Watch This BEFORE You Plant Potatoes 🥔

[@epichomesteading]

Oh Kevin, you think you ended me? Killed me? LOL, I'M MORE RESILIENT THAN THAT. I'll see you on the Homestead... - Eric Espiritu

[@epicgardening]

Don't listen to him...I took him OUT for good. - Kevin

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

Omg

[@jennbasil]

😂

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Don't worry Eric I have your back 🔪

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

we all do, @@jacquesinthegarden that Kevin kid is nothin' but trouble.

[@Skullpirate89]

My ten year old son plants potatoes in his garden every year and he always has me grab the blue potatoes as soon as they come in stores so he can choose a red and "regular" to grow along with them. He cares for them all season then has me make him a red, white and blue potato meal every year lol. This year he plans on making a roast with his patriotic potatoes in his star wars crock pot! Just a heads up if you try to cook the blue in different ways, sometimes they turn grey but still taste fine.

[@TinasCrazyLife]

❤❤❤

[@ericbast5569]

Patriotic potatoes I love it lol

[@kirstiebertram3466]

That's so awesome he totally owns his potato harvest from start - finish, including the cooking! It's my first go finally remembering to grow potatoes at the right time of year. I'm getting some purple and pink ones - hoping to enthuse my 7 and 4 yo

[@Mischiou]

You're son is very lucky to have a mom that stimulates him to garden. Lovely to read he enjoys it that much.

[@carminejames2185]

Trump2024 !

[@fizzypop1858]

Your shirt, and the resulting comments, had me laughing so hard that my husband asked me if I was crying and if I was okay. 🤣 I love the great gardening info in your videos, Kevin; however, the humor that always comes through, in so many ways, keeps me coming back for every video. Love you and your team!!

[@epicgardening]

Love that!

[@catherinebaldwin6580]

@@epicgardeningI’m sorry for the fact everyone confused you for your evil twin to the point you had to wear that shirt.

[@EmpressKadesh]

Early on in gardening I saw a video saying to just bury compost directly into raised garden beds... so then potatoes invaded everywhere in my garden just from the peels in my compost. ;D It was quite a chore digging them all out.

[@kayo5291]

Wow, potatoes really are just on a mission to grow! If mine don't, that will be pretty telling. 😕

[@MysteriaSdrassa]

Corn starch is great for dusting cut edges of potatoes, it speeds up the drying time immensly and you get less chance of rot when you do plant

[@corrosioncrawler5706]

Great tip! But what about Rooting Hormone powder??

[@feetsoap4266]

What about bone meal?

[@MysteriaSdrassa]

I'm sure both would work... my grandmother used to use plain flour... anything to help dry out the cut end... i use cornstarch because it seems to work fastest

[@Liliarthan]

I wonder if pointing a hairdryer on the cold setting would help speed it up too 😅

[@bigangelman]

Why always cut the potatoes left from last year and then rolled them in the ashes from a wood fire. This supposedly protected them from blight? Can't say yes or no, it worked and we always did it.

[@borealphoto]

First time I hear a youtuber saying "unsubscribe". You ain't the boss of me so I'll subscribe.

[@getbckloretta8396]

😂 you showed him... 😂

[@Nienpet]

😂👍

[@aalittleman3]

Stick it to him! Lol

[@livingunderarock56]

What a great synopsis about growing potatoes! Showed 4 different potato-growing methods in less than 15 mins. that provides all the info a newbie will need to produce a delicious basket of potatoes!! YUM, and well done!!

[@momijitherabbit]

Perfect timing on this video! I wasn't planning to plant potatoes this year, but I found a random potato in perfect condition in my compost bin yesterday, so apparently I am now growing potatoes this year 😂

[@epicgardening]

Amazing!

[@digitalranger4259]

Your videos are so inspiring. I live on a half acre with a small house and am trying to recover from a garage fire. Lost most of my gardening tools, but watching you, I'm realizing I don't need them. Thanks for the tips and inspiration!

