Suggestion...stay away from animal manures in your potato bed unless you have pretty acidic soil. It tends to promote potato scab (acidic soil keeps it at bay). Also, for the leaf mulch/mould, that's what I have been doing and it usually works well. You do however need to let it compost over the winter in a pile, lay it on several inches thick, and side dress/hill with more in spots as the tubers start to plump up. As states in another comment...bone meal under the seed potato doesn't hurt either. Just my humble $0.02...happy gardening.
My grandpa and my neighbor (both OG gardeners) say you plant on St Pat’s day and you don’t let the July rain touch them. Both have always had amazing potato crops.
I found you on Instagram a while back and just realized you're in my gardening zone, so it's time to learn from you! Glad I found someone I already know I like 😊
Baby potatoes taking the nourishment from the parent potato. Obviously 🤩 the potatoes really needed better chitting, shoots maybes a bit spindly, a few toos many, but heyho what do I know, you'll probably end up with a far far better crop than the likes of know-it-alls such as moi - just keep on keeping on - loving your videos 💕
Potatoes are one of my absolute favorite crops to grow! You're almost always going to get something...and if you start picking them a little early you'll likely get more of the fingerling sized beauties you're looking for. I'm going on my 4th year of purple majestic potatoes from Potatoes I purchased at our local Farmer's Market back in 2018. It's awesome to not have to purchase seed potato and keep these going.
Beautiful healthy dirt. Just found your channel. Love the spacing of your beds. We all need all the tips , always learning praise God of heaven for beautiful folks like you.
I just planted some potatoes I grew last year that had spindly growth like yours but no baby spuds. I know they got that spindly because they were seeking light. I think they chited because they are old and not stored in a cold enough spot. If you need stretch your seed potatoes to plant a larger area, you can cut them up so that each piece has at least one to three eyes on it. If you want bigger potatoes then limit each seed potato/piece to no more than two eyes, preferably just one good eye. If at any time you see a potato start to stick out of the ground you need to cover it with either soil or mulch to keep it from going bad in the sun. You can save potatoes that did get sun exposure to use as seed potatoes if you need/want to.
Thanks for these videos. I am in zone 8a, N. GA. Got seed potatoes & seed yellow onions. March 12 today, kinda late. Got a 7" high raised bed 4' x 8' - Ready to plant turmeric in there. Miracle Gro Raised Bed soil, peat moss, black cow. I suspect this soil too alkaline for potatoes. Bought seed potatoes couple weeks ago. I'm thinking too late to plant now. So little time, so many questions. I'll keep viewing your excellent videos, other ones, bunch of books from library. Jus subscribed. Thanks!
Not to late at all! I'm going to buy more seed potatoes today :) That's so exciting. What type of potatoes did you buy? Thanks for watching! I'm glad you are here.
Add ample bone meal to your potato bed. And soil should be petty acidic (pH 6 or even less). I have to add a fair amount of sulfur to get the pH low enough.
You should do some flowers or something for the pollinators are plant anything for the pollinators for your bees or any insects that you might want to pollinate your plants in your garden remember you have to think about them too it's not just pleasing free stomach it's also you have to please your eye to girl just like their eyes God bless you
I think the little “potato things” are little potatoes...chits gone too far. I would break them off before planting because you still have a lot of good sprouts/chits. Whatever you did I’m sure it will work out fine. Your beds and soil look great.
I know this is an older video but I'm watching from the beginning and had a thought. If slugs are still an issue can you mix salt into your mulch? Would that make a difference you think?
Looks like already producing potatoes..when uou do the sweet potatoes, they sprawl everywhere ,I just pile them on top of each other ,as mine are in 3.5 tall,4x8 beds, so this year 1 bed just sweet taters,I will be doing ,that should do us for the year.. and I may be able to freeze dry and can some as well
I think she's using horse manure, that composted for a long time. NPK ratio of chicken vs horse manure and while chicken manure is great in some contexts, it's VERY important that you age it before putting it in your garden. Otherwise it's 'hot' and may he harmful to your garden.
