How to plant potatoes and get a lot of big tubers

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In this video I will show you how to plant potatoes so that there is a large potato harvest. Growing an early potato crop is very simple because the earth warms up faster and moisture is perfectly retained. The potato harvest will be great if you follow the rules that I tell you about in the video.
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[@mr.t7332]

Don't use this method. Plant them deep and once the plant appears keep covering them with more dirt. You'll get more full size potatoes than you can use.

[@fantastic7556]

That is a lot more work. Plus getting rid of weeds and harvest, digging them up.

[@racheltonner2509]

I agree. And no... It's really not that hard. I did this last year and had a large harvest :)

[@JammyDodger1888]

@@racheltonner2509I drop my potatoes on the soil, don’t dig at all, cover with grass and keep adding more grass as they grow, I get massive harvests and the grass essentially composts in place adding nutrients back to the soil.

[@indianavintagechainsawguy]

First time doing potatoes. I will try no straw

[@marvinbrock960]

That only applies if your growing a potato variety that grows up the stem… a lot of varieties grow from the root bundle.

[@lilliananderson1986]

Cut into sections, let them dry for a day then plant. More pieces, more potatoes 🥔

[@salimsubas8128]

Hello Türkiye 😘

[@Universalhealing-bo3ir]

If you plant the whole potato all eyes still sprout taking up less area🤔

[@edwardmilf7586]

I feel you get smaller potatoes anyone know if that true?

[@SureshSuresh-ff7ll]

😢

[@ralsharp6013]

I've tried that experiment before 😊You still end up with the same amount

[@mylamberfeeties875]

I grow big potatoes 🥔 Yukons every year. I have never used straw because 1. Don't want to encourage rodents 2. It's very windy where I live very windy 3. More work more money My potatoes are pretty clean but the dirt keeps them longer. I do not wash tell I eat.

[@elw6150]

I wondered about that rodents thing, always a battle with them and don't want to make it worse. Potatoes grow with hardly anything we can do.

[@destinycoach5]

MyLamb.. can you explain what you do them pls

[@mylamberfeeties875]

@@destinycoach5 I grow them in half barrels or directly in the ground. Barrels work great though

[@destinycoach5]

@@mylamberfeeties875 ok that wasn't helpful at all but thanks .

[@mylamberfeeties875]

@@destinycoach5 there's literally nothing to growing potatoes. You put a potato in a pot of soil water it. That's literally all you do

[@lancecorporalveteran0621]

I've tried this the straw has a tendency to hold lots of water so water less often or water lightly or you'll end up with rotten potatoes

[@alagahinorondez8525]

Yes spuds 2 plant 🥥🍆🌶🍅🍊

[@kraziecatclady]

This makes me wonder about my environment. Its humid and rains a lot in the summer down here, but it also gets pretty hot. I wonder if I'd have "rotten potatoes if I tried this even if I don't water them?

[@D4u2s0t]

Also for anybody that doesn't know it's important to use actual straw and not hay

[@bernardhacking7462]

For your information, potatoes only produce from the tuber upwards. You have to keep on adding soil as the plant grows until the plant flowers. Only then should it he harvested. You will more than double your yield using this method, guaranteed.🙂

[@bettybalentine6924]

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[@LordShamo]

There are two varieties of potatoes, like tomatoes, called indeterminate and determinate. Indeterminate do as you states; grow up and spread out with added soil. Determinate potatoes grow only at rhizome level and do not grow up and out with added soil.

[@ghostridergale]

@@LordShamo I was going to say the potatoes I’m growing are not growing up. But there’s plenty growing under the soil and I haven’t ever added any dirt to the garden

[@joannsudderth664]

You don't have to add more soil if you plant them 4 to 6 inches deep

[@cprove5751]

Those way too close

[@pedroclaro7822]

Cut a potato for each eye it has, and let it dry/scar. Plant one foot apart, in rows one foot apart. The no dig method doesn’t work well in many areas, but it’s good for clay soil where it gets compacted when dry, otherwise it’s just more work and more expensive. Use hot compost (high in nitrogen) or use soil correctors. You can literally use all your pee on your potatoes if You’re ao inclined. A small layer of whatever weeds you have around will be free to gather and hold a bit of moisture. Dig up grass flip upside down and place over potatoes a few days later. Stop watering them for the last month. Cut up the foliage to feed livestock if you have any, but leave the main stalk in place so you know where there’s a potato plant when digging them up. One fell swoop of your hoe half a foot away from your plant you won’t cut any potatoes, pull and gather potatoes. Continue.