[@marthathompson2012]

That’s awesome!

[@dabzprincess92]

11:26 Thank you what no one has come forward to say is this method is great for us that are disabled and can't dig. Best regards

[@tinab7791]

I've been growing different potatoes each year and so far my favorite is purple Viking. Beautiful mottled skin - dark purple with kind of a rose color, and white flesh. Great for everything and tastes so good!

[@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy]

Been going potatoes for years, and I see you are now growing them the way we do😊 works that way best ❤

[@jacobbruch3244]

The first crop I planted in my brand new garden this year is potatoes! Red Norland, Blue Adirondack, and Yukon Gold. Flanked on either side of the bed by garlic to help protect against aphids. So excited for the crop!

[@MrOldclunker]

I never has aphids on potatoes, just potato bugs.

[@LS-lp6ui]

Love you referencing Ruth Stouts method of potato planting !

[@tommysullivan2911]

I used to my tators in hay..did good for a few years till slugs got out of control.... NW fla...

[@sleuthst6955]

Ruth Stout was the sister of Rex Stout, author of the Nero Wolfe mystery books, for anyone who's interested. Also, I read that she used salt marsh hay to mulch her garden. I haven't verified this, but apparently salt marsh hay does not have seeds (unlike regular hay), so she didn't have problems with seeds sprouting from her mulch.

[@TxxRose]

My second year at vegetable gardening. My first year at growing potatoes. I’m using my favorite potatoes, russet. The huge ones. I let a few grocery store potatoes grow eyes in my pantry, cut the eyes off, and planted them right off. I’ve got nice green potato plants coming up. I hope I get some to harvest.

[@shellia1929]

Best thing I ever did growing potatoes was to plant whole potatoes about 6"down in barely ammended clay soil, cover and forget it until plants died down. I didnt even water them. Lol. 4x4 bed got me a 5 gallon bucket of potatoes. Ill never mess around with potato growing again. Set it & forget it for me. :)

[@miltkarr5109]

Also a fan of set it and forget it....after I set a 50lb bag of 13-13-13 in the plot.

[@kayo5291]

Thank you, you've inspired me to go out and do that right now, even as the sun is setting... 🥔🥔🥔

[@kevaldeo6381]

How much sun (approximately) do the potato plants themselves require?

[@miltkarr5109]

@@kevaldeo6381 potatoes are pretty prolific in a variety of settings. That said a minimum 4 hours direct sunlight a day to survive. More sunlight the better. And the more days between 60-80 degrees F the better. And the closer the soil temp is to 70f the better.

[@miltkarr5109]

@@kevaldeo6381 I personally would not bother growing potatoes for food if not in an open field setting. Out of curiosity you could grow them in shade and get some small potatoes.

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

Potatoes also are great for giving the soil a break after an intense growing season. I like to rotate them in after I've grown tomato or brassica, things that are really taxing on the soil, and then grow legumes after that to help replenish nitrogen.

[@corinne7126]

I've grown potatoes for 50 years in upstate New York and never chit. And I have a beautiful harvest every year.

[@epicgardening]

Similar - I tend not to myself - Kevin

[@douglaspearce1187]

Watching Kevin wield a sharp spade in open toed sandels to plant potatoes is enough to make anyone chit themselves.

[@bbariceo]

No chit?

[@douglaspearce1187]

Chit= sprout.

[@denisefaust6408]

How big of potatoes do you plant? Do you plant 1 potato with multiple eyes? I’m new @ growing potayoes( can you tell)???? Lol

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

Adirondack Blues are my favorites. You can't easily find them in grocery stores, so you have to grow them. The leaves of the plant are a beautiful purple bluish green, so they work well as decorative plants as well. The main drawback is the potatoes are such a dark blue color, they can be hard to spot in the soil when you're digging them up.

[@SpaceLanderGirl]

I’m growing for the first time. Excited thanks for advice.

