I'll Never Buy Potatoes Again Here's Why!

[@simplifygardening]

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[@timclarke4171]

Thanks for the spud vids in 30ltr containers Tony i'v bought 20 this year and had good results with first and 2nd early with your advice . i'll be harvesting my main crop soon .one question . i've returned the same compost back into the pots after adding blood fish n bone plus organic potato fertilizer ,,i know i could use a black bag to cover the pots until next march but would'nt it be good if oakland gardens could supply black plastic lids ? .

[@csehszlovakze]

do you have a video about potato-based bread?

[@JoppeOSL]

In the introduction of the video you say that the "supermarkets store to potatoes up to a year before selling them" witch is correct.please give a outlay of when you harvest potatoes and depending on your harvesting sycle how long do you store your homegrown potatoes?

[@sukotu23]

I've scoffed at using containers before but I'm not sure why - I guess because it seems less natural? The results speak for themselves though. My grandparents would store potatoes in chests of damp sand and layered turf - would store for ages apparently. Off to check out your vid on storage now, thanks!

[@jankent5677]

Where in the UK is your accent from please?

[@davidsmith663]

I paid £8 a 25kg last year, direct from the farmer. Even at the green grocers they were only £12.50. I still grow most of my own spuds purely for the flavour and knowing what's been done to them. The supermarkets pay little to the farmers, but charge you the earth. Depriving them of their profits is an added bonus to me.

[@simplifygardening]

A friend bought from my local farmer 2 weeks ago 27.50

[@PazLeBon]

13 euros here

[@ronallens6204]

Worked for a farmer who stored his for a better price, one year the inspector did not do his job and the barn turned to mush

[@simplifygardening]

@@ronallens6204 ouch a costly mistake

[@meneldil7604]

@@simplifygardening are local farm£28 for 25kg

[@kickpublishing]

As a woodworker who produces skips full of sawdust I have seen how well volunteer potatoes which have escaped from my greenhouse grow in piles of wet sawdust outside my workshop. I now grow amazing potatoes in a mixture of one handful of soil to one bucket of sawdust. Harvesting them couldn’t be easier and they grow huge because the mixture is so soft. Any local joinery shop will thank you for taking away as much sawdust as you can carry.

[@jamescpalmer]

Yeah just be careful you're not growing them in MDF mate or you'll get real problems XD

[@GenZMother]

@@jamescpalmerGood call. Most particle board that’s moisture resistant has formaldehyde in it too.

[@LaFanfanTulipe]

I had workers who came to my house and threw sawdust in a small part of my organic garden. I was not too happy as I believe this sawdust might have chemicals. I made sure to get rid of the sawdust. However, potatoes! They are the easiest thing to grow, and they taste wonderful. I get so many potatoes that I distribute them to my neighbors and friends. In the store one Russel potato costs one dollar! What a rip off. I do the same with my peaches, strawberries, and tomatoes. I can them and give them to my friends and my family. I believe everyone should do the same.

[@WimtenBrink]

Thing is, potatoes are a valuable food products because they can be stored very, very long. My grandparents had a farm and would harvest potatoes and store them in the dark, where they could stay throughout all of Winter up until the next summer and right before the next harvest. Keep in mind that potatoes are seasonal products so if you want to eat them in Spring, you need to have stored them since the last harvest in Fall. The amount of work needed to plant and harvest your own potatoes is also costly. There are various diseases that can waste your whole harvest. And you will spend hours of work taking care of your plants before you can harvest them. And you have to remember that the potato plant is actually poisonous! That makes them a bit dangerous to compost.

[@simplifygardening]

yes thats great and i store a long time too, its not the duration thats the issue but the process, because what happens to the tubers when brought out of storage makes a huge difference I have a video coming on that dont worry

[@rogerphelps9939]

Nah. Unless you like eating compost. Anyway the toxins will degrade very rapidly.

[@danyoutube7491]

Lots of plants are poisonous Wimten, but you don't need to worry about composting them, they won't pass on their poisonous compounds to the next plants which grow in that compost. People routinely compost all sorts of garden waste, much of which comes from inedible plants which, if eaten, would cause humans varying degrees of discomfort or harm, but there is no danger in composting such plants. As long as one doesn't eat the potato plant directly, there is no danger.

[@WimtenBrink]

@@danyoutube7491 That actually depends on the poison that's in the plant. The poisons in potatoes are solanine and chaconine but these poisons will just cause discomfort. These glycoalkaloids are not destroyed during the composting process. After 6 months, half of these are still in the compost. Plants can still absorb them and thus hold these glycoalkaloids when you eat them. But these glycoalkaloids will just cause discomfort so at most your stomach becomes upset and you're gonna be on a porcelain throne a lot. Kidney beans are also poisonous when eaten raw. Tomato plants are poisonous too, but we only eat the fruits. Rhubarb leaves are also poisonous, yet we eat only the stalk. Cassava is the most poisonous plant eaten by humans as it contains cyanide, yet processed properly it becomes safe. But I'm more worried about diseases that can affect your compost. There are several potato viruses that survive the compost pile and will continue to infect your next harvest. There are also several fungi and bacteria that will survive the whole composting process and this is generally a reason for farmers to rotate the crops on their fields so these diseases will disappear after a while. Once your soil and compost becomes infected, you would need to replace it all or let it rest for a year or more. But the problem is that it takes time for these diseases to be detected and once that happens, your harvest will fail and you will not be able to harvest on that ground for a while. Well, no potatoes, at least.

