Container Grown Potato Harvest Reveal 2022 / Homegrown Garden

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

Growing food is not about saving money. It’s about developing a skill and achieving success, and learning from failures. If you happen to save money, then it’s a bonus. ❤🎉😊

[@Pinkpumpkingardener]

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[@marykappesser5145]

Great harvest! I totally understand the fun and excitement of a potato reveal. My daughter used to say it was like looking for Easter eggs.

[@elladailylife]

Watching this makes me feel closer to nature

[@ScottieScotland]

Today is June 11th 2024 and believe it or not but we are still getting Morning Frosts here in Scotland. (So much for global warming) I hope my lovely Red Pipers wont be affected too much.

[@mixalispatsourakis899]

Χαιρετισμούς από Ελλάδα!! Είσαι χαμογελαστή και όμορφη όπως και οι πατάτες σου ωραίες! Καλή όρεξη!!

[@laurafilip1491]

I did put some.pots with potato's....fter I watched at least 15-20 videos.. I hope I will have some potato's.

[@tabs41]

Pink Fir are a favourite, waxy and ideal for potato salad

[@harunrabbani]

Brilliant stuff. We ended up with over 100 pounds of potatoes

[@kestrelfeather]

Hey, your potatoes did really nicely. I would be very pleased with that harvest. I'm eating my home garden spuds now too. My garden gives me just about all the vegetables I ever use. About the only vegetable I ever buy from the store are onions as I don't grow Spanish onions. My garden is right outside my cabin door so I don't have to drive to get there which means a lot. I've always been really happy I can grow so much of my own food. Dahlias are blooming great right now too. Enjoy your spuds. Cheers!

[@maxc1520]

Great inspiring video. Our favourite Potato is Marfona, they are healthy and very tasty. From a 30-litre plastic bucket. 2 seed potatoes per bucket. Bought compost from Garden Centre. We average 9 pounds weight per bucket. Just add Chicken manure pellets and Fish, blood and bone. Greetings from N/W England

[@sherry2836]

Very nice harvest! I love using the grow bags, surprised to see rodent damage on your spuds. I have purchased flower seeds based on what I've seen in your videos this year. You are part of my flower garden! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and love for beautiful and interesting living things. Enjoy your mash and fries!

[@michaeldavidson2073]

Hi from Australia. Fantastic result again. Thanks for being such an inspiration. You had the sort of summer we would usually deal with in SA - probably on the mild side for us. Things I usually have to manage when growing potatoes in tubs are greening of potatoes from sunlight and heat but most importantly irrigation. When it’s hot and dry it’s tricky to keep the top of the pot moist without having sludge in the bottom. If I got ants in a pot here I might consider a flame thrower. They are nasty buggers on this side of the planet. I planted my first seed taters for this spring a fortnight ago (Charlotte) and the second this weekend (Sebago) - keeps the progression happening. King Edwards next. They go well for me. My favourite variety is Kipfler - similar in shape to Fir Apple. They are ‘waxy’ and make the best potato salad ever. The worst homegrown potato knocks a supermarket potato out of the park.

[@davidmills4643]

Hi its Tina my favorites are also Charlotte's I grow 2 in a 35lt pot and grow loads when the foliage dies back I store the buckets in my emptied greenhouse I stack them 3 high then cover the top buckets in fleece then just harvest the buckets as I need them I don't water I let the compost dry I have kept them right through to April with no problems love the vlog

[@GreenSideUp]

Very nice harvest of potatoes, not bad for going through a drought earlier in the year...Steve...🙂

[@katiedc8239]

I love potato reveals!! Like a kid on Christmas morning! Gardening is a joy in general; thanks for sharing yours!

[@nadias5192]

Your vegetable patch has such welcome discoveries. Thankyou for sharing your experiences

[@Juststuartt]

You have got to be the most beautiful allotment owner I’ve ever seen

[@davecphotographyuk]

I planted some that i got from the supermarket, and they are now growing succesfullly

[@RGB0703]

You are an amazing person 🥰 Such an huge production 🤗

[@courtnez]

Captivated by you dumping out potato pots. So satisfying haha.

[@thebluemorpho6640]

10:34 I was worried you didn't see the itty bitty potato that fell out, but then I saw it in the pan after. 🙂

[@stevendowden2579]

what a cracking harvest katrina

[@Antonia_bh]

Incredible harvest! Love your videos, educating, entertaining and aesthetic to watch. Thanks for sharing!

[@chopsticks821]

Nice harvest. Mine was not so good this year. Too hot here in Alabama. Love all your videos. Always informative and encouraging and somehow, relaxing, like a visit with a friend in the garden. Thank you for the hard work and effort you put into producing your videos and sharing your garden and time with us. Happy autumn and happy gardening.