[@epicgardening]

Gorgeous spud

[@RTWood5131]

Love your videos. I was never told about green potatoes being toxic. I have eaten some greenies for many years. I never tasted anything wrong. I am still here so they can't be that toxic. Thanks

[@baneverything5580]

I planted a bag of small red potatoes February 2 and two bunches of green onions my sister picked up for me. I have a disability and can`t drive so I have to grow my own fresh produce or do without. I`m gonna use this planting to make seed potatoes and I may replant some in the fall. Transplanting green onions is a great way to have fresh green onion tops for a long time and eventually a lot of fresh seeds. I also planted a dozen more fruit trees a week ago and I`m growing Parisian Carrots to mass produce seeds since they were so expensive for so few. I have Danvers Half Long Carrots growing but I`m not sure how well they`ll do but I still have over 3000 more seeds to get it right. The Parisian Carrots are little round ones and very easy to grow. I want to try peanuts because we used to grow them.

[@SarahJustVlogs]

Wish you an amazing harvest this year!

[@baneverything5580]

@@SarahJustVlogs Thank you. I`m trying very hard. It was a big disappointment to discover that all the topsoil had been removed here. Everything has been a struggle. I had to do a lot of thinking to decide what I could do to fix this. Bringing in forest soil with a wagon is my only option besides using leaves, cover crops and grass clippings to create soil. So that`s the plan and it will continue for years.

[@helenedwards9508]

I think you can grow peanuts in a bucket just put holes in bottom of the bucket.there was some showing this on you tube

[@baneverything5580]

@@helenedwards9508 I planted some peanuts in a bag of bird seed and they`re growing. I`ll save those for seeds. It`s less expensive to pick them out of bird seed than buy them online and you simply get scammed or ripped off.

[@Youtubecansuckmyshithole]

Your disability makes you unable to buy potatoes and produce but you can plant trees and dig holes???? You're not disabled

[@Keirfey]

I'm really glad to see Kevin teaming up with Tony about potatoes. If anyone knows potatoes, it's these guys 😘 I remember Kevin doing that 30-day potato challenge 😆 A big thank you to both of you for helping me learn SO much about gardening. I do hope I get to meet you both soon, if I can manage to get into American government. God bless 🙏💕

[@DanlowMusic]

I do the 5 gallon bucket way a little different. 4" of soil, put the potato down. Cover with enough soil to leave only about 4" from the top of the bucket. Then when the plant grows up out of the bucket put about 2-3" of soil. Then put mulch on top to protect the potatoes from the sun to prevent the green potato. Love your videos Kevin! I recommend you and a couple others to all new gardeners because you guys are easy to follow and are great teachers.

[@epicgardening]

Makes sense!!!

[@p-san]

Definitely recommend growing potatoes for anyone who hasn't or is considering it. Aside for getting the chitting part, growing potatoes is so easy and rewarding. They grow really quick, woth little intervention needed.

[@garyweaver6026]

Good information. I have been growing potatoes 55 years and lived in 3 different states. What works in 1 geographical location does not work in another location. A 3 eye seed potato will grow 3 stems and each stem will grow 1 lb of new potatoes that = 3 lbs of new potatoes. A 5 eye potatoes will grow 5 stems and 5 lbs of new potatoes. An 8 eye seed potato might grow 8 lbs of new potatoes but its best to cut an 8 eye potatoes in 1/2 to make 2 cuttings with 4 eyes each. The best seed potatoes are golf ball size with 1 or 2 eyes per seed potato spaced about 4" apart. Space seed potatoes according to the number of eyes on each seed potato. I plant 5 eye seed potatoes 8" spacing a 30 ft row will have 45 seed potatoes and should produce about 225 lbs of new potatoes. Weather, rain, soil all determine crop size. I live in TN if I plant potatoes April 1st harvest is about July 1st we are having 100° weather with no rain my garden is dry as desert I must water to have a good harvest. If I plant potatoes Aug 1st I get larger harvest Nov 1. If I plant March 1st that is good too unless we have too much rain. Last spring we had 37" of rain March to May. Potatoes are very tricky to grow but not hard to grow, everything needs to be perfect to get the best maximum size harvest. Keep seed potatoes at 75°f or warmer in bright shade to break the doormat cycle. I start sprouting my seed potatoes Jan 1 to plant March 1 or April 1. I wash seed potatoes to remove natural enzymes that prevent sprouting.