[@rasserfrasser]

@@WimtenBrink Touché, Wimten. Thanks for the info!

[@SimonCoates]

The term "Cheap as Chips" no longer applies... unless you grow your own spuds. I thought I'd miss the experience of digging up my harvest by growing in containers but it's way more convenient, easier and it's still like digging for gold 😂

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah it’s exciting without the back breaking work

[@Selfsufficientme]

Top tater vid Tony! Freshness is the number 1 for me. Buying supermarket potatoes only for them to go green within days is infuriating 👍🙂

[@simplifygardening]

I’m with you on that pal. Hope your good

[@Vlekka]

2 great growers on 1 channel! You are both inspirational!

[@shovelspade480]

I love how some of my favorite green fingered KZbins are connected.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Try shopping at a local greengrocer if such a thing still exists in England.

[@lizarutherford2477]

@@helenamcginty4920sadly, very few and far between….😢

[@freakygardener8033]

This past January 1st, I bought 10 lbs of potatoes, from the grocery store, specifically for planting. I did a HORRIBLE job taking care of them, and I still got approximately 37-38 lbs back. I don't know if I can save any of these, to seed next year, but I definitely intend to do it again next year, and take better care of them, so I can get a BIG harvest! I think I have seen all (or at least most) of your potato videos, and another guy I like is "home grown veg" You guys are both awesome!!! 👍👍

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks I appreciate that

[@tubthump]

You get more choice of varieties and likely better crops if you buy seed potatoes

[@essex__rider]

This is the first year I've grown food, following your potatoes in pots videos, I've had the best potatoes ever! I can't wait for the christmas harvest now!

[@simplifygardening]

Thats awesome hopefully you get a great harvest just watch for late blight

[@simbad307]

Great video. We grew potatoes from some old shop bought potatoes that were sprouting in the pantry. People kept telling me you shouldn't plant them. We planted making sure they had no more than two sprouts, removing the remaining sprouts and they were a fantastic eat. The only downside is we have no idea what variety they were, just "British white potato"

[@simplifygardening]

They willn grow fine they just wont be certified disease free

[@ibrstellar1080]

The thumb nail pretty much sums up Tony as the Potatoe King.

[@simplifygardening]

Awe thank you so much :)

[@RaithUK]

This has been our first year of growing ever and ok we have had mixed results but that is for a mix of reasons but even complete newbies we managed to grow a large container of new potatoe size and on the second round a tub of medium sized ones so we are getting better and better with each generation. Thanks Toni.

[@simplifygardening]

Thats what its all about. every year expand your knowledge and get better results. its just like learning anything

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Potatoes are some of the easiest things to grow, which is why I do since every year, even if I don't do anything else

[@simplifygardening]

@@johntheherbalistg8756 worth doing

[@andersonomo597]

The fun of digging them up is reason enough for me. So easy to grow and homegrown potatoes taste SOOO good!

[@simplifygardening]

Agreed :)

[@beatcat1265]

Yes it's like Christmas 😆 I love it!

[@andersonomo597]

You do realize there's thousands of potato farmers who are laughing at us right now, but yes, I AM like a kid at Christmas when I dig up spuds! Happy gardening! @@beatcat1265

[@beskamir5977]

Potatoes are insanely easy to grow, especially in containers with new soil/compost each year so there's little to no pest pressure. I've been using about the same amount of spaces as you have but not getting the same kinds of insane yields. Only enough to feed us for about a month, but then my season's really short (3ish months), I prefer tasty varieties rather than high yielding ones, I'm too lazy to regularly fertilize them, sunlight's limited due to shade, etc.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah they do need the feed and sun u could implement auto feeding but u would require more sun

[@LilPistacho]

@@simplifygardening Also isn't this like once a year thing? i mean i and my family eat about a sack of potatoes each month. Easier and more convenient to buy them at the store yeah a bit more expensive and taste might not be the best but just better and lets us enjoy it through out the year. We also would need to make space/get the supplies to do all this each year so be about what $200-$300 each year or more if we want a big yield.

[@GardenerScott]

Great information, Tony! You're so right that flavor can't be beat. Thanks for another top-notch video.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for watching Scott. Sorry not been in touch had real bad burnout

[@TheGrowUpChannel]

I did the same on my channel this year Tony! 20 buckets and they are storing well. You can't beat Homegrown! I haven't harvested all mine either. They store well in the buckets. Great video Tony 🌱

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks mate, they do store well in the buckets until the cold starts to warm then u have to get them out or they will sprout

[@sandraking9650]

Tony, are you emptying the dirt in the buckets & replacing potatoes to store or just pulling the potatoes as needed? Thankyou

[@ufoman4468]

Fantastic tips and advice from Tony as always . All for free. Whats not to love. Top bloke Tony. Many thanks for all you do for new growers like me.

