How to Plant POTATOES in GROW BAGS (my SECRET for chitting!) TIPS!

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[@patriciaprimm4706]

Great video!! So many people that wasn't raised on a farm or never have garden before doesn't know about this or other tips that you share!!

[@LLTization]

i use NYC tap water but I fill store bought water bottles then allow them to sit in the sun for a day to hopefully remove the chlorine. So far my other vegetables are thriving with no problems. Yukons with tall eyes planted today in Dollar Tree cloth storage bags. Thank you.

[@Latebloomershow]

Great!!!

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

I always rip the whole thing off and use the strip as a tie. I love growing potatoes in bags too . 👩🏽‍🌾💚

[@Latebloomershow]

I did that at first but then I always lost track of them

[@sharongiles6326]

Great info!! I planted my “taters” in a 50 gallon metal drum that my husband cut in half. They do great in these every year. I also plant carrots in them. I love planting anything and love watching your garden progress ❤️

[@angelaburnett7979]

Wow! I am very grateful for the corn starch trick. We are getting a late start, the weather hasn't been cooperative, so the corn starch on the cut potato is a tip we will do today. We are planting our potatoes and onions today. Your excitement with each video is infectious. Those grow bags are very cool; you have enough room for a 6-foot round grow-bag now! Lol 😉 Thank you again for another informative and entertaining video. Much love Kaye. Will be sharing this, sharing is caring . 🤗

[@Latebloomershow]

Thank you my friend! Yeah I thought about large grow bags but nothing is level here I’m gonna find a level spot

[@angelaburnett7979]

@@Latebloomershow yes, because once those bad boys are in place, you aren't going to move them. Trust me, lol

[@lindawoody8501]

What a fabulous video Kaye! Lots of useful tips. I am going to plant potatoes for the first time in a small new plastic trash can with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage as I already have that can.

[@Sunjoy1]

Watching again after my family looking to plant some potatoes in their suburban garden...under the HOA radar 🤣

[@Latebloomershow]

They can grow a LOT OF POTATOES in containers in the back yard. ❤️

[@Latebloomershow]

Spring and fall!

[@dazzlarnic5732]

Very good tips. Thankyou

[@sagarmandape2372]

I am gonna try this tomorrow. Going to shop some growbags.

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Good tips thank you!

[@Latebloomershow]

You bet!

[@LornaD_CottageNecessities]

Thanks for the video. I learned a lot! Happy growing.

[@Latebloomershow]

Wonderful! Thanks and please share!

[@bonsaihorn]

Ashes work for sealing too... :)

[@goatgal7884]

This is very interesting.I have never heard of using corn starch to the cut potato.We use lime.Nice to know of something else we can use.Our favorite method of planting potatoes, is digging a long ditch (about shovel deep), add amendments, then potatoes and covering with about 2 feet of straw.In the fall, when the potatoes die back, all you have to do is remove the straw.My grandson loves the blue potatoes...well, so does grandma, lol.

[@Latebloomershow]

Oh I want to try that that sounds even easier! The only reason I did this is because first of all I had the bags and second of all my garden area isn’t ready.

[@sheliadean9548]

Thank you for sharing this information with us

[@Latebloomershow]

You bet! Bless you!

[@taniacummings9207]

I just planted mine today as Spring is just about to start, the weather is very springlike. I have identical bags to yours. I put 5 in each of two bags. I am going to order some more bags as the felt ones are better than plastic in our hot climate here in Australia. First time for me. Wish me luck!

[@Latebloomershow]

Wonderful! You don't have to chit them, you can use whole potatoes, too, if you want to make it easier. LMK how it goes!

[@meehan302]

Great video about growing potatoes in containers. Patrick x

[@houndherder6982]

Thank you so much for this video. I am new here and I learned SO much from just this one video. I will look forward to watching all of them and hopefully getting a big, beautiful garden this year. I hope you make a video on tomatoes since I have had serious problems with my tomatoes for the last two years. Prior to that I was getting so many tomatoes I was able to can enough for year round use and the last two years I have gotten major diseases. Thanks again - your enthusiasm makes this so worth watching.

[@Latebloomershow]

I have a whole tomato playlist but I’m wondering if maybe it’s because you’re planting them in the same place because like potatoes you’re not supposed to grow them in the same soil year after year

[@Latebloomershow]

And I’m so glad you found my channel!!!

[@sherylflowers1378]

Oh this is cool I might could do this

[@yvencia1150]

Great video and thank you for sharing 😇 🥰 😀

[@kellysardella928]

I'm going to try all the suggestions I learned. Chit , one eye only , keep whole with 1 ,chit or whole 2 eyes , cornstarch after cut dry or plant ( thanks for this tip). Keep all eyes , plant at different depths ,use store potatoes, or buy seed . Pots, grow bags or raised beds& harvest new small & leave till larger. Depending on yields, I ll reproduce methods following years .

[@Latebloomershow]

Or you can get seed potatoes from your local coop. If from store, buy organic as non-organic can be sprayed to keep from sprouting. You can plant small potatoes hole or if you don't have many you can chit. As for depths, plant potatoes two inches under soil and plan to mound them up as they grow. It gives the stems support and will cover any new potatoes emerging around the mother. You want to make sure the sun doesn't hit those potatoes. Keep them covered. You've got this!! LMK

[@michellethompson2483]

where do you purchase the Myco Grow Mycorrhizae?