[@debbiedebbie9473]

I have potatoes that started growing into plants by themselves; now I feel guilty throwing them out...we have clay soil. To be honest I probably won't ever dig them up to see if they grew any potatoes... We obviously don't eat many potatoes or they wouldn't have grown into plants while sitting in the container waiting for somebody to finally eat them.... ❓So why bother growing even MORE potatoes, when we never ate the first ones ?❓☹️❓🤔❓ 🅰️Answer: Guilt . ✅ Don't like killing something that's trying to LIVE.

[@verawallace9055]

My first time growing didn't havest too much, but I will try again

[@T-Mo_]

2:14 I grew those Adirondack blue potatoes last year. 1st potatoes I've grown. 3lb bag of seed potatoes produced 40 lbs. Was super happy. I also planted 3 lbs of russets evenly split between a raised row and just breaking up some ground. I got a lot better yield from the raised row.

[@maritzacruzplantingwithsalsa]

Hi Kevin - yes you are Kevin not Eric. Thank you so much for this video it helped me so much!! I plan on planting potatoes this weekend🙂

[@eileenwineinger3173]

oh I was loving this video, and now all I can think about in the middle of it, is customizing t-shirts to say what I've always wanted to say to people! good for you Kevin!

[@rockyusa2012]

Great shirt Kevin. The norland red is a great potato. I've grown them for the last 3 years as well as the blue potato.

[@taniadibbsart]

I love videos like this - all the info in a concise and entertaining format. I can't stand when presenters blather on. Thanks. I am going to try all the methods!

[@vidasustentavel9465]

Nothing better than planting and harvesting our own food. It's good for the body and mind. Congratulation

[@brittany6429]

Perfect timing! I'm sprouting my first potatoes, and crossing my fingers that I'll be able to grow them. As a new gardener, I've been looking for a video that goes through a full growing season so I know what to plant, when, and in what order, plus when to harvest what you planted. That would be an epic video!! 🤞

[@Thtmomfrommars]

The t-shirt 😂 I've been procrastinating starting my potatoes...I'll take this as my sign to get them planted tomorrow!

[@paulanelson2183]

Kevin, I really enjoy watching your videos. Very informative and hilarious! We recently purchased a nice chunk of land on São Miguel Azores Portugal. Where I grew up....and growing a food farm is one of our plans. So I have been watching a lot of videos on growing all kinds of crops. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your amazing work!

[@wellersonoliveira5334]

Your videos inspired me not giving up on gardening, even tough this season was a nightmare haha, It was either days with crazy storms or days with a raging nuclear level sun. The watermelons vines only produced about 7 fruits, and the pumpkins/squash only 5, and small ones at that. But anyway, love the content and the cannel hosts ❤

[@epicgardening]

Keep going!!!

[@DanlowMusic]

Those Watermelons did better than any I have grown! Good job!

[@honeybluse]

Put shade cloth over your veggies during the hottest months

[@wellersonoliveira5334]

​@@honeybluse thanks for the tips ❤

[@wellersonoliveira5334]

​@@DanlowMusic Thanks, be hoping the next season will be better for us all 🙏❤

[@s.z.6200]

The T-shirt was the best part of the video, especially seeing the back first then the front.

[@christophergarcia4117]

I planted potatoes 2 months ago using the Ruths method and it was as easy as you made out seen. My potatoes are about 3-4 weeks away from harvest

[@wikedkhaleesi]

The "rip eric" on the back of the shirt 😂😂😂

[@pdxmusl1510]

Yeah. What's with that? I'm new on the channel. So I totally don't get it.