[@simplifygardening]

Very welcome., Glad you enjoyed it

[@EnlightenedPatriot1]

I absolutely agree. He has really inspired me and I have leaned so much, even being 77 soon. FAR better results this year after many years of 'dabbling', with disappointing results, 3rd raised bed being next for the coming year. My old, but reconstituted, compost will be used to help fill that, plus my own home-made.

[@allotmentjoy]

You're right Tony. I don't think many look at the back of a pack of potatoes to see what variety they're consuming. It's all dumbed down to white, red or baby potatoes. I agree fully with the taste and I also grow mine in these buckets, courtesy of your potato videos and Oakland Gardens. I think it's also down to the soil you use but even then, the quickness of going into the garden or terrace, picking a few carrots, cabbage, peas and a few potatoes and cooking them up that day is second to none. 🌱🥔

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah its worlds apart and those who always say about u can get stuff cheap in the supermarket obviously have never had home grown

[@susanblauss5829]

Thanks to Tony’s videos, I now grow my potatoes in empty feed bags. Great results, nags last two years so it’s nice to recycle them and not just throw away. The potatoes come out great and free up garden bed space. And when the frosts comes here in Zone 6B I can drag the bags into the greenhouse and have fresh potatoes year round

[@simplifygardening]

Perfect Susan. and thats exactly why growing in a container or bag is key

[@snsnplpl]

I used 50 pound dog food bags (both Walmart store brand and Purina) and after 6 months in the Virginia sun/humidity/ heat, the bags were breaking down. The exterior and interior plastic layers were breaking into little pieces (getting plastic bits into my grow medium) and the bag itself would rip when lifted up. I will not be using those kinds of bags again.

[@lauraweiss7875]

I grew potatoes for the first time this summer. Learned a lot, and I’m enjoying the modest harvest.

[@simplifygardening]

Expand on that now for next year.

[@charlesdunn4757]

Been following your videos for few years but recently taking more notice as your very informative especially with the amount of work i need to do in my garden.and seeing what you can grow in your garden has give me the kick i need as your only a few mile from me so if you can grow it theres no reason i cant

[@simplifygardening]

Great to hear Charles! We have a great climate to grow when its not like the rain we are having atm

[@charlesdunn4757]

@@simplifygardening we currently got a fair amount of rain ATM.does help fill the water barrels mind

[@dinkc64]

I grew potatoes by accident last year and they were quite simply the best tasting spuds I'd ever eaten. They reminded me of those really great spuds you get at an expensive steak restraunt in the U.S. back in the late 80s. .. but better! Cheers guy!

[@HabitualHobbies]

I grow in only containers and tried my had with potatoes earlier this summer. I didn't get nearly this many and mine werent this big, but it was a decent start for my first time! I grew from storebought potatoes so they werent the highest quality seed potatoes. Next time I'll place them in a more sunny location, as well! Thanks for the tips!

[@simplifygardening]

Thats awesome Every year we are all learning

[@ryanbeard1119]

They probably get better season aft season

[@HabitualHobbies]

@@ryanbeard1119 That's what I'm going for! I do eventually want to use bought seed potatos so that I can know which varieties I have! Although, I will continue with store bought potatoes for now as I learn the ins and outs of growing them! Thanks!

[@ryanbeard1119]

@@HabitualHobbies can you grow them inside with windows light

[@HabitualHobbies]

@@ryanbeard1119 sadly, I dont have any windows that provide much light. I do have a grow light, but potatoes would take up too much of the space.

[@DS-hq6oi]

I live in a rural community surrounded by farms I can get a 50lb bag full fresh out of the ground for $10, If people leave their comfort zones and travel outside city limits there's a huge variety of farm fresh veggies being sold at local farmers markets and even out of the back of trucks on the side of the highway.

[@ausfoodgarden]

I've never prioritized growing potatoes as I only have a small growing space so concentrate on herbs, leafy greens, tomatoes, and capsicum over summer, and any other expensive or hard-to-find veg that I can grow. Last year I grew some store-bought off cuts with eyes in a couple of pots and got a decent crop. They did taste great. This year I've got 6 big vented pots again filled with potatoes from the store that started to grow. I'm expecting a nice harvest. Oh, I'm in Australia, so Spring here right now.

[@simplifygardening]

Once you start the taste difference will keep you doing it even if only a single plant

[@lisacraig1894]

Thank you for the raised cage, mulch, and drip irrigation ideas. All do-able! Oh, 8 gallon buckets(?); used old feed bags last year in about 10 square feet (4 starts per bag); and got about 30-50 pounds of small potatoes, to fill my two fresh bins in the fridge! A gardener, so have more 5 gallon buckets in the yard! Actually double dug a 50 square foot area, sprouted the potatoes-and am going to compare a 50 square foot area of bucket raised to see which produces more. Thanks for the idea of wrapping the potatoes after they have dried for a week; will try that instead of only fridge method to keep them until the next spring. Just harvested about 7.5 sandwich bags of leeks (after cleaning and chopping); and cooking leek n cheese biscuits while watching this (following a Bisquick garlic and Cheese recipe)! Extra for Church meal too! Have fun!