[@tradergirl7067]

thanks for sharing your tips. im growing purple everything this year. i got there mini tubers from Baker Seed and they are marble size potatoes. paid $17 for 10 tubers but they gave me 12. they each have a tiny eye starting to sprout. my question is once I grow them how do i preserve for a 2nd harvest? i read purple taters dont store well. can you get a 2nd harvest in same year from ones you grew? also i have a pack of Clancy actual seeds from potatoes doing those too..

[@Latebloomershow]

I grew the mini tubers last year (this video is from three years ago) and got a decent harvest, but the potatoes are regular small potato size. I don't know how you get back to the mini tuber size. My purple potatoes did not store well and sprouted in the kitchen by Christmas. If I had a root cellar it would be a different story.

[@brandyburgess8267]

Can you coat the potato with baking soda instead of corn starch?

[@Latebloomershow]

I actually don’t know but think it would dissolve 🤷‍♀️ if you’ve got the time to wait a few days you don’t have to use anything you can just cut it and let it heal over before you plant it

[@mariagillinson8527]

Kaye I love it but where will you store all the produce at the end of the season?

[@Latebloomershow]

Well let’s not put the cart before the horse. I have no idea what I’m in for with the weather and animals and pets and who knows what’s going to survive

[@Latebloomershow]

*Pests

[@phyrewillow6463]

Just found gurneys! I ordered my potatoes, onions, and garlic from there. Just waiting on them to ship now

[@Latebloomershow]

Got my potatoes. They don’t have sprouts. Have to wait!

[@sherryperkins9710]

How often do you do your fungi.watering?

[@Latebloomershow]

Only once. But, that's just me.

[@Tess-he3qg]

I’ve never planted any vegetables before. How often do you water potatoes, how do you keep the tops from turning green and do pogoes need a lot of sun? Thank you!!

[@Latebloomershow]

Potatoes will grow in some shade. Keep adding soil to keep them covered when they start to surface. When the tops look a little limp, or the surface of your pot feels dry, water. They are the easiest things to grow. Good luck!

[@Tess-he3qg]

@@Latebloomershow Thank you !!

[@stacyn8075]

How do you keep bugs and animals from destroying or eating them?

[@Latebloomershow]

Interesting question. I can't recall having a bug problem with potatoes. Occasionally I might see a few bug holes, but was lucky no voles dug them up. Of course in grow bags near the house, you have no problem with voles. They won't expose themselves across a driveway for fear of getting eaten. Raccoons only dig up plants to get to grubs for the most part. So, no, potatoes are the easiest things to grow I've found.

[@mattgohlke8216]

Check out diamastic earth that might work here

[@djprophetinterview]

Are those pots non gmo?

[@Latebloomershow]

If you mean the potatoes no they are not GMO. The pots are made out of recycled fiber and plastic I think

[@djprophetinterview]

@@Latebloomershow Thanks for the reply Kaye. Yes I meant the Potatoes. I found out yesterday to much my dismay that most Potatoes bought are GMOed now. How crazy is that. Are you sure the seed potatoes were not GMO? Just because they were labeled organic does not mean they are GMO free.

[@EffSharp]

Hi does anyone know what happens next? 😂. I just got my potatoes into grow bags and now I don’t know how often to water, how long it will take for the green growth to come up, etc.

[@Latebloomershow]

It’ll depend on the temperature to some degree but give them some sun and water them when the soil gets dry and you should be fine and when it gets hot in the summer if they’re still in grow bags think about putting a saucer underneath them so that they don’t dry out as fast

[@Latebloomershow]

Also it depends on how big the sprouts are you know sometimes the green will show up in a couple of weeks maybe a month.

[@judithmingram6144]

Call me crazy but I recall that most potatoes do not need hilling up and hilling up does not produce more potatoes. Most potatoes grow wide, not up, so the more space you have in width the more potatoes you can grow. Here's a great read on the topic.

[@Latebloomershow]

No wonder Ruth stout was so successful! In California I didn’t have room for a 20 gallon pot but that explains why the guy on the gurneys site had so many potatoes in that bag

[@Deletedaccount-i5w]

Humans have been touching soil with their bare hands for hundreds of thousands of years. Great minerals and microbes.

[@mattgohlke8216]

I've chit corn before but never taters

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Thanks for spelling that, dear 😳🥴🤣🤣

[@crazysquirrel9425]

That soil costs more than the potatoes you get out of it.

[@Latebloomershow]

True but the soil can be reused. And was. I grew sweet potatoes in the bags later that summer.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@Latebloomershow I spent about $300 for 8 grow bags and potting soil to fill them. Including extra perlite and potash. Got $3 worth of potatoes. In the ground I tried sweet potatoes. Cost about $200 to get it set up and such. Got about 3 pounds of sweet potatoes. Noe of this counts the time to water water water daily either. People claim both are easy to grow but apparently that does not apply to me.

[@ericbilliter3354]

good tips, but one can mention california way too many times! I would not use that as a badge of honor!

[@Latebloomershow]

I don't, Eric. It's just where I lived for three decades, started gardening and this channel, and turned my yard into a food forest. But, I left. You can find hundreds of videos in the last fifteen months where I don't happen to mention it. Blessings!