HARVEST 10X WHAT YOU PLANT! | Tips for a BIG Potato Harvest

[@LazyDogFarm]

Get Wood Prairie Farm Seed Potatoes Here: bit.ly/3U1p4Hj Use code "LAZYDOGFARM" for a 5% discount 0:00 Intro 0:39 Raised Bed Potato Update 1:55 In-Ground Potato Plants Dying Back 3:26 Why Should You Hill Potatoes? 5:51 Digging Prairie Blush Potatoes 7:47 Digging Huckleberry Gold Potatoes 9:01 Weighing Our Largest Potato 9:19 What Was Our Harvest Multiple? 10:46 4 Ways to Get a Great Potato Harvest 13:01 More About the Varieties We Grew 14:31 How Will We Store These Potatoes?

[@loribethartist6353]

Now that I have 3 teenagers they don’t “help” as much as they did when they were younger… sweet memories ❤

[@jcooper1444]

Watching those boys grow is the best part of this video. Last year’s tater time really shows those youngins growing!

[@BaronShawThiessen]

You and your sons digging potatoes. As a father I know you're happy.

[@jrscott5827]

HUCKLEBERRY GOLD IS A LOW GLYCEMIC TYPE..I HOPE THEY DID WELL FOR YOU

[@observationistdave]

Potatoes look good, but man that soil is gorgeous!

[@brettcameron101]

Potatoes are so fun to grow. Definitely one of my favorite crops

[@rickthelian2215]

In Australia we have a potato 🥔 with maroon spots called “Crestor”

[@billelrod1779]

Aw man! You didn’t have them say “it’s time! It’s tater time!”…I look forward to hearing that every year 😊

[@Amanda-cn3pk]

I love potato harvest videos.

[@amealor63]

We were able to get 60 lbs of potatoes out of our raised beds at the church. We were pretty pleased with the results, and will be in our rotation going forward.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Awesome!

[@gatorguy7711]

Good morning! I wanted to let you know that I used your deep trench method in growing my Red La Soda potatoes this year. I only have a 30x20 backyard garden plot in Tallahassee. I recently dug my potatoes and produced 45 lbs of potatoes from 5 lbs of seed potatoes on a 15 foot row. I had a lot of medium to large potatoes. I am happy with the production and will use the trench method with hilling in the future. Thanks for the advice...

[@LazyDogFarm]

Awesome!

[@waynespringer501]

I planted my potato row in-between my rows of brassicas, the giant leaves helps with shading the potatoes as well as they both get harvested roughly the same time.

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Talk about return on investment. You grew some Sarpo Mira's a while back, and we follow several UK allotment channels that grow them all with great results. Also studied up on them and had to try them. To no avail though as there was just no one offering them in the States. Then BAM! Found Wood Prairie Farm last winter. Ironically, just a ways up the road from us here in Maine! And them BAM! $20/lb plus shipping. I didn't care, I had to try them. The day came for my scheduled delivery date exactly. Opened the bag like a kid on Christmas and it had 12 golf ball size potatoes that weighed exactly 1lb. My 1st response was, You're Kidding" OK, I wanted them, found them on your channel, HAD to have them, and bought them. A bit dismayed, and Not really expecting much, I planted them. 8 inground and2 10gal buckets with 2 in each. Planted them last April 23rd. But even though the plants were still healthy and vigorously growing, I had to pull one, just to see what was going on. (at least that's my story) BAM, 5.5lbs from 1 plant! Long story short, 45+lbs from 1lb of seed. That was truly a Return on my Investment! Best part is, we've got 42 in forced dormancy set aside for this year. Can't wait. Just subscribed. Had to shae this with you cuz you were a part of the story.

[@leatonyaking1]

Awww your boys are growing up so fast ❤ sending love from Missouri ❤️

[@terijennings6808]

Great harvest, I have Baltic Rose in raised beds that show no sign of dying back, hoping for a great harvest.

[@suegibson8914]

I’m fairly new to your channel & I must tell you I love your information & your accent. From Australia 🇦🇺🦘😃

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Sue!

