment a few times. If you have the space in your gargen, cut each eye into a different piece. sometimes you can get 4 or 5 plants from one seed potato. The whole potato starts out faster, but the cut potato catches up. You can get 20-25lbs from one split seed potato, and 8-10lbs from one whole seed potato.

@makeoversbymeme2077 Год назад

Thanks for your comment ! I thought I remember seeing someone do a video and cut the potato so one chit was on each piece but couldn’t find it. I’m planting for the first time this week 😊

@kevoprezzo Год назад

@@makeoversbymeme2077 I think the channel you were looking for is called Urban Gardening ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HphpyrUyf88.html&ab_channel=UrbanGardening

@makeoversbymeme2077 Год назад

@@kevoprezzo thank you so much ☺️

@headmastertv7291 Год назад

Thank you for sharing your thoughts I think your right.more number you plant the more harvest you get ❤

@playdiscgolf1546 Год назад

I planted whole potato seeds and each one gave me 4-5 plants

@mikewilson8265 Год назад

My grandfather always planted cut potatoes in his large veggie garden but he always coated the cut area with wood ash and only left one eye on the seed potatoes. His garden was an acre in size and feed half a dozen families in his district. (Central Queensland in Australia)

@fancythat5136 Год назад

Leaving one eye makes so much sense now after watching his video. Your grandfather was a smart man.

@Z71Ranger Год назад

My grandfather did the same but he used Powder Sulfur to coat the cut potatoes... He sold his vegetables in town 3 days a week...

@carl8568 Год назад

So the ash was to inhibit fungal growth of the fresh cut?

@mikewilson8265 Год назад

@@carl8568 also to adjust soil ph to start rooting.

@carl8568 Год назад

@@mikewilson8265 Adding ash to soil promotes alkalinity where potatoes prefer a slightly acidic soil.

@PippiLong1 Год назад

Thank you ....answers some of my questions. The cut potatoes gave the best results (in my opinion). Not only did they yield bigger potato's, You were able to eat at least half of each potato as well prior to cutting them. I would weigh the cut portion of the piece you kept to eat and add it to the final results. Would be interesting! 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

@radamson1 Год назад

Not only that, had he planted both halves the would have got many more potatoes from each potato planted.

@DarkGT Год назад

The less "eyes" means less shoots to take over the energy. So less potato stems to concentrate the energy into few large potatoes. Alternative: Some people suggest cutting the stems and leaving 1 or 2 of them if you are using whole potato.

@beckysnyder3924 4 месяца назад

Agree about the cut potatoes actually producing more. If he had cut one large potato into four sections he would have gotten an entire bed’s worth from just ONE potato as compared to FOUR potatoes in the other bed. So your cut seed potatoes go much further (And even from a grocery store organic potatoes are still expensive!)

@susanwestmoreland9732 Год назад

Thank you for taking the time to do this experiment!

@marcosberrios7 7 месяцев назад

I'm a scientist and a beginner to growing food so I appreciate this video A LOT. Thank you.

@mindydoplernelson3488 Год назад

so glad I watched this before planting at my community garden. I find smaller potatoes to be more tender than the bigger potatoes so I will plant mostly whole potatoes with a few cut ones. As a scientist, I am grateful that you controlled as many variables as you did. I'd be curious if you would get identical results if you used the same bed and divided it in half. That way, the soil is absolutely the same.

@usewisdom2 Год назад

Thank you, that was awesome. Yes I agree the whole potatoes competed for space so developed smaller ones. You are the greatest.

@sinnahsaint7869 Год назад

I think it's the cut potatoes reacting to the lack of food to start their season and making sure the next plant had large reserves to start. The Uncut potatoes didn't have this pressure and just spit out as many potatoes as possible.

@slomo1716 Год назад

Great experiment! I am surprised with the results, we always used cut potatoes/eyes for planting our potatoes, we yielded great quantities.

@chinatownboy7482 Год назад

It's December. We just got our rains and cold weather. My "wild potato" have sprouted and the plants are growing. It's amusing to me, that every year, potatoes grow as winter approaches. I don't plant them. They are just potatoes that are left in the ground. It started decades ago when I buried some old produce. I think you did a video about that - burying garbage to compost. They come back every year. There are always free potatoes in my yard.

