★ How to: Grow Potatoes in Containers (Step by Step Guide)

★ How to: Grow Potatoes in Containers (Step by Step Guide)
Today's Project Diary Video I will be showing you how to grow Potatoes in Containers at home. I will also explain how to the a super compost that is perfect for an easy potatoes harvest.
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[@amn0809]

Thank you for showing us the mishaps and issues that can arise! You are so much more helpful than the gardening pros that only show the very polished perfect outcome every time.

[@kmold0033]

You’re like the bob Ross of plants and I’m living for it.

[@emmaoko4310]

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[@GBHanny8]

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[@surfearth1]

Thanks for your patience and persistence in showing all the stages over the weeks and months. Your work shows great diligence. Great videos!

[@ProjectDiaries]

You're welcome :)

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[@ohdanigirl75]

My Girl Scout troop is going to try this. We grow vegetables in a community garden for a local food bank.

[@ProjectDiaries]

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[@ledaramos4494]

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[@canabox7112]

Those girls will have adult children before that sawdust breaks down

[@NonMeric]

I'm 16 and from the US and last year I remember growing potatoes that we bought from the store it was about 4 and I'm still new to growing my own fruits and vegetables but it's really fun. My harvest was good for a beginner at least I think but I appreciate the vids.

[@mmazourov]

This is so strange that the rain killed the whole outdoor crop. As a kid growing up in Soviet Union we planted potatoes in a communal field every year. It consisted of planting them out in spring, weeding them once mid-summer and digging them up in late summer/early autumn. That’s IT - no watering, treating, etc. The three occasions were bloody hard work, but we always got enough to last a family through a Siberian winter (used to bury them in a sandpit in the underground garage)

[@ajjuhafeez]

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[@thaoneandonly9202]

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[@Weissklangi]

Because they were planted in soil, not in a container. There is enough water in the soil, but in containers you need to keep watering.

[@Cate7451]

Irina B or if there is a drought. With too much rain, cover with sheet plastic.

[@aquaseahorselove3939]

It seems like a lot has changed over the years. Gardening is done so differently these days. Back in the 70’s my dad used to just plow a large plot, throw seeds all through it and the veggies all just miraculously came up. Drought, heavy rains, fungus, disease, pests never harmed the garden. It makes me wonder why gardening has become so much more an effort in today’s world. 🤔 I know this is container gardening, but still, having to go through so much for so little seems strange.

[@ortizle1]

I am so happy that you included the pictures of the different diseases that can affect potatoes because I could not figure out what took over my crop. All the leaves started dying and it broke my heart after they looked so healthy and beautiful. Love the video.

[@melissatosetti6895]

We just started our compost bin yesterday using a garbage can. Your "recipe" tips are incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@helenkentwell5042]

My Father said the best crop of potatoes he ever saw was in a neighbour’s yard where there was a huge mound of old saw dust with potatoes growing through it. He loved gardening vegetables and this fascinated him.

[@myranda0059]

Very complete synopsis, I learned a lot watching this.

[@christyhernandez8625]

Glad for your honesty. Knowing what to expect with weather is so helpful, thank you. Better luck next time.

[@D.A.Hanks14]

I've been using sawdust for years as part of my soil mix. I take a shovel of dirt, add a bunch of ashes and chunk charcoal, and then add a couple shovels of the sawdust. I get them right out from under my table saw, so I know exactly what is in there. It acts like peat for holding moisture, but also breaks down over time, adding more nutrients. I've also started adding a little StallDri to the mix to aid in drainage. I mix this all up in a wheel barrow. It's a little dry looking at first, but I have had good success with it for trees, and now, for veggies as well.

[@GraftingTactick]

Great idea to grow potatoes in containers, that's awesome 👍

[@percykitten]

Thank you for your videos and thank you for not promoting brands or products and trying to sell us stuff! I appreciate the sawdust/coffee grounds mixture and the home made products you use as I am always trying to rig up my own garden mixtures to avoid buying very pricey fertilizer products. Growing food can get very pricey if you fall into the trap of buying all the products most of the gardening channels promote! Heading out to plant my seed potatoes in some grow bags right now. Thanks again

[@northdevonpictures826]

Well done, and it's worth showing this channel to others. Nice to see young people so interested and knowledgeable.

[@nikkil764]

With the covid19 forcing us into lockdown growing food has become critical. Thanks for this information. That bag of red potatoes I bought at the store is going to become seed potatoes if they eye up.

[@HeleneLogan]

Thanks for the honest assessment of growing food--refreshing to see the up and downsides of it!