[@Spence-po6xp]

How often do you water potatoes from starting to finish

[@pedroclaro7822]

@@Spence-po6xp depends on weather conditions, air humidity and soil drainage/water retention

[@Spence-po6xp]

Thanks for the feedback bro.

[@patricianixon7674]

I never did it like that I just got a tiller and cut them and flashes eyes up and just when I thought they had died I started digging and they were everywhere what a blessing.

[@davidpatrick1813]

I've been trying to grow cooked potatoes with butter but the butter doesn't grow well. Great video I will try and I did subscribe. Thanks.

[@texsis2112]

Try growing the potato in a glass, or something bigger, of water with a layer of butter on top of the water see if it sucks the butter up through the roots. just came to my mind you can have the idea do what you will with it God bless, t e x s i s

[@robertdrews5532]

No David, you need to plant butter separately.

[@kayesdigginit1519]

🤦🙄

[@davidpatrick1813]

@@robertdrews5532 I love all the humor ... thanks folks.

[@tobymacish]

Cut your potatoes in half double your yield cut three times triple your yield. As long as you have an eye or sprout on each part of the potato it will grow.

[@surendranathpr5504]

Whole bulb acts as energy to the plant

[@tobymacish]

@@surendranathpr5504 you only need the potato whole to make it through winter once the potato half is in the ground the roots supply the plants with energy. So there is no need of the whole potato in the ground.

[@surendranathpr5504]

@@tobymacish 👍

[@josephinemuringo2453]

Thanks for the tip 😜

[@ak_boutabag]

Thanks bro!!

[@u.s.militia7682]

You can harvest them all winter too.

[@bethpark6266]

I was appalled at the price of seed potatoes at the nursery. $8.99 a pound? I bought ten pounds of organic potatoes at the grocery store for less than that. Now I've got enough potatoes growing for two families.

[@saxtman7055]

Well of course they are going to be more expensive. It's a seed potato specifically for planting. Buying from the store witch in turn, makes you wait for the eyes to grow. So in the end it doesn't really matter witch way you do it. But the potatos at the store are for eating mainly.

[@feetsoap4266]

@@saxtman7055 NOPE. they're the same. The organic store bought potato isn't sprayed with growth inhibitors, which will allow eyes to form quicker than sprayed potatoes.

[@marcopolo5365]

Cut the seeds up one eye per piece& you'll have an acre of plants

[@Universalhealing-bo3ir]

If you plant the whole Potato you will have as many using less space. Cut or not eyes still sprout🤔

[@generic_Ryan]

I cut an eye each and planted. So many this year. From like a one inch piece lol

[@keyang8220]

I have tried both methods. Cutting the potato makes it vulnerable to disease and getting eaten by pests because the thick, protective skin is gone. They will often rot in the ground, too. I've heard of people dipping the cur potatoes in lime to seal it

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

You don't have to plant the whole tater. You only need to plant the eyes on the tater. You can get plenty of eyes off of one tater just think of all the taters you can grow if you cut all the eyes off and plant them. I grow new potatoes every year

[@michellepope2829]

I live in the Florida Panhandle. When should I plant potatoes? I've never tried those b4?

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

@@michellepope2829 if you pulled a big heel up and plant your eyes probably around middle to the end of March.

[@alagahinorondez8525]

Yup fr efforts home grown d best

[@xuyahfish]

The potatoes seem pretty close together IMO. The leafy sprouts spread so widely for me that this would be way too close and both inhibit growth as well as encourage disease.

[@drinmer1]

Same for me, I space out to every thierd of his and they're still close.

[@cozyrosemary]

Wonderful potato plant!!😊

[@hooliganskinnyh4553]

Stop!! Cut each with 1 eye each piece then plant

[@dragonrider59]

Underrated tip!

