How are they growing?

Take a look at our New Meijer Potato seed trial. Matt Ward visits Maine to see how his seed is growing.

[@db.mc2]

Thank you Molly and Shane 👍🏻 Always great to hear from you my friends 😊 God Bless 🙏🏻 Appreciate you 🫶🏻 💚

[@gardnep]

I was a seed production agronomist for a third of my working life. We would inspect fields by walking 10 m or yds of row and noting differences in plants. We would do 15 of those for every 10 hectares or 25 acres. With experiments it was necessary to sample 3 or 4 replicates of the variety. It was fascinating and engaging work, particularly when our bio magicians would analyse the numbers. Great to see food safety audits are still a thing and an interesting arrow to our bow when exports were required. Thanks for the video. The taste test never fails.

[@michaelnaretto3409]

That field is looking great!

[@Gary-wm7vi]

Awesome video. Loved to see the different varieties at the early stage. Can't wait for the next one. ❤

[@daleberghorn6504]

Just started watching your channel love your farm yes farming is a beautiful life sometimes you had bad days but better days out weight bad days love the potato processing 😊

[@BellsFarming]

Welcome!!!! Thank you for watching

[@FloatingVillageLife]

You bring a wonderful mix of expertise and humor to your farming adventures, making the discovery of each potato variety a joyful journey. Your passion for agriculture shines through, inspiring others to appreciate the simple joys of farming life. And I am a floating village life from Vietnam.

[@iguana9173]

Excellent video for a late Friday night.

[@northsaskguy7878]

Wow those are nice healthy plants, much bigger and bushier than the ones in my garden! Nothing better than fresh baby potatoes, I love them boiled with whipping cream and fresh dill and a touch of salt. A couple more weeks and I'll have some ready to eat too. Thanks for the video!

[@brezzz0077]

Congratulations on 25k subscribers! You are doing a great job

[@chuckyc6912]

Mollie and Shane are the best great videos AWSOME work. Very informative

[@phillipcole3068]

Nice drone shot intro! Why do your videos make me crave potato chips? Those new potatoes are great in a buttery garlic sauce!

[@johnmedici6655]

It's amazing how much I've learned watching your videos Molly! You explain things to were I actually learn, and I'm not a very fast learner! 😅

[@bobstedman5232]

Hey Molly, love your videos. I know what you are going through with the food safety. I use to work for a company that made plastic bags. Some of the bags were made to hold food. So we had to go through an inspection every year. We were constantly doing something that was required to keep the equipment clean.

[@stucook8622]

Very interesting...thanks Molly 🐾🥔

[@BellsFarming]

🐕🫶😁

[@garyfrederick7607]

Shane molly that was awesome thanks for the Ag education on spuds. wow who knew there was so much to know thank you hug hug for sharing awesome.this is better then all my college courses on growing things.

[@kenthoffman8548]

Hi from potato country in southern Colorado. San Luis Valley.

[@BellsFarming]

Hey there! Thanks for watching :)

[@Rhearipley-fd8xq]

I love to watch .Thank you molly ❤

[@_Merica_USA]

Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work! Love this channel!

[@BellsFarming]

Thank you so much!

[@Appleman1965]

Great video. I set up the food safety for Bauman Orchards here I Ohio the paper work is crazy to sell to Walmart plus we ha 25 full time employees and 25 seasonal. To train its a big job keeping it strait. I know what your going thru. Cheers

[@keithmcallister4917]

I went by the farm on the fourth we were going to Durham to visit some friends saw your tractor in one of the fields. Love fresh dug new potatoes that’s when they are the best. Looks like the new varieties are doing well. Hope you and Shane had a good Fourth of July.

[@BellsFarming]

Hey Keith! Yes she is hanging out there, she might be going back to the big 100a field this weekend then home for a bath :)

[@keithmcallister4917]

@@BellsFarming Nice ! How your tomatoes growing ?

[@BellsFarming]

⁠coming along I’ll do an update soon

[@ty70359]

Best farming channel on U-tube ! 😊

[@BellsFarming]

Thank you!

[@alexs3447]

@@BellsFarming yes you're the best Molly.

[@realairplane261]

Sure beats the grumpy farmer. He is god awful bad.

[@Otherrandomguy42]

​@@realairplane261yeah he's one of those dudes that goes one of two ways old Andy, either his wife treats him like he treats all the rest of the Farmers on KZbin she trods on him so that's how he gets his frustration out is to belittle and berating other Farmers on his channel. Or somebody needs to check and make sure how abused his wife is. Personally I think it's the latter she's probably scared to leave. The astounding part is there's 20 or 30,000 people out there that are just as bad as him cuz they enjoy his content.

