I Grew Potatoes 3 Ways to See What Method Is Best?

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In this video, I show you how I grew potatoes in 3 different ways: from supermarket potatoes, wrist deep, and in drills and we see which is better!
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@Selfsufficientme 2 года назад

G'day Everyone, yeah I know, two potato videos in a row... My brain's going to mash! Anyway, unrelated - if you are hard up thinking what to get someone this Xmas there's nothing better for the receiver or giver than something you made yourself. A jar of preserve such as jam/jelly, pickles, or some homemade jerky, or even dried fruits, herbs, or spices from your garden is not only cost-effective but also a conversation piece and extra special because it took time and care to make it. Thanks for your support! Cheers :)

@crazycollectables 2 года назад

⬅️ thinks we need a big update on the whole farm + poultry 👍👍👍👍👍 Just pulled 2 potato plants today and got around 20 beautiful buttery’s then HG Spinach , oregano , HM Garlic Butter Mashed. You can’t go wrong 👍 Crazy Collectables

@nunyabusiness2276 2 года назад

I did like three in a row back in the spring! Sometimes you just get potatoes on the brain! Small ones are great for roasties!

@k.p.1139 2 года назад

Keep them coming! We are getting ready to plant, and by cracky- you just showed me which one I will be using! Whoo-hoo thanks, Mark!

@The-Grateful-Hippie 2 года назад

We are heading into winter here in the states and I'm contemplating planting potatoes and carrots in buckets indoors under grow lights. My basement says around 60 degrees in winter.

@bigjohn52069 2 года назад

the big question is, "what ones tasted better?"

@martinabenedetti3663 Год назад

Hi, i'm an italian professional farmer, and when we plant potatoes we buy seeds indeed, but before planting them we let them sprout a little. Then we cut the potatoes according to the sprouts and THEN we plant them. By doing so each poatoe can make up to four/five sprouts and each sprout is one plant.

@vjm3 2 года назад

Potatoes were the first plant I ever grew on my own. My grandmother and grandfather lived in Maine, USA, so they had to grow all their foods. Potatoes was an absolute staple. So after I grew them (in low light area), I got a decent yield, but not bad considering the potatoes were just eye chunks cut off of store potatoes. But my grandmother treated them like they were the best potatoes ever. She was so damn proud digging them up, cleaning and pealing them. We boiled some potatoes, and baked others, and she said "These are the best potatoes I ever had." True or not, I LOVE that memory, and you helped me remember it with this. Bless you, and rest in peace grandma. Love ya.

@ashstr2021 2 года назад

They were the best potatoes ever because you grew them ❤

@matthewpicard4463 2 года назад

This is soo sweet awwww

@brucetidwell7715 2 года назад

When my brother was around 5, my mother got him growing string beans because she heard that kids would eat vegetables if they grew them. He was out checking several times a day to see if they sprouted, wanted to over water them, was ecstatic when the finally made beans, helped my mother cook them. When she went to put some on his plate, he looked at her and said, "Mamma, you know I don't like string beans!"

@ArDeeMee 2 года назад

@@brucetidwell7715 Ain‘t that the truth… T.T

@ArDeeMee 2 года назад

Well, if the best granny said so then I have no reason to disbelieve her. RIP.

@bradgarrett7790 Год назад

Russel Crowe teaching us how to garden. I love this.

@philipjohnson7445 3 месяца назад

In meridius

@michaelplanchunas3693 2 года назад

In the American west in the 1870s, an army wife wrote about her meeting with a wise, well liked Indian chief named Spotted Tail. He was chief of a band of Northern Cheyenne, and had his tribe settle down and work the land. One day she was hoeing out stones from her garden when Spotted Tail came to say hello. When he found out what she was doing, he told her not to hoe out the stones. He explained: "Sun heats stones, stones heat ground, ground heats potatoes and ready earlier." She wrote that the reason he was at the fort was to sell his early by 3 weeks harvest of potatoes to the army. She also wrote the next year she tried his method and harvested before anyone else.

@pamelaroden5513 2 года назад

I always loved digging potatoes, it's a bit like Christmas, like unwrapping each gift, big or small is magical and amazing.

@triciac1019 2 года назад

I say the exact same thing that digging potatoes is like Christmas! I dug mine up just a few days ago. There were some that got frozen from several frosts, so I threw them in the compost pile, but the majority were great. I made some french fries today and they were so sweet.

@deezimmo4814 2 года назад

Every Spring, I find potatoes that I missed digging up in the fall..they are still edible! I do not eat them, though, I use them as seed potatoes; especially, since they were "Pontiac Red" potatoes and I could not find any seed potato packages of them at the store. I have had "Reds" for the past three years that way.

@JulieWallis1963 2 года назад

That’s a lovely way of looking at potatoes.

@lilaclizard4504 2 года назад

I agree! I have a large raised garden bed with soil I've made from compost & other stuff I've added & it's so great for digging, that the most efficient way is to wait till recent rain has it at the right moisture level & then dig by hand. I put on a pair of washing up gloves so I don't get dirt under my nails & just go to town, digging the whole thing to nearly half a metre down, finding potato after potato. I do sweet potatoes, so I love the way they join to each other & trying to dislodge without snapping them & being able to follow the thin bits that join them as I go deeper & deeper, still finding more potatoes. Nothing better :) (well ok, maybe slightly better is what I have right now & will for the next few months, where there's so much variety & it's so thick that I have to "dig" through the folliage to find goodies like beans, cucumbers etc etc, that's pretty awesome too :)

@triciac1019 2 года назад

@@lilaclizard4504 that sounds absolutely wonderful to me!

@alumidiaz4873 2 года назад

The take home message is: plant store-bought spuds instead of throwing them out. Worth a shot! Thanks for the great video.

@ByeByeButterfree Год назад

I think something fascinating about the yield from the grocery store potatoes, is that they were bound for compost or the rubbish once they went bad, so the fact that what was otherwise rubbish at the time produced edible potatoes is so fascinating to me! I’ll have to try this for the forgotten potatoes at the bottom of my cupboard! Theres always a handful that end up at the bottom of the bin and don’t get discovered until too late! 😅

@ctcamara 10 месяцев назад

I 100% agree! 😊

@braxtonvestal777 2 месяца назад

Gmos they don't want you to grow your own food. You still will get some and it's better than wasting them but still.