[@lilliananderson1986]

More detailed description please

[@J1WE]

​​@@lilliananderson1986 basically every eye, make them a seperate planting spot. Not the whole potato full of eyes all at once in same spot.

[@pajcka]

Perfect. Easiest crop.

[@mr.t7332]

Two to three feet deep. Then as the plant emerges cover around it with dirt. As it continues to grow keep covering around it with dirt. A friend did it with tires. He put a tire around the plant and covered around it with dirt. As it grew he kept adding tires and soil. Eventually he had a stand of 10 tires and harvested over two hundred large baking potatoes.

[@fantastic7556]

You need indeterminate potatos for that.

[@elw6150]

Yuk, rubber flavored taters!!!!

[@mr.t7332]

@@elw6150 Nope. Only the best potatoes in the world. Perfect, tasty, and store well.

[@JGunit]

Ten tires??? That's not going to work with my kids. They'll be trying to climb that in no time. Splat

[@teresalipscomb9211]

Thank you for you guys being honest and truthful and helping home farmers along the way love your videos keep reporting

[@ralsharp6013]

Planting whole potatoes is one of the secrets.. Cut potatoes tend to rot😢.. The straw is a fantastic idea thank you😊

[@joan-lisa-smith]

You aren't supposed to plant them fresh cut, you wait for the cut surface to dry out over days.

[@ralsharp6013]

@joan-lisa-smith I've never had much success with cutting them.. Even if they dry out for a week they still tend to go rotten underground.. Plus I tend to get more potatoes when I plant the whole spud🙏

[@donnadigsjersey2936]

The Ruth Stout method of potato farming.

[@gonegolding]

We did Ruths' method at our community garden the last 2 years & it worked great.

[@booboobella4553]

Ufff I'm gonna try next year 👍✌ I wish to see the growth and fruit's

[@islandgardener158]

They will grow to a nice size you you add blood meal to the soil

[@rufinaseme6173]

Blood meal or bone meal?

[@rufinaseme6173]

New to planting potatoes answer please

[@wideawakeandaware-22]

And I would suggest sprinkling cinnamon since its an anti fungal.

[@robertdrews5532]

Does that work on toenails?

[@SW-ii5gg]

@@robertdrews5532 from my understanding, that usually takes both internal and external to get rid of because it becomes deeper than topical treatment alone can work, you may want to do more research than advice from the comments section on YT shorts. It may help or perhaps some baking soda and peroxide, you may also want to look into dietary changes as well.

[@michellepope2829]

On the potatoes or on the soil?

[@SW-ii5gg]

@@michellepope2829 I think the potatoes, where they are cut. I have seen videos of people suggesting several options for starting cuttings with honey water, spit, aspirin water being a few that comes to mind as antifungal or rooting hormone replacement.

[@wideawakeandaware-22]

@@michellepope2829 either one.

[@kapaiti5387]

Awesome planting 👍

[@bernardhacking7462]

Thank you for enlightening me 🙂

[@brunopais8117]

Why you dont cut the potatos in to pieces before you put in the ground?

[@fozman845]

Grow them in a barrel so much easier to harvest and large yields.

[@aprox23]

How many plants do you grow in each barrel? 4?

[@jaymaganatv90210]

Thank you

[@ryleemarcoalaba7768]

Nice now I know how to plan potatoes 👍🥔

[@kitfranzman4860]

Why would you plant an entire potatoes when you can cut them up let them sit for 3 days then plant pieces. You can get many many more.

[@XroorX]

Get one used tire. Fill the inside with 70%compost 30% playground sand. Let potatoes develop more eyes before planting. One whole potato is a waste versus 5x. As stem grows taller, add another tire, add compost/sand mix. Three tires high will get you way more than this one dimensional grid. My footprint is 15” diameter hahaha

[@fantastic7556]

That works only with indeterminate varieties.

[@BootsOrion]

Use to have an antique potato slicer machine on a farm i worked at that would cut the larger potatoes into smaller chunks.. Sometimes 4 chunks per potato! We'd let them scar over a couple days and then plant them with a potato hopper that'd trench em into the ground ahhhh the memories miss that place

[@jimmason1072]

Sure and don't add any fertilizer ....