@asommicman7744 5 месяцев назад

That's so cool 😎 nature is awesome

@firedawgysgirl5216 Год назад

Thank you for this video. Great info and I love the comparison you did. Very easy to follow and understand what you are doing,

@EvolutionWendy Год назад

I have an idea. The cut potatoes they didn't have any storage at the outset, so the first thing they did was build a new storage root ➡️ one big potato, then made additional storage roots ➡️ several smaller potato. The whole potatoes felt comfortable that they already had a storage root, so the first thing they did was start making additional storage roots ➡️ smaller potato's. What do you think of this idea?

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Interesting thought, I did some quick research, looks like sweet potatoes are the ones that form storage roots, potatoes are tubers.

@sinnahsaint7869 Год назад

@@DaisyCreekFarms you'r getting caught up on terminology and not thinking about the actual idea presented.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Hmm I see, the reason I made the above comment is because I am not sure if potatoes do work on the storage root trait. If they do, yes, @earthabide the idea makes sense.

@stuarthall2523 Год назад

Excellent comparison. I think I’ll do a mixture next year to get some larger ones.

@patrickwalsh2361 Год назад

Nice! I love a well controlled garden experiment! 🥔❤

@91210paige Год назад

Great job! I've only been growing potatoes for about 4 or 5 years this is valuable information. I always plant whole potatoes but this year I think I'm going to do both. Raise bed gets whole potatoes and 5gal buckets get halfs

@selecttravelvacations7472 Год назад

Awesome experiment!

@tradergirl7067 6 месяцев назад

you are a master as showing the whole process and comparison.. 👏 amazing video. thank you. i was hoping to make 3 plants from 1 potato since it has eyes in three places and now I can do it !!❤

@philipa4707 Год назад

Great post. Thank you!!!

@usrao2148 Год назад

Wow, you are a systematic scientist. Your work is acceptable for publication!!!

@ginav3636 Год назад

Thank you! I learned a lot! Can’t wait for next spring!

@alextercisio 7 месяцев назад

Congratulations this idea make a lot of sense 100% that one with which is whole have many chuts it sprouts and hence compete for nutrients

@fancythat5136 Год назад

Wow! Very informative video. I always wondered why we get smaller potatoes with leaving more chits. Makes perfect sense now...TY...

@cosmiconflict 11 месяцев назад

The reason for observations makes real sense ❤

@shoaibsheik7813 Год назад

Hi I'm really benefiting from all your videos Normally if I let my potatoes to chit longer I get to use almost the entire potatoes So more pieces of potatoes 🥔 so more plants and bigger potatoes Hope my method and ideas help Plus my advantage in South Africa 🇿🇦 is more hot climate throughout the year

@elmerkilred159 Год назад

So, you actually get a larger harvest from cutting your potatoes. 4 uncut potatoes yielded 4.92lbs (about 5lbs) 2 potatoes cut in half yielded 3.80lbs (about 4lbs) Had you have planted the other halves of potatoes to compare 4 whole potatoes with 4 cut potatoes, the results might have been closer to 5lbs uncut, or 8lbs from 8 halves. A more accurate experiment would need to be done using the same experiment, but multiple grow boxes to determine an actual average.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Not 2 potatoes cut in half. I cut 4 potatoes in half. The other half of the potatoes did not have any chits or eyes, If I had planted the other half then the experiment would not be valid because the potatoes would be a constant too, there needs to be a variable while all other things are constant for the experiment.

@elmerkilred159 Год назад

@@DaisyCreekFarms You planted 4 halves. 1/2 x 4 = 2 whole potatoes. You needed to plant 8 half pieces to equal 4 whole potatoes regardless of chits.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

I am not trying to equalize the potatoes, Potatoes are the variable in this experiment. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because Iwould be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Год назад

😅👍😜If 8 piece of 4 it will more branches and more fruit than ehole potato🤣😲👍👍

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Год назад

Wrong experiment by youtuber.. Viewers smarter than youtubers in calculation

@Lisa-tl2cf 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@DaisyCreekFarms 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the support!

@rosemaryhanderson6122 Год назад

I have done it both ways many times not for any particular reason though. Potatoes are so fun to grow.

@donnaleveron6511 Год назад

This is good information, thanks for the experiment!