@wecareaboutyou2963 2 месяца назад

Makes you wonder if the dump has a huge number of new potatoes growing

@christinamoneyhan5688 Месяц назад

Don’t forget that the potatoes ae usually treated with groth inhibitors when bought in the U SA. and any produce that comes into the USA. Is radiated. Best if you can find Organic heirloom seeds or starts or potatoes. That way if you let a few plants go to seed you can save the seed to plant the following year. Remember God gave us everything we would ever need. Every living thing grows dies but reproduces naturally.👍🙏🏽🇺🇸✌🏻😎

@extraincomesuz 2 года назад

I think the wrist seed potatoes had the most baking potatoes because the size was generally larger potatoes. The middle would be good for cut mixed veggies baked with olive oil and garlic (great for small potatoes) and I agree with the last comment that using the old potatoes means everyone can grow a good pile of potatoes even without a lot of money. Thanks, Mark! I have a big pot that I'm going to put a few potatoes in.👍

@tempodocs00100 10 месяцев назад

100% agree with your comment!!

@Grandma.Lilly. 2 года назад

Just shows, if you got potatoes that you can’t eat, just plant them! Free food and no waste. I’ve purchased seed potatoes and love that you can grow potatoes you just can get in the store. 💕

@catdad91 2 года назад

Many store bought potatoes have been sprayed with a chemical known as chlorpropham to prevent sprouting. If you want to grow store potatoes you should look for Organic.

@Raymondgogolf 2 года назад

@Lory smith Hi Lory 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

@Raymondgogolf 2 года назад

Lol you’re welcome you can text me with my address on my profile

@blakeumthun8128 2 года назад

The 1st year I grew potatoes, I just bought reds and yellows from the "whole foods" store and planted wrist deep with mulch. 6-8 lbs turned into 35-40 lbs. The next year, bought potatoes from the regular grocery store and I doubled the amount planted and got similar yields. The next year I did the same thing and, also, planted a package of seed potatoes. The store bought outshined the seed variety by two-fold.

@aranmostly3756 2 года назад

Wow! That is encouraging to hear!

@greenbank4800 2 года назад

same here, old store boughts gone to sprouts gave my best yield to date

@jlhana 2 года назад

@@francesmcstay the mulch he used right there was straw.

@peterclark6290 2 года назад

You could try: a) on good soil¹ b) cut up potatoes leaving one eye in each 'seed' c) lay them on the surface d) cover with a few inches of straw e) cover straw with mesh so straw doesn't blow away and provide first drink f) remove mesh when a healthy set of leaves strikes (some people leave it as they have sufficient holes in the mesh) g) harvest crop after leaves wilt which should be just under the straw residue. There may be some necessity to cover any exposed spuds during growing (with another few inches of straw). Watering as required. Simple process, clean spuds, no ground pressure, no villainous prongs, roots stay in the ground doing good work for the next use of that soil. ¹ Not dug up, full of worms, bacteria, fungi and arthropods (soil life) as Regenerative Agriculture recommends.

@tonyh8166 2 года назад

@@francesmcstay Potatoes are almost foolproof. Give 'em a try. Cut your potatoes into chunks with a couple of eyes each and plant those chunks with the eyes facing up some 6+ inches deep and then just make sure they get watered every few days if it doesnt rain. Done. There are things that require more work, especially layering them, that will increase the yield, but just the basics will get you a decent crop. Just keep a gentle eye on them and if you see any potatoes exposed on the surface just cover them with a few inches of dirt.

@VictoryHardy 3 месяца назад

You’re doing a great thing by making these videos and teaching gardening for self sufficiency. God forbid if a famine happened , a lot of us would be clueless.

@Meowbay 2 года назад

I've even been comparing different (old, starting to decay/root) potatoes from different supermarket sources. I've kept some of the best ones for seconds, and we now use these every year, it's like its DNA is so strong, it just will not fail over here in The NL (Europe). We're at the 3rd generation of once too old to eat organic potatoes from one of the largest supermarket chains (Ahold/AH), and they still deliver by far the best yields and best tasting ones too. We get about 20 of them out of 1 semi-rotten old one. The most important trick I use is I let the old ones sprout half under water in our freshwater (indoor) aquarium. As soon as the green leaves start to show I plant them in the soil. They then already have lots of roots in the aquarium water. I've heard that by doing this you give them such a well-fed start, lots of potassium, kali and nitrates from the fish, that this is why they deliver such high yields. 1 -> 20 is pretty damn efficient!

@kittenonacloud1012 Год назад

Never heard of this method, and we just happen to have a goldfish tank! So you just stick them half in the tank water? How do you keep them in place? Do they effect the water parameters much? I've only just saved my fish from a nitrite spike (one passed from poisoning though) so I guess I'm a bit overcautious now. Thanks if you can get back!

@estyria777 Год назад

@@kittenonacloud1012 I would imagine spear the potato on a stick that crosses the aquarium. Theoretically the potatoes should consume excess nitrates in the water and help prevent algae overbloom so long as your filtration system is adequately converting ammonia to nitrites and then to nitrates, although I've never tried it myself.

@letitgrow1846 Год назад

That's a really interesting idea. I have a large aquarium so I might give that a try. Do they just float in the tank or do you have to do something to keep them half submerged.

@brandoncrosby3626 Год назад

do you bury the whole potato or leave the green leaves showing? thanks

@turtlegaby 2 года назад

I love the comparison, but I also have found that old store bought potatoes do just as well as the expensive sprout potatoes. I got a pretty good harvest with them this fall. I never spend additional money, if I can use store bought items. I just love your garden and your outgoing personality. I am a big admirer of your videos.

@calmauric8218 2 года назад

That's it hey, I just use a few varieties from the shops. And then keep some of the harvest for seed. Always picking the best ones for growing. Dutch cremes go the best where I live it seems.

@hltron5781 2 года назад

both sprout and store bought you can just put some of the harvested aside to replant for more yes? so really you only need to buy the sprout potatoes once correct? if so one would have a better quality as in the video the sprout potatoes did overall look better

@Miyori999 2 года назад

I do the same, and get loads of potatoes from just a few cut up store taters that started sprouting. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I never find them all and have potatoes every year even if I didn't plant any that year. oops.

@alexandrau6096 2 года назад

@HLTRON it always depends on the garden center u buy your seeds from and also on the soil u use/have. Where I come from the seeds in the garden centers seeds are a waste of money and time, using grocery store brought items always worked better and also the planting seeds that one gained in the previous year also worked always well. It is possible that your garden center might have good seeds, but that’s something that u need to figure out for your crops yourself. If you want to compare the options, do it. Use each in equal amount when seeding, check the yield at the end and see which worked best for you. There is no perfect result without trials and errors. But that’s exactly what makes gardening fun😉 oh btw if you live in a region with cold winters, like freezing winter, then only plant potatoes in the same crops every 4years to prevent the potatoes getting sick from bacteria and mold.