[@khaledzaitoun7321]

Beautiful 👍

[@hounaidafarhat9396]

IV used this method years ago

[@feetsoap4266]

I get an enormous harvest of 🥔🥔🥔🥔 Every time I plant $5.00 at my local supermarket.

[@lanettelawrence6308]

Thanks

[@amazinggarden]

You are welcome

[@robertjohnsonmetals3727]

You dont have to use a whole potato

[@lylelacey4367]

Thank you for the information 😊

[@YGMinano]

Can you plant potatoes 🥔 in raining 🌧 season...I try and mine everything turn to dust...what will be the problem...though I use sacks to plants them

[@D4u2s0t]

My assumption is this is a rookie Gardner if you crowd the plants this closely they will not have sufficient space to grow and if the plants do grow they're going to have very few potatoes compared to properly spaced

[@thebackwoodsbastard2890]

Dont do this if you have snails in your garden. I did this last year and 90 percent of my patatoe crops got eaten by snails before they grew through the layer of mulch.

[@diyangeluk]

Thank you for this information x

[@Genesis55555]

Wouldn’t you wet the dirt after planting the potatoes then cover in straws?

[@user-rx3qo7so2n]

What is the inches to your centimeters? o_O

[@SomebodysNephew]

Tub potatoes with mychorrizae in the soil and some fox farms grow big or use a low nitrogen feed. I usually sprinkle 3 month bone meal pellets when I plant and refresh once during the summer and then only worry about potassium and just a lil nitrogen.

[@bjohnston3659]

How do the shoots get up through the mulch?

[@robertdrews5532]

There's gophers under neath that push the shoots up thru the straw

[@rbs2303]

Will try that

[@lilyachieng6488]

I will give it a trial

[@carolgreen1822]

Great video! Can hay be used instead of straw?

[@cheriweber4]

Not unless you want weed seed.

[@kamicj3522]

Nope have weeds

[@simeontjatji3391]

Is it okay if I use leaves instead of grass

[@joannsudderth664]

Yes

[@simeontjatji3391]

@@joannsudderth664 I used leaves already and my potatoes have grown

[@GodMaxDrinkerofTea]

​@@simeontjatji3391 Time travel

[@christinafisher6169]

Doesn't the straw get moldy underneath?

[@davidhardison3050]

Who taught you that. Each eye on a potato is a potato plant. Cut your potatoes so the eyes got a chunk of Spud on. One potato you could get for plants if not more. Why don't you people know this. Supplanting the eyes up one potato you probably get 20 lb of potatoes out of one potato..

[@charsiu_808]

When do you plant your subs?

[@foodpackagingmachinefactory]

Are you a vegetable growing farm company?

[@jimmylarge1148]

You’re planting them way to close together broseph.

[@pmreynolds4547]

Chipmunks love this method

[@harrymarsee2782]

That is 6 inches apart.

[@amazinggarden]

Yes

[@ginachioco6210]

thank you so much for sharing amazing techniques in farming

[@boinknook]

It's amazing how something that comes out from the dirt taste so good.🤭

[@duniatani007]

Wow...amazing

[@philindeblanc]

Wait! you are going to burry perfectly good potatoes under dirt and wait, to make potatoes?

[@donburke4886]

Where else do you think potatoes come from ?

[@spencergreenhill7728]

Thats like milk comes in squares boxes.

[@brendahoffman4009]

You will get many from one.

[@nocapproductions5471]

Yes because 1 will give you 5

[@philindeblanc]

@@nocapproductions5471 yes, there was joke in there, lol

[@Remy-dl6nc]

I am looking for the red rose potatoes specifically

[@enricopallazzo3244]

Can someone translate this into actual units of measurement? Thanks in advance!

[@doyinsonuga1948]

How do we get potatoes to get the eyes before planting please

[@OutThere5]

I put mine down in the crawl space (4’ basement) over the winter. It has to be dark and cool. It’s around 10 deg Celsius there.