[@amygriffith3598]

Another great video, Tony! Thank you! I definitely want to grow more of our own food! I noticed you switched from the cattle panels (in your linked vid), to what looks like a wood trellis now. Just wondering what didn’t work well with the panels. Thanks!

[@simplifygardening]

So nice of you. Yes I did a video on it last year. the cattle wire worked well but in high winds the small surface area caused bending of the foliage the timber has a bigger area and stops that happening

[@amygriffith3598]

@@simplifygardening thank you, I’ll go find that video. 😊

[@mgreg8134]

I used to work for a potato grower in my teen years many years ago. The potatoes were harvested in late summer and then transported to potato warehouse where they were kept at a constant 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the dark, this keeps the potatoes from sprouting. When they get an order from a supermarket they use huge hoses like fire hoses to wash the potatoes into a trough which moves them towards the wash plant. When they wash the potatoes the place I worked at sorted them by size and any rotten or bad potatoes were picked out by hand. The small potatoes are saved for seed potatoes for the next season.

[@boek2777]

My dad belonged to the Danish resistance during WWII. Friendly wording: he seldom had enough food to feel full. What the resistance did was to store cooked potatoes for a day or two before eating them. Potatoes contain loads of starch that will break down to sugger after cooking (that's why potatoes taste different even an hour after being cooked). They still contain the same amount of calories but it takes less calories to eat and get that energy (net benefit). The cool thing is that the potatoes taste better after being cooked and stored since some of the starch is converted into sugger. I can afford professionally made candy but this is the modernized recipe I learned from my dad: Boil potatoes. Put them in a cold and dry place for one to two days (the refrigerator is suitable). They should look slightly brown and dry with some slime on the surface when ready to eat 😇 Serve as snacks with salt and white pepper or on the darkest bread you can find, as the hardiest meal you ever had (salt and pepper there too). It isn't chocolate but it is somewhat candy made from 100.0% potato. It isn't bad if skipping salt/pepper but..

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for sharing that, its very interesting

[@Helperbot-2000]

well yesterday i ate some leftovers including boiled potatoes that had been in the fridge for 2 days, i didnt notice any different taste when i microwaved them again, they tasted just like freshly boiled potatoes. so is it specific potatoes only?

[@akatsukiawsome13]

Breakdown of starch is exothermic proportional to the energy put in. This heat generated during digestion should in theory subtract from the body’s caloric expense for heating and thereby roughly break even. I suppose if fat reserves had to be burnt to do the initial reaction it may not be a fair resource exchange.

[@dustyflats3832]

Potatoes that are stored too cold will be sweet-not too appealing.

[@SuperRocketdog1]

Hello …just came across your video. I’m amazed at what you were saying! I’m now going to grow my potatoes. I did it but it was years ago! I have subscribed and going to look at your other videos. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us!💕🥰❤️❤️👍👍🇬🇧

[@simplifygardening]

Wonderful! welcome to the channel hope you enjoy the content

[@amblonyxx]

Started my first compost pile this week! I'm hoping that i can replicate your potato results!

[@simplifygardening]

Making your own compost is key

[@Nmo6835]

@simplifygardening… looking forward to searching your wonderful videos ❤️❤️we need your knowledge TERRIBLY now especially!!

[@kbjerke]

I planted several different varieties in several different locations and soils. (All natural!) I have harvested only a few plants but we've been eating like royalty!!! There's lots more to come, and preserve for the winter. Thank you for your videos!!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for sharing!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

Growing potatoes at home has been a game changer. So much more available than the handful (or less) of varieties the grocery store carries.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah really does open things up

[@PazLeBon]

theres farmshops all over the place nowadays

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@PazLeBon There are a couple in my general area but not nearby. Potatoes are not a common thing to see at the farmers market near me either. Potatoes being a low value crop compared to lettuce, carrots..etc. There is nothing like growing your own where you choose exactly what you want.

[@skinnyWHITEgoyim]

I grew over 300 pounds of potatoes this year. All from around 20 lbs of seed potatoes. I used mostly really big seed potatoes because I wanted really strong plants. Planted on top of the ground and gave a good coat of bone meal and pelleted chicken manure. Then covered with old spoiled hay, grass clippings and leaves. Added more mulch just once and had many turn green. Won't make that mistake again next year. Still did awesome overall.

[@simplifygardening]

Another great way to grow them

[@alph8654]

Sounds like you should have added mulch more often.

[@ameliagfawkes512]

We were just saying how we never have enough of those 30l tree pots in our garden and had planned to buy a few more as I do every year from one supplier or another, so the link saved quite a bit - thank you. I use them for everything from growing potatoes and other plants to storing riddled compost and wood collected for kindling. I'll be moving blueberries into some of them.