@pappyfiddle 2 года назад

One small thing, in our store here they sell regular potatoes and "organic". They spray the regulars with some kind of soap or something so they do not sprout, so they have less store loss. The organics sprout and grow nicely. I had about 5X yield even with the rabbits eating the greens.

@dirtpatcheaven 2 года назад

I loved your video telling us to save green potatoes for planting. We had an epic harvest this year because I had enough to plant without buying any from the nursery. Thanks for all of your good information!

@stevensmith2085 2 года назад

I never knew people buy seed potatoes 🥔 lol I've always planted them by buying the kind at the store I wanted, then letting them sit under a cupboard and eye out. Then I quarter them wherever there's a sprout or cut chunks so there's a sprout every chunk and plant in raised hills

@Kmunro170 2 года назад

Thanks for taking the time for a comparison of methods. Exactly what I was looking for, and really well done. Five stars, my friend!

@StefanMilo 2 года назад

Great video, I planted my first set of potatoes this year, looking forward to seeing how much I get

@clarissamiles 2 года назад

I bought organic potatoes from Whole Foods and seed potatoes Lowes. I planted them both in 5 separate 10 gallon fabric pots. I added more soil as the leaves grew. I didn't know if they were determinate or indeterminate, so I just grew them all the same. I gave them plenty of water, fertilized every 10 to 14 days with inorganic fertilizer, over 8 hours of sunlight daily. I harvested them when most of the greenery died back. My results were not a much as I would've liked. Most were very small. Next year I'll be using 20 gallon fabric pots and more organic fertilizers:)

@MRTN13 2 года назад

Watching a man on the other side of the planet growing potatoes, that's what the internet brought me

@wanttoread5 11 месяцев назад

I didn't expect that Russel Crowe would become a potato farmer.

@lorijudd2151 2 года назад

I am from the USA, the Pacific Northwest region. The method of choice for sowing potatoes is to always plant them 4 inches deep in very rich soil. No mulch. We wait until the plants are well established before adding mulch. Then we always wait until the green tops of the plants are good and dead, no green at all, before harvesting.

@sacrebleu1371 Год назад

PNW here too, precisely how I was taught. Bin or bag growing simply adds space to my garden and easier on me physically for doing harvest, but I still do the same basics.

@healanimatthews1140 Год назад

What soil is richer than mulch?

@lorijudd2151 Год назад

@@healanimatthews1140 good rich Willamette Valley soil. Stick a crowbar in the ground and it will grow nails.

@JorrynOlsen Год назад

@@LORIJUDD2151 Oh Hi! I’m new to gardening, I will appreciate your suggestion on this . Should I plant in containers, raised garden beds or in the ground?

@brandontanner97 Год назад

If you're using a tato to grow a tato cut them into chunks so each chunk has an eye.

@gailadler7823 2 года назад

I grow my spuds in pots. I used to grow them in raised beds, but you always seem to leave a few (or many) behind. In pots, I upend the pots on a tarp when it’s harvest time and can gather my spuds easily. I grow a mix of seed and store potatoes this way and usually get plenty. I can also grow spuds in pots all year round - temperate zone.

@wyominghome4857 2 года назад

Gail, how large/deep are your pots and how many potatoes do you plant per pot? Tipping out on a tarp seems like the best way to find them all and without the risk of spearing them.

@gailadler7823 2 года назад

@@wyominghome4857 Most of my pots are elbow to finger tip wide and about the same deep (the big black ones), but not all of them. I use whatever is available. In the big pots I plant 3 or 4 potatoes, yielding up to 30-40 at harvest. The smaller the pot, the less I sow. I make my own growing medium of about 1/3 coconut coir, 1/3 perlite or vermiculite and 1/3 compost and a few worms from the worm farm. After harvest, I never use the mix for potatoes again, but recycle it to my raised beds. That way, I don’t get potato diseases. Hope this helps.

@michelifig6356 2 года назад

@@gailadler7823 Elbow-fingertip informal measurement, very Aussie, i like it😅

@sandyvandy6483 2 года назад

@@wyominghome4857 I’ve grown them in 25 gallon grow bags before. They did great.

@simonfairall5122 2 года назад

@@michelifig6356 there is a RU-vid channel for the battleship New Jersey, where the curator uses proportions of himself to describe measurements “this is about 1/2 a curator long”for example.

@SoberOKMoments Год назад

I often plant supermarket potatoes using those that have sprouted eyes and have also found them to be productive - certainly productive enough for me, one old woman gardener, and they don't cost what seed potatoes do. I enjoyed the video - as always. Thank you.

@teresabrockett7525 2 года назад

I live in Maine (Bath), and Maine is definitely pro potato. Lobsters and blueberries might get most of the attention, but Northern potatoes are wonderful. My gram was a fabulous gardener, and she got our family through some pretty tough times. 💕 😃

@CynthiaB-mr3nx Год назад

🎉🎉😊

@pobo6113 2 года назад

I love all your experiments. I guess it shows me that it is more important to just get out and 👍🏻 do it as to worry about how you are doing it ( as the perfect gardener). Big 👍🏻 to you and thanks. 👍🏻

@Conservchick 2 года назад

I think the first bed really produced a good amount considering these were potatoes that you usually discard. That harvest will produce several meals for a family, so it was a good effort. Overall, it gives us several options. Thank you.

@Raymondgogolf 2 года назад

Hi Darlene 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

@bethhubbs9937 2 года назад

I live in California and my local Costco store has had organic baby potatoes in the food section. It is a mix of a small yellow potato and a small red new potato. They chit very readily and I use them as 'seed potatoes'. They were only about $9 for a bag and because they are small, I don't have to cut them up or do any prep work before planting. Just let the bag sit around for a bit and then plant them out when I'm ready. The first year I planted about half and the other half became all wrinkly before I planted them out. They still grew good potatoes. I have noticed that actual 'seed potatoes' can be expensive so I thought this was a great alternative. Thanks for your video, Mark!

@kariw.160 2 года назад

I love those potatoes! Planting them as we speak. Hoping for a decent haul

@donrea9823 2 года назад

Did they grow into bigger potatoes then then what you planted as? Sorry if this is a stupid question I’m a beginner and little knowledge.

@marydaleo3701 Год назад

$9.00. Holy cow, that's outrageous!

@onionring1531 Год назад

@@marydaleo3701 That depends on the size of the bag. Seed potatoes can be $9 or more for a single kilo, so the baby potatoes probably work out much cheaper.

