How to Have Fresh Potatoes Year Round!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Have you ever tried growing potatoes in the fall? Let us know! Get Coop Gro Fertilizer Here: lazydogfarm.com/products/coop-gro-fertilizer 0:00 Intro 1:30 Potato Varieties That Store the Best 4:27 Why Should You Plant Fall Potatoes? 6:07 Can You Grow Potatoes in the Fall? 9:02 Prepping Raised Bed for Potato Planting 11:01 Planting Whole Potatoes in Raised Beds

[@KittyMama61]

When we lived in the Ozarks, we would buy around 80 lbs combined of different varieties. We would always get at least 1,000 pounds every year. Our favorite was the Kennebecs, then Pontiacs. Yukon Golds didn't yield so much, but they were awfully good tasting. Lots of work, lol. I'd can the small ones, the bigger ones used to go down in the basement on paper-lined shelves with a fan going for a while. In the fall, we would load up the garden with manure from the farm, and rabbit pellets all year. I could actually see the steam coming from the piles. In the Spring, the garden would get plowed under, and we'd start all over again. I miss those days. 😥 Thank you so much for sharing, it means far more than you could ever imagine.

[@andypuskas7220]

Hey Travis, here in southern Alberta, Zone 4b, we only get one tater season. Me and my kids and grandkids put 25 lbs of seed taters in on 13 May. We planted Yukon Gold, Norland Reds, and Russets. It was a great year for taters here. We got close to 800 lbs off these 25 lbs of seed when we harvested on 26 August!

[@amyk6028]

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[@JanetLavoie]

That's wonderful!

[@andypuskas7220]

@@JanetLavoie Our challenge now is that since we harvested them a full month earlier than last year because of the summer heat, we need to keep them cool until the weather outside helps us with our storage.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Great job!

[@BBoy-te1cb]

I did two potato types last year as a therapy for losing my mom. I managed to get a good harvest and keep a couple plants alive after harvesting. They came back and battled thru the summer and by now I have a really strong and pretty looking plant. I pulled a dried stalk to see what had happened and it even had a nice potato on it. I never thought I’d be so proud of a potato plant.

[@adryawebb2556]

I've been planting the same varieties of potatoes for about 4-5 years now, saving seed potatoes every year and I haven't had any yield issues. Zone 6 here. I tried planting fall potatoes for the first time last year and it went great, so I'm growing fall potatoes again right now, and they're actually just starting to flower. Adirondack Blue and Klondike Rose potatoes.

[@garynorcal4269]

My earlier harvest isn't sprouting and my local garden shops aren't selling seed potatoes 😢😢😢. Oh well. I'll plant beets.

[@RonChew-ko1mm]

Yesterday I started a 50 count flat each of Premium Crop broccoli, Tiara cabbage, Hakurei turnip (every gardener should grow this), and Terek kohlrabi. I grow the cabbage in 7 gallon shorty grow bags and get 5 nice fruits every time. I'll get maybe 4 or 5 cycles never stopping until next years heat comes back. I have 12 Toronjina tomatoes just hitting the trellis. Pls 595 peas will go in next weekend. Northeaster pole beans maybe today. Elba, Baltic Rose, and Sarpo Mira this week. I grow the taters in 5 gallon bags. Growing taters in bags is fun. You just dump in a wheelbarrow and they come tumbling out. Fall/ Winter/ Spring growing is the bomb.

[@rickthelian2215]

The potatoes don’t need watering until after shooting through the soil as it gets its energy from the seed potato, if you water too much before they shoot through the soil they may rot.😀 I’m hoping you get 37x again on harvest😊

[@dixsigns1717]

Many people over water taters in the beginning and underwater later on.

[@rickmorrissey1852]

I planted canadian tire sold manitoba red starters 2 bags of starters cost $5 each got aprox 200lbs

[@MimsysGarden]

Southeast Mississippi… planted in raised beds some product of the USA grocery store russets that were on sale. Once they sprouted , I chitted them 14:38 . They are starting to have leaves emerge already. Fingers crossed; but, it’s really just me experimenting. No harm, no foul if it fails. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TMesser74]

I’ve had success in a pinch with grocery store potatoes before. Certainly can’t hurt!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

My spring potatoes are same as fall potatoes in my 120 frost free growing days summer lol

[@beckyfarmer9646]

I'm Sotheby's of Knoxville Tennessee and I have planted a fall garden for the first time and taters are one of the things that I put out. We will see if it works.

