BEST Way to Grow Potatoes.

[@soulstalgiarecords77740]

Livingseeds is a legendary brand!! This channel is equally what legends are all about, you guys rock Sean!!

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Bud, you make us blush… thank you.

[@karenessauthor]

Great to have South African content. Much needed. Thanks.

[@joshuadaley905]

You have to appreciate the excitement in harvesting volumes of organic potatoes! Can't wait to grow some potatoes this season in the GROUND!😁

[@LivingseedsFarm]

The excitement is always high during potato harvest season.

[@mariabraunschweig2329]

Hi Shaun. I did the same as you. In 2121 I planted in tyres (terrible!) In 2022 in big 25kg buckets (bit better) this year I bought the 5 different varieties form you to test which one I liked the most and planted in my raised beds of 1*3m * 3. WOW did I get a harvest. I found the Tyson my best and biggest harvest. Next year I'm doing Tyson, El Mundo and the Russet. Thank you so much for this video as it confirmed all my findings. Maria

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you Maria. So glad you found success with potatoes. They can be so frustrating if not grown properly.

[@amandalewandowski6764]

Great content as always! You are by far the most informative channel for the South African market and I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for the hard work that goes into this

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you Amanda. Amazing compliment.

[@sandymurray3997]

Thank you for doing the research....I will follow your lead on potatoes

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Our pleasure.

[@alexanderbeukes6160]

Love this video how you did the trials on different methods. I am planning to start my planting by end January, I am extremely busy with watching as most videos as possible and learning as much as I can, because I know nothing from planting and I have never planted.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you. Our goal is to give you the shortest path to success.

[@nadheeramotsau5810]

This is one of the reasons i love living seeds. Thank you for this video, much needed. Later this year i will try planting potatoes again but this time I will be more knowledgeable. Thanks a mil ❤❤❤

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you so much ☺️ Have fun with your new potato project.

[@homesteadrevivals]

Loved this video, even though I had to keep pausing it to go to another window and plug the numbers into a conversion calculator! Thanks for sharing your experiments. Loved it!

[@LivingseedsFarm]

So glad you enjoyed it. Metric for the win. :)

[@jaxthegamer6402]

Thank you for this video. I grew your seed potatoes in tyre's, the amount of potatoes I harvested was so little I didn't think it was worth my time to try again. I thought I'd done something wrong. Now I will be growing my own in 2024.

[@nataliemeyers4856]

Thank you for this amazing video. How often does one water potatoes when you don't have a drip irrigation system

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Two or three times a week. Just monitor soil moisture.

[@lisanoritha]

I love the knowledge I gained in this presentation. Thank you Livingseeds!!!

[@LivingseedsFarm]

So glad we could help.

[@SueritaeErnstzen]

Thank you for the information and research...you just smashed my way forward for growing potato's 😂...will return to traditional ways 😂😂

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Excellent, my pleasure.

[@Jan-Boer]

Thanks for the video, confirmation of my thoughts. Here in the Netherlands I expect the same results. Greetings from a potato breeder.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you for stopping by and watching. Strength to all .nl farmers.

[@DomJBo]

Very cool video! Thanks for the info - would be interesting to see this with other crops as well.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

What crops would you like to see?

[@dnawormcastings]

Great video. My wife has wanted to start to grow potatoes after watching this I no now I’m planning to plant them in the ground with some of my worm castings 🇳🇿

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you. Have fun with your spuds.

[@judyvdwesthuizen6728]

Thanks for this trial. I have for the first time had a bumper crop of potatoes planted on the ground. I had also tried all of the types of growing but did not nearly have this crop

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Only a pleasure.

[@brendacasey]

It would be interesting to compare the soil grown potatoes, to potatoes grown with the Ruth Stout method. Maybe next years project?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

If you look carefully we had left a space for a straw bale. For the life of us, we could not find any when we needed to plant.

[@ruthlongridge2137]

we get ours from a horse-feed supply, never run out@@LivingseedsFarm

[@RebeccavanDorsten]

Love the video! The problem I have with tires beyond the above reasons , is that usually they're old, and picked up things like heavy metals, oils, pfas and you name it. There's several clinical studies relating crum rubber in playgrounds made from tires, and all kinds of disease, lymphoma.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Absolutely. The petrochemical load in old tyres can be concerning.

[@mangeza7452]

Very informative video thank you! Quick question do you do anything to prevent bugs and pests from getting to your potatoes plants or was this just prep soil and plant ?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Nice question. We prepped the soil specifically for potatoes. Pest control consisted of 4x sprays for Potato Ladybug using a mix Biogrow Pyrol and Bioneem at 50% strength. Other than that we had no other pest issues.

[@nadheeramotsau5810]

Thanks for this question. Very helpful 🙏🙏

[@ruthlongridge2137]

This was very interesting. I wonder how much haybale mulch would have an effect around the tyres, buckets, and wire - as it would insulate them like the soil does. I would also like to see you using the same growing medium for all the trials, IMO this should be the case if the trial is 100% fair.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Yeah. Not sure. It’s not something we will try. Mainly as we are more interested in finding the simplest way to grow the most food.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

On the growing media. They all had the same except the soil which was only slightly improved with germination mix.