@JennTN411 Год назад

I grabbed a bag for about $5 recently, put them in the grow bags, mulched and set them against the south side of my shed. Can't wait to see how they did!

@jennyoldham440 Год назад

I would loved to see this experiment with decent supermarket bought spuds rather than really rough ones. Great to watch though and thanks heaps!

@MyButtercup Год назад

It works well.

@andrewhammill6148 2 года назад

The row/drill method seed potatoes do look like it is higher yield, but the seed potatoes you planted wrist deep look like they grew a larger potato. I think those were the most successful. If I had to do it again, I'd grow them that way but earlier in the season.

@hoosierpioneer 2 года назад

#3 made larger potatoes, with less work tha #2 I assume. I'd use that method for good seed stock, and put grocerystore taters in leftover spaces.

@gg-gn3re 2 года назад

He said it was "late in his season" which I assume this video is recent so it's summer there, which (even his winters) is too hot to really produce well. (one of the major keys for mass production) when potatoes are growing lots of greens it's a lot of energy is going into that, you can see the market ones put majority of their energy into the potatoes. You can grow big plants and focus on their veg cycle (you can do this by lower light per day, more soil moisture, cooler temperatures, and most importantly more potassium nutrient input than nitrogen) because mark's gardens are always very nitrogen rich, most plants that are healthy will be focused on vegetation growth (best for any plants you directly eat leafs etc of) and in his potatoes case he was interested in the fruit growth.

@emilybh6255 2 года назад

I don't think so. All things being equal, if the same number of seeds were planted, the middle pile of seed potatoes produced many more potatoes! even though they weren't as large. It could be that in pile one fewer potatoes were planted and the ones planted had more space between them which allowed them to grow bigger. Therefore, since the row method produced more, I would use THAT method but space the "seed" potatoes farther apart so like they were in pile #1.

@PRDreams 2 года назад

@@emilybh6255 in the second one he planted way many more potatoes than on the third or first raise bed. Taking that into account, the third bed did the best. Watch the video again. The middle raise bed he left no separation between potatoes in the row. The "fist deep" raised beds were about a foot apart.

@emilybh6255 2 года назад

@@PRDreams Read the second part of my comment again. I agree the first method grew the biggest potatoes but the fact remains the row /trench method produced a greater number of potatoes. If you think about WHY the first method grew the biggest ones, the obvious answer has to be spacing. Therefore, to increase the harvest, use the method that produced the largest number BUT MODIFY IT to increase the space between each seed. That way you should be able to get the best of both methods. Also, you missed where I said "all things being equal" where I meant, the same number of seeds were planted in each bed.

@justmefolks1863 2 года назад

I am glad you did this. I always plant from store bought now, have for over a decade. I can get 50 pounds of potatoes from the store for anywhere between $7.99- 14.99 depending on time of year and variety. Seed potatoes here average $3-5 a pound. The old store bought seem to always give me a better harvest also.

@DJxSGGxNeo 2 года назад

Try this, it will cost less, let the potato sprout spuds, then shave those spuds off with just a little meat making it a flat surface on the bottom, you let the potatoes sit under a cabinet or in a dark closet with no water for a few days or so to allow them to do this. Then after you cut them off you do this again for a few more days to let them get ready to plant. Then you plant them with the flat side down 4 to 6 inches down 18 inches apart. You get more plants from less potatoes! :)

@Onewestward 2 года назад

Last year I threw potato peels in compost pile and they sprouted like crazy so I dug up and put in container. Got a handful 0f small potatoes in a couple months. This year going to plant more seriously. I think your 2nd bed of potatoes had the biggest potatoes. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your gardening and lovely land. Good tips!!

@sherrywright4557 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing this information! I'm using old grocery potatoes that chitted in my cupboard and I cut them up to quarters, dried them off for a week, I'll be planting tomorrow! Guess I'll try setting them in wrist deep & mulching! I appreciate your experience! ❤️

@JorrynOlsen Год назад

@@Sherrywright4557 Is it okay I asked some questions I’m a newbie in gardening . Your suggestion will be helpful please

@craigsudman4556 2 года назад

Well Mark the seed potatoes buried wrist deep in the left most bed gave you the biggest spuds. The middle bed with the seed potatoes grown in drills gave you the greatest number of potatoes but most of those are small. The bed on the right with the dried-up left-over supermarket potatoes planted wrist deep did a splendid job for what you had to start with and a couple of nice sized spuds to boot. I would definitely go with the left bed, which had the nursery seed potatoes buried wrist deep, as the best overall producer of potatoes that I would like to cook with. What a great video with a spudly thumbs up.

@andriolafsson 2 года назад

Finally! A video about something I can grow here in Iceland :D Thanks for making your content, a lot of quality information accompanied with great humor.

@gardengnome_b 2 года назад

Always learning something and the experimentation you do helps me not feel like a failure when things don’t always workout. Thank you!

@aprilbeech8333 Год назад

I love your videos! I've been veg gardening for about 7 yrs now, and I am still learning new things! I've learned so much about gardening from you! All the way in North Texas, USA! I am getting ready to set up my fourth raised bed that will be for potatoes. I bought seed potatoes from my local nursery. I'm going to try the trench method. Keep up with the awesome videos and gardening!!

@tagladyify 2 года назад

You only use trenches for indeterminate potatoes and bury them as they grow because the will produce potatoes all along the buried stem. Those types need a much longer growing season to get a full harvest, 90 to 100 days. Determinate varieties can just be buried when you plant them and will produce potatoes just below the surface at one level, no need for trenching. They also have a shorter growing time. Rule of thumb for potatoes is when they bloom you are likely getting little new potatoes below the soil and when the plants die back it’s time to harvest. You have to know the variety you are planting in order to look up which type they are. Nice experiment, though and you got a lot of potatoes for growing them in the heat. I would store the green ones for seed for next time.

@joanies6778 2 года назад

Thank you! Your explanation helps me realize probably why mine were a flop last year. I planted organic potatoes that I bought at the store... they always chit before I can get to them all, so why not plant them. Part of the issue, I believe, was the organic soil I bought had been compromised, because it turned various seedlings yellow, which may have stunted growth. I have no idea if they are determinate or indetermininate, but the potatoes I planted likely needed much more time either way.

@tagladyify 2 года назад

@@joanies6778 your welcome.

@thekrrib 2 года назад

Tracy I didn't know that about the determinate and indeterminate. Now I know why, when I dig potatoes, some are deep and some aren't. I will look up the varieties. Thanks heaps 👍

@brucetidwell7715 2 года назад

Wow! Thanks! I had no idea that there were two kinds of potatoes, just like tomatoes, I guess.