[@noqsw5058]

You should dehydrate the extras and make potato flakes

[@rickmorrissey1852]

I also grew 2 plants of Georgia Candy squash and got 10 large squash harvested today

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Do you have problems with vine borers? I've wanted to grow them but the borers are bad in my area. I don't use any poisons in my garden .

[@deltorres2100]

I too planted another Batch 🥔

[@rickthelian2215]

Travis you could slice excess onions and stick them in the freezer ziplock bag and freeze them if they are getting close to use by date

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Absolutely, I will be freezing quite a few if I see them going south. The frozen ones aren't great for fresh eating but are very good for cooking with and they're already chopped up.

[@kayb.5322]

Thanks for the information. I cut and planted potatoes a few weeks ago. Guess they have rottened but I still have time to replant whole potatoes. Glad I watched 😅

[@sn232]

Did they really rot, or were they just slower growing maybe because the eyes were larger sprouted chits?

[@robertstanton1668]

I live on the Gulf Coast. I'm definitely going to try it this year.

[@daniellewoodward4728]

Hello here in Florida panhandle I grew potatoes potatoes in the greenhouse over the winter and they were small but they grew. I just planted my fall potatoes hoping for a good harvest

[@beckym5730]

Wow, I’ve learned a lot from this video I didn’t know, thank you very much for breaking it down your a great teacher.

[@amyschultz8058]

Hi. We're in Va, zone 7a, I would love to plant potatoes in fall but our first frost is too early for us.. Your garden looks beautiful

[@2skyland]

8:17 I asked someone at TSC yesterday "...ask me how I know" about something I was talking about and they stopped what they were doing, thought about it, and threw their hands up a little disgusted and said "Okay, how do you know?"

[@palmsandsand]

I planted in fall last year and got baby sized potatoes. I’m sure I planted late. After reviewing the farmers almanac it says it’s not recommended for me in Fall being coastal. Sitting this one out, but may give it a go again next year as I’ll be going into my third year then.

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I got some fall seed potatoes from wood prairie (thanks for the discount code) in August and planted them all out last week. Can’t wait to see them pop through the soil! I got red Adirondack, Yukon gold, and caribou russet. I planted them in grow bags with part compost part peat moss and bone and blood meal. I planted mine whole (they were pretty small anyway). I have to remind myself not to water them much if at all until they bust through the soil because otherwise they’ll rot and I don’t want that and I’ve made that mistake before. Lol. Of course it rained today. 🤦🏻‍♀️ The fabric grow bags do a good job though of not letting them stay too wet or rotting. My spring potatoes were not sprouted at all so I decided to get some seed potatoes. I’m in East Texas 8b. With a small family of 3. Only two of us like potatoes so I’m not too stressed about growing tons of potatoes. I do have to plant my potatoes quite early in the spring here to get a good harvest. I planted on both March 1st and April 15TH and the only batch that produced like crazy was the March 1st crop. I barely got anything from the April crop. Enough for one meal to be honest. So I’ll be planting even earlier this next spring in probably early to mid February because of our mild winters and hot and short spring weather.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

In zone 8B we always plant ours mid Feb. I'm thinking I'll plant them around the first week of Feb next year, if I'm not in heaven by then, if so I won't need anything on earth.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

I had some Red Norlands in a cardboard box I grew in the spring and a bunch of them were sprouting so I put a few of them in the grow bags and they've been growing through all the heat. Vines look good right now and by the end of the month they will be close to ninty days. I'm not expecting a huge harvest but any will be appreciated.

[@msday2vzw]

I am in Greenville NC, zone 8A. I am going to try growing True Potato seed. I will plant the seeds in January to go out in the ground or raised beds, 6 or so weeks later. Then if that works, I may plant those potatoes next August. I have high hopes, but things don't usually go as planned for me!

[@Maria-ql3fc]

They won't be your normal potato vines, so give them plenty of room.

[@davidward1259]

I was going to use our large grow bags for some carrots, but apparently we missed a few small 'taters when we did the harvest from the spring planting. I have 3 bags that have very healthy plants in them so, technically we will have a fall crop, but I did not knowingly plant them. It's too late for use to stick any more in the other bags as our first frost is usually the 1st week of November (less than 90 days from now). But my Evangeline sweet potatoes should be ready next week by my planting date.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Where did you buy your slips for the Evangeline?

[@davidward1259]

@@Maria-ql3fc Sprout Mountain Farms in NC. You can order them online, and they usually ship the first of June each year.