[@simplifygardening]

Same here they are used for everything here not just growing potatoes

[@fisk7370]

Homegrown potatoes are 10x better than store bought

[@simplifygardening]

Could'nt agree more

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Good morning, Tony, from Windermere, Florida 9b USA 🇺🇸 I've been Gardening for over 50 years, I'm 73, and I've never tried potatoes 🥔 But I think you've given me the courage to try👍 ❤Peggy❤

[@simplifygardening]

Perfect Peggy it is why I make these videos and growing this way is so easy to do too

[@stephengreen6338]

Well Tony, I not only can hear the passion you have concerning potatoes, you can feel the passion, I only have a very small garden, but you know what even if I can only grow a few for Christmas dinner, I will!, cheers Tony

[@simplifygardening]

So nice of you. I think as people grow their first potato and taste the difference in homegrown to store bought then i dont think they will ever go back

[@EnlightenedPatriot1]

Same here, but I have been surprised just how many places I have managed to squeeze them in, with hardly a square foot wasted. It just takes a bit of imagination sometimes, like under my hedge, round my patio edges, my log cabin veranda, etc. FAR more than I got in my 3x5m patch last year, just 3 rows sharing space with other sizable plants like kale.

[@ChilliChump]

Great information as always mate. Can't believe they store them for a year! Wow. Today I learned!

[@simplifygardening]

I know, right? Crazy isnt it mate. those tube blast freezing air through the sheds keeping the just above freezing temps

[@AlmostOrganicDorset]

Highly doubtful they do.

[@FeedtheSearch]

Farmers use Maleic hydrazide on the growing potato crop to prevent cell division and sprouting - I found that out on Tony's blog. That way that can extend the storage.

[@hstwodrainage.1410]

When I grew potatoes for sale commercially the most I got was £2:50 per 56Lbs / 25 KG. I sold them in 56Lbs as that was the weight machine did, I did not have a metric weigher. I put 56Lbs in on the scales then put 2 handfuls in on top. £2:50 per bag was £I00:00 per ton, the bags cost £8:00 per hundred. Then went up to £I2:00 at the end.

[@Bob_Adkins]

My potatoes were abysmal, I had too many big trees and live in a very hot area. I gound a potato growing great in a pile of oak leaves, so I planted in a row of oak leaves. I couldn't believe the improvement, or that they would grow in such bitter, acidic leaves that weren't even mulched. They weren't perfect or prolific, but so much better than soil.

[@alansallotment]

amazing harvests again Tony, your an absolute master at it, and your right all the varieties we have we are spoiled for choice

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly Alan. So spoiled

[@KKnight7488]

Thank you for the wonderful video! My husband and I are gardening for the first time this year and had planned on container growing potatoes. So really useful information. We are in the U.S.. where would you get quality seed potatoes?

[@GrungyBev]

Thanks for the promo code. Just ordered 10 containers for next year.

[@simplifygardening]

Fantastic! I am sure you will love them as I do

[@agoogilyshnog]

It’s my third year gardening but 1st following your advice. I can’t get 8 gallon plastic containers where I live but I found 8 gallon grow bags. Planted 39 bags, have harvested 80 pounds from 32 of them so far. I’m so happy. Thank you!

[@simplifygardening]

That is awesome! Well done. The bags work fine they just dry out quicker and take longer to warm up, but you will still get a good crop

[@agoogilyshnog]

@@simplifygardening watering every 3 days in the spring, but then every other day when we got to the heat of the summer seemed to be sufficient

[@johnndavis7647]

I grew potatoes in 5 gallon buckets last year. I planted five buckets every month. So, once the first set of buckets were ready to dump i got about ten pounds every month. I live in Florida so I can grow things year around. I got my potatoes through a freeze but when the temps got over 90F the seed rotted. So I didn't get a harvest in July or August. I think that I am going to try starting them in yogurt cups indoors. Then once I've got roots and shoots move them outdoors and see if they will make it. I think this year that I am going to scale up and try to grow more for my extended family and friends. Thanks for all you do. John Davis Jax Fl USA

[@simplifygardening]

Its great if you can grow indefinitely because successional sowings make life easy with no glut

[@DinaDunlop]

Thanks for the link, I bought 10 x 30 litre buckets for £30. What a bargain. I watch all your videos and have learned so much Tony. Cheers, Mike from Edinburgh

[@simplifygardening]

Fantastic Mike. Yes its an awesome deal and they will be with you before you know it

[@dioniciotorres4290]

It's true 100%. I'm from a large game fowl ranch , where I played amateur farmer. We feed our fowl high quality food so they produce excellent fertilizer. Reduce household waste and grow great fruits and lots of veggies. If you can use a small area of ground you should try it.

[@Michauu]

I used to work at local farmer. He harvested about 100 trailers of potatoes in september and by May they were sold out. Before selling they went through sorting process.

[@gaatjeniksaan336]

I live in an area where potatoes are grown in abundance commercially. They sell also on stands from their farms, meaning I always eat fresh potatoes :)

[@MessyTimes]

You are an inspiration, thank you.

[@phirst55]

Welcome back,, it's been a while since I've seen you on KZbin,, great advice and sound logic,, most commercial grown potatoes are sprayed with chemicals to stop them sprouting while in storage

[@simplifygardening]

Much appreciated! Ive had burnout and needed a break. its been 6 months but never had burnout like it in 13 years

[@tammyohlsson7966]

Glad you took a break. If your fuel tank is empty, you can’t give to anyone! Last year I had a great container harvest following your method. Blessings!