@stevefromthegarden1135 2 года назад

@scout I'm in the Chicago area. The challenge I have is storing potatoes between harvest and the start of the colder weather. Once it gets cold outside, I can store the potatoes in the attached garage which keeps them between 40 and 50 F but right after harvest, I keep them in the basement which is between 60 and 65 F. The basement is a little warm for storing potatoes. A proper root cellar would be nice.

@JulieWallis1963 2 года назад

I have planted potatoes from my kitchen that had sprouted and shrivelled. I was always thrilled with the results. I just dug a hole and stuck them in my garden, and got enough to make few decent meals from each potato. It’s better than throwing them away.

@JohnDoe-l1kmya5s Год назад

You said, "sometimes you just gotta have a go." That's exactly how I approach gardening. What's it gonna hurt anyhow, plus the knowledge you gain from just trying something is invaluable.

@raynayvalles583 2 года назад

This video had everything. Suspense, drama, humor. Thanks for your hard work. Great to see which worked best.

@bonnieweeks8383 2 года назад

I still remember a good 40 yrs ago my father in law had a big garden. I had never eaten a home grown potato. They were far and away the best things I’d ever tasted. Along with his white half runner green beans.

@lilaclizard4504 2 года назад

fresh garden beans are the best :)))

@BushCubsAdventures 2 года назад

Po-tay-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish. Great crop mate! Start of summer at mine too in QLD, about to get my harvest, very excited 👏☝️🧑‍🌾👍

@87RH 2 года назад

I planted eyes up peels from store bought potatoes that sat on the counter a bit long before use. I ate 90% of the mother potatoes and planted the rest this spring, only because I had the room and wanted to see how they did. I was very happy with my kitchen scraps. I have a whole nother meal now. 👍 Thanks

@gregwillett2363 Год назад

Thanks for taking the time to bring us along on your experiment!

@robertlassiter907 2 года назад

My fifth grade teacher was a gardener and she had us all grow pole beans in cups. We transferred them to the ground after they were a few inches tall and mine grew really tall. This was in the 60’s and I loved that woman very much. Many years later I saw an article in the news paper about her. She was a master gardener. Her name was Ava Sue. 55 years later I still think of her when I eat pole beans. The small potatoes made me think of eating pole beans and little potatoes cooked together. My only claim to fame growing potatoes was once planting a 50 pound bag of red seed potatoes and harvesting 300 lbs. Only once! I’m getting ready to build my wife some raised beds for salad greens so I find your channel encouraging. I wish I could find the same kind of metal containers you have but I don’t think they exist here in the States. Thank you for sharing and bringing back some memories. Greetings from Alabama, US. Bless you and yours , Robert.

@JennTN411 Год назад

Birdies beds! I hope you found them!❤

@robertlassiter907 Год назад

@@JennTN411 I did, thank you for your reply.

@LeisaStroud-df4yj Год назад

Epic gardening!

@arthuurwong49 10 месяцев назад

Home Depot in California carries these metal containers now😊

@arthuurwong49 10 месяцев назад

Btw commercially grown potatoes are sprayed w pesticides a lot! Before planting the ground is sprayed with it, then as they grow, the plants are sprayed, then sprayed and irradiated again after harvesting to prevent sprouting- best to grow your own organically 😊

@gg-gn3re 2 года назад

Been watching you for years, your scientific methods are getting better & better!

@meesoedontask5562 Год назад

SO listening to your advise about where to plant potatoes. I was attempting to save some from dying of dehydration so I could plant them in something. I was looking for a container in other words. Days go by without finding a container... just kept adding water to try to keep them alive. Apon watering them the third day. None of them are wrinkled anymore, and all of them are going nuts in the clear container with only water in them. NOW TO KEEP MY STINKING CAT FROM PULLING THEM OUT OF THE CONTAINER BECAUSE SHE THINKS THEIR TOYS FOR HER... I found one in my living room one morning. They are in the kitchen window, in the small container, to catch the morning sun.

@jeffreydheere4737 Год назад

To my eye, it looks like the seed potato planted with the wrist method got bigger spuds in the end. Looks like I should do potatos this year.

@irinaandrianova6234 Год назад

This is what I am going to do as well. Just bought 2 special bags for growing potatoes and now searching for some tips from experienced people.

@georgewilson9121 Год назад

why are these potatoes being cut bye the eyes on the potato? if you plant entire potatoes with multiple eyes what will result is to many potatoe plants in a condensed fashion. this will result in smaller potatoes. put one eye every 4 inches and the production will jump , so will the amount of area that can be planted.

@bridgetboyarskyI_t_S 2 года назад

The way I grew my (store-bought, eye sprouting) potatoes this last season was to cut most of the potato out and put the sprouting eyes in a thin dish with water for a couple weeks so a root system would begin to grow. Once that happened I planted the starter sprouts in half-gallon milk jugs with holes punched in the bottom for drainage. Got me some REALLY tall plants, with a long root system, and when I transferred them again (cutting up the jug to not traumatize the plant), into a bigger, deeper pot, it got me a really big yield. We buy the smaller red potatoes so the things are going to be smaller in general, but the average size was golf ball to tennis ball size, with a few on either side. This method gives you time to do a second rotation if you want. Note: Keep an eye on the potatoes to see if any surface and immediately cover, because squirrels will nibble the things.

@davidb2206 2 года назад

All this transplanting is extra work and unnecessary. I plant the eyes directly in the soil, with some small area exposed. That is after a night of air drying on a paper towel in the kitchen (shade).

@Swagolisious2 2 года назад

Good to mention the squirrels. I'ma have to grow these bad boys in a secure location. Lots of squirrels near me

@alinedeleandro123 Год назад

We don't have to worry as we don't have squirrels in Australia LOL

@MishMacky Год назад

@@alinedeleandro123 no, but we have possums which is just as bad 😭😭

@annissa485 2 года назад

Digging up potato’s is one of my favorite things. I do a deeper “writs method” twice as deep to avoid the green potatoes. I plant in grow bags also

@FeeBee3001 2 года назад

I grew potatoes for the first time this year from potatoes that I didn't eat fast enough and ended up with an alright amount from what I planted. Left all the green ones in the garden bed and ended up with another handful just recently. Happy with my results considering I was originally going to toss them in the compost. Liked seeing the experiment with the different potatoes and growing methods.

@miriam2909 2 года назад

I just adore those little potatoes boiled whole... with lots of butter!

@AjBanjo 2 года назад

Started watching SSM then fell in love with gardening and homesteading. Now I’ve found permaculture and syntropic forestry. But all thanks to finding this channel.