[@allenbuddy3101]

@@pdxmusl1510 It’s kind of an ongoing inside joke. If you scroll back a few months on the is channel’s community page, you can see all the Eric Drama going down. But to save you time, basically some comments called Kevin “Eric” and Kevin made a joke post about how it was impacting him so severely. People doubled down and after a bit of back and forth, Kevin revealed that “eric” had had a little accident in the garden (much like people who cross the mob have accidents)

[@catwithoutthehat]

​@@pdxmusl1510 his name isn't Eric and a lot of people called him Eric because epic and Eric look alike

[@wikedkhaleesi]

@@pdxmusl1510 his real name is Kevin but everyone keeps calling him Eric for some odd reason 🤣🤣🤣

[@gabygarcia8367]

@@catwithoutthehat 😂😂😂 now got it, thanks!

[@Kristen-603]

I am trying grow bags for the first time this season. Thanks for the tips on rolling them down to get more sun on the soil!

[@KKwhatevertroll]

I started potatoes for the first time and in a container. I placed them on soil and threw no float cypress mulch on top. I have 6 plants, so it is working for sure. I think I saw this in o e of your previous videos.😅

[@m0ther0ne]

Nice tee-shirt!😅 live in UK. When I plant potatoes in buckets/pots I fill the bucket to the top with compost. It makes no difference to the seed potato and how many potatoes you get, but it makes life easier as you don’t have to hill up.

[@AngelPreciado-n9m]

In Chula Vista I planted potatoes in December and harvested today. Got a great harvest.

[@kathryncarty1629]

This is very helpful for me, as I'm planting potatoes in growing pots this year. Thank you! Also, I'm gonna try the Ruth Stout method as well. ❤

[@baneverything5580]

I planted some of my potatoes in a mix of pine straw & weeds with some forest soil dumped on top. They`re about 4 or 5 inches under the straw and are growing. I`m making new soil with the straw and forest dirt and decided to make use of it as it decomposes.

[@johnmerry18]

I have planterd the ADK blues for years. My latest favorate is a variety named " blackberry". I believe they were introduced from Michigan State U. about three years ago. They are a deep purple so contain more antioxidants than the blues.

[@helenalderson6608]

I use Tony's method of 1/3 soil, drop potato, 1/3 soil, 1/3 hay or straw.

[@incenius5008]

Im in a condo growing potatoes in buckets, I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom and stacked it into another to make a cheap auto water planter. The potato plants are almost as tall as I am now.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

I finally planted my potatoes yesterday after work. I wanted to get them in the ground 3-4 weeks ago but it has been raining so much in California I had to till my garden 3 times just to get the soil to dry out enough to plant. One thing to mention with potatoes, don’t water them till they sprout unless your soil is powder dry.

[@garthwunsch7320]

If you stop tilling your ground, yes, convert to no till using regenerative ag principles, in couple of years your soil will not even recognize buckets of rain as a problem... It will just pass right on through into storage... tilling is one of the ways to create a compaction layer about 6" down and that prevents the water from entering the soil, hence keeping the soil waterlogged. There's a whole book's worth of reasons to not till, but I don't want to write a book... research a bit, give it a try, you'll be impressed with yourself.

[@lynn6799]

I picked up Adirondack blue potatoes too. Im hoping to pick up some red norland and gold yukon also. Gold yukon makes awesome mashed potatoes. Im thinking of putting all my feed bags to use to grow my potatoes because I need to keep critters from eating them. Plus, i have lots of bags.

[@Thingys-Jill]

Love the t-shirt! I'm really glad you missed your flip-flopped toes when slamming that shovel in the dirt to loosen the soil!

[@TeadrinkingCanadian]

I was worried about that too!

[@toddshook1765]

Thanks for all your and Jacques instructions. As I expand my 3-acre homestead and learning of what and when I can plant. My wife has her usual suspects but I am wanting to learn more. So I turn to your channel and get a lot of insight. I am just up the freeway in high desert (8b zone).