[@lexington476]

5:59 bingo, I have a lot of potatoes planted this year. Need to harvest them this weekend, then plant the fall potatoes.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah cost of living these days is expensive

[@TheScholar72]

Zone 5? Or 6 like me. Although I planted mine very early.

[@travisgarrett9398]

One year I had some volunteer red potatoes from potatoes that I just through into the garden. I had never had a fresh potatoe straight out of the garden before. They were so good!

[@simplifygardening]

A world of difference in flavor and texture

[@unwindingmeditation4577]

Great video man...what variety is the one you setup on your thumbnail ad the red one you showed

[@EnlightenedPatriot1]

I am so pleased I bought some of those 30L tubs you recommend, early this year. As yet, I have only harvested my 1st Earlies and the taste is incomparable to shop-bought produce. I have yet to harvest my Cara and King Edward main crops. Tbh, I am not sure at when best to time that, the foliage all being quite dead, but will try one this weekend. My new venture into planting veg in maximum quantities and varieties (with the tubs filling every square foot available) has been very successful, apart from plants bolting/going to seed (the bees loving the many yellow broccoli flowers I left growing) and my biggest disaster, some 75% failure, to date, of my tomato crop. Around 24 plants, at least about 10 fruits on each? Some in an 8'x6' greenhouse, most outside. All romped on in the weeks of fine, sunny, weather, healthy fruit festooned everywhere, cherry, plum and beefsteak. Then, 3-4 weeks of constant rain and many have now rotted. I put that down to me, seemingly allowing them to be over-watered over that cold, wet and windy 3 weeks or so. It now turns out that tomato blight is likely to blame (even Monty Don's reported suffering the same fate) so I can now feel less guilty, if correct. Much usable has been used for chutney. Melon and peppers, only just setting, look like they are too late to develop? Thanks, Tony, for all you have taught me in your books and videos this year. I am reconstituting all the used potato compost (in a builder's woven 1t bulk bag) as you have advised (collecting mole hill soil just today from the adjacent golf course) ready for raised bed and ground use next year. It seems I need to burn diseased tomato plants.

[@simplifygardening]

when half the foliage turns yellow they are ready to be harvested

[@ryanfitzalan8634]

Tony, Id like to see you do some TPS potatoes experiments, maybe from some of you favorite varieties.

[@Neuralatrophy]

The flavour will have a lot to do with their sit time as well. As they rest they consume nutrients they have stored so in the end you're getting a deficient product, same goes for ALL your supermarket produce. Its typically picked early and ripened in transit which means its picked before its peak flavour and consumes a portion of the sugars and nutrients it does have to ripen.

[@anitawitt84]

Excellent info! We grew just over 300 lbs this year. Because potatoes won’t keep long term in Oklahoma, I’m canning most of them in quart jars but eating as many fresh as possible.

[@simplifygardening]

That is awesome!

[@christopherstacey1355]

what varieties are those potato's your showing in this vid please Tony, they look huge and so great! Thanks for making your videos for us to enjoy and learn from Tony, they are so helpful, thanks mate.

[@simplifygardening]

They are vivaldi

[@Ahaet]

Great video and advice in general. I do have a question about how to start this. I assume that just planting potatoes from the store wont yield the same as finding an more organic source. Where could i buy or how should i look for organic grown potatoes to start my own mini farm?

[@ExploringNatureTogether]

Fabulous vid!! Spot on for timing, and excellent advice!! A seriously impressive harvest so far, and no doubt more to come!! Gotta say, the size of those spuds... well... simply amazing!!😍

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly Chris appreciate it. Hope the rest of the harvest is as good

[@ExploringNatureTogether]

@@simplifygardening I have complete faith that it will be... you're the king of potatoes after all!!😉

[@NocturnalPyro]

Yeah we usually harvest crops a couple of times a year, so obviously we need to store them for a period, and any crops not sold will stay in storage.

[@susanbutterfly9579]

I love your message 😊 Thank you!

[@MemeKing44]

brilliant vid, looking forward to learning more about your fertilizing methods.

[@simplifygardening]

check out my last video

[@RickMarshallMaps]

Thanks for the great video. I’ve been looking for a good way to grow potatoes in containers

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@valentinbeholder]

Dude! Big UP to you from Czech Republic!

[@harmonicresonanceproject]

What a great video. I been building up to this for some time. Oakland look a really good company, their polytunnels look good too! Thanks.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@johndeti8836]

The growers have been cold storage of all foods in USA since around the mid 80's; picked green then stored in giant barns, then sent out as supply demands! Very little comes to stores we buy from rip or fully ripe any more...thxs for your video...namaste

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for the info

[@Meyohe]

U have convinced me to grow a dozen or so buckets of potatos using your method next year! Hope to see atleast half the amount of yield as you produce

[@simplifygardening]

You can do it!

[@foodsworthyoursalt5538]

My first year of growing potatoes - love it! I’m addicted. What is the best way to store them? No basement, Pacific Northwest of the United States. Thank you for your videos ❤

[@simplifygardening]

check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHbLh4OKhbupbLc

[@markmeyer9571]

Always great to see you, Tony!!! awesome information!!