[@ProjectDiaries]

Only way to be plus all these videos are my first time growing so I'm hoping people learn from my mistakes just as much as my success :)

[@lucindagaskill7137]

I wash about to plant my potatoes when I came across this video - so glad I watch your video first - I never knew about chitting !

[@澳凯留学移民]

Your video is one of the best video showing how to grow potatoes in container! Good work!

[@mrjollypantsjolly]

You did a really good job with your presentation. Very clear. Keep up the good work. Very helpful to me as a notive but greedy for knowledge gardener.

[@sophiatang7198]

Very good information. Thank you.

[@lisakukla459]

Great tutorial, as usual! Thank you for posting this! I'm sorry you lost so much due to the weather. Last year I found some burlap coffee sacks priced at $1 each. Several of them had an especially tight weave with nylon threads throughout, which seemed quite sturdy. I bought as many as I could, and used them to plant in. They worked beautifully, especially for potatoes, as I was able to fold them up and down as the potatoes grew. They're still holding up like new, and growing potatoes once again this year!

[@ProjectDiaries]

That's awesome! Well done :)

[@MUSTASCH1O]

Easily the best how-to I've seen on KZbin for pots. Thanks!

[@MrGMawson2438]

I'll show this to my dad tomorrow 👍

[@Aviva2100]

There is plenty of sawdust around where I live. Lots of carpenter shops in their backyards. Thanks for these ideas!

[@rabbitsgarden146]

This video was very helpful. I was worried that I was doing it wrong, due to other people having different techniques to planting potatoes in containers. Thank you for easing my fears 😁

[@AtlantaTerry]

2018 was the first year I tried growing potatoes in pots. I used potatoes from the grocery store (Yukon Gold and generic white). I waited for chits. The same grocery store's floral department gave me a dozen or so large black pots that their flower deliveries come in. I drilled drainage holes in the bottom of the pots, put in some of my version of Mel's Mix then put in one sprouted potato and filled the pot up. Eventually, all of the pots saw green growth above the soil line. Well, in August, so did our local deer population which ate all of the greenery! So I dug out a hole, put in some more Yukon Gold sprouted potatoes and now in October have more green showing. So far, no deer raids.

[@maryf4982]

We have deer roaming about our neighborhood - and I will be sure to keep my fence doors shut to protect my spuds! We used to have a raccoon but chased him away with ammonia smells. He overturned plants and pots, bit them and dragged them all over, for a time I thought we had a baby bear running riot every night.

[@billyandrew]

What happened to the potatoes, after the deer cropped the greenery? I'd have lifted them. At the vey least you'd have had baby potatoes and, at worst, had seed potatoes for the following year.

[@lizatl1]

Your video was fantastic. I learned so much, particularly about chitting potatoes, and am ready to plant potatoes in the Spring. Thanks, again. Mobile, Alabama USA

[@philupdegrave731]

Just to make sure I understand, the compost mix is 1:1 coffee grounds:sawdust by weight, that is, 1 pound of coffee grounds to 1 pound of sawdust. Correct?

[@TimmsMJ]

So beautifully clear, thank you.

[@jmn1811hk]

Thank you for showing what can go wrong. Too many vids out there share only successes. I think it’s much more useful to inform new gardeners like me with what is realistic and prepare us with problem solving know-hows.

[@bkathrynbladgett8274]

Correction, I am from America and grow potatoes from potatoes forever! Tx for some of the tips...unique

[@FC-cz6zd]

5 years later, just a thanks for such a well done video.

[@jackpinesavage1628]

Years ago, an old farmer told me the same thing, "grow potatoes in saw dust and they'll grow good!". I tried that for the first time last year, with a handful of seed potatoes. I have a place next to my cabin where I've cut firewood for many years. It has a thick mat of saw dust. I roped off a section with twine to keep the deer out and planted the potatoes. They did great in that saw dust! I hope to grow a much bigger patch this year.

[@aeonfortehwin5679]

If you can't get sawdust can you use shredded (crosscut) food grade cardboard boxes??

[@whatwhyme]

I didn't watch this before I planted mine, so I did virtually everything wrong.lol very good information

[@malkiyahu7094]

Finally someone who explains it clearly 👍

[@lizcharles8475]

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve subscribed. You make a fantastic gardening tutor.

[@MealsMadeAtHome]

Just came across your channel. New subscriber. I am a novice to gardening and I look forward to learning more. Simple instruction and straight forward. :) Thanks!