@aureliafox2924 Год назад

It sounds like you have children who are required to enter a Science Fair project!!! 👏👏🤓😇 you hit all the requirements- nailed it!!! 👏👍👍

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

I need to do this!! School field trips with experiments!

@aureliafox2924 Год назад

@@DaisyCreekFarms YESSSS!!!!!!

@aureliafox2924 Год назад

@@DaisyCreekFarms honestly, if you wanted to start off easy, you could literally go to your closest middle school or elementary school, talk with administration and show them this video, and invite yourself to help kiddos with their science, fair projects!

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Haha true, will do it this spring! Thanks for this great idea!

@klosiemorris6386 Год назад

Always good 👍 to watch your videos from South Africa 🇿🇦

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Thank you for watching! :)

@RAM1128 2 месяца назад

Wow thank you po your video is very helpful ❤❤

@timadams8687 Год назад

Good day mate. After cutting the potatoes in 1/2 put it in wood Ash to seal the cut

@familyforever6583 Год назад

This is interesting thank you! I, going to try it this year too.

@september2remember164 7 месяцев назад

That's what she said!

@LovelyByNatureBoutique Год назад

Hi does your wooden boxes have holes in the bottom so the water can drain?

@polywog9591 Год назад

I think that people who believe that the cut potatoes producing fewer potatoes, but larger potatoes, and therfore think that is the best way to go, are forgetting that the frost came early and killed back the potato plants. If the potatoes had been allowed to stay in the ground longer, then the the whole potatoes would have been allowed to grow larger and would have easily outperformed the cut potatoes. Now I know some of you will argue that the cut potatoes would have kept growing too. However, potatoes do have a sort of maximum growth that they will attain. So, given each group the opportunity for maximal growth, the greater number of spuds that resulted from the whole potatoes would have resulted in a much more bountiful harvest.

@icilene5117 Год назад

The potatoes grow and multiple and grow fast 👍

@o3integratedfarming492 Год назад

Does make sense

@blinkspacestudio8892 Год назад

They say its a good idea to chit whole potatoes that are roughly the size of an egg. I think that would be a happy medium too and would make sense. But potatoes grow however they want to grow, they are like cats you cant tell them what to do lol. Its all to do with the soil, moisture and temperature.

@bornagainbuddhist1969 Год назад

Very interesting experiment, thanks for sharing....

@lesszabo5651 Год назад

nice experiment! thanks.

@ailenebernales9539 Год назад

But if you consider the amount of potatoes that you planted the cut potatoes uses only 2 whole one technically. So maybe if it’s 4 PCs cut into half it come out as 8 and might produce more. I could be wrong. Awesome experiment though and helpful for my next gardening season. Thank you!

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

HI Ailene, Others have said the same. However, I am not trying to equalize the potatoes, Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, everything else is a constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@TheFarmerTv99 Год назад

Wow nice sharing

@audreybrooks7187 7 месяцев назад

Wanting to start potatoe box this year how deep does soil need to be thanks

@paulwalker9732 Год назад

Bin the one green one unless you want to end up in hospital.

@cynthiacollins2668 8 месяцев назад

Another way to compare would be to compare according to the weight you started with. It looks to me like the cut potatoes would win.

@haydenhack Год назад

I’ve seen most people who cut the potato, plant both halves.. so it wasn’t really equal. You also cut about a 3rd off, not half. I think the experiment would be more equal if say, 6 full potato’s vs 6 potato’s cut in half were planted. Cool experiment though .. I was intrigued. Bigger from the halves 😊

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, everything else is constant, if i have the same amount of potato planted than there is no variable to compare. i will need twice the amount of space to plant 6 potatoes cut in half to have proper spacing, it will not be a valid experiment.

@daddyethan Год назад

i think the point of cutting is that now you can plant each individual eye which would probably give you a huge yield of you think about it

@totalgeezerok Год назад

very interesting video thanks.

@saliniantony Год назад

When is the best time to grow potatoes? Lives in NZ

@Phahel7 Год назад

I'd say that if the frost didn't get them early then the full potatoes would have been both more and larger in size

@sarah_farm 9 месяцев назад

excellent video again, i like the bamboo shoots, they taste good, keep up the excellent videos and get your farm the way you like it🥰❤ ! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 Год назад

Wow

@benhikingoutdoors1632 Год назад

Potting soil in raised beds? I thought for some reason potting soil was just for growing in Pots?