[@JosieTube]

The Ruth Stout method works great up here in Vermont. I I throw them on the top of the ground covered with 8 to 12 inches of hay. I may water them once a month maybe It has the hay decomposes I’ll add another 6 to 8 inches by Midsummer Harvesting is ridiculously easy. Move the hay to the side and grab the potatoes!

[@adamjchafe]

Do you remove the hay at the end of the year? Or just leave it there to decompose and add new stuff the next season?

[@JosieTube]

@@adamjchafe I actually took my leftover hay that I had not used in the garden and threw that in the garden bed for the whole winter, to allow it to decompose.

[@saddleridge4364]

Thanks for showing the various methods, I'm growing russets this year, think i will use your trench method.

[@Blop_murph]

I wanted to start growing potatoes this year! Thanks for the video 😃

[@epicgardening]

You should!

[@arthurgrupp6768]

Thanks!

[@francestaylor9156]

So something I learned that no one ever talks about is growing potatoes based on your climate. I have to grow early potatoes in my region (SE US) because it gets WAY too hot (like 95F-feels-like-105F-bc-of-humidity hot) in the middle of summer and the potatoes don’t do well because of it. I always wondered why my potato harvests sucked. A) I would plant too late and B) it was too hot. So once I figured that out I bought all early potatoes so I should be good this season. Makes sense why russets are grown in Idaho now. You could probably get away with growing them in some shade. We get hot and humid so it’s just hot no matter what and the potatoes hate it.

[@gardengatesopen]

Same here in Central Tx. I never seem to get the timing right... It's very humid here, and the past 2 years we've had August temperatures in May, (113°f) which stayed that way for many weeks. No potatoes for me. I'm off potatoes this year. Had I known it was going to be a mild winter this time, I would've started growing them back in November... Maybe the trick is to just plant potatoes every frkn month & then harvest whatever the weather produces that year!!

[@epicgardening]

Yep that is a great addition here...heat DOES matter! It's better to put in part shade if you're hitting that level of heat in summer

[@Growing916]

What varieties do you do in your zone? I’m nearby and looking to do something similar

[@UsagiHinotsuki]

@@epicgardeningoh man! I totally just put in potatoes this last week and… it gets really hot and humid here 😢

[@bethb8276]

​@@Growing916 He named them in the video.

[@stevethewsimpson25]

Growbags, buckets or anything above ground and the potatoes suffer from the heat, never get enough water and I am lucky to get a handful of tiny potatoes when I harvest. In ground is the only way to grow them. This year I am going to try the deep planting method. Plant spuds up to a foot deep and fill the trench back in a little at a time to cover the stems coming up. This stimulates more root growth and then way more potatoes.

[@sandeater4]

Love your content, your guides are so interesting. I'm getting peach trees very soon (Red haven and Indian free), and want to get other fruit later on, and would love to see more in depth guides from you on fruit such as peaches, cherries, apples, figs, etc. Keep up the good work 👍

[@epicgardening]

Will do that soon!

[@sara_eliza]

Thanks for such a great video, Eric. Growing potatoes again for the second time this year. My first year I got a lot of very small boi’s. Hopefully we get better results this year!

[@drasco61084]

Omg I can't believe I've been watching potato daddy videos and forgot about potatoes!!!! I don't have seeds for them for obvious reasons lol so it completely slipped my mind when planting stuff this month here in Texas

[@mistyfromtucktown6104]

I absolutely love the shirt LOL😅 also perfect timing for your potato video I planted some random potatoes from my pantry that we're starting to grow roots at the bottom of my freshly cleaned out garden bed. Funny story we had a couple good friends here in Arizona so about a couple weeks later are weeds were growing like wildfire all around are raised garden bed, so one morning we went out there and I told my husband oh my gosh look at all these weeds growing out of our garden bed the weeds must have dropped their seeds so we started pulling them out after the third one out I remembered I had planted the potatoes at the bottom and those were the tops LOL LOL LOL😅😅😅😅😅 it's okay they're still all doing great and I just talked them off with more soil my first year growing potatoes LOL

[@diannasgardenmenagerie967]

I’m trying the pre-sprout method this time, thanks for this video it was just in time I just got my potato order!!!!