[@dafyddrhobert2414]

I keep used peat compost in dustbins. My potatoes are grown in 20l buckets and I use the same compost every time with added nutrients. The great thing about buckets is that they can easily be moved. The first frost was last weekend here in Wales and the potatoes had a sleep over in my lounge as they are frost tender. The potatoes I'm growing now are second mains for harvest around December. The first mains were harvested at the end of August as they were ready. Average of 2.5kg per bucket.

[@mikelucas3746]

That's it really. A couple bags of this compost comes in at around £20.00 which rather defeats the purpose. I collect stable waste and compost it down on a large scale and amend with a potato fertiliser. The hard work with such high temperatures these days is watering.

[@doraw7766]

Hello. May 2nd from FL. Your video inspired me to run out to my small back garden and dig the top layer of a small container potato plant and I saw one near the surface. I struggled with it because I did not want to disturb the plant. A double potato finally came out. This is the third time since planting March 1st that the same plant has given me a bunch of small potatoes. I have 30 other plants to let mature in the proper way. I sometimes dig down and get sweet potatoes that way as well. Thanks.

[@sarahtranter380]

Hi it's Jon and I love gardening I have my own greenhouses and I grow lots of things

[@laurenmariebishop8409]

I always enjoy watching your movies or film.

[@romeisfallingagain]

im a big fan of potato reveals

[@Pixarification]

You're beautiful 🥰 and the harvest from containers is astonishing 🤗

[@TheMurpleMan]

A better comparison than the price of potatoes in the store is the price of any other hobby that promotes an active, outdoor lifestyle. Gardening doesn't have to be expensive and you get potatoes out of the deal to boot!

[@Alex-tm5oz]

I'm Irish but we still love ya..

[@herstrangekind]

I love potato reveals! You have inspired me to try fingerlings next year.

[@homegrowngarden]

I had no idea they had this name until now 😂

[@SubbyGB]

I grew potatoes from some shrivelled old ones in the fridge after watching an earlier video here and got a really good haul, so thanks for the inspiration.

[@artandmore575]

Hello!!!! ..... congratulations.......and also garden is looking so good Sunflowers ....I love your trousers.

[@daveandkatyreadings-bower2282]

Thank you some really helpful advise -going to pots and peat free this season

[@baileyschultz2634]

Can also get scab from high ph in soil. Growing in containers reduces the chance of scale ♡

[@wolfaestheticsltd]

I've just took on an allotment in Leicester, and after watching one of your older videos I had to order some Cara organic seed potatoes. 👍

[@jntdad]

Yep Pink Fir Apple and Charlotte for waxy best flavour - Sarpo Blue Danube for roasties, wedges and baked. I also store in the same way you do - Pink Fir Apple store really well and unlike supermarket potatoes will not sprout in under a week when in the warm kitchen. My soil based potatoes have universally outperformed my container counterparts - much higher yields with more and larger potatoes. This year I have grown Charlotte, Jazzy,Pink Fir Apple, Maris Peer, Picasso, Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Blue Danube and Sarpo Mira. I think the difference was down to the Containers (black) overheating and drying the compost - Considering gravel tray bases to act as water trays. Anyway, you have a good crop there and varieties not often found in the shops (well charlotte can easily be found - but the others...) ttfn and keep up the gardening 🙂

[@GardeningWithJohn]

I mainly grow Charlotte's now, I did some first early Swift this year as well, but with Charlottes you can harvest early as well, miss the blight, they store well, I'm still eating mine now, they're really reliable and they taste great. I mainly grow mine in the ground plus a handful of tubs. All the best, John, Hampshire, UK

[@christophertrundle2314]

Those potatoes look awesome.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Wonderful harvest Katrina 😃 and so rewarding 💕

[@zydrunasapavicius5489]

we plant potatoes in the ground. but I will try it in buckets, I liked it🙂👍

[@margaretalice6343]

Amazon harvest. Cannot beat the flavour of home grown potatoes. I love fir apple and love sarpo axona (couldn’t get them in recent years) however any home grown potatoes have amazing flavour. Worth it for everyone to grow a few buckets I have wire worm so buckets have worked best

[@jeffbostic1490]

This was fun to watch. Love your excitement and knowledge you share. Thank you.

[@seloss5734]

I had grown mine in a bag without the results. Will start to us your technique. Well done!

[@chris230291]

I have been growing in grow bags. Last year was amazing. This year was a bit of a mix. I don't buy compost for potatoes because like you say its not really worth it. Instead I keep reusing the same compost but add potato fertilizer. To me growing potatoes is just for fun really. At this point I think the compost is about 5 years old.