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you kindly

[@southerneruk]

I always grow and buy Reds only, because there is less starch and more fibre they will last longer when keeping them

[@yvs6663]

my family has been growing potatoes at home since before i was born and it doesn't take much to be able to store them for a year or until the next seasons potatoes are ready. sure, they might look a bit deflated and it takes a pouder for the last box not to start sprouting. but for the frist 10 months, all it takes is a basement(dark, cold but not freezing space) and not washing them the way they do before they put them in store shelves.

[@MrPrissyPants]

love this...I was wondering why my store bought potatoes are always sprouting within a couple of days...a lot of times they are sprouting already before you bring it home!! I live in the north east of the USA...how do you deal with snow?

[@NotoriousPyro]

I bought a 4kg bag from Morrisons for £1. Didn't have to do any work for it. 25p per kg and they taste alright and are firm. Can't get much better than that.

[@tyriongambly3134]

Such a great deal on those containers, I wish they shipped to the US. Great video.

[@simplifygardening]

im looking for a partner to get them there

[@Johny40Se7en]

I'd love to have an easily accessible allotment to take all my own tools, ora decent sized back garden to use as one, but I don't. I buy from a local veggie farmer, sold covered in dirt straight from the harvest they do in a huge thick brown paper sack. Takes ages for them to sprout. I've even washed one then eaten half of it raw they taste that nice 😅😝 Great advice and video fella, especially about the various soils. Nice one bud 👍

[@GARDENER42]

One thing I'd mention is the quality of seed potatoes. I bought Swift, Charlotte & Desiree from a well known discount store. The Charlotte produced 20% less than my home saved seed potatoes & the Desiree produced an ugly, lumpy & scab ridden crop which certainly won't keep as desired. Next year, I'll pay significantly more & buy from elsewhere. Oh & I'll happily endorse the Oakland Gardens 30 litre containers, of which I now have 30.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah again your home grown seed is acclimatised to your conditions so a better chance for less stress

[@Da-Sheek]

There's no question that growing and harvesting your own food tastes so much better.

[@johnarizona3820]

Beautiful results!

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

Hi Tony. Where we live, Maine, it gets, and stays cold in the Winter. Everything must eventually come in doors. I can probably (most years) leave them in the soil grown in until mid to end of October. By then, in buckets, the soil will be dropping below 50 degrees and many nights low 30-40's. When it finally does get and stays below freezing, November, our cellar stays mid to high 40-50. Still in the safe zone to not have starch's turn to sugars, nor high enough to start sprouting, and stays there until early April. Our avg last frost is May 9-10, so between chitting, and planting we are still good, and be sprouting new potato plants mid to end of May. It's a perfect world. But then good old natural dormancy kicks in and it's game on, time to plant. I know different varieties of spuds have different amounts of "normal" dormancy. We've been setting aside, for 2 years, a couple dozen potatoes in a small fridge, and it worked. But once out of the fridge, some chitted in 2 weeks, some took 4 or more weeks. Once chitted and planted they grew and developed fine. 7+ months in a fridge. The comparison is, Scenario #1, free, but dependent on natural dormancy. I don't/can't have potatoes chitting in Jan-Feb. And many years we have. Too early and no greenhouse. Scenario #2, I've got an extra fridge running. Up goes the electric bill. Either way, potatoes stored normally, for any period of natural dormancy, lets say 4 months, does not taste, or cook the same as fresh out of the garden. They've been stored. Kind of a double edge sword when it comes to storage. Flavor, hands down, nothing better than bucket to oven. Only way to get that for a longer period of time is stagger planting. That was tested the last 2 years with earlies being dumped by end of June. Next year, several earlies and mids, will be put in the fridge for a month chitted and planted and left to grow until frost/freeze takes them. As a 2nd crop. Great vid Tony, TYFS

[@simplifygardening]

Your cliamate seems to be pretty close to mine. and its a perfect way to store

[@marta_na_moto]

I come from a Potato Country. Earthlings as we call them. When I was young each, autumn we would get those trucks selling potatos circling around the city. We would buy whole sacks of potatos and store them whole winter. They would get soft by early summer (We have a lots of recipes that require old potatoes :D ). But.. I so was shocked when I came to UK and saw potatoes spoil within days.. It is sadly coming to Poland too.. The potatoes are now what they used to be.. One day I hope to be able to home grow my own.

[@simplifygardening]

Just seems to be the way these days

[@zebbieloo7409]

Hi. I know im late to the party. Ive just started growing everything. How do i store for winter? I never want to eat from a supermarket ever again.

[@debbiehughes1358]

Hey Tony, has Oakland found a US distributor? Love love love your videos and your book Thank you for all you do.

[@simplifygardening]

No they haven’t I’m looking to spruce one I’ll keep on it

[@Suburp212]

All the peels , I put into the ground. I can harvest a Set of ( granted, small, due to our sandy soil) home grown potatoes. Great video.

[@simplifygardening]

Good stuff!