@kirkwilson10 6 месяцев назад

Larger the potato for me gets me a longer storage time.

@Emet-Debar Год назад

Awe thank you for this!!! Quick QUESTION: Is it normal for cut potatoes to turn like an ugly black or dark brown while drying them out? Can you Jag or Anyone answer this for me? Thank you!!!! :)

@Ann1234 Год назад

I’m in Arizona, when would you suggest planting potatoes? Thank you for the comparison.

@lindag9975 Год назад

If you are in the Phoenix area, Zone 9B, you can even grow potatoes during the summer months because they grow underground. I have successfully grown sweet potatoes during the winter here though. But there is always the possibility that the above ground plants will freeze then.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Plant right after your last frost date. Probably first week of march for you. you can also plant them in august for harvest in late nov or beginning of dec. Here is the video on growing potatoes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gu3r2C0zUKU.html

@staceyfaulkner1915 Год назад

I might retry this but only put 2 in the 4 square feet. This way they have more room and see if that makes a difference.

@michelleworkman5725 Год назад

Did you fertilize? What did you use?

@authorcharlieboring Год назад

You should have used the same number of potatoes in each bed.

@polywog9591 Год назад

He did. 1:19 - 1:25 you have to watch closely I admit, but he did plant 4 cut potatoes.

@authorcharlieboring Год назад

@@polywog9591 To me it appears that he used two potatoes cut in half for the cut bed and four whole potatoes in the other. That gives the advantage to the whole potato bed since each eye grows a plant. A better experiment would have planted 4 potatoes cut in half, i.e. 8 halves in one bed and 4 wholes in the other.

@EvolutionWendy Год назад

@@authorcharlieboring I disagree, because in each bed, he used four potatoes with sprouts on one end. In the cut potato bed he cut off the half that didn't have sprouts.

@usewisdom2 Год назад

Watch again

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

I did, 4 potatoes in each, 4 whole and 4 cut, I even kept the number of chits or eyes, the same in each lot.

@shawns0762 Год назад

The results show it's a lot better to cut your seed potatoes, that's why most people do it. I see in the comments people are coming to the wrong conclusion.

@pamelabamfield928 Год назад

Is it true that you can't plant in the same garden with tomotoes plants, at least 10 to 15 feet apart?

@pamelabamfield928 Год назад

Sorry Plant potatoes and tomatoes

@ilikecheap367 Год назад

Those whole potatoes need more feed to grow big. Thats all. Use patentkali.

@jcweld Год назад

What about planting the same total weight of potato? In other words, plant both halves and just plant them denser?

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Then the result would be the same, there would be no variable, i kept sunlight, fertilizer, and watering constant, if we keep potatoes constant as well then the experiment would have no value, need a variable.

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Год назад

😅👍😜If 8 piece of 4 it will more branches and more fruit than ehole potato🤣😲👍👍

@das250250 Год назад

so you need to keep the potatoes equally spaced : ie 1 uncut potato to 2 square feet , cut potatoes to 1 sq feet to compare again . Resources must be the same

@crazyplantlady2403 Год назад

I have a different experiment: My husband says if you use small potatoes to begin with you'll get small potatoes, but if you chit larger potatoes you'll get a better yield. I'm wondering if it's true.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Hmm, I will do another experiment! :) Planting small vs large potatoes

@rebeccarekward251 Год назад

Also, leaving harvest 'til the tops have died down would have increased the weight of each experiment.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Yes it does! However the frost killed the plants.

@HoldenYourMom Год назад

Great controlled experiment man very helpfully!

@ostaxavellidavelli Год назад

Isnt this ronnie 2k

@bertlowton1539 5 месяцев назад

If you select varieties of seed potatoes that have a greater number of eyes, you can cut them so that each half (third, quarter) has chits on it. My view is that we can still expect a slightly smaller crop per plant but it's possible to have at least twice as many plants for the same spend. Then you can reduce the number of chits to produce bigger spuds. Happy gardening.

@RBrownPs Год назад

💯like

@SadhviJenn Год назад

If you are gonna eat the other half of the potato ya might as well throw it in the garden. :)

@jeddiajones4570 Год назад

I would think if it were an issue of the plants using available resources, the yield in pounds would be closer to the same, irrelevant of the size, not a 20 percent disparity.