[@jonthornton4083]

Trav planted alba’s in grow bags in spring did well . Want to plant in my raised beds for fall can I just use sprouting red potatoes from store got a bag in pantry full of sprouts and have 2 open beds.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

You can, I have done that more than once.

[@rickmorrissey1852]

My soil was 50 /50 mix cow manure and black top soil. Had major problem with Colorado beetle but sprayed home defence on tops and it killed them off

[@robertclifford1423]

I planted a bunch of old potatoes the same day. Last year I had terrible Colorado Potato Bugs with the ones I planted in the spring. Hoping to avoid that with a fall crop!

[@Hardlyable]

I had some smaller Yukon Golds leftover from my spring harvest that had started sprouting so I'm trying a fall harvest for the first time with these. Still real hot here in SC also so curious to see if they will grow or if the smaller spuds survive the heat and humidity.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

I might as well plant my potatoes because they are all sprouting. I kept them in a cool dark place to. I don't think I'll grow the red Norland again

[@JanetLavoie]

No time for potatoes to grow to maturity in Maine!. And really bad year for gardening in general in my area. Hoping for better year next year! Just too much rain.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Oh how we would have welcomed some of your rain in the southern states. Hopefully the good Lord will provide in the coming year.

[@FourSeasonFarming]

Important update

[@danielpapp3995]

It was so upsetting I grew taters all through the summer it rained so bad here but the plants look good so when it finally came time to harvest I pulled all the plants out tipped over all of my giant black nursery containers and the dirt was sopping wet and smells like the bottom of a pond and all I can find in there was potato skins all my potatoes rotted away

[@mutantryeff]

Can you show us your thinking cap? Is it different from your farming cap?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Same cap. I do have a Tilley hat that's my "camping cap."

[@coreycoley72]

Hey what type of raised bed are y'all using I need something deep like that.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We got them here: ollegardens.com/?ref=8gpQRg15c39_Js You can use the code "lazydogfarm" for 10% off.

[@wallybruns4035]

I noticed you putting the potatoes in pretty quick. Do you not have to make sure the sprouts are pointing up? Thanks.

[@LazyDogFarm]

We do when planting cut potatoes. But these whole potatoes have sprouts all over them, so we just try to put most of the sprouts facing upwards.

[@barbaraengle768]

Hazlehurst,1st time planting fall potatoes,how often should I fertilize during season?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I usually fertilize at each hilling. Once when the plants are about 8" tall and another when they're 2' tall or so.

[@rickygee8412]

💪🏽 Tater Time

[@b.hudgens3376]

How often will you water them?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Every other day once they get up and going -- assuming no rainfall.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

I am so sorry to report I planted 2.5lbs of potatoes from Wood Prarie. I did all their recommendations. From that all I got was 9 pounds if potatoes. I did every good thing one should do to grow potatoes. Just saying, last year I used the same method, planted fewer potatoes and harvested twice as many Wood Prarie not a fan at this time

[@margaret2222]

I am in Zone 6a in Ohio so I don't think there is any way I could do a fall harvest of potatoes. We get a first frost in October so not enough time here.

[@odangreally6165]

What zone are u

[@LazyDogFarm]

8b

[@Lmmixs]

I have a problem of planting potatoes they were sprout and eventually die because of rott

[@joycebovee5818]

Does it matter how you place the potatoes in the ground with respect to the eyes of the potatoes? For example, do the eyes need to be on the bottom?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I usually try to put the eyes up. But on these whole potatoes with sprouts all over them, that's tough to do.

[@milliealford8968]

I thought I read somewhere that if you plant whole potato, you will get only vines? That's why I planted slips??. This is my 1st year, so I don't know?? Please let me know. I would rather do your way. Thanks PS I just planted sweet potato slips here in NC. Am I too late. To early? Appreciate you.

[@margaret2222]

I planted some whole potatoes this year and had a great harvest in Ohio using 5 gallon buckets. I have never planted sweet potatoes so I can't speak to that.

[@minime8048]

slips???.. your confusing yourself with sweet potatoes .

[@MissMom6]

Yes, slips are what’s planted for sweet potatoes. They need to grow all summer, and they LOVE the heat! Irish potatoes (regular potatoes) are planted in Spring and Fall - they don’t like the heat.

[@TMesser74]

Yes, plant slips for sweet potatoes. Chit and cut or plant whole for regular potatoes. You’re probably too late now to plant slips for sweet potatoes.

[@JMJWill]

Not in 7B, or are first1-10 Oct and no room to plan