TPS potato reveal, four new varieties. Nov 2021

[@darkangelsoaps8258]

Liked and subscribed. Hello from kentucky in u.s.a. Getting my seed potatoes ready and enjoying these reveal videos. Good luck this season!

[@melclark281]

Very nice harvest, i just would like you to have a container to put the potatoes in

[@Pinkpumpkingardener]

You are a god 😅 growing TPS is very tedious & a lot of time & care I had one make it out of 10 😢 8 germinated 1 made it So awesome that you were able to do this so well ❤❤❤

[@donnalynn286]

Nice harvest

[@sabicat3337]

Ah those purple striped ones look like Masquerades! I’m growing those this year !!

[@micktepolt6276]

good job !

[@vivienneschnell4717]

I like the smaller tubers. You can just wash them and bung them in the pot or the oven, and they are fine to eat skin and all. They look good on the plate, more so than big tubers cut up do.

[@Dmoney4183]

I loved watching you outdoors can you make more outdoor chore videos but further away from the cam so we can see you? Great vid ty so much

[@chinatownboy7482]

Great. I've never seen potato grown from true seed. Quite informative,

[@danatomlinson3774]

For anyone who wants regular store sized potatoes, leave them alone until the greens are fully dead. You are not supposed to harvest until it dies fully, unless you want little potatoes.

[@kevinroome8286]

I must say that your Compost/Soil looks very Dry. Apart from that your Potatoes look ok😉👍

[@gardenlarder]

Yes, I let them dry out for harvest. It's much nicer dealing with dry soil than wet.

[@tata-pf1eb]

@@gardenlarder I love your videos. How often do you water the potatoes in a 7 days period?

[@gardenlarder]

@@tata-pf1eb It depends on the weather and how dry the soil is. I can't give a definite answer, but when in fabric growbags they need watering much more frequently than in the ground, often every day.

[@catche3362]

Is it possible to make a video showing us how you check if the plants are tetras or diploids, please?

[@almostoily7541]

Yes, I was wondering about that. And what significance it has as far as growing. Do some grow better than others in certain areas like onions? Things like that.

[@BillHimmel]

What about pollination? Do build bumble bee nests in your garden to ensure cross-pollination?

[@gardenlarder]

Potatoes are self pollinating, they don't need insects for that :) If you want to cross potatoes it's pretty easy to do it by hand though.

[@KristiContemplates]

Tetraploid X diploid = viable TPS?

[@jasons-jungle]

Very nice looking spuds there. Were these plants grown from TPS in the same season that you harvested them or were they grown from tubers produced and the previous years seedlings? I have it in my head that it should take me two or three years to get the plants to that level. Based on the "What the heck, why not" principle of crop planning I'm having a go at growing TPS from some seeds I picked from my UK allotment last year. Just growing a few plants, 20 - 30. Not sure if that will be big enough to get any decent results so looking forward to finding out. Enjoyed watching your video but wonering why they didn't turn up in my august search. Well no worries, I've found them now and subscribed

[@gardenlarder]

These are the year before seedlings. Thanks for subscribing :) Do you have a channel where you'll be showing your TPS results?

[@jasons-jungle]

@@gardenlarder Yes, I've a channel - Jasons Jungle which shows my allotment. My TPS playlist only has 3 vids at the moment - hopefully it will get updates through the year if I can

[@jasons-jungle]

@@gardenlarder I don't want to pester you but if you don't mind can I ask you a couple of questions. For the seedlings that I have sprouted this year what sized pots do you suggest growing them in? I was thinking 10 litre (2 gallon) flower buckets or would they be better in a smaller pot? I'm assuming that the plants this year would give me at best a handfull of small tubers. Next year these should gve me larger ones which on the third year I should be able to plant out the same way I plant normal seed potatoes and I will be able to see the full yield and growth of each type that has survived. Apart from the ones that self cull by producing no tubers, do you cull any in the first year?

[@gardenlarder]

@@jasons-jungle Ask away, I'm happy to answer questions. I don't know about the growing conditions in England, except for the KZbinrs who I follow from there who grow TPS. As long as your growing season is at least three months then you can get decent sized tubers on a seedling, even full sized tubers on some, so plant them in large containers or in the ground once you have transplanted them a couple of times to a size big enough to put in a large container. The tubers that you get from this years seedlings will be big enough to plant just like normal tubers, but if you don't have room then you should cull out the plants that produce small tubers and just keep the best. I cull a lot in the first year at harvest - tubers that are small, plants that produce long stolons, and those that are just unthrifty. Never be afraid to keep just the best of the season, you can always plant more seed next season. I generally plant a couple of hundred to 500 seedlings in a season and only keep the best dozen best performing plants. It can be hard to cull but unless you have a few acres you can't keep everything.

[@jasons-jungle]

@@gardenlarder Thank you

[@jodygrant1255]

Praise God for the bountiful harvest. Thanks for sharing