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Hi I have grown potatoes . No fertilisers used. Its been about 4 months . I can see small potatoes underground but the plants didn't flower at all. And now plants are drying out because it's hot weather here may be? Should I harvest now?
This is a great tip considering it’s 2am, I don’t own a farm, I live in a subdivision, and I don’t eat potatoes. At least now I know when to harvest them.
5 years later and this video is more useful than all this new "influencers" THank you! about to harvet mine in a month :) God bless and dont forget that Jesus loves yall !
This is my first time planting potatoes from my kitchen stock. My store bought potatoes started to wrinkle and sprout. I have a raised garden bed and decided to put them in the ground. Now I have a lot of plants. Nice to see them grow. Cant wait to harvest
I totally learned how to plant and harvest potatoes from you. Thank you so much. I just had my first planting harvest and I got 4 pounds of potatoes and I’m so excited.
Somewhere along the line I learned to plant them in a trashcan that the bottom has been cut off of. > keep adding soil to mimic hilling. When it's time to harvest you just tip it over. Easy peasy.
Thank you very much sir! This is my first harvest and we are very excited to see what comes up. We did a bunch and looks like they are finally ready! Much appreciated. God bless
I usually pick some of the smaller new potatoes because it’s one of my favorite dishes lightly salted roasted with onions and a mix of olive oil and butter. Ploping a potato plant in a container by your porch works great for summertime new potatoes and keep the garden for late summer or fall harvest.
I planted some Norland Red early season ones, here in northern Ontario. Got three rows 6 ft long in the ground , and also some growing in a large pot. Will be interesting to see which way will yield more.
I have 20 hills waiting for us...cant wait, its time! I like to have a "potato party" with the grandkids. We make teams & I have prizes for the most potatoes in a hill, the most overall # at the end, weirdest potato, etc. So fun, it's like finding buried treasure. Then make em' some fries:)
That seems like so much fun. It is also smart. I started gardening because I had wonderful memories of being with my grandfather in his community garden. You are creating great memories and life lessons for the children.
I'm glad I listened to this! Mine are not yet flowering, but I asked a friend and he said they were ready to be harvested. I even made an attempt and felt around with my hands to see if they were, but no! No potatoes! I'm leaving them alone for now! Thank you :)
Glad this helps!. Keep in mind that there are a few varieties of potatoes that don't flower, but I always wait to harvest mine until the tops start to die back.
Thanks I'm so excited my dad was a produce manager he planted a garden every year !!! I miss him he past away w stomach cancer . But recently I am planting stuff it all started w the potato 😂 w eyes I thru in a hole in backyard .it's my center piece ha
Thank u. Its my 1st yr growing potatoes and u gave me the most info I was looking for. My potatoes have been flowering like crazy multiple different times so I hope I have a good turn out.
This is such an on time video for me bc it's my first time to harvest and I want quite sure. I'm so grateful I waited and saw this. Bless you young man.
Thank you very much for a awesome step by step harvesting. The pictures of all three stages of the potato bed was perfect. I watched 3 other videos before this one to get some clarity on harvesting.
Mine have taken a few months but I’m so happy to see a video that is helpful and what to do once they sprout… I’m gonna get me a garden bed to grow more.
This is my first year growing spuds, so I am learning a lot. I grew two tubs indoors over the winter and put out early. Harvested in late March. Got a late start on the in-ground patch, by a month or so, but already have flowers first of June. Next year, I should be able to get them in outside in March for a double harvest. In the meantime, the spud tubs are filled with carrot sprouts for a reuse.
Oh, there's flowers on mine. Harvesting potatoes is like a treasure hunt. Anyway, at my garden it is. I've moved the potato patch but the potatoes didn't care. On their own they have come up everywhere in the garden. Good think I love potatoes.
So the flowers just mean you have small potatoes, if you want larger ones wait until the tops die back! Volunteer potatoes are the only "volunteer" plants I let grow in my garden, I just don't have the heart to pull them up! :)
Great video! My potatoes were in the same condition of the first batch you showed, (dead and brown tops) unfortunately 😂 Fantastic and informative upload! Huge 💙 and respect from 🏴🇬🇧 Subbed!! I'm away to harvest them now, it's 5pm and it's a hot sunny day, hoping for the best!!!
I had a potato plant come up in my compost pile and let it go to see what would happen. It’s kind of taking over. Looks super healthy and lots of flowers. Thinking there are a lot of taters under there.
I planted my potatoes around May in a large pot. They’re peering over like vines but still sturdy and vibrant green in mid July. In texas the first frost might not come til December. I don’t want to pull them up too soon!
Debating whether to dig up the potato plants that came up in my strawberry bed. I planted sprouted eyes last year, did not think they would grow. Now they are in flower. Did better than the potatoes I tried to grow in buckets in other years. No diseases. I guess I will dig up the whole thing when the potatoes die back and try to replant the strawberries.
That really depends on where you live. Potatoes don't do well in containers in our hot dry summers. We just don't get enough rain so it is hard to keep containers moist. They do much better planted directly in the soil.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Planted yukons and Idaho's a few weeks back. They sprouted about 5 days ago. First time growing so I appreciate the vid and super happy I didn't have to watch a 15 munite vid 😅
Thanks for info mine flowered after growing about two feet tall now starting to fall over and brown out planted in laundry baskets maybe see what I have this weekend
How can you get garlic bulbs to grow larger? I clip or bend the stem as it starts to uncurl then wait 2 to 3 weeks after to harvest when main leaves brown.
I usually stop a week before I harvest, but potatoes are different than things like onions or garlic, it is less important. You don't want the soil to get dry and hard to dig.
Cure😋😋😋😋. I cure them by eating them......hahahaha. .... There is nothing better than a potato right out of the dirt. In all seriousness, I will dutifully watch your next video.
Your soil is so soft. I know it has to because if you have hard soil it will prevent potatoes from getting big and looking like potatoes. Was the soil already like that or did you have to add that soil? What state are you in? In Southern California where I am the soil is as hard as a rock almost. Nor Cal, I don't know.
Well now here is my puzzle first time growing potatoes in central Ohio. I had 2 different batches one in a 5 gallon bucket, one is a oblong laundry basket. In the 5 gallon I had red potatoes, the other has I believe Golden or Russet?? The both grew beautifully I layered dirt as they grew neither had flowers. I got impatient and dug up the ones in the 5 gallon bucket sigh.. beautiful red potatoes but pretty small I think I got about 8. The other container is still growing husband said wait till fall to harvest them, his grampa was a farmer. I've heard some people say potatoes flower and some people say they don't??? I did get potatoes but no flowers. Anna In Ohio
Some varieties don't flower and others have very muted flowers. That is just a sign that they are starting to grow potatoes. If you really want lager potatoes then you should wait for the tops to die back.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you I was wondering and waiting to see flowers it's been over 90 days since I planted the one in the laundry basket that I haven't touched yet. I'm so anxious for the "unveiling" plan to have the neighborhood kids there as I dump it out on a tarp to see what we got. Anna In Ohio
I grow a potatoe and it finished flowing a week ago I'll wait till the end of July to harvest as I grow 1 potatoe in a 20 liter plant now I can kinda see signs of it dying off as before it was lush dark green leaves now it's slightly yellow with very light green
