How to Grow POTATOES in STRAW: Growing in the Garden

[@rjhall5712]

Hands down the best Potato Info video I've watched , and I have watched a few !

[@jimmyconnolly188]

This method is called the Ruth Stout method I have been growing potatoes for the last five years like this ,I dont even use a raised bed just place the seed on the ground and cover with straw . I'm in the Isle of man UK

[@pamelamercado6902]

I've been planting potatoes for about 38 yrs. Back in the 20s my grandpa taught my mom who taught us to plant potatoes with straw I plant potatoes all year long here in the Arizona desert always a month apart I use a full potatoes when lazy other wise I cut them up as long as they have eyes there planted I don't always chit my potatoes there never been much of a difference. I really do enjoy your videos I think there very informative to those who are just learning I get many calls with people asking what they can plant on this month or that month how to plan it how to water it after I found your site I give him your KZbin channel and tell him it's a great source it keeps me from being tied up

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Love hearing this. Thank you - I'm happy to plant potatoes year round - I'll give it a try.

[@desertrat4453]

Potatoes year round? Music to my ears😊

[@leelaural]

I've been trying my hand at potatoes with not great results...this year I'm trying the cardboard box method...I put down 5-6 inches of soil, planted, covered...they sprung up nicely and now we're putting some peat moss down to cover the lower plant....but I might need to use some pine needles for the rest of them.....wish me luck...

[@pamelamercado6902]

@@leelaural I'm glad your potatoes are doing good. I think most people when starting out there's soil is too heavy potatoes likes soft soil they don't like to be soaked and they do like fertilizer I'll keep my fingers crossed for you best wishes

[@TheJourneyofPower]

I’m really curious if this straw method would work in grow bags 🤔

[@Imjetta7]

Hooray!! I’ve turned some reusable grocery bags into grow bags this year, but I’m going to try the straw next year, thanks!

[@maryelizabethcalais9180]

Hi Angela and all followers, very helpful video, as usual. I learn so much from you. I live in a hot climate like yours so I take your advice seriously. I live in sub-tropical central Louisiana and it is HUMID here; far from dry. Back in April, right after Good Friday before Easter, I planted Beauregard Sweet Pots (my uncle very successfully farmed those sweet pots when I was a young child - now I'm 80 yrs. I planted several in a large potato grow bag from Gardeners Supply Co. They're happy as can be. I twirled the vines inside the container until it became too full. Today, I set up a 4 pole teepee (w tall thick tree branches) around the container and wrapped jute twine around the teepee. Gently pulled the vines out of the container and affixed them onto the teepee. It all adds NATURAL aesthetics to my whole front yard of Edible Farmscaping. I'm outside in my garden every day. I live on a busy street in my small town and people are always stopping to compliment the garden.......... who says we must have only landscape shrubs for a lovely front yard LOL.......

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Wonderful! thanks for sharing.

[@yolandam9006]

Absolutely wonderful Angela! Will definitely have to try this method. Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful growing tip

[@martinleepgg]

Helpful presentation, thanks, from NZ

[@cynthiaakacyndsmith6539]

Awesome…. I am in Northeast Michigan I still think I have learned a few tricks from this.

[@alicecowan3499]

I am doing something very similar to what you did, but just in the soil and making rows totally keeping covered in straw👍🏼😉💜

[@tikvahduesters6690]

you can also dust the potatoes after curing with barn lime and it helps to make them last longer

[@kendratai]

We bought old seed potatoes in August. They were on sell and SUPER sprouted but seem to be working! They are growing well because of the monsoon rain we got recently. Can't wait to see how they turn out

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I need to get my fall ones in the ground!

[@braptdl1483]

Thanks so much for this info. prepping a new bed this fall to sow spuds for the 1st time next spring. Traditionally around here people plant them when the dandelions bloom

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Nature will tell us the best time to plant if we listen. I love that. Best of luck to you.