@waltercapili3340 11 месяцев назад

You should have planted only 2 whole potatoes if you are comparing it to 4 halve potatoes. 4 whole potatoes = 8 halve potatoes not 4. Its not a fair comparison. So basically if you gained 4.92 lbs from 4 whole potatoes, you'll get 2.46 from two whole potatoes which if you cut it two halves before planting would produce 3.8 lbs but with more land space. So lesson is, if you have more land and is saving from seedling costs, its better to cut it into halves. But if you have limited land and want to maximize your yield, plant whole potatoes.

@DaisyCreekFarms 11 месяцев назад

I have explained this in detailed in other comments, please read, having equal amount of potatoes is not a valid comparison, you need a variable, everything cannot be a constant in an experiment. Space, light, watering, fertilizing shall all be constant. Having more space for one potato growth and less for another will make experiment invalid.

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Год назад

0:55😵😵😵😵😵😵Its 4 vs 2(cuted in 4 piece) 5:08 😭😓😲not good calculation if he cuts 4 potato in 8 pieces 😵😵😵😵😵😵Its 4 vs 2(cuted in 4 piece) Cut potatoes(2) must have 4 but in video full potatoes are actual four(4) potato and therefore it will have less branches and fruit than big

@katiem9644 Год назад

This was really interesting, and I concur with your conclusion. In fact, I will be planting potatoes this week in grow bags, and because of your experiment, I will be using cut/chit potatoes. Thanks for doing this.

@caribecastaway6447 Год назад

I really appreciate your video with well explained trial, no repetition and straight to the results without wasting time. Thanks

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Glad you liked the video :)

@joanies6778 Год назад

Very interesting results. I had two rows of potatoes with cabbage in between. Both sides had huge plants, same amount of sun and water, but one side had both more and larger potatoes. I did not plant any whole potatoes, so I'm not sure why one side was more prolific. 🤔 Best potatoes I have ever tasted!

@chichi9851 Год назад

Isn't it crazy how much better they are than store- bought?

@JilisheGarden4021 Год назад

I think you should have taken 4 potatoes for each experiment to make it equal/fair that is, the cut potatoes planted would have been eight. ( In this case it seems like you were comparing 4 to 2 potatoes) The total weight would show whether the whole or cut potatoes produced more, maybe that can be your next trial? Just a thought

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Hi Alice, I am not trying to equalize the potatoes. Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, while space, sunlight, fertilizer, and watering etc are constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@minthk Год назад

It would be interesting to do a comparison using both ends of the cut potatoes vs the full potatoes.

@BlackJesus8463 Год назад

With unlimited root space!

@EvolutionWendy Год назад

@@BlackJesus8463 Dreamer! Unlimited root space...

@BlackJesus8463 Год назад

@@EvolutionWendy Yeah, I wish!

@TMesser74 Год назад

Just double the harvest of the cut potatoes and there is your results if you give the extra cut potatoes equal space. My conclusion is if limited on space but plenty of seed potatoes available and looking for more pounds, use whole potatoes. If limited on potatoes and space isn't an issue and/or looking for. Bigger potato size harvest, cut the potatoes!

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

I am not trying to equalize the potatoes, Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, everything else is a constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@kellypetersen8204 Год назад

Awesome side by side comparison! Thanks for the experiment and findings. I started planting whole small potatoes and stopped cutting them up a few years ago and have only gotten smaller harvests. Perhaps for the big spuds we should cut them up!

@EvolutionWendy Год назад

Interesting Kelly. I have never grown potatoes, due to hard packed clay soil, but it looks pretty easy to try this using 2x4s... or 2x6s perhaps was the size...

@joyfisher8008 Год назад

@@EvolutionWendy I have seen videos of potatoes grown in 5 gal buckets elevated on plant stands, holes drilled in bottom of bucket for drainage. Can't remember if whole or cut potatoes were used but yield was about 5 lbs (2.2 kg) per bucket.

@khaley37781 Год назад

Thank you! I always wondered if I should keep cutting my potatoes or just plant them whole.

@esthersdaughterlong8149 Год назад

Wow Jag that is amazing. I think I would prefer bigger potatoes then the little one's. I just might try the cut one's. Thank you!

@ruthannmarie7119 Год назад

But you ate half the cut potatoes. So. Not much difference?

@BlackJesus8463 Год назад

Still some difference. The limited resources favored the larger spuds because they had access to more stored energy.