[@andyharpist2938]

I start my potatoes in big containers in the greenhouse about January with sprouting supermarket spuds. When they grow too large for the greenhouse I put them outside for a month or so ..then harvest. Then plant again in the same pots and get a second crop in September. Also, I always plant spare potatoes in the compost heap for extra crops for no effort at all.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah great I did a video that is linked in the description where i harvested 71lbs of potatoes from peelings i thre in the compost

[@PIESvcs]

Thanks, Tony. I have been telling lots lf people about your method and about the fact that commercial potatoes and onions are sprayed off with glyphosphate to harvest them earlier and desiccate the plant. I also read that McDonald's uses Russet Burbank exclusively to get long fries; their susceptability to disease means that they are sprayed extensively. So I am 'all in' for your 30 litre pot growing method. I just wondered if your 200 square feet includes space between rows of pots, if they are all bunched together as it appears from one shot in this video, or how many pots you're using for the 235 lb yield. Good work and thanks again for moving me on frim hilling up potstoes when other spring and summer crops require attention. All the best for your harvest!

[@PIESvcs]

Sorry, 48 pots is what you grew your 235 lbs in the referenced video. I just wondered if the 200 square feet included the pathways. It looks like your area was about 20 ft X 10 ft and (maybe) included one central pathway?

[@simplifygardening]

that did include the pathway. so i had 4 lines wide and20ft long

[@MartinEngelbrecht-ey3rl]

Tony, your potatoes are raised in love, and that's why they grow so well. Everything I know about potatoes is from your channel.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Martin. Im glad to pass it on

[@rickthelian2215]

Hello Tony 😊 Store or Greengrocer brought potatoes can be a nightmare especially if you want to make chips, even fresh ones can be full of starch, so if I run out of potatoes I need to buy them, but I need to boil them before frying 🧐 You can’t beat home grown potatoes, especially when your planting the brought potatoes in your garden the quality can be compared from the same Potato stock👨‍🌾 I agree Store potatoes are old and stored and chemicals treated for sprouting and even gassed to last longer whilst in storage. I Sydney Australia we can grow all year round except for January and February where it’s too hot. Prices have increased here too, we had floods iso there was a shortage for some time, but they are still expensive compared to a few years back even frozen chips have doubled in price I think the consumeris being ripped off as tooe farmer😊🇦🇺

[@simplifygardening]

yeah another issue of them being a year old in storage mate

[@escapetothequinta]

Hello, love the channel, what large potato variety would you recommend for dryer areas. Thankyou

[@simplifygardening]

Any of the sarpo will do well and vilvaldi are good too

[@explained3799]

Marvelous! I all but gave up on potatoes, but I am inspired to grow my own now. THANK YOU!

[@simplifygardening]

You can do it!

[@smallbackgardenplot7273]

Thank you for the Code Tony I’ve just bought more… love growing mine in them x

[@simplifygardening]

You are so welcome always happy to try save everyone a few quid

[@irisheyes5169]

I’ve just placed an order from your link for the potato pots - I’ve never grown potatoes so can’t wait to check out your video on how to do this! Thank you for inspiring me! 😊 Do you sell any of your potatoes on line? Would love to sample some 😋

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome! Thank you! No I don’t because they are not guaranteed disease free so I won’t sell them

[@adicsbtw]

4:30 Another major factor is growth rate Commercially produced crops have been selectively bred to grow quickly for fast turnover times, but doing that causes them to grow so quickly that they don't have time to build up key nutrients, especially certain micronutrients that we've never had to consider before because it was so plentiful in the past, like Lutein

[@simplifygardening]

Agreed

[@kennethcarter5720]

Hi Tony. Have you done any videos on storing potatoes correctly Thanks

[@happydaysveg1965]

Hi Tony, just one more reason to grow your own Spuds, is the happiness you get when you harvest them! lol. I put a chicken in to roast earlier today, and while it was cooking I went out and emptied a 30 lt container full of Charlotte spuds, you just cant beat it! Keep up the great work mate. Shaun.

[@simplifygardening]

Very true! Couldn’t agree more

[@luciarovetta4127]

Tony, any suggestion for where to buy 30l pots in the US? I haven’t been able to find a source of high quality pots at a decent price - I wish Oakland Gardens shipped outside the UK!

[@simplifygardening]

I’m still trying to find a source for you guys. You bet as soon as I do I will let you know

[@Zoeybeau_1]

Thanks Tony, I followed your method for Christmas potatoes, I've never grown in buckets before and only grown one crop ever.. But I've also planted up a 30 litre bucket for the adult kids, one each. 11 for me, and one for the neighbour. I've bought 30 of these buckets so far. I'll get another 10 ordered next week, and I can then use them all for early and later spuds.

[@simplifygardening]

thats awesome hope you dont get blight for ur xmas spuds

[@rickbear7249]

​@@simplifygardeningSee my comment on micro netting. It's based upon an experiment in New Zealand. Micro netting of very fine mesh appears to have staved off the late Blight that decimated my entire tomato crop.

[@alanfox2379]

Thanks for the saver code forthright pots from Oakland….wow what an amazing saving. Thanks again.

[@simplifygardening]

Our pleasure! Always trying to save you money

[@paulallum9503]

Great channel, looking forward to seeing more content.

[@simplifygardening]

More to come!