[@gwynnmiller428]

I have an area in my garden with weeds. I'm going to lie down large pieces of cardboard, pop drainage holes in used feed sacks, pitch a couple of shovels of good garden dirt in , 2 or 3 seed potato chits and a couple of loose handfuls of old hay my cows didn't eat . Keep them watered and in about 3weeks when they pop up, I'll cover them with more loose hay. I'll also take fish heads and left over fish bone scrap and cover with water and a lid in a 5 gallon bucket. Let it sit for 3or4 days and strain. That water I keep stored in the bucket and it's my concentrated bone/ blood meal fertilizer for the taters. I will also sprinkle some ashes from a wood fire around tater plants and chop a banana peel and throw in the bag when the plants are babies, and again later in the growing season. I'll continue to keep my tater plants covered with loose hay and watered about an inch per week. Hoping to get at least 1/2 a bushel per 50# feed sack.

[@marjoryskousen3488]

Going to try this!!!!!!

[@dtorrice5101]

Love your channel. You get right to the point and you share great info 👍🤗

[@erlkonigschubert]

Much obliged Really appreciated

[@desertrat4453]

I live a few miles from you and am using pine shavings from tractor supply. The plants have gotten huge and are healthy so far. There is about six inches of soil and almost two foot of shavings. I like to experiment.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Awesome. Let me know how it goes.

[@WhiteBoxFarm]

Your videos are excellent! Thank you for all of the great information!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad you like them!

[@breaking_bear]

Cool video! I love learning new ways of growing fruits and veggies! I live near Sedona, Az, high desert. I am currently growing russets in a planter(they are my best plants in my garden right now) and I am growing several different varieties of potatoes in a potato tower I made with mulched alfalfa and goat manure. I imagine my nitrogen levels are pretty high because of the alfalfa hay and goat manure, but I can't wait to see what I yield, come harvest time.

[@c.l.888]

Where do you buy seed potatoes? Is it just organic potatoes?

[@breaking_bear]

@@c.l.888 I got the seed potatoes that are doing really well at tractor supply they are either russets or yukon golds, I forget. My other potatoes that are still doing good in my potato tower are different types of organic potatoes I let go til they have eyes so I could plant them. Mostly red and purple potatoes.

[@elainejohnson6488]

Ok, you got us thinking about potatoes in the fall! Update on how they tasted?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

They are delicious. Storing well so far too.

[@zlogie]

I have planted potatoes in flower pots before😂. I want more this time so I will be following your straw method.

[@patl3443]

Last year we planted potatoes but they didn't do well & had a lot of bugs. We put a dumptruck of composted manure on the garden last fall & tilled it good this spring. Now we have potatoes growing in a row where they were planted last year. Think they will grow potatoes this year? I want to use this straw method, looks great

[@greatindiagurukulswedeshis7981]

Thanks

[@colinbateman8233]

Great information thanks for sharing

[@innerjon]

I’m seeing this video at the perfect time. I was about to plant potatoes, the OG method but I’m gonna try this instead. I just happen to have a bale of straw, crazy 😜

[@lanamulyar6021]

Tip to keep your seed potatoes cool that I ran across on another channel...store them in your vegetable drawer in the fridge!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Good to know!

[@Handcraftedbydebbie]

Love This video! Thank you! I’m going to do this!

[@dn744]

Nice 👍

[@staceyjohnson4186]

Thank you so much for this video

[@FB-xl8wr]

Can you do a garden tour for this june 😀

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Just posted one kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnm2ioaKeJ6lh7c

[@Noniofseven]

I’m doing potatoes in bags, some in pots and quite a few in a raised bed with straw. Just at the flowering stage now here in Ohio… still five or six weeks to go I’m guessing. Can only hope for as great a harvest. Kudos!!

[@faythkhoo719]

Any concerns with aminopyralids from straws? Thank you.