[@senadasency2937]

Lako Vama s takvom zemljom. Moju zemlju krampo treba kopati i opet nista nemam☹

[@amazinggarden]

Potrebno je povećati plodnost tla, dodati humus i malčirati tlo. Ona će biti plodna.

[@senadasency2937]

Hvala vam

[@hrteata]

"dig not deep holes"

[@georgebowman1060]

Yeah lol ...hmmm, much to learn, you still have lol 😂

[@dacha_one_love]

I use leaves to mulch them cause they are free. Straw is too expensive where i live.

[@laurynmchikho7755]

wat abt fertilisation

[@dasharthsirsat370]

हे बटाटे लावण्याचा कालावधी कधी असतो

[@user-tc1mg6gs4p]

한줄더심고집으로덮어도되겠어요

[@neitamaoate7810]

We don't have straw in the islands. what can I use. I definitely want to grow potatoes here. pls help.🤔

[@infinity.1.0]

Coconut coir?

[@ONE_22]

If you want to get a large crop of potatoes......(Video starts off showing garlic plants)....

[@OutThere5]

Potatoes in this video are planted too close together. Plants are not going to receive enough sun, resulting in a bad crop

[@jackman6256]

You don't have to plant the whole potato Just cut out plugs where the eye is This will grown

[@MegaShyguy2]

"Dig not deep holes"....sooo shallow? Hahaha

[@shadyman6346]

Tupac is Jamie Fox. Ever seen them together?

[@lindabell125]

Wrong way each eye will make one plant. Eat what's left, no waste. Harvest more potatoes.

[@Ash_G]

Now put the oyster mushroom spores on the straw...

[@n1pster3]

I've seen people cut a single potato into many parts(as long as there's a stem showing) why did you plant them whole

[@sherimoccabee8970]

I did this. A chipmunk decimated my potatoes.

[@tsmd1961]

Try planting in a trench and laying chichen wire along one side then backfill the trench. Fold the remaining wire over the potatoes and weigh it down to holdnit in place. It may not save all but it should help.

[@sandravalani359]

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[@kayesdigginit1519]

Dig not deep holes, these voiceover programs are so off-putting.

[@donabellahardeneravlogs790]

Great job

[@Carmenmartinez-nf9pt]

What them channel stop lying please there's no link

[@ljschcru2013]

FOR IRELAND!

[@nancyarchibald9095]

Hmm, not how we do it in Idaho... (?)

[@robertdrews5532]

How do we do it in Idaho?

[@craftcastings723]

@@robertdrews5532 with disgusting amounts of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Commercially grown that is-

[@nancyarchibald9095]

@@robertdrews5532 - We plant the seed potatoes much deeper and use 1 spud cut into halves or thirds approximately. The plant tops fill in tightly together which eliminates the need for mulch. My favorite spuds for the home garden are Purple Vikings. The commercial growers usually plant Russets.

[@nancyarchibald9095]

@@craftcastings723 - No, not so much. I use none of that in our home garden.

[@scottulbrich5376]

​@@craftcastings723 dont assume, you dont know, im from idaho, you are FOS

[@D.N.F]

What a waste of taters. Cut off the eyes with a little bit of potato left on each eye will grow into a plant and you still have the original potatoes

[@makaylasmith4081]

That was not 15 centimeters apart

[@raycity1234]

The hay cost more than the potatoes are worth

[@GodMaxDrinkerofTea]

Tf? U buyin hay meant for rabbits? That's expensive. You can buy a whole Hay bale for like 30 bucks

[@jimmylarge1148]

Straw, if not sprouted first will grow u a damn hay field in your garden. Ask me how I know.

[@bobbydookhie7297]

Tell the people the truth. Please

[@playerx3546]

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[@user-yh2dl5wf8l]

u dont have to put hull potato

[@ladyann5778]

It's called cultivating

[@karlthomas7885]

We don’t use metrics’s

[@shaw_xo]

Dig not deep holes

[@lloydstevens1603]

Hay is 10dollors a bale you going to have more in them than you can buy them

[@noribahbintesujai7443]

Doa se begini slalunya diJawab Allah

[@suredude5291]

F potatoes 🥔 😢

[@teresa4773]

These instructions are way off the normal information, I don't think this works

[@amazinggarden]

it works