@Seriously_Eh 2 года назад

That's a great story. Hope you also have found land? Cheers from B.C. Canada.

@dirtroad5637 2 года назад

Season 14 of growing potatoes for me this year in the mid-Atlantic eastern US. I tried 10 gallon grow bags this time and results were average, however, the bags kept bugs out of the medium and it was fun & easy to just dump the bags to harvest, no more cutting them with a shovel! I also used a dehydrator to preserve them, which worked out really well.

@KH75013 2 года назад

I have decided to grow some potatoes this year - my first time - and this was the perfect video for me to see. I had been over-complicating things with all sorts of questions in my head. Now I realise I just need to get on with it. Thanks!

@isazasamuel 9 месяцев назад

My #1 favorite gardening channel on YT. Thanks Mark.

@peggybuti1896 2 года назад

Really surprised! Makes me feel better for just using old potatoes from my pantry for my garden!

@skcamerican 2 года назад

Interesting experiment! Thanks for taking us through it. I think the lesson here is that it’s better to plant SOMETHING, even funky old store-bought taters, rather than nothing. That’s a pretty good yield from shriveled old spuds most folks would throw out. And the spuds are bigger without the fussing of the traditional method of the middle bed. I go with Bed #3.

@noclicheplease 19 дней назад

Thank you for all the effort you put into this experiment and presenting it plain and simple. No yapping about unwanted stuff for long durations, unlike other Tubers(pun intended).

@wildcoriander Год назад

I’m glad to see that supermarket potatoes do so well for basically being leftovers. I ordered some indeterminate potato varieties to try this year. We are going to build up the sides of the bed and keep hilling them to see what happens. I love to try new things, too.

@TalkingThreadsMedia 2 года назад

We like the little potatoes for roasting - drizzled with olive oil, and adding a little, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Thanks for doing the 3-part comparison. Even though planting was done late in the season, you still got a decent haul! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 12/5/2021.

@alexandrau6096 2 года назад

We use big ones for roasting, cuz of the Peeling part that’s needed before cooking..the small ones we cook with the peel and after cooking one can pull of the skin alone, without wasting any of the potato flesh..is nice as side dish to fish

@TalkingThreadsMedia 2 года назад

Hi, Alexandra. When we roast the little potatoes, we eat them - skins and all. No peeling. Best wishes, Kate

@0Clewi0 2 года назад

@@alexandrau6096 the smalls after cooked can be heated in a pan, with butter or olive oil, salt and dill. No need to waste time peeling.

@leowomaninlove 2 года назад

Add rosemary, its delicious!

@konradbuchalik5823 2 года назад

Another potato idea: potato tower. Cut barrel or something similar into 20 cm tall rings. Fill the first one with soil and plant a potato there. When it will sprout then add another ring and fill it with soil, but don't burry all the leaves. Repeat. Buried stem will produce potatoes. Some say it can increase yield up to 3 times. Good idea for confined spaces, yet needs more water. Another variant are hessian bags. Fill the bag to the half with soil, roll down the edges and plant a potato. After sprouting cover the stem with soil and roll up bag's edges a little bit ect. Harvesting is much easier: just flip the bag.

@krzysztofrudnicki5841 2 года назад

No it's just don't work. Potato tower is a nonsense that everybody repeat but nobody tried. You can find on internet why it's not true. Don't worry I also believed in this.

@konradbuchalik5823 2 года назад

@@krzysztofrudnicki5841 It's not about magically grow tons of potatoes. It surely is hard to believe in 3x more potatoes. If it was the case then farmers would plant using only this method. It is more like making possible to grow potatoes in confined spaces, i.e. balcony or small garden. Nevertheless thanks for pointing it out, I'll try this method next season and share the results.

@robindevellen7038 2 года назад

You have to use an indeterminate potato.

@queenisobeal 2 года назад

Love the comparison! Good to see the different methods, but it looks like it may depend on what size potatoes you want in the end. I think I’ll have a bed to try both. Excellent video and thank you for sharing!

@lostinaveyron2279 Год назад

I like the left hand side myself because although the seed potatoes were the same as the middle it’s less labor than doing drills and it looks like there’s a lot of bigger spuds. Having a big haul of smaller potatoes is a pain to clean for months on end in my experience so I prefer a mix of smaller and bigger depending on the recipe.

@Jan-Boer 2 года назад

Thanks for the video, I think the yield and quality will be much better if you plant the seed 10 centimeters deeper. Then you have a better buffer with moisture, and less green and more tubers. And what I'm missing are the red Desiree potatoes you planted.

@homesteading 2 года назад

The difference I see - and its the same result I have experienced - is that the biggest difference is not in the production, but in the amount of green potatoes produced by not "hilling" in the potatoes. You middle bed appeared to have almost no green potatoes - while the others had quite a few. Throw the green ones out and then compare the result and you would have a clear winner. And it's a combination of variety and method that makes this work. Some varieties are more inclined to surface, they need more hilling and more mulch.

@radred609 2 года назад

i'm sure that if you started earlier in the season you'd see a larger portion of green potatoes in the non-furrowed version too :)

@chrissilliker8633 2 года назад

What is hilling ? Im brand new lol

@johnmacdonald5400 2 года назад

@@chrissilliker8633 take soil from between the drills and put it on top of the drill after the potato plant breaks the surface. It keep tubers covered as weather erodes the drill. Therefore less sunburn and more room from tuber growth.

@leighburville2717 2 года назад

@@johnmacdonald5400 and what is a drill?

@johnmacdonald5400 2 года назад

@@leighburville2717 drill is the same as hill, Where i live we use drill but we still call it hilling. Here you get a lot of farmer praise if you have nice straight drills.

@VonZander1 2 года назад

We have a large family and get 10lbs of potatoes at a go. If they start to sprout heading into Spring we generally cut them in half and plant them in pods (circle of 6 about 2 feet in diameter) 8 ish inches apart and get enough potatoes in spring to make it from harvest till late winter.

@craftypaton4195 Год назад

I grew my potatoes from seed potato’s and just covered them with mulch. I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered a second crop sprouted from those tiny potatoes I had missed. That became my seasonal perpetual crop, until the numbers dropped off. I did the same with my pumpkin vines too. It’s a set and forget system!

@tempodocs00100 10 месяцев назад

How do you do that with pumpkins? You let the tiny ones in the vine?

@BADD1ONE 2 года назад

This year will be my first year of gardening. Nobody on RU-vid has the charisma of character you portray in these videos. I'm so excited to use gardening techniques I've learned from you.