@andyjones6361 Год назад

Very interesting study!! I love the way you controlled the variants. Also I think you have the right explanation for the varied results. The plant thing I don’t know is why the whole potatoes through more offspring than the cut potatoes with the same amount of eyes!!! Well done!! I find this so intriguing !!

@wej0w Год назад

Love the enthousiasm when you harvest them, cant wait for that moment in my own garden for myself!

@BlackJesus8463 Год назад

Gotta add the half you ate to the harvest! 😜

@Dr_V Год назад

I got similar results in overall productivity, but no bigger bulbs from sliced seed, just fewer of them. BTW why are you burying the seed so deep under the surface? Is this specific for raised beds or just your personal preference? I grow potatoes in traditional ground rows, with no more than 5cm (~2 inches) of soil piled on top of the seed, as thicker cover will delay sprouting for no apparent benefit.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

Hi Vladimir, I have planted potatoes shallow before, 1 to 2 inches, however they start forming potatoes too close to the surface and they turn out green. So I plant them 3 inches deep, provided that you have loose soil. If planted shallow, they will need to be mulched with fallen/dead leaves or woodchips once the potato plants start to grow. Once you plant them no more than 2 inches deep do you come back and hill them? Have any green potatoes in the harvest?

@Dr_V Год назад

@@DaisyCreekFarms I got very few green potatoes, like literally a handful of them out of a 90Kg harvest. I don't need to hill them a second time after sprouting, but I plow the soil 30cm deep before seeding and I actually place seed potatoes on top ground surface than cover them with dirt lifted from the sides, so they have plenty of soft ground underneath to spread in. Usually bulbs grow as deep as 20cm in these rows and don't spontaneously push up towards the surface, the green ones are just accidentally dug out by animals (mainly my crazy dog burying bones all over the garden).

@Fayette123 Год назад

Good info, will be planting whole potatoes 🥔. Thank you 😊

@NocturnalButterfly Год назад

I love your excitement! ☺️ This is a fantastic experiment, thank you for sharing! 💖🦋

@denisestich8731 Год назад

Very good information. Thank you for this tutorial. What do you do with the green potatoes? How would you bring them to full ripeness? Thank you.

@taylorhillard4868 Год назад

Green potatoes contain toxins due to their exposure to sunlight. Don't eat them, but they'll work fine as seed potatoes next planting season if you store them well.

@rosewood513 Год назад

Thanks so much for this test. I like using the whole one, I happen to like smaller potatoes since I want to keep the portion down. Also, I am lazy and do not like to wait for the cut one to scab over... An old timer told me long ago, just put one whole potato in a 5-gallon bucket 5" below the surface. You made up my mind for me. It still depends on the way you like the size to be. I am impressed with the results. So this year I will plant them whole. Great video.

@dr.masquesretroelixir5360 Год назад

These have to be organic potatoes, correct as the other store bought potatoes have a chemical to keep them from growing.

@DaisyCreekFarms Год назад

That is correct

@psymons9133 Год назад

I enjoy your awe and excitement at harvest time

@Iszeroenough Год назад

If I understand it right, you divided two potatoes into four halfs and on the other side, used four whole potatoes. My thought is, if you would have used also four potatoes cut into eight half’s, than it would be a more equal comparison. And with this idea, you get much more quantity per potato than from the whole ones ;)

@SolidBold00 Год назад

Any advice on brands of soil to buy that aren’t filled with gnats? It was insane the amount of gnats I got when trying to grow potatoes in containers. I tried everything to get rid of them and nothing worked

@deesfineart 2 месяца назад

Nice experiment! I would recommend a couple of changes next time: 1- test whole potatoes against the entirety of the cut potatoes (both sides, or cut into however many pieces there are chits), because that would make more sense as "x kg of potatoes gave y kg harvest" - so people can know whether to plant potatoes whole, or cut them up around the chits and plant all of the pieces. 2- or just redo this experiment exactly the same but add the weight of the halves of the potatoes that you ate to the cut potatoes harvest. if you have that info i'd love to hear it! Thanks for making great content

@NaseerOmran Год назад

Conclusion: cutting them in half will result in less plants but bigger potatoes. Ideal for my potato layering and no dig methode. Less plants competing for resources but yielding more or bigger potatoes.