[@maryelizabethcalais9180]

Hi again Angela, I was just reviewing this video again. I am container gardening in most areas of my yard so I don't have the need for a gardening grid. However, I am using what was an herb bed bordered with old bricks. I'm widening that space w cardboard for a no-dig addition (per Charles Dowding :) and will mulch with wheat straw. Could you please explain how to use sticks to keep the straw in place? Tks a bunch :)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Criss-crossing the sticks on top of the straw should help hold it in place.

[@calebsiegler5471]

Great video. I just got two yards of your raised bed mix at AZWF. I’m planning on trying potatoes very soon here. Why can’t you (or why don’t you) use any old organic potato from a grocery store? Can’t any potato become a seed potato? That’s what I’ve heard. I’ve never tried, but that’s the plan I’m going with.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You can use them, but they may have some diseases - so best practice is to use certified disease free seed potatoes.

[@caligirl3000]

Do you have a link for the grow bags? Also, what size grow bags do you grow the potatoes in?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

These are the ones I used: amzn.to/4hbOVYA 20 gallon

[@caligirl3000]

@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you!!!!

[@1Gibson]

Ty for this

[@krissycus]

I'm using hay for this (dead, spoiled hay that the animals leave behind) and it's working just fine! I find that as long as there is a nice thick layer, the weeds don't really have a chance to form. Just my experience!

[@bikerbabes3567]

I just planted mine in grow bags. I’m going to track down some straw.

[@aperson1181]

how often to fertilize and water potatoes?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Water when they start to dry out a bit. I usually don't fertilize

[@patwiss818]

Where did you find the water grid?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I use the watering grids from Garden in Minutes shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1897453&u=2736599&m=118440&urllink=&afftrack= Use code Angela10 to save $10 off $100

[@nageenrajpura0]

Wow Amazing Love u ❤❤❤

[@lpmoron6258]

Is there a video on the watering grid?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Yes, kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmS3ZWBonMiCi6M I use the watering grids from Garden in Minutes shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1897453&u=2736599&m=118440&urllink=&afftrack= Use code Angela10 to save $10 off $100

[@guyewing1377]

Would this work for sweet potatoes as well? Thank you.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

No, they grow differently. Here is a blog post that explains the process: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-sweet-potatoes/

[@guyewing1377]

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you. Great blog article.

[@francostacy7675]

Thank you Where did you get that watering grid

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I use the watering grids from Garden in Minutes shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1897453&u=2736599&m=118440&urllink=&afftrack= Use code Angela10 to save $10 off $100

[@barbmills2756]

I was just wondering how your experiment was going.

[@o6caligal]

Is there a good tool for how to test for nutrients and pH?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

This is the soil test I use: amzn.to/3Qnnrl7

[@arizonadesertvideoandphoto]

Thank you for this great video. Where can I find seed potatoes in Phoenix valley / Mesa area?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You may not be able to find them - I'd look for organic small yukon golds and try to sprout them.

[@arizonadesertvideoandphoto]

@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you! I'll try this.

[@arizonadesertvideoandphoto]

FYI: I bought organic yukon gold potatoes at Sprouts and also at Trader Joe's. The Trader Joe's potatoes almost immediately began to show signs of life and sprouting. The Sprouts organic potatoes after three weeks are barely showing some small signs of chitting or sprouting.

[@ashleyrnxoxo]

Would love a pumpkin growing video!

[@marialawson4971]

Hi there, I find pumpkins the easiest veg to grow. Just put the seed s of a pumpkin you like in the ground, jap, butter nuts ect and wait a few weeks and up they will come. Pumpkins love to wander, so direct their path in direction you want. I sad can produce at least 6 pumpkins. They like the sunshine and need to be well watered. All the best with your pumpkins!