[@glyncaemawr6957]

Our pink fir apples also surprised us this year. We grew them using the Ruth Stout method but using leaves and hay instead of straw. Our kestrel also did well but we had a lot of green potatoes. Note to self more mulch next year!

[@willhoward9190]

I will be doing the same thing down here in Texas.

[@madelinetanner6159]

The video I'm new at growing potatoes and it has really helped both of them how to and this one

[@alanshaw3197]

Hi there I did Charlotte potatoes in tubs and averaged 5lbs per tub. My tubs were 30ltr a bit bigger than yours but as I am new to gardening I am not judging as I like to watch your videos all the time.

[@michaelfrazer8088]

Wonderful harvest !!!!! I'm waiting for my sweet potatos . Sooooon I hope . Thank You for sharing and have a fantastic day

[@Lisa.Gypsy.C]

Great harvest considering the drought & heat you have had in the UK.

[@DenRigt]

Haha 16:50, very recognizable, I think everyone who grows their own veg gets those comments. They just haven't experienced the pleasure of it yet. Great dungarees by the way!

[@truthtone58]

Those taters will taste better than a snowball. I love growing stuff. Like peppers, potatoes, cukes and beans. Always do good.

[@jillmjohnson4606]

Nice potato harvest, and another great vlog!

[@kenrollinger2577]

good crop.......i got 20 pounds worth in 10 ....5 gallon buckets....this year...they taste yummy.....

[@pennythompson4790]

Great harvest i just popped in some that had chitted from the supermarket and harvested them the other day and was surprisd how many i got and how good they tastedxx

[@shaunxthexmod777]

hi you can put copper tape around the rim of the . pot ..it give them a little micro shock⚡🐌

[@dn744]

I think that was rather good. I had more a mix. Some amazing, others ahhhhh

[@mandysplottoplate9410]

Hi lovely potatoes ours weren’t good this year small and not so many we were disappointed. We grow rocket first earlies we always do like you they work and we love the flavour. We grow Charlotte aswell and they always produce but not so many this year. We don’t normally grow main crop as we have sacks delivered straight from farm and they are brilliant so much cheaper buying that way. But this year I saved one or two smaller ones and put into a bucket at home to see if they would grow but havnt emptied the bucket yet as tops stil green and seen to be still growing but will let you know how they done. I have sent for 3 seed potatoes of 3 different kinds so 9 seeds to grow for Christmas. We have never done this b4 but thought as most people are doing it we would give it a go. So will also let you know about those. We have probs with rats too so we need to watch out for those. Anyway thanks Katrina loved watching your pond building love all your videos. Thankyou take care 👍😄

[@sarahmunoz14]

Nice harvest. Happy equinox and potato roasting!

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you 😊

[@melissamclaughlin]

i'm all for the potato reveals, I find them really exciting! Inspired by you growing potatoes in pots I tried it myself for the first time this year and grew some second earlies called Collen (I think you may have grown them in the past too). They turned out great! Was very pleased with growing my own potatoes and will definitely do it again next year but grow more, and maybe a few varieties or an early and a main crop. Your pink ruff ones look very interesting, will be intrigued to hear how they taste

[@nedomahony7711]

It's not the cost Homegrown Tastes so much better

[@RErnie-gv1hv]

Most interesting, and informative. Thank you. I see you've become engaged since part 1. Congratulations.

[@mathiaskuchler6477]

I wish I would have recognised what is going on in this world and that my soul path was at the farmhouse where my relatives live in Germany! Together with my brother, I should have been there years ago!

[@ruthannecoro6198]

Lovely harvest! I’m still working on growing potatoes successfully 🙃

[@arniepetrie2866]

Absolutely gorgeous! And the garden is looking great too! 😅 love and best wishes from Wilts.

[@alanhart6197]

love the dungarees 😊😊 and whats not to like in a potatoes reveal.. spring here in NZ so I just planted my summer early (variety is called Heather which has a pink/purple skin)

[@catnip3]

So lovely to see! This year was the first year I tried it, I only have a balcony so in a pot of +/- 30 liter. It was not a lot but a few big ones so pretty exciting for the first time!

[@toneyjohnson8910]

I grew mine in 29 pots about the same size as yours and I harvested 106 LBS> I had some scab on some but overall a good crop. I plant in March and harvest in June. Thin I add compost and seed in Okra. Thanks for sharing.

[@cliffordchristopher1]

Well done M"duck they look lovely. Great job.

[@PlantNative]

I use a water-filled bottle in pots upside down to aid with watering.

