Growing Potatoes for New Gardeners E1: Preparing to Plant - Varieties, Types, Chitting, & Cutting

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[@DontDoDaylight]

Thanks, sir. I’d really like to grow potatoes this year. I grew potatoes with my great-grandma a few years ago, in a container. She watched/helped from the very beginning but she ended up passing away right before time to harvest. That potato harvest was one of the last things we ever talked about together while she was in the hospital. I’d like to grow some more, in her memory.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Oh no. Definitely plant and remember her for sure. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@dcooper58923]

I love to use organic red and gold potatoes that I buy at Trader Joe’s we eat part of the bag and then I plant the sprouted potatoes in pots. I do this 3 times a season.

[@jaytoney3007]

I have a short window for growing potatoes in Alabama. They don't do well in the hest. By mid May, the daily temperatures are too high, even partially shaded. From experience, the best planting time is the first week in March. By April, itr is already too late. This year, I am dedicating a 3x6 raised bed to growing potatoes, and have Russets (Idaho) chitted and cut. I'm waiting for the rain to stop to plant them.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Fall potatoes maybe. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@SharonHendricks-x8f]

Hi Gary....I didn't know about this channel until a title I saw caught my eye and I've just kept watching the next highlighted video. I'm not a new gardener by any means and I've grown potatoes for many years, however I learned something watching you today. I have never heard of disinfecting the cut edge of the potato. Never, so I was surprised when you mentioned it, but as a retired RN I can certainly understand the benefits of doing it. I don't have my seed potatoes yet and I'm rapidly approaching the time to get them chitted and dried in time for my March 17th target date, but they'll be okay anyway. As a seasoned gardener I still very much appreciate the extra and more in-depth time you take on this channel....probably because I love learning and I'm a, "but WHY ?" kinda girl....LOL Now excuse me while I finish watching this potato video!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Thanks so much. It helps just in case a mold spores are around your potatoes. Always ask Why x2. Cheers. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@samartinez1988]

I'm giving micro potatoes a shot this year. Thanks for your impeccable timing, as always, Gary.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Enjoy. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@amyberchtold2728]

Thank you so much!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

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[@jamiescountryliving]

Awesome information! Thank you

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

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[@pilsplease7561]

I need to order my seed potatoes for this year, also have to order sweet potato slips before its too late, been too busy with buying my beekeeping setup to do that.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

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[@helenmcclellan452]

Thank you!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

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[@amyberchtold2728]

Excellent video. I have never grown potatoes so this was perfect. I have gathered a ton of feed bags I was thinking of planting them in. Do you recommend this? If so, how deep should I have the soil in the bag?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Most of determinate varieties go 4 inches deep I like to have 12 inches of soil under them at least so they dont dry out. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@Big_Mike_1116]

What would you say is easier to grow in Maryland in this humid hot climate, standard potatoes or sweet potatoes?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Ive grown both with success. Potatoes get potato beetles but the can be managed. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@FrenchFifi65]

In terms of the 60-80 day growing time, is that 60 -80 days from the time they go in the garden bed or the time that they form above ground leaves?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Well as soon as the green emerges but... if you know the soil is warm and the potato is active under ground, you gain a bit of time. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@juliethorn869]

Most of the seed potatoes I have found at Tractor Supply are already sprouting (Chitted). If I want to plant waves of potatoes, is it okay that the sprouts are longer? Also, seed potatoes are hard to find later in the year for a fall harvest. Obviously, the potatoes I purchase now will be way past the planting stage by that time. Do you use organic potatoes bought at the store or save some of the potatoes grown earlier in the season for seed potatoes? I planted my red norlands more than 4 inches....now I know..should be okay though, right? . Thanks!!

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

After a inch they tend to struggle. Maybe keep them cool. They can get like 6-8 inches long. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@cocobrwngl]

Thank you. I have a few questions please. Do the indeterminates do well in containers? Also, are pretty much any of these good for frying too? If you plant earlier than recommended, is it better to use a potato that has not been chitted? In other words, if you used the whole unchitted and uncut potato could it spend that earlier plant time chitting in the ground and then sprout at the ideal time?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

You can but you do need a bit larger containers. Fill the with 8 inches to start, sink potatoes 4 inches deep and than back fill as they grow, Ill be going over it. You can plant unchitted in early yes. Either stage works. I pan fry most of mine. Slice and cook in a pan. The determinates work well for than. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@cocobrwngl]

@@MyFirstVegetableGarden Ok, thanks.

[@angiegoree67]

If I purchased seed potatoes now and wanted to plant them later, how would I store them please?

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Id refrigerate them if you want to slow the chitting process down for a while. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.

[@angiegoree67]

Thank you!

[@BhartiAhuja-1]

Can the same method be used for sweet potatoes?

[@georgelandry7942]

No they grow differently. You sprouts slips (plants) from a sweet potato and plant them to get a harvest of sweet potatoes.

[@MyFirstVegetableGarden]

Nope. They aren't actually potatoes. I just did a video on it, here. Search Sweet Potato on my channel and you will see how. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/ - Seeds, Starting Supplies, Neem Oil, Peppermint & Other Oils, Calcium Nitrate & More.