[@hg8247]

About how many week does it take to grow them? About how many lbs did you harvest?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Depends on the type of potato you grow. You can get more information here: growinginthegarden.com/growing-potatoes-in-straw-no-digging/

[@mbradley2367]

Hi what brand soil tester did you use? Thanks

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I use the My Soil Test Kits amzn.to/3PtkXRo

[@twinfin8571]

I have organic russets that have sprouted. Is there a way to keep them for the fall? Can I just leave them to grow long sprouts? I’m in Oklahoma, zone 7. Thanks

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

It might be time for you to plant now, check with local growers.

[@Twinbranchesgardening]

I'm Going to try this. I have an extra straw

[@glennasmith2198]

What do you call the low desert. I live at 4100 feet in southern Arizona

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Typically under 2000 feet

[@glennasmith2198]

@@GrowingInTheGarden thanks

[@sallygaillard7335]

How do we grow avocados in phoenix

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Move to California.... kidding, but not kidding. They are tough to grow here successfully. Not that it can't be done, but they don't grow well here.

[@sallygaillard7335]

@@GrowingInTheGarden thanks for info. Love your shows

[@ryanh7559]

How long did you let your potatoes cure in the ground for after they died back?

[@zelda4fun]

4:49 2 weeks she said :)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

2 weeks

[@beverlytaylor3911]

me too ,i will use lots of straw to cover my potatoes as they grow

[@mollymilano5331]

My potato plants are in a 40 pound or so grow bag, the plants have been beautiful and green then started to get the flower buds , a couple weeks later some are starting to droop over and one plant just pulled out very easily . I felt underground a little and dug and dug to see if there were any signs of potatoes yet and felt nothing 😪 I will try this way next time

[@lindahewitt5860]

How many potatoes would you plant in a 30 gallon grow bag? Is it time to plant now or wait a couple of weeks?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

This article provides more information (including planting dates) growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-potatoes-in-containers/

[@lindahewitt5860]

After harvesting my white potatoes. Drying for a few weeks. Now I noticed the white potatoes turning green. Are they safe to eat? What caused this?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

If left in the sun they will turn green. Generally considered not safe to eat once they turn green due to the higher levels of solanine.

[@tiadrumgold4702]

I like this method looks fun with straw..

[@jeaninelester7847]

🌟

[@looneygardener]

❤ Huw❤❤❤❤

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

He's awesome!

[@manuellasainte-rose8712]

Qui peux me traduire en quelques mots en français ? Merci

[@godonlylovesme1638]

Elle a planté les pommes de terre sur le sureface de la terre qui a un PH de 5 où 6 épuis la couvert avec de la paille. Elle la arosé une fois par semaine si il na pas pleut.

[@manuellasainte-rose8712]

@@godonlylovesme1638 merci beaucoup,🙂 eiie a mis du composte / terreau?

[@godonlylovesme1638]

@@manuellasainte-rose8712 terreau et un peu de potash, potassium et calcium avant de planter les pommes de terre. Elle na pas mis aucun fertilisant après ça.

[@blackbones15]

Tried the straw method. It didn't work for me, but I probably did something wrong.

[@blackbones15]

I totally did it wrong after watching this video. So, I'm willing to try it again. Thx!

[@gregrojas517]

The straw alone is $18. Isn’t it just cheaper and easier to buy 6 sacks of potatoes at the grocery store?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Always easier for sure

[@LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow]

☀️🌼👨‍🌾🌻🐝🌸🦋🫑🍅🥕🥬🐝 I’m back for another update of your beautiful garden. It’s amazing to see the changes in your plants over time. I look forward to watching your garden grow! I love watching my garden grow a little each day, that is my favorite part of gardening. It’s so fun to have the growth documented over the season to look back at and see progress. I love that about being a garden KZbinr. Let’s learn & grow more together!

[@almagjim]

Can’t wait to try it! I live in So Cal and we have very hot weather. Question, would saving the smaller potatoes 🥔 give you small potatoes? Am thinking about how the stronger and fittest survive in the animal kingdom and for some reason I thought of it with the potatoes 🫣 hope you can help

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Usually, the potato's size is a question of how long they've been growing.