[@traciebarrass6612]

I’m looking to grow potato’s and tomatoes so thank you for sharing all the dos and don’ts and what to look out for.💚🍀🌿

[@MeishaBooCurlyQ4.5]

I love your detailed video, I am a new grower and will definitely use your tips to grow some yummy food for my family and I. Thank you for the growers knowledge .

[@realreviews8540]

Great teacher! Awesome tutorial!

[@ProjectDiaries]

Thanks! :)

[@cathyruppe2350]

I really liked it when you showing the grounding up. Most didn’t keep growing

[@ProjectDiaries]

I feel that people lean more from their mistakes so I show all aspects :)

[@barbaramiller349]

I liked this video. Easy to follow.

[@craigdalejohn]

Keep up the gardening mate. Love it

[@dukedalington]

Nice to see Jay Kay working again.

[@TheDjrosty9]

Very honest chap👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊

[@cBismaliza]

This video is so useful. Thank you for sharing good tips. Now I know how to grow my potato correctly. 💕

[@ProjectDiaries]

You're welcome. I wish you luck in trying this :)

[@bonschuler3636]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge on growing vegetables. It's done in a way that is easy to follow and your smile and personality add to the pleasure of learning. God bless you and keep you safe and healthy.

[@pauldupuis1149]

works great here in n New Hampshier USA. i also grow them indoors in 5 gallon buckets over the winter

[@Sarah-vl4mq]

How do you do that?

[@fnwolf7758]

I would also love to know how to manage to grow your potatoes indoors. I’d love to do the same this coming Winter

[@pauldupuis1149]

cynthia g yes you can plant now, most potato’s are a 60 -90 day plant to harvest

[@pauldupuis1149]

Kayleigh Vulpis I start my seed potato’s in 4 inches of dirt in the bucket as the plat grows I add soil until the race between plant and soil reaches the top. Never cover all the plant. In the end the plant will over hang the bucket. I keep mine cut back to about 10 inches other wise they turn to vines and no potato growth

[@brendalu4665]

So smart! I’m very impressed 👏👏👏

[@muddyshoesgardener]

Thank you! Very insightful!

[@21EpicFail]

Sir your videos are amazing. I am taking notes and am hopefully going to start a while grow op in my backyard within the next few weeks here. Thank you for everything and I hope for your happy days! God Speed

[@ProjectDiaries]

So glad you like them. If you'd like to share your journey please join my gardening group facebook.com/groups/projectdiariesHQ

[@bluebird4021]

Ours are coming along . yay.

[@ericka666]

I'm going to follow this tutorial! Ive requested some sawdust from freecycle and will get coffee grounds from the work canteen :) thanks so much!

[@emmabown9751]

Thanks for the tips. My potatoes didn’t grow, well I got 3 small ones! Watching this I realise why! 😂 New veggie gardener here. Learning by mistakes. Got to say the birds in the back ground sound beautiful. I’m easily distracted too! 🤣

[@daviddeane3163]

I just stumbled on your channel. Good job! Like all the videos you've done so far, keep it up! From Texas.

[@ProjectDiaries]

Thanks David! Will do :)

[@joyknowles2508]

Excellent video, really appreciate this.

[@peaceonearth2636]

Best one I have watched by far

[@ProjectDiaries]

Thanks 😊

[@NurseLinais]

Love your videos!! Just came across your videos and I’m so glad I did

[@emmaoko4310]

Some really good tips here, bro' but 4 minutes in; that was a beauty! Thanks

[@smeagolthebulldog]

I love this channel! Just procured my first allotment and you've inspired me. All of the claim and none of the blame, as it were.

[@ProjectDiaries]

That's awesome! Good luck growing in your new Allotment :)

[@arunseigell7361]

Grow root veggies &garlic &spring onions

[@delmiller4184]

Thanks for the very informative video!

[@ella1028]

beautiful and informative thank you

[@richyscameracaptures276]

Excellent comprehensive guide. Thank you.

[@davidmills4643]

Hi I use normal buckets and fill it up to within an inch from the top and let them get on with it just water when they come through enjoy the vlog

[@indica77]

Thanks keeanu reeves. Great tips👍

[@ProjectDiaries]

haha! no worries :)

[@Seagoatsunday]

wayne waynes world!

[@Aireliguero]

I most be the virgin Mary, because every single bag that I got, always sprouted, Lol! So I'm forced to planting them, I just dumped it in regular soil in a container outdoors, and voilà! Second batch I being getting regarding the season ..but thanks for the video, I love it all of them!