@matthewfarrell317 2 года назад

We just pulled our first potato harvest up today. We were really happy with what we got and we just did the wrist method (but I didn't mulch due to being sick). Kids had a ball digging the spuds out lol. 1 variety didn't do well, but 2 others did so we are going to replant in a different bed in a week or so. I'd say both the wrist and trench are equally as good.

@lorijones3294 2 года назад

J. J. H huh. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. H BBC. 7

@kathleenhunter3161 Год назад

I’ve done tall three but my favorite because it was easiest was to barely cover the sprout with soil and the keep them deeply mulched all season. The potatoes were clean and very big. You could uncover the tubers without disturbing the rest of the plant and harvest what you need for dinner. Another trick I learned from another gardener was have a specific bed dedicated to potatoes and while harvesting just throw the small ones back into the best and your bed is planted for next years crop. This was a Montana garden it might not work where there isn’t a winter snow cover

@jillachen7217 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much freind, for your hard work, and bringing smiles to so many! From Baudette Minnesota

@priayief 2 года назад

Your garden trial matches what I've discovered after doing many years of similar trials: successful home gardening is really simple. Thanks for posting.

@chickenfox4495 2 года назад

Love the comparison! From what I saw, it matches my experience. Wrist deep method: More space between plants gives larger potatoes Furrow method: More potatoes, but slightly smaller Supermarket potatoes: Not the most productive, but a win no matter how much you get. A good way to limit food waste.

@voodoomotion5855 Год назад

Great videi mate. If you use store potatoes that have gone to seed and decide to cut them in half, some people recommend letting the cut face dry for a few days so it hardens and protects itself from rotting or infection. We accidentally grew some in a compost pile, the plants grew tall and gave us a good mixture of sizes. Happy to use anything that's being chucked out 😊

@hellotheremyolfriend 2 года назад

7:00 look at the size difference of his forearms. This man is a hard worker 👍

@danhoppy5517 2 года назад

Bearing in mind that the supermarket potatoes would have either gone into the chickens or turned into compost, they were freebies. I turn my potato peelings into compost, and every year I get a few plants peeping up between my dahlias despite having never planted a crop.

@alexandrau6096 2 года назад

Well, if one cuts a sprouting potatoe in half, it can become 2plants, so if your peel had micro sprouts that u didn’t see yet and it was kept moist but not to moist, then it can happen that they act as if they’ve been planted in full. BTW my grandma used the cutting in half method to increase the yield 😹

@Scp716creativecommons 2 года назад

My wife saw the title, as i cast it to the tv, and said "in the ground, the end" Edit: she watched to the end, nods, and goes "like i said, in the ground, the end"😅 She really dug the video tho. Feral potato would be a great garage band out of Ireland

@ArDeeMee 2 года назад

Wise words! xD

@veragauthier4329 2 года назад

@@ArDeeMee Love the title for a band!

@BlueSpaceLizard 2 года назад

After watching this, I thought: Is there really a wrong way to plant potatoes? As long as they're in the ground, that appears to be the correct method 😄

@JohnJohn-wr1jo 2 года назад

Ira, your wife is spot on. Been growing spuds for over 50 years. For the biggest yield and healthiest Potatoes you can't beat growing them in the ground. Pots, boxes,bags, and raised beds all allow the soil to reach too high of temperatures even in a normal growing season for potatoes to do their best. They will get off to a good start this way especially in the cooler weather but once it gets too warm they stop growing.

@jackieow 2 года назад

You can cut potatoes in pieces (each one must have at least one eye or bud) and set them on a shelf for a few days until the cut surfaces scab over. This is called corking. That way each potato can start out in the ground as 5-6 pieces instead of just one lump of an entire potato. If done correctly, you get more propagation multiplication. Old timers had "corking sheds" for the scabbing over process.

@alanhiatt4820 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video, I really like asking questions and setting up experiments to find answers. I thought the store bought seed potato beds would at least double the grocery potatoes and I was happy to see the grocery potato's did as well as they did. Thanks again.

@desktorp 2 года назад

This year we planted yukon golds from the grocery store with the drill method and have harvested 11 lbs off the first 2/3rds of the crop.. I'm guessing it'll end up being about 17 lbs total. I think using a tall container might get a better yield, using the 'thirds' method; fill the container 1/3rd of the way up for the initial planting, let them grow, add another 1/3rd of the soil, let them grow, then add the final 1/3rd of soil. We did that a couple years ago with great results.

@diawaprolite7967 2 года назад

Bone meal and blood meal works wonders also potatoes love acidic soil so peat moss is your friend.

@ZacharyKentVT 2 года назад

Doesn't this method only work with certain types of potatoes?

@J4Julz Год назад

Did you grow them inside of old tires? Seems like it would be a good way to get the thirds done easily.

@desktorp Год назад

@@J4Julz nah the first time I just used 5 gallon buckets from the hardware store and the 2nd time I used 15 gallon plastic pots I ordered from a garden supply place.. I actually had a better yield from the 5 gallon buckets, but I think that was my fault for not planting them at the best time. Personally I'd be paranoid about using tires because of the material, but it's probably not as dangerous as I imagine. Otherwise not a bad idea.. it would certainly keep the plants in the sunlight instead of down in a container.

@robandhisresin13 Год назад

@@J4Julz if you look into using tyres to grow potatoes, you’ll find that it’s not good as heavy metal toxins are known to leech in to the soil.

@Fingolfin3423 2 года назад

Hey Mark thanks for making these videos. I'm 37 and got into gardening slowly over the last 10 years. It's extremely rewarding and enjoyable to work outside, shape the land, and actually create things. Dad and I just watched this video, as well as a few others. I didn't grow potatoes last year since I tried some other things, but I'm going to give them another go this upcoming 2022 season after watching this. I've been doing well with pretty much whatever I try growing, although there have been some failures. A mistake I often make is I plant certain things too close. It's a lesson I've learned, though. My new concentration is composting natural material off the property and working on the soil quality. I've been doing that for two years now and will continue that into the future every year. We live in the state of Wisconsin - a small town between Lake Michigan and Lake Winnebago.

@shastagreen8866 2 года назад

Oooh, Wisconsin--lots of cows, lots of poo, lots of compost!

@CarinaKeKz 2 года назад

Just discovered this channel for me. You are like a seasoned dad who teaches us kids how things work and I love it! I also never knew that Potatoes can vary so much in colour? Does it do anything with the taste or firmness? Good to know that even the oldest store potatoes can be of use - I think rom all three methods I would prefer the 2nd method the most (the one on the left); those seem to grow fewer but larger tubers!