[@juliecolbourn8232]

I grew potatoes in grow bags for the first time and so far my harvest has been so so. But honestly I think I didn’t use the right soil mixture and so they dried out too much. So fun to watch. Thanks

[@nitelite78]

Elfe is my favourite tasting variety. A nice buttery tasting variety. Doesn't crisp up well in the oven for roasties but the flavour is so nice I prefer Elfe to something like Maris Piper. Couldn't get hold of any Elfe this year though unfortunately so I went with Cara instead based on watching your videos. So hope they're as tasty as you claim! 😂 I'm also growing some Blue Danube and some Jersey Royals just because I had some leftover from last year.

[@rizesgardening]

Love the total harvest! 😍 I wanna try grow Pink Fur Apple again 😂

[@tammysuedavis646]

I always think I’m going to get more than I do at harvest time. I find it all come down to having nice loose loamy soil. The pots that had thick heavy soil did poorly. I ran out of pots and used old plastic laundry baskets lined with coconut husk and planted fingerling potatoes and got the best and biggest results ever this year. I actually fertilized faithfully and weekly this year with chicken manure tea and got improved results in all pots but really it all comes down to good soil.

[@frankfurder3742]

Your videos are so awesome, so informative... thank you

[@julesa245]

Well done with your harvest. There’s no better potato than home grown. I think shop bought spuds are expensive and lacking in flavour. I grow ALOT of potatoes every year and this year I only watered them when I planted them and I was amazed. We only used stored water that we collected over winter so needed that for the greens, roots, onions and some new trees. I mulched the spuds with grass clippings and kept my fingers crossed. I had a little scab but a high yield on pink fir Apple (which I love) and Kestrel. 😅 it was a good, good lesson and saved me so much time not watering. Looking forward to your next garden tour.. x

[@jackieives4535]

Our harvest was also good out if tubs and bags. Maybe I'll try to pink fur ones next year. Thank you for your videos and hope the wedding plans are going well x

[@robertdean1579]

Nice harvest. Here is central Alabama, USA (which is much further south than where you are), I typically plant potatoes in February and harvest them in June. Usually by the end of June, the soil has gotten too warm for the plants to continue living. So that is when I harvest my potatoes.

[@DoddysAllotment]

good harvest well done. I tried Lady Balfour main crop ths year. Good sized potato which roasts, boils and mashes very well. Nice creamy taste

[@williammcduff6531]

Quite the harvest of potatoes. We had some in grow bags and also in the ground probably ended up with about 10 kilos as you say not cost effective but taste way better than store bought.

[@anitahaywood9827]

I've been put off by Pink furs as I've seen some really nobbley ones! I've grown Ratte, Kondor and Blu Danube (sarpo) After watching your vlog, I'm deffinately doing to Caira next year, this year has been a challenge for growing spuds! South Yorks.

[@joannahart1604]

Great crop this year, next year I’m trying sweet potatoes also x

[@jimmason1072]

That's a nice group...the pink fur apple....is it the last ones....they looked really nice....yes it's not cheap....but it's great to be able to just walk out and get your own produce....

[@davewilkes1657]

hi Katrina merry Christmas and new year to you both hope you both have a great Christmas and new year I'll look forward to seeing your next video until then take care of yourself and stay safe

[@sarahtranter380]

your potatoes are brilliant

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

If you can make your own compost and leaf mould added to some well-rotted manure growing potatoes in pots is a lot cheaper.

[@robskittalz1844]

"Good Charlotte's", is that also like the name of one of your favourite bands? Like "Corn" 😁

[@JFCTV831]

nice harvest..watching from phillippines

[@ashleyriedel3466]

I planted some potatoes in a blue kiddie pool and they came out so so so small!!😢but yours a nice and good size as well

[@dshollins5864]

Good harvest!

[@MbuviFarm]

Wow this is amazing

[@erlpen2016]

Where I live the market sells a bag of 15 pounds of potatoes (the same size as the big ones you got there)for $5 dollars….

[@MikeB_2112]

Sprinkle Diatomaceous Earth around the base of the pot and on the top of the soil to keep off the ants.

[@beagle7622]

I love potatoes, you seem to too.. it doesn’t seem that long ago you were harvesting potatoes.

[@angelikalove3825]

You've got me interested in the pink fur potatoes now, never heard of them before😃 I'm growing mostly Desiree potatoes as they are doing ok, ever since I've read that red skinned potatoes are healthier, I've kept to them. I've tried Setanta (?) last year but they don't like it too dry. The Desiree potatoes did pretty well considering the weather but with room for improvement.

[@jjgarnham]

The Pink Fur Apple look easier to peel

[@origamidad1]

can you please include the weights of harvests in your videos, it helps work out with a cost vs harvest pricing we pay $9 for 4kg in Australia atm