[@paulhaskell6342]

Excellent video. Clear and to the point. Thank you Kevin.

[@SpaceLanderGirl]

That’s a good tip for rolling a grew bag. Especially since I like to use big ones.

[@gregbluefinstudios4658]

This is my 5th year growing potato in grow bags (25 gal) and my FIRST year growing the Adirondack Blue, from Wood Prairie, as well. Dark Red Norland, and Yukon Gold, are my other two varieties, this year.

[@RoseThorne817]

I was hoping for more information about watering but thank you for the video!

[@epicgardening]

This was just for planting!

[@JennerationSims]

Love potato Ty! We always go and pick up some veggies on the days he gives them to the community for free. Absolute gem

[@daze023]

I am really loving your new semi casual communication technique

[@epicgardening]

It's actually old! Early videos I was more freeform

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

New subscriber, watching from the mitten state of Michigan bits cold and snowing right now. But I thought boy I'm ready to get my potatoes and onions starts out in the grow bags. Then this video came across my feed. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.

[@Claire-f]

The potato planting explosion was a nice touch 😂

[@trishdavi7049]

Wow Kevin Indetminate and determinate varietes! Learrned something old and new in this video. Thanks. I seen another video comparing single chit potatoes compared to multiple chits the multiples chits produced muktiple baby or new potatoes and the single chits produced huge spuds but not so many . When the weight was added the multiples were a but more but it was close to the same...hey wait, wasnt that you and Jaques who did that spud plantung comparison? ....Maybe it was Eric

[@trishdavi7049]

What it would be like to have an epic editor that wasn't Ai. If a person sells potatoes they have abundance of, the smaller new potato varieties usually sell for more $ than the huge russet or starchier spuds used for baking or fries...same tho more extreme goes for pumpkins. The Giants usually grown sold for only ten cents per lb and the designer mini pumpkins @ $ 1.50! 😮🎉😅

[@epicgardening]

We’re doing another one this year!!

[@Mxrow]

I only grow super hot peppers but lately been wanting to dive into other type of fruits and vegetables. Maybe ill try some potatoes next

[@epicgardening]

Welcome to the jungle

[@canadiannavywife434]

Heya... it is a great video. I would recommend to only use soil or straw.... Hay usually has seeds in it Keep the weeds out. Hugs from Esquimalt

[@amylewis4092]

Any watering tips for bucket growing?

[@bobg5362]

The blue addies are awesome. Grew them for the first time last year. They are waxy IMO. Cooked and ate like Norlands, Pontiacs, etc. One added benefit was consistent size. Hardly any mico/baby tubers. Most were either perfect seed potato size or bigger.

[@malihakhaku8559]

Can you make a series of videos zone by zone and what to plant when

[@ForestFire369]

Yes!! I'm in zone 7/8 and it's super confusing trying to apply a lot of Kevin's advice here lol

[@SupahGeck]

​@ForestFire369 I'm in zone 7B and I kinda like that Kevin is a few weeks ahead. It gives me time after watching a vid to plan out how I'm gonna plant that crop instead of if he was on time or behind me, where it's usually too late for me to get the seeds started or what have you. Only becomes a problem towards the fall as I can't overwinter nearly as many things as he can.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Grow zones can be deceiving when using them for when to plant. They are mostly important to know the coldest days of the year in regards to whether certain plants, mostly perennials, can survive while dormant in Winter months. You're better off knowing your 1st and last "avg" frost dates when it comes to garden veg, mostly annuals. And knowing what plants are cold hardy. Good Luck

[@siolev11]

Wooo ADK Blues! mee too, here in the adk!