[@ProjectDiaries]

haha! You wanna store them in cooler places :)

[@RossPatzelt]

great video and narration I am growing potatoes and they are doing well

[@Snake-snek]

Love how happy you are gardening, nice info thanks for sharing!

[@sandradeearna3342]

Hey good timing... We're heading towards spring here in new Zealand and this year I'm going to try growing potatoes for the first time....

[@1piw544]

Well done! I Like your honesty!

[@ProjectDiaries]

Thanks :)

[@debvoltolina6143]

I use potato bags and they are great.

[@empowertheworld2216]

Starting my first potatoes thanks

[@sewg82]

Started watching your videos a couple of months ago and decided to start my own indoor garden (too many stray animals to feel safe growing them outdoors). So far I’ve managed to grow tomatoes, bell peppers, and marigolds successfully. Going to wait a few weeks and try my hand at a few other vegetables. Thank you for all the tips you give, they are very helpful! 😁

[@vireinaqueenbee7876]

I looooove it . Even kids can help out .

[@timothyhalldorsson5476]

Love this advice!

[@krissyseyebeatz2901]

Thanks for this video! I’m having great success after watching this. I mean before I watched it I just went about it the wrong way. Now that I used what I learned from this video I am seeing great result and real growth👍👍👍👍🌱

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Bro this randomly popped up. I got hooked on this channel and now I'm like so in shock. How are today man...? Holy

[@magma9138]

Thank you so kindly.

[@absurdfool]

Spectacular video showing what actually happened, hence highlight what we should be aware of, thx and cheerio

[@Iram-Basit]

yet the video shared a lot of knowledge. awesome, mate.

[@ProjectDiaries]

Glad you liked it :)

[@threedogsandacamper503]

Cool, I’m going to try this shortly as I have a bag of potatoes that are ready to plant.

[@sierakh8249]

Thanks, this is the best potato growing video, with lots of usefull tips. God bless you.

[@guardianofthesacredflame1649]

Excellent info thanks

[@barry7608]

Thanks very informative

[@haydenwaller9953]

Me and my mum have built a nice large potting area out of decking boards and are growing strawberries potatoes and peppers

[@channelbizt]

Thanks for taking the time to do this, I'm gonna try this out. I've got tons of sawdust and would never have thought to try that. Our recycle containers (in Scotland anyway) are about that size. I was able to collect a dozen or so from the local recycling centre, really handy for using around the garden.

[@dankalisz3235]

in the US where they use anti-sprout on them is to just wash and scrub them well and put them into the dark for about 4 weeks to get them to sprout

[@maryf4982]

So that's why my store-bought potatoes for cooking sprout so well! I keep them in a cupboard, a cool dark place. .

[@teresablakley1855]

I am from America and have had no problem growing potatoes from grocerystore potatoes

[@marnieanderson4257]

This is one thing that seems to be doing well for me this year. I did mine in a trash can. We shall see how it went at harvest time 😊

[@ProjectDiaries]

Good luck! Please share your harvest photos on my gardening group? :) facebook.com/groups/projectdiariesHQ/

[@lisakukla459]

marnie Griggs How did the trash can work out?

[@vgil1278]

marnie Griggs-How do they get enough sun to grow when they're small?

[@ellydzayutima472]

I like the way you explain everything, so detail and clear. I always look forward your new uploads. Please make the video how to grow grapevine 😍🙇

[@sylviabriggs4087]

Great video thanks

[@wendydawe3874]

Good info. Thanks.

[@michaelpomeroy2709]

When planting in containers you don't need to hill up ! Fill your container one third full add your seed potatoes and fill all the way up leaving two inches from top ! They will grow all the way out ! This method produces more roots and more tuber's ! You only need to hill up when you sow directly into the ground ! I'm sixty eight years old and have used this method without failure! !!

[@dahlialady4131]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing. I have already planted my potatoes now just waiting to harvest them. Hope the second batch turns out better than the first lot.

[@MarieLagu]

I know how you feel. Same thing happened to my potatoes this year. I'm waiting for next year to start again.

[@ProjectDiaries]

I may just start again this year with the weather being like it is

[@JGiron]

How do you know when to stop earthing the potato leaves and allow them grow out? Did you just stop earthing when you reached near the top of your container? Thanks for the feedback, you made an outstanding video!

[@theberrys8060]

Thank you very much.!!

[@rosewood513]

I love your videos. I am in the USA and I have planted both store Bought and seed potatoes and I can't see the difference. I try to get organic too. I have some seed potatoes because I wanted to try purple potatoes this year.