[@davidward1259]

We planted ours about 2 1/2 weeks after yours. Still have a little way to go but we are excited to see how well they did in the fabric grow bags (first time in grow bags). We planted the "Southern Belle" variety pack from Wood Prairie Family Farm.

[@kathyhoot7277]

Trying my 2nd year for potatoes. Hoping for success!

[@j.o.a.t9718]

Used some of your advise planting my potatoes this year. Up here in Ontario Canada, last summer was way too hot and it showed in the yield. Hoping this year is better. Thanks again for your knowledge Travis.

[@bwayne40004]

Have Baltic Rose and Caribre varieties in the beds. Can’t wait to see what happens.

[@dizoyle16]

Nice harvest Dawg

[@littlebiscuit53]

Those Huckleberry Gold look great! I ordered a pound of those seeds when I saw you growing them. I can't wait to see what I get, 12 pounds would be nice but this is my first time. They are huge and seem to be going strong. Thanks for the suggestion, they have been easier to chit and came up more vigorous than the others.

[@brettchampagne4440]

Awesome harvest

[@pajcka]

Great harvest. I wish you good health.

[@deborahstrickland9845]

Such sweet kiddos. Good job.💙💗👏

[@davidmaxwell7029]

I've started to harvest two of my three tater varieties. I started with 10lbs of each. Keeping track. Looking like it's going to be a great harvest.

[@dvrmte]

Nice harvest. I planted 10 pounds of Asterix seed potatoes in 110 row feet the first week in March. It's supposed to be mid-late maturing at about 100 days. At 90 days, the vines are big but are slowing down. I notice brown leaf spot disease on some of the plants a few days ago. It's similar to early blight and if allowed to go unchecked it will infect the taters in the soil. Brown leaf spot rarely attacks tater foliage while they're actively growing but just as they begin natural senescence the foliage is extremely susceptible to diseases other than late blight. Early blight and brown leaf spot is especially bad because rain washes the spores into the soil and on to the taters causing black pit disease in the taters. My options are to kill the vines now to put a full stop on the disease or spray it with a curative and preventive fungicide and wait another week so the taters can fully size up. I decided to spray them and then kill the vines next week. I also planted four pounds of Kennebec and Yukon Gold that I bought at the tractor store. They were some really poor quality seed taters, so I only planted a little over 3 lbs. each, in two 30' rows. They are in a more open area with better drainage, and have much less of the brown spot than Asterix does. They were planted in mid-March and Yukon Gold is about ready for vine kill. Kennebec with be ready in a little over a week.

[@geegaw1535]

Thank you.

[@dewainkoester1026]

Great job!!

[@nanaslittleloves5782]

I think that bird was upset you was not filming it.😊

[@matthewking2209]

Great harvest.

[@rickthelian2215]

Wow Travis potatoes are awesome 🥔 Abraham got 2 big awesome potatoes too 🥔

[@datdude212]

outstanding job! can't wait to see the production in the raised beds.

[@suegibson8914]

I’m wondering how that works with hilling the potatoes?

[@trippnbilly7130]

You nailed it. I'm still,waiting on mine. But their close

[@beckym5730]

Good Morning. Hope you and yours had an Amazing Memorial Day. Nice taters.. Thank you for explaining . Very helpful. Can waiting till next video really enjoy watching thank you again

[@LindseyRae_91]

Those kids are cracking me up! 😄

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Nice potato harvest, like you I couldn't leave mine in until the vines died completely. We got a solid week of rain every day and my plants were looking pretty pitiful, plus the no see ums were eating what leaves were left. So I dug mine as soon as it dried out and my harvest wasn't amazing but I got more than I planted. I'm hoping to have a fall crop from one of the early varieties.

[@yerneedsry]

TRY THE "PINTO" VARIETY WITH THE RED POTATOE WITH ONE GOLD SPOT ON IT OH MAN ARE THEY GOOD AND CREAMY..BEST I EVER TASTED..

[@draco4540]

like a true husband, "did momma know that you took that out to dig tatters?"

[@joelhenderson5404]

Boy those are nice tators!

[@mutantryeff]

Made pizza dough today, so having pizza for dinner. Sadly nothing out of the garden is ready for a pizza topping unless I use a shallot as a topping. The basil has just started.