@flaviusfake271 2 года назад

We usually put the potatoes about 8 inches deep and at least 10-12 inches apart. We had dirt to the rows twice during the year so the plant has lots of space to grow under. In my opinion, probably less crop due to the spacing. Only so much space for the plants to grow 6 inches deep and maybe 8 inches apart. Lastly, I would also add the supermarket patch also had red potatoes that only grow to small sizes usually half of the more common potato. We called those red ones in my parts of Canada we called garden potatoes that we use as a side with butter and salt or in salads.

@k.p.1139 2 года назад

Given a choice, and how I prepare potatoes, makes a ton of difference. If I wanted large taters to peel- the wrist seed potatoes, hands down, is the way to go, by their size. Not peeling the middle. But, the throw out taters didn't do bad, considereing they were headed to the compost pile or to the chickens. GOOD video! Thanks Mark!

@isaacszeto5459 2 года назад

I love how a potato growing video brings people together, everyone should make potato videos so we can have unity and word peace😆🤣😅

@JerryMetal 2 года назад

Damn, we should have gone through with your plan, Putin would have been too occupied with his backyard potato farming results to have time to mess with Ukraine

@sidmac50 2 года назад

Everyone loves a good potato!

@themaskedman221 2 года назад

@@sidmac50 I'm hungry for some potato salad now. Or maybe a baked potato with cheddar cheese and bacon.

@miriam2909 2 года назад

You're so right..... world potato peace rings true for me! If every one made potatoes instead of trouble... just imagine eh

@InsanityPlusOne 2 года назад

But then we will start with our potato cannons, someone will form a potato ballista and it will just become a primitive war based in potato.

@brettfoster6786 Год назад

Well done Mark. I especially like the time lapse of the video. Gardening takes time . I planted some from old potatoes and got some 👍

@jeromevalencia5276 3 месяца назад

You are awesome, I learn how to plant because of you. Keep those videos for more people to appreciate

@Sekhmetouserapis 2 года назад

Starting the day with a SSM video is a great way to do so! Cheers from the west indies Mark! Lots of things in common with you here, including the love for rosella...

@paulworthington8666 2 года назад

I grow spuds in southern Germany in recycled store-bought compost bags, punctured and put on slatted wooden stands to aid drainage. It has worked very well for years, giving much bigger yields in proportion to soil than any plantings in the ground or raised bed. And dead easy to harvest . You just tip the bags out onto a potting table, and then recycle the soil with a bit of added blood and bone, lime and manure for great results with peas, pumpkins, tomatoes, melons, peppers, chili plants next year. Spuds do grand things to soil. Results were good for years until last year. This year we had a never ending northern hemisphere winter freeze, giving us frosts into early June. Not experienced within living memory. And then a cool wet summer, and early autumn rainy chill. So yields from plantings in the brief March thaw, were much lower than usual. Plants need warmth, sun, and CO2, a vital nutrient. Potatoes, like strawberries (disaster crop here this cold, cloudy, wet season) don't need much soil. But they they do need loose slightly acidic soil (do not add lime!). They are happy if they have about 8 inches of good compost soil mix under them, and 8 inches over them. I have found that banking up around the surface greenery doesn't make any difference. It's just unnecessary work. I have heard and read on mainstream media here that this summer, 2021, has been the "warmest on record" in the northern hemisphere. Not on my records. And I have been here, in England and Germany, for nearly 70 years. Trust your own senses, your own experiences. Only you know reality. Thanks Mark. Sorry to have gone on a bit. You are clearly, what we in northern England, call "a good un". And you know your stuff. Thanks for the great videos. Cheers, mate.

@alexandrau6096 2 года назад

I agree, at the end of august the weather was freezing like 20years ago(back then autumn started at the end of august, I know it cuz a friends birthday is at the beginning of august and she was happy that it was still warm around her birthday to have a party in the garden while it’s already became to cold for that at the end of the month) I actually checked the weatherstations close by and it was freezing on my balcony but the weatherstation was telling it would be 18•C but it was below 5•C according to the thermometer I have...maybe it’s cuz I live quite low and most weatherstations are quite far up? In Russia/Siberia pipes are adjusted 2m above the ground, the reason : if they bury the waterpipes in the ground like Germany does the water in them would freeze, but by having them above the ground the cold stays on the ground and the pipes don’t freze...maybe that’s why we have misinformation on temperatures...

@Seriously_Eh 2 года назад

I do trust my own senses, instincts, and my own reality. Hope things are going ok for you in Southern Germany. Reminiscent of the early 30's in Germany here, where I live. "Mass psychosis" prevails. I made the decision not to escape, prior to being prevented from doing so, by discriminatory "government health mandates". Am riding it out. On the land. Cheers and Merry Christmas from the "true north" but it's no longer strong, and no longer "free".

@plainsimple442 2 года назад

hilling up while growing covers those near the surface so they do not get green

@naomidaum8277 2 года назад

That was very interesting! Thank you and God bless you for taking the time to do this experiment and share your results.

@gerihenry2261 Год назад

Thank you so much for that video! Planning to do some planting back home and looking forward to applying your tips and suggestions!!

@79AussieChick 2 года назад

Something is always better than nothing! Great job Mark, I'll continue to plant all my rogue chitters, plus my designated seed spuds. Much love from Western Australia x

@Johnbro8 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing, great results. I only grown a couple of buckets starting at the bottom and filling as they grow, but it’s good to see the different techniques. Thanks again👍

@sikozen Год назад

Huh! That's a beautiful bed set up. I'll put that on my Honey Do list for this spring 🤣😂🤣

@RapidUpdates 2 года назад

Thank you. I'm Chitting right now and in the midwest. I'm a little late planting but it's a great veggie to plant for food shortage

@stevew6138 2 года назад

A good experiment. I was surprised at the "dodgy" store bought potatoes, not a bad haul, really. Considering the seed source.

@spud6213 2 года назад

Thanks for making Australian Gardening videos :) I would love to see someone make a series of "what to plant in the month of x". I always feel like planting something when I watch your videos but I'm not sure what is the best crop for this time of year here

@johnhildenbrand2642 Год назад

Unfortunately there's not much in the way of hard and fast rules with gardening like that. Most of it depends on where your located, someone in Michigan or Scotland will have very different planting schedules than someone in Australia or Texas, the number of days in your "growing season" average temperatures, soil composition and a bunch of other factors all play a part in when and how to plant things.

@meusana3681 2 года назад

Growing best = best potential for a great yield. With a drill you can keep the plants healthier for longer and starting out deeper in the soil, eventually the potatoes grow to the surface. Always plant roots in a drill. Not to mention its way easier to keep the seedlings nicely fed.