I’d suggest putting the manure in After you’ve dug Up the potatoes, not in planting. You need to put back in what the potatoes take out. Then rotate your crops, don’t plant the same produce in the same beds.
We always cut ours & let them dry out on the cut side for a couple days before planting. Just be sure to leave at least 2 eyes on each cut piece. We found that uncut... you might get more potatoes but they're smaller. If you cut them, you should get larger spuds at harvest time. Good luck!
Their baby potatoes that's how they grow if they don't get put in the ground at a certain time sometimes in the summer when they're growing in Bloom season you'll see a ball every now and then that ball has potato seeds in it
That's crazy that they grew in my pantry like that. I have been given the advice they probably aren't good seed potatoes anymore but oh well I planted them and I'm not digging them up until June-Julyish. We will see what happens :)
Ruth Stout method named after a lady who used (invented?) it . Ive just been looking into this method. Its basically no till, no dig where you just use hay. Sounds very easy.
Ruth Stout and “Back to Eden” are similar in that they rely on heavy mulches (hay/straw for Ruth Stout, wood chips for Back to Eden) and they are a “no till” method.
@@AcreHomestead leaves work fine! Just for one season tho. I use wood chips that last several years. Now I only add about 1 inch new each year, with previous years decomposing under that (about 3 inches total including the new layer).
@@AcreHomestead love it down there you guys are so lucky to have reasonable land prices down there we sure don't in the metro van aria this would be a dream
@@meganmcgrory7525 It's not supper cheap here. My husband and I did really well when we sold our first home my chance we bought and sold at the right time. We bought this house a year and half ago and the market wasn't as crazy as it is right now. if we waited to buy right now we could not have afforded our house.
@@AcreHomestead thats amazing for your guys and by no means calling it cheep or down playing your struggles one bit But to give you an idea of how prices are hear one hour out of the city of Van starting prices give or take teardown house with little land sell for a million, 1960 built row homes sell for $750k condos start out at about a half million on average so the idea of what you have the only option is moving hours away Edit : refering to Vancouver, BC, Canada
Potatoes exposed to light turn green and produce toxins, probably a defence mechanism to ward off animals - in other words avoid unless you enjoy an upset tummy - potatoes also produce tomato 🍅 type fruits, again green, and like all parts of their green leaves stems are poisonous to us. Not sure if chickens can eat green potatoes?
That's what I think they might be. Many people said I should have removed them but I didn't know that at the time of planting them so we will see how they turn out :)
😢😢😢 those seed potatoes have been left way too long - you really do need a lot more knowledge before demonstrating your gardening ‘skills’ . In response to your question, “what are those” - they are the living proof (next generation) of the fact that you need tuition in the care and sprouting of seed potatoes.
Oh gosh this is not a how to channel. This is just me documenting my 2nd year gardening journey. I will have lots of ups and downs and probably more downs. I’m a just do it and see if it works type person. If I get no potatoes it’s ok. I’ll just show how the process goes and learn from it :)
You are rude. I enjoyed the video very much. You need a lot more knowledge in manners before commenting. Nowhere did she state that she's an expert gardener and you can simply choose not to watch. Sweetie you keep on making videos because this is the 1st one I've seen of you and I subscribed. I love it and don't pay attention to rude people ❤❤❤
Absolutely love this channel. Makes me less nervous of trying and failing in my first season. No where did she claim she was an expert and this is how to grow it. It would have been nice for you to offer her some advice instead of attacking since you are so knowledgeable about the subject. Acre homestead keep posting these videos for those of us who like to know we aren’t alone in trying and seeing what happens if we may not have the knowledge from past generations and are trying our best to learn on our own. 👍 #firstgenerationhomesteader
This man is very unkind , I wonder how many people he is encouraging regarding gardening? I’m sorry for that comment Becky, you are a beautiful human being and I am learning a lot from you ❤️