[@SparksWilly]

Hi Travis, Have you ever used nature safe 7-7-7 corn steep liquor to side dress or put through the drip tape? If not what is your method off application? TIA

[@LazyDogFarm]

I have some of that stuff and I do use it on occasion. It's quite messy, and so I don't use it that much. But it does work well. I've ran it through the injector and also just mixed in a bucket and poured alongside plants. The trick is to get it dissolved well so it's not chunky.

[@tkilg7169]

Have you ever had trouble with mice eatin those taters in the barn?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not since we rescued a few cats. A mouse or a rat don't stand a chance. lol

[@ineskirby339]

I love your job. I keep learning from you and others gardeners. I have a funny question, I went to harvest few of my potatoes and I found a big worms snacking on few of my potatoes, those worms are good guys or bad guys?

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Was it a earth worm, a wiggled, or red worm? Usually they only snack on decaying potatoes or other rotting fruits.

[@FrontYardGardener]

Should you subtract the original 5 lbs from total? 50# - 5# = 45/5=9x

[@colleenpritchett6914]

Potatoes grow differently based on a determinate or non determinate type. Where I like Almost all are determinate so they grow on one levels d need no hilling

[@LazyDogFarm]

Depends on where you live. 90 degrees will zap potatoes, so down here there's really not much difference between a "determinate" and "indeterminate" type. The early summer heat gets them all and then it's time to harvest.

[@justinhunter3330]

Is there an email address that I can email pictures to ? I have the giant pumpkin , butternut squash and both okra plants in my garden this year. Would like to share because you have given me such good advise. Plus this year I’ve had enormous aphids issues and I have never had aphids

[@rickjay4639]

I've been trying to find your Wood Prairie Farm interview. I can't seem to find it. Is it still up? Thanks

[@LazyDogFarm]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ-0d5hur8aLo7s

[@rickjay4639]

Thanks, a friend of mine wanted to watch it. Told him it was the best learning video I've ever seen, for gardening.

[@beckym5730]

So question. When you said store potatoes are harder to grow and seed potatoes are the best. When you just said you can take some of the ones you just harvested and plant in fall, so is that because they where seed potatoes and will be easier to regrow?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Seed potatoes are certified to be free of diseases. If you grow potatoes from the store or from your own saved stock, you have no way of knowing if they have some issues. We do usually save some of our spring harvest to plant in the fall, but we haven't had very good luck trying to maintain a seed stock for multiple years. The production would decrease each time we replanted our own seed stock.

[@beckym5730]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you

[@TexasIndiafarm]

My potatoes are flowering what fertilizer should I use now?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Something relatively balanced will work.

[@johnglad5]

So 20 lbs per 10 feet of row. Ain't nothin like pullin those taters out of the ground with your bare hands. Blessings in spades

[@666bruv]

Only a hot chickie pullin' your carrot off

[@nolawarren3560]

I so enjoy your harvesting, BUT storing them is a huge deal.

[@CountryFrau]

Are Huckleberry Golds determinate or indeterminate potatoes? I see it claimed both ways on the internet. Thanks.

[@LazyDogFarm]

They're pretty early-maturing for me, so I would say closer to determinate. But all tomatoes are determinate down here because the heat gets them.

[@CountryFrau]

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks. We are in a similar boat this year without rain for weeks and temps routinely in the 90s in Virginia already. Thanks. This keeps up too much more and I'll switch to sweet potatoes! Take care and what a treat to see how your boys have grown. Thank you for your knowledge and help and it is good that you run experiments for us.

[@TandJNursery]

Can I purchase the chianti onion seeds online? Can you give me the website?

[@NickKat1981]

Do you store your potatoes and onions close together? I always thought that onions being stored close to potatoes causes the potatoes to rot faster. Is that not accurate?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I've heard that as well, but haven't noticed any issues when using the plastic tablecloth on top of our potatoes.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

Great video! Did / do you plant taters on the waning of the moon?

[@LazyDogFarm]

We don't plant by the moon. I have no idea what the moon was doing when we planted these.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

@@LazyDogFarm Thanks for the reply! I've always been interested by the planting by the moon thing. My folks planted taters on the waning moon in February.