Is It Too Late to Plant Potatoes? | Abundance in the vegetable garden

[@LizZorab]

Which are your favourite potato varieties? Please share their name and also which country you live in (to help others identify whether they can find those potatoes near them)

[@nancytabor8302]

USA, Kennebec

[@Sl19BW]

Best potato : Kato Neurokopi Potato Tunisia 🇹🇳 ❤

[@juliacyrzan1751]

Last year i started growing potatoes in my leaf mold pile and that batch was the most plentiful and clean

[@durbatov]

I had leftover seed and did something similar with grass clippings and these were by far my most successful

[@Sl19BW]

I be so relaxed when i watch ur videos , please keep up this great work liz.

[@traceyclark6650]

Great video thanks for sharing your knowledge of potato growing😊

[@jennyjohnson9012]

I've planted Red Duke of York and Charlotte so far. I have Setanta for my main crop which haven't gone in yet as the weather is only just improving here in southern Scotland. So much rain and wind! Last year I grew Pink Fir Apple and had a really disappointing harvest. I love the excitement when those first potatoes are dug up! Thanks for another great video Liz.

[@Sl19BW]

Thank you so much, today ive planted potato 🎉❤ i hope it will work great ❤

[@cherylhowker1792]

This year we have Aaron pilot??? Not sure on spelling… And Charlotte and another salad potato. Purely because my dads fussy 😩 and believing everything to be peeled and small potatoes don’t work for him lol So last years harvest of expensive tubers I brought, more then this year anyways. And he turned his nose up! So this year mum said if I wanna grow them grow what he will eat. As I grow in buckets or potato bags, we went for the salad ones that are ment to be small and not peeled lol just scrubbed and boiled. Done. Hopefully we will win. I’m also gonna grow some pea plants in the top, as suggested by someone on another channel. The peas feed the potatoes nitrogen from the air apparently. So will see. Uk and in Kent, got the potatoes from the range in town and one from Thompson and Morgan online, am a member with them

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

Great video and very appropriate as the soil has only just warmed up her in soggy west of Ireland and they are talking of potato shortage. So that’s given me confidence as I to have held of planting as the ground has been saturated and cold till now. ( even raised beds) Thank you so much Liz

[@hayleytreadgold2530]

Phew because I’m late this year!🙈🤣. Fantastic video, lots learnt as usual! xx

[@LizZorab]

Yay! and thank you. I'll be planting potatoes again in July, so I'll make sure that I video those going into buckets when I do.

[@BumblebeeAdventure]

🐝Thanks for the great video🌻

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Interesting

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Timely video! Here in the hills of WV we're just getting to potato planting time. We absolutely love the Yukon Gold variety for their flavor and production and they store well for us in our cold garage. Last year we also planted Kennebec and were underwhelmed by flavor, production/size, and storage. This year we plan to plant Yukon Gold and try our hand at Russet. Here's hoping for a great harvest! I may try planting a couple of containers in August for Christmas spuds. I've never done it, but I'm thinking I might pull it off if I place the containers in our polytunnel just before frost time. Your method of planting by setting the spuds on the soil and covering with a mulch reminds me of the Ruth Stout method, which I love. I am forever quoting her: "I never do anything I don't want to to unless I have to...and I don't have to, so why would I?!" Love it! ;-)

[@LizZorab]

Ruth Stout is my main influence in potato growing. What a wonderful gardener!

[@donnahoffman1855]

I live in IDAHO and I grow russets and some reds. You had a nice harvest!

[@harriettejensen479]

Thank you, thank you! Best explanation of how potatoes grow and how to grow them that I've seen! I'm for sure saving this video.

[@LizZorab]

So nice of you! Glad it was helpful Harriette.

[@brigidaodonnell7053]

In Tasmania when we lived there our favourites were Kenebec potatoes, both for flavour and because they are the easiest to grow there. Here in New Zealand we are growing Agria potatoes as they are the best for roasting and mashing and easy to grow here in New Zealand.

[@LizZorab]

Are there a lot of similarities in terms of growing conditions between Tasmania and NZ?

[@brigidaodonnell7053]

New Zealand climate has been a little drier for the summer than what we had in Tasmania, and we have now got a glasshouse in New Zealand which means we have a lot more cucumber, tomato and capsicum plants than we had in Tasmania, and we enjoy having these extra crops too.

[@janwilletts1986]

My new favourite varieties are jazzy and Picasso. Still like Charlotte and pink fir apple too, in the uk.

[@LizZorab]

I've heard a few people say that they like Picasso potatoes, they will be on my list to consider next year.

[@stevendowden2579]

very interesting liz

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Steven. I'm looking forward to the results of the trial.

[@anne-mariewileman7799]

I store my spuds in straw, in the dark, last for months

[@jpennturner]

Just as I started to grow good potatoes I was diagnosed diabetic so cannot eat them!

[@ErnieCG]

Good video

[@LizZorab]

Thanks for the visit

[@olgaovington8899]

I'm just wondering height of timber and the length and width of timber to make raised bed for potatoes. I'm from south ireland. I love British Queens and Kerry pinks.

[@LizZorab]

I make the raised beds in my garden the length of the pieces of wood that I have and the width for me is up to 120cms so that I can lean into the centre from each side. The depth is whatever the wood I have is and I build it up higher as I find more recycled wood.

[@sal8454]

Hi Liz, where do you get your hoops from? X

[@LizZorab]

Hi, I make the hoops from MDPE piping that I source from local building sites - with the permission of the builders who are happy to give me offcuts.

[@izzywizzy2361]

Hi Liz, what is in that spray? Is it really safe to use for people wary of adding suspect chemicals to food?

[@LizZorab]

It's an organic product, much like mycorrhizal fungi that is used on tree roots. Andermatt Home and Garden make lots of environmentally good products for the garden.

[@izzywizzy2361]

@@LizZorab Thankyou for the reply, interesting