[@ronwynroper372]

Thank you for this great comparison! Love

[@LivingseedsFarm]

You are so welcome!

[@pot-egomap417]

What was the soil type for the ground planted potatoes? Is it worth buying germination soil to plant potatoes? Do you mix the germination soil with normal soil?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We use our standard garden soil. Don’t buy special soil, rather look at using the money to buy a quality mulch to cover your soil.

[@iekmoloi]

Great video, thank you. How do you spread your 2:3:2 in?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We just spread it on the soil. The Talborne organics will work itself in.

[@anthonytheunissen7454]

Hi Sean great video. What % shade cloth do you recommend to use so your vegetables don't burn from the sun and wind. Anthony from South Africa Western Cape

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Hey Anthony. It depends on the colour. Lighter fabrics can go to a higher % to exclude pests. Darker fabrics should run a lower %. Typically 30% green or blue is sufficient in high radiation areas. In the flip side. Excluding pests also excludes beneficial insects as well. Hope this helps.

[@kvdw5375]

Hi Sean. I see you only have Tyson seed potatoes available this year. In your catalogue you don't specify any varieties, but... Man, oh man, does that accompaning picture make me want to grow potatoes! When can we expect redskin & purple varieties from you guys?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We are currently experiencing a seed potato shortage. So we only have Tyson. Coloured potatoes are in production and we are hoping for a small release in Spring depending on the harvest.

[@deepsranchod]

Hi which potatoes Variety are best for frying chips and to make potato curry ?

[@johnnyvorster4644]

Awesome learning from you. Thank you so much!. We ordered the 5 different varieties, and have now started harvesting. While Mr Mole had his fair share of the spoils, we are harvesting lovely, healthy potatoes. Questions... how best to store the potatoes to enable maximum usage (outside of the garden), and do we take the potatoes which have started growing and immediately replant them? May we plant them in the same bed? What do we need to look out for in a seed potato?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Only a pleasure. Storage is best in a cool dry place. Don’t wash before storing. You can replant immediately if they are sprouting. Replanting as seed potatoes should be fine for a year or two as long as you don’t experience any transferable diseases. It is however always best to buy new seed potatoes every season. But I do understand the need to save money. Seed potatoes go through a rigorous testing with inspections and laboratory testing to ensure quality, not something you can do on a home level.

[@capsicumco]

Very nice video. Thanks Sean

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Glad you enjoyed it bud.

[@capsicumco]

@@LivingseedsFarm I'm itching now to get back home from holiday to see if my potatoes are ready to harvest. Soil grown

[@PetLoves]

Did you "hill" the potatoes in the tyres? Topping them up as they grow? Or did you have it full of vermicompost from the start? I've had more success with "topping them up as they grow"

[@LivingseedsFarm]

They were planted in the first tyre and once they had grown we added the second tyre and topped up.

[@fernandadeehan9466]

We live in northern KZN and have extremely sandy soil. Any suggestions for prepping the area to be planted and protection against mole rats please?

[@JaenSwart]

Thanks for debunking these myths and confirming in ground....where can I get Uptodate seed

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Only a pleasure.

[@johac7637]

What are your summer daytime high temperatures there. Ive got a neat situation, one is in Canada, perfect, long day lenghts, hot days would be. 105F 40C. In Arizona, zone 9B gets stupid hot 115F 45C and shorter days, winter months is ok,but get the odd frost to knock the leave back.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

We are on the Highveld and can peak at 40-42C in Dec/Jan but typically in the mid 30's. our winters can go down to -10C, but tupically in the -5's

[@njeandk]

Hi. I heard that you should not grow potatoes in the same soil year on year - is this correct? Or can we use the same beds more than once for the potatoes?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

It's always a good idea to rotate your planting spot for potatoes. Sometimes it's not possible, so make sure you are purchasing potatoes from a certified source to reduce your chances of disease transmission. www.livingseeds.co.za/vegetable-seeds/potatoes

[@moirakemp867]

Great video, thank you

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you.

[@NordeggSonya]

I knew the people selling those potatoe bags were lying. The potatoes were too clean and packed too full.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Yup, staged is an understatement.

[@heinovanrooyen48]

Thank you this is extremely helpfull

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PetLoves]

Potato Trails.. or Trials?

[@LivingseedsFarm]

lol. Will fix it now. Blinded buy seeing it so often.

[@naturekins604]

The only time I don't grow in the ground is during the late winter season that I start and early crop in the greenhouse when the outside soil is covered in snow and frozen. At that time of year I grow in a cardboard box sitting on soil in the greenhouse.

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Thank you for your comment. Please can you elaborate on your cardboard box method. Is this a way to start them early in spring to transplant? Or is it an actual growing method.

[@Shirleyholtzhausen]

Can I buy your compost

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Unfortunately we are not a commercial compost farm. We only make for our own use.

[@janzeelie9521]

Wish n could plant my potatoes in ground. Have clay soil.

[@5801160052086]

Make compost and add it to that clay soil

[@LivingseedsFarm]

Adding heavy mulch with be your departure point to correct your soil.