Raised Beds vs Grow Bags: Which Potato Harvest was Bigger?

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[@melissaschloneger9902]

I have a terribly rocky bed that grew more potatoes by far than my grow bags. I also found that those in big pots did not produce as much as the terrible soil

[@ginamansfield4376]

Great experiment! I learned several things. My Yukon Golds in raised beds didn’t do very well either this year. I’m definitely going to try grow bags or 5 gallon buckets next year. Glad you mentioned 1 seed potato per 5 gallon bucket. Thanks for the tip! TN, Zone 7.

[@danbouchard6780]

Ok, I think you need to go out and recheck your grow bags. The best way to harvest a grow bag is to pick it up and dump it into a wheelbarrow. Also, you didn't dig very deep in your raised bed either. I'm thinking you may have more potatoes deeper. Use your hands, not a shovel.

[@danbouchard6780]

@@vickyannpaintingwithoils I'm aware of what she is doing. It's hardly controlled. How would dumping the bag and getting ALL the potatoes out affect the control. This entire video proved nothing.

[@allon33]

Yes, she is in a hurry, focused on KZbin and not the garden.

[@Texasymbols]

Looking forward to see how the other potatoes did!

[@lindysmallwood2039]

Would like to see how they did in the greenstalk

[@smithyrayner]

I loved this video. I'm growing for the first time and because I had no idea.... I've planted about 7 different types of potatoes. I hadn't weighed them but can see the value in doing so x😊

[@Beaguins]

I really enjoy test videos. I know it's a lot of work, but I appreciate the work. This year I'm trying two plants instead of three in each grow bag. With three I got pretty small potatoes, so I'm hoping for better size this year. Time will tell!

[@thebeginnersgarden]

That was my thought behind doing only two in each grow bag, when technically three would work. I would love to do a comparison like you're doing. Would love to hear how your two potato experiment compares to the three!

[@keithpowell5336]

I live in central Arkansas as well. Didn't grow potatoes this year, nice harvest, but I have the same issues you describe. Looks like I might try these purple ones next year :)

[@debbiedowers3927]

My Adirondak blues and reds didn’t do well in our heavy clay soil (Oklahoma zone 7). The foliage has completely died back and the potatoes are small. I have one blue in a raised bed, and it’s still growing. Raised beds will be the way to grow future crops for me.

[@thebeginnersgarden]

Yeah, I kept noticing year after year that my ground bed yields were always lower. Clay soil here, too. This year was the first year I didn't go to the effort. It's so much more labor to plant seed potatoes in clay soil, and the results weren't justifying the labor.

[@definitelyp8652]

Potting mix is the key because their is more nutrients.

[@KSchiro]

I had 2 russet potatoes in 10 gal grow bags this year. It was a very disappointing harvest. 5 small potatoes per bag. Last time I'll use grow bags for potatoes.

[@scottlarkin4748]

I will not grow in grow bags again. I had to be the helicopter gardener and constantly worrying about water and nutrients

[@mrs.rogers7582]

Bags require more watering and a confined space. I hate the felt grow bags. Super hard to pull the roots out of the bag. Hands down raised bed. Gives plants room to grow.

[@terifitzgerald9483]

I have to laugh. I love my felt bags. Wouldn't do potatoes any other way.