[@rootedlifehome]

Lol.. classic Kevin. Love the shirt. How is that people after all these years still think he is "Eric"... RIP ERIC. LOL

[@NinaHansen2008]

You have great soil in your garden. Mine is heavy clay. I LOVE the Ruth Stout method. I used it when I lived in Maine.

[@Nikki-mx5my]

How did you keep the slugs away? I anticipate that if I tried this method in my climate, it would be slug central for me and no potatoes.

[@sandyh7309]

I am so excited to grow potatoes in my new Epic 10 gallon grow bags this season!😃

[@epicgardening]

Let's GROW!

[@fredlamberson5747]

I use wood ash to coat cut potatoes, it has worked well for me in regards to spoilage factor.

[@Andrew48590]

Later on could we get an update on the grown bag and bucket potatoes, it would be pretty cool!

[@epicgardening]

You actually saw the b eginning of ANOTHER video ;)

[@mariecorona09]

Thank you.! This is the best potato video I have seen. Question does you bucket have holes on the bottom?

[@innerjon]

Yay!! You got Tony!

[@jupiterpaeketo6726]

I tried growing in a box too and it worked. However I feel like I watered to much and pulled them too early. They were starchy. I have done buckets, large barrels and ground. Those methods turned out better. All potatoes are store bought. They lay around the kitchen till they sprout. I also end up with extra's in my buckets and barrels, that then grow on their own. Always potatoes at our house. Great video:)

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

YES! Been waiting for this collab 🎉❤

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you, for making this video.

[@jessicajordan680]

1. Died laughing at the shirt 😂 2. Just bought seed potatoes from Wood Prairie! Aptly posted video!

[@epicgardening]

Enjoy em!

[@kennethdueck5609]

At the potatoe farm I worked at they had a chemical powder after they cut em, but one year they did cedar tree dust, it eliminates the chance mold. Also cinnamon will help.

[@Lacer-1985]

Thanks Eric!

[@andrewblock7118]

I have planted in raised garden beds and will never do this again as every year I find new potatoes! I can never get them all. Grow bags and buckets here on out. Thanks for all the info Epic!

[@epicgardening]

Haha same here! They always show up

[@vsznry]

Just had a bag of seed potatoes delivered.

[@Ian-h5f]

One bloke I saw on a spud video said when you cut the spud up, toss it in ash (potash) and that protects the open cut. I guess you could also use fine charcoal. But adding potash to the bed increases yield. I think I'll try that for my next planting.

[@Draco137YT]

One note on soil quality: make sure to test for lead! In many older neighborhoods especially, lead contamination from paint and gasoline makes growing root vegetables and low-lying crops unsafe. If the edible part of the plant is less than 8-12 inches from the root, it's probably not safe to grow in-ground in many home gardens.

[@epicgardening]

Good call!

[@AmericaFirstNow]

Adirondack Blue for the first time. Just beginning to get flower buds. Can't wait to see how we did. Raised beds in zone 5b.

[@jedimom7934]

Your local extension office can tell you types that grow well in your area.

[@custos3249]

The thing I've found about chitting, you can peel the eyes off when they're large enough (when root nodes appear) and plant them individually. Been experimenting, and everything I've planted, event directly after removal, has sprouted and pretty much now taken over a section of my seed starting area - I expected it to be a dud and started much earlier than I should've for my climate. Regardless, no need to waste a whole potato just for a couple plants!

[@ChristinesBackyardGarden]

I was yesterday years old when I learned there were determinate and indeterminate potatoes. I just planted yukon gold, so I believe they are determinate and I won't have to hill them??

[@epicgardening]

You should be good yes

[@petekooshian5595]

This was actually great because i hadn't planned on growing taters but I just planted a bunch from a bag that was starting to sprout/go bad so I buried them throughout the garden 👌

[@operator1192]

Stop gaslighting us. We know your name is Eric 😂. Jk, that’s an excellent shirt Kevin 👍🏼.