[@realairplane261]

Good points about Andy Grumpy. I commented about his abusive language and right away he used his childish behavior to belittle me and my morals.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

The potatoes look awesome!!!! Nice.video.

[@rickkearn7100]

Damned potato bugs. As kids, my siblings and I would help our grandfather purge his potato patch. He'd put some used motor oil in coffee cans for us, to kill the bugs, and we'd walk along the rows having a contest to see who picked off the most bugs. About 3 or 4 times over the course of 10 days or so seemed to do the trick for the rest of the summer. Loved the drone shots, and, interesting to see your very studied approach to assessing your crops in the early stages of growth. Great episode, as usual Bells Farms! Cheers.

[@jimpoteet1]

your farm is great... here, in west tx, it is `dryland farming` ( cotton, sometimes wheat)cotton planting is may 20-june 20 the little cotton plants- i am told, just need one or so rains to mature and make cotton bolls.. ( i`m a retired foreign car mechanic, not a farmer, but i`m listening and taking notes...) thanks for your excellent videos

[@oldjedi8529]

At first I thought we were flying over cotton fields in the Carolinas 😅. Great seeing the variety work of different species, nice video as always, Mollie, and thanks for sharing!

[@jillesboer]

Nice to see that you also grow potatoes from Meijer varieties. I also grow varieties for Meijer. Soprano, Melody, Musica, Lady Anna, Lady Forte, Lady Rosetta, Orchestra, Lady Claire, Lady Jane, among others. Lady Rosetta, Lady Olympia. I think Musica, Melody and Orchestra are nice varieties for you.

[@shanebell9589]

I would like to try some melody, maybe next year. Rock looks really promising, and acoustic. Hopefully we will grow more of them next year

[@stevemccoy8138]

Very interesting video, OMG those tators are really growing. Thanks again for Sharing. 😊 PS ,I LOVE POTATOES 😅

[@melbytvenge]

They are Really Growing Can't wait for harvest

[@lolsson7]

Interesting to get to know additional things that go on "behind the scenes". As a non-farmer I had no idea about what the food safety regulations entail, thanks for sharing.

[@archiescott2229]

You are doing great on the farm and great on you tube! Keep up the good work!

[@edwardmarino2776]

That was very interesting Molly. I love to watch the different processes involved like field preparation, testing, new product, etc. etc. there is so much that goes into farming. I surely can understand why it is such a labor intensive field. Hope you and Shane had a great Independence Day celebration.

[@BellsFarming]

Thank you Ed! I hope you did too!

[@paullhommedieu2795]

Keep up the good work!

[@larry323]

Good morning Molly! Thanks for the video to enjoy with my first cup of coffee! All that paper work looks hard and boring but I know it's a,very important part of your farm. I would love to try your sweet corn and potatoes but I live in Indiana so I don't think that will happen. Thank again and take care. Larry

[@larry323]

Hi did you want to discuss something? I'm not the greatest on a computer. Larry

[@davidbugg6990]

Molly every year with the first little potatoes and carrots my mom would boil them and make a white sauce to put them in. So good. I can taste them now.

[@timr1406]

Cool drone work at the start! Gotta turn that calendar in your office it's not April any more :-).

[@BellsFarming]

Hahah I think there are like 5 in that office.

[@hughmarcus1]

Sign of a busy place, when nobody is watching the calendar

[@bradleymcclintock7771]

New potatoes and green beans YUMMY ❤.

[@paullhommedieu2795]

That's a nice field of potatoes!

[@BellsFarming]

Thank Paul

[@lukeduke3001]

i have two Kiwifruit Orchards in new Zealand you definitely have the passion for what you are doing id give you a job any day

[@jondarrah6829]

Shane and molly your potates are looking great , cant wait to see the corn and beans.

[@heartproblems2727]

Another great Video Molly. Always learn something new from these videos. Looking forward to Harvest season. Have a fun safe summer.

[@brianjordan5560]

Hi folks!

[@joecarlson6428]

Always quality videos. My daughter planted 10 lbs of eyes and harvested about 100 lbs. one purple variety was magic mollies.

[@bobkopf227]

Hi Molly, I worked on the retail side of produce my entire working life so I know all about the food safety regulations. And yes you do have to stay on top of that stuff. I would be interested in your opinion on each of those new varieties ( taste, texture, etc.) thanks for sharing this video and all of the very interesting knowledge you and Shane provided us.

[@johnelliott5923]

Great job love you guys!

[@oldfella4096]

Some very interesting motorcycling photo's in your office 😊

[@yurizhivago4848]

I worked in a hospital and you have WHMIS as well as a ton of Government Policies and Procedures to deal with. Every 4 years we had to be re-accredited and that was a MAJOR operation so I get what doing paperwork is all about. Nice to see the drone footage and keep up the great work.

[@randysmith8515]

Very nice and informative video, Molly and Shane 😀. I look forward to your videos. Have an awesome day 😃!

[@DanPurdy1]

Lots of good information as always.

[@jstokes57]

Molly, fyi I was born and raised in Urbana. Joined the Air Force and saw the world. Now living in Alabama!

[@mikemorgan4726]

Wow doesn't seem that long ago you were just getting the fields ready and look at em now!! ❤❤❤

[@keithvanpolen9049]

Another very interesting video!!

[@NSResponder]

What I'm getting most often in my local store is a variety they call "Yukon Gold", and they're great baked. I only season them with garlic butter, and they have a bit of a sweet flavor.

[@user-fy9zx8xu9g]

The fields are beautiful and the job you do is remarkable…

[@ericchristman4713]

Ya'll so much fun to watch !! Your laugh is infectious....I laughed along with you 😊

[@colingunn4822]

Cool drone footage......

[@colingunn4822]

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[@josephgravel4721]

You have the best potato’s, had some of your potatoes at Cormier, Dog House! Great fries! Keep up the good work!! Great videos!!

[@bobblenuts]

Very interesting video, I'm always interested in the research end of farming but no experience with potato's. As a consumer, I love potatoes but for some reason I only like white potatoes. Really hate the newer varieties of golds and yellows for some reason. Thanks Molly & good luck with your paperwork! 👍 You always have educational as well as entertaining content.

[@LRS34625]

Good luck with the new potato varieties, so far so good.

[@alkennedy1124]

Soon , you will be top notch teaching all about potatoes and ways to grow them , right, thanks BigAl California.praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏 Molly , good job.

[@joshb6470]

I love a good selection of potatoes, not sure the differences between them all but I know it's there

[@user-TOOLMAN]

those potatoes are really growing fast.nice

[@matkremzar5474]

Ok I've waited long enough ... I'm ready for the Bubba Gump recipe segment . Lol ... looking good!

[@Incaensio]

Striking Lady 😍

[@jongoodson5676]

Molly! A couple questions. First how do you protect the plants from those beetles? Secondly, how often, if any, does the food safety requirements change? The plants are looking great!

[@BellsFarming]

Hey there, Dave will spray an insecticide to control the beetles. There no other way to control them. The food safety requirements do not change that often, maybe every 5 years they will tweak something a little

[@drl1204]

Neat to see the differences I'm varieties. Have you and Shane ever grown or anyone in state ever grown "Purple Viking" ? Back in Virginia few farmers grew them and they grow more chef size there. But not as many per plant. Not sure on storage lifetime. Just curious. Keep up the great job Enjoy y'all's day !

[@BellsFarming]

Thank you! No we have not grown any. I kinda what to try a purple potato. There is one called magic molly:)

[@thomasr.miller5553]

😁Witch tater makes the best FRIES ? Chips ? Baked ? I like a smooth buttery texture for baked taters. Tater bug spraying with a hover drone ? Great video . thanks

[@tarheelpatch3386]

Love the drone footage

[@kenmartin9227]

Yeahhhhh....Washington! I live there

[@WayneCoke]

Molly will you guys spray for the beetle? Good looking plants.

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Amazing views

[@NSResponder]

I'm no expert of course, but that field looks pretty healthy to me.

[@rainman7992]

thank god she is enthusiastic about being top notch clean. This is a good time to be OCD

[@BellsFarming]

Hahaha agreed

[@Torsee]

Squishin Beetles! Love it! Was there a taste difference?

[@BellsFarming]

Coming soon! Haha they were all good. But I think they need to be a little bigger to a true taste test :)

[@timmypriddy8385]

❤

[@cheezst8ke]

I like to make potatoes and oinions with potatoes. Dice up the potatoes and dice up a yellow onion and fry them together in a frying pan with a little butter or olive oil. I know about food safety. I worked at a McDonald's back in the 90s and we had food safety procedures to follow and when I became a shift manager there I had to take a one day course on food safety and then take Servsafe food safety test at the end of the day to become food safety certfied because the shift managers were required to be food safety certified for that managment position.

[@steelwheels327]

Now i want some pan fried potatoes , lumpy mash potatoes or French fries !!yum!!

[@Arham7cheema]

This video was very interesting and informative your potatoes crop good instead that of Rocky mountain farmers and I notice that nodoby grow red variety of potatoes and by which company in Netherland you have agreement or choose seed because there are many hybrid potato company these varieties which you grow organic

[@Snarkapotamus]

I am really curious what you did before getting married and becoming a spudtress. You sound very educated and detail oriented...just me being a curious boy!

[@BellsFarming]

I worked as a dental assistant primarily and I have always done some type of physical labor job, like stocking shelves stack potatoes hahah

[@SuburbanDon]

They look good to me !

[@gregr1672]

Excellent video! How long in the ground where the trial potatoes he pulled up? It looked like good number of potatoes on the vines but how many will achieve size? Why are you trying Netherlands potatoes when Maine grows the best in the world already ? Kennebec is all I even plant anymore , everyone loves them. Katahdin are a close second .

[@shanebell9589]

Those were planted early may I believe. Essentially we are trying to find a good yellow variety since we’ve had such poor luck with satinas past few years, so we’re trying to a bunch of new ones this year

[@tubeDude48]

That was nice music. (you know who this is! 😃)

[@BellsFarming]

Thank you Ted

[@phillipcollins9290]

Interesting. I'm looking forward to the beans and sweetcorn. Did you have a look at the link I messaged you about the Vredenburg (South Africa) potato farm?

[@chrishann5714]

I need that Funks Hybrid sign in your office!!! I’m sure it was mentioned and I missed it but how do you measure yield with potatoes? By weight or bushels? And what is considered a good yield? Thanks for sharing

[@cedricgates9976]

what if anything can be done about those bugs short of pinching every one?

[@BellsFarming]

Yes we will spray something on the fields to get them under control. But pinching them helps on a small sale lol 😂

[@MC-ns9ef]

Do you supply potatoes to Frito Lay?

[@BellsFarming]

We do not anymore. There was a time when we did. The Norwis white what he grow is a chipping potato

[@AdrenalineRushMX]

😍

[@deepsleep7822]

Colorado Potato Beetles - they are a long way from home. Will the ducks and chickens eat them?

[@user-ep5bh9gq3k]

멋져요

[@user-ye4ef4mt3o]

How do you control potato bugs? Like your videos.

[@rromero1318]

This is my first time that I seen potatoes plants. Which is cool. So I’m guessing the potatoes will get bigger?

[@Jdjd12288]

Hi new to your channel. When you first plant your potatoes how do you control your weeds Here in Japan they use black plastic and the potatoes come up though the plastic

[@ericchristman4713]

Can we see a final mash up??... With butter....lol😂

[@tubeDude48]

Since we're the last stop in Northern CA, our Walmart is a joke for produce! It's awful! Our only choice is Safeway. There's no other stores until we go North 20 miles to Oregon.

[@Yorkie285]

Yikes! that's a lot of potatoes. How do you manage such a large workload?

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

use bacon ham pork as plant fertilizer

[@BellsFarming]

Interesting!

[@zeb781]

Thank you , I grew potato's last year ,first year, no beetles. This year beetles , do you spray for them and if you do with what??

[@BellsFarming]

We do spray for them. It’s a snygenta product, sorry I’m not sure what it is called. It’s added to our spray rotation when we start to see too many of them.

[@zeb781]

@@BellsFarming Thank you,Love the video keep them coming !

[@stephensmith2926]

The rows looked pretty closed in so Crop dusters or tractor and sprayer ??

[@BellsFarming]

The spray roads get a littles driven over, Dave’s uses a sprayer that startles 4 rows. Not sure the boom length. Maybe 60feet total.

[@blklbluvr]

@@BellsFarmingI remember as a 13 yo visiting my uncles farm in Frenchville up north. My cousin and I riding on the back of the sprayer swinging the spray arms in and out at the ends of the roads. This was 55 yrs ago, makes me 68, before automation.

[@stephensmith2926]

@@BellsFarmingthat’s what I figured it’s no different than spraying soybeans ✌️

[@Chris_Restall]

Now that’s going to be a lot of Chips…

[@vancochran7344]

What herbicide do you use Molly? Your field is so weed free.

[@Otherrandomguy42]

Do any of your guys potatoes go for making potato chips. I often wondered how many 200 g bags (yes I'm a Canadian and we use the metric system). 😂😂 You would get from 1 acre of potatoes. 🤔🤔

[@chump4952]

white blossoms, round whites