Why potatoes will always be #1

[@roberthealey7238]

The gmo issue is even worse than destroying heirloom seed lines: Farmers in the US have been sued because heir crops were contaminated with gmo pollen and the gmo companies claimed patent infringement against them. 😢 Not only did they lose their organic/heirloom crops but they were sued into oblivion by the seed companies. I don’t think this was an accident, I think the long term goal is to destroy all non-corporate seed to prevent people from growing their own food. 😠

[@johnpettigrew83]

Indeed. You can't patent a natural plant or seed. Only satanically modified earns a patent.

[@katie7748]

Definitely not an accident.

[@amandar7719]

Same multinational seed companies were having serious problems with their lab seeds becoming resistant to all manner of pest and fungicides and have raided Warwick University’s (UK) precious heritage seed bank to reboot genetic modifications. I hope Warwick University was generously rewarded! £$€£$€!

[@kelcyjones6513]

The book to read for evidence of this plot was published in the 90s: SACRED SEED

[@petrklic7064]

The best "superfood" are chicken EGGS. It is pure mix of essential amino acids and vitamins. This is why are "illuminati" destroying big poultry farms.

[@gwenfehr9156]

We planted 66 potatoes in one of our gardens. Ended up with about 360-380 pounds (163-172kg). They averaged 18 potatoes under each plant. Some were big enough to feed three people. We have been saving tomato seeds for one variety back to my great grandmother, so for about 100 years. My children are now the fifth generation to be using these seeds. Every year we save seeds, then in the spring start our own plants in the house. I have canned so many tomatoes this year. They were very abundant. I only grow the one variety. Very tasty.

[@sparks8934]

My mom canned her garden I gave her beautiful cannon stainless steel well made set away I regret that one.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Which variety? We've had great success with Purple Cherokee. They taste wonderful and they don't seem to have any bug or disease problems.

[@priinceanthonykoldd7071]

So you do get the seeds for your plants from another potato? How long do you wait until that potato is able to start to grow more potatoes?

[@sweetnspiceyone]

@@priinceanthonykoldd7071 when a 🥔 starts growing those yellowish green things they can be planted. You can cut the potstoe in half to grow 2 different plants. Just make sure you cut the other growth out and just leave one green root per section of potaoe you plant and it puts out energy to growing new tubers. You have to keep adding new dirt as the above ground green stalk grows because you don't want sun coming into contact with any potatoes under the ground growing. Anytime you see potatoes coming near the surface cover it with more mulch

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@priinceanthonykoldd7071 I understood potatoes to be like most others which is annual cycles .

[@marshhawk3997]

Thank you, Lilly. Liberty should begin at the dinner table, and the fact that leaders want to control our decisions say a lot about what they think of us all.

[@EgoShredder]

Their literal terms for us are "cattle" and "goyim".

[@petrklic7064]

"You will own nothing, you will eat ze bugs and wormz and will be happy" K.Schwab This is how world elite see our "liberty at the dinner table" or our liberties generally.

[@FileForename]

“Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”

[@marshhawk3997]

@@FileForename "How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger."

[@kopronko]

Well, they just want Good 4 us, although with even worse suggestions ( bugs, locusts, worms, etc) , But a Vegetarian or even vegan suggestions Are still The Best 4 Anyone, Because they Are still The Most Healthy + the Most Sustainable/Alternative/Cheapest. Pwy.

[@John-jl3ky]

I grow potatoes, it's not hard to do , you can get about 6-10 per plant usually, sometimes you only get 5, it depends on how loose the soil is. That's really important, You have to dig deep and have the soil loose, I add high quality soil to the layers also. Thanks lily, that's really important information you're sharing!

[@cullenbigd]

John, I agree. The looseness really is key. My best yields have actually been in the Ruth Stout method where I lay the potato right on the bare ground and bury deep under leaves, grass clippings, wood chips. Super easy and easy to harvest.

[@felinespirits]

I grow potatoes in fabric grow bags and they are just so easy to grow! I have voles/moles so have to put root crops in bags, but with the potatoes, it makes the harvest a lot easier. I like the little red potatoes best but every variety I have tried does well in the grow bags.

[@John-jl3ky]

@@felinespirits I did that last year it worked out really well

[@mateobravo9212]

Add Jerusalem Artichokes to the mix....

[@kam2162]

@@felinespirits Same. I throw in a little dirt, add potato top with a little more dirt. As the plant grows, I keep adding more soil, so it puts on more potatoes. I'm still a newbie gardener, but each year I get better.

[@fubarbrandon1345]

Thanks Lilly for providing great information. It's insane to censor people for helping people!

[@toddkrueger6868]

It's all about deception and control with these evil insane richy rich wealthy people and the following minions of these types of people.

[@LiberPater777]

It's not insane. There is logic to it. What it is, is sinister

[@fubarbrandon1345]

Thanks...you are correct!@@LiberPater777

[@arouse6140]

😎 Shows how 🖤 they are. It’s not just about money in my view either. We the people have a bows eye on our hearts all inferences meant 😥❤️

[@ClovisPoint]

@@LiberPater777 yes they intend to kill us all

[@raggedblossom508]

Thanks, Lilly. Potatoes are so often underestimated for their nutrition and carb value.

[@jeffcook8501]

Yep, people forget that the humble potato saved civilizations from starving to death. I find it funny how the poor didn't want to eat potatoes. So a wealthy guy hired guards to guard his potatoes from thieves. But told the guard to let anyone take them if they want. after a while, people wondered why he was guarding the potatoes, and then they started to steal them and eat them, thinking there was something special about them. But really, he just wanted them to start eating potatoes.

[@billsalcido7878]

potatoes would suffice if I was really starving, but they’re not all that great otherwise

[@bustjanzupan1074]

Weeell, God did give us potatoes Only 4 surviving, But longer usage will get you sick tooo sooon !!! ! !!! Peace with you.

[@russelneilv1361]

I think she's saying that GMO's will kill off all the heirloom varieties so things won't be so great in the future..

[@jeffcook8501]

@@russelneilv1361 you nailed it.

[@birdsongvalley]

It would be a real shame to see your channel taken down. I have been enjoying your videos since 2017?? First video I watched was how to weave a bag and soon after me and my kids learned how to build a simple shelter in our backyard. More recently my son has been working on a survival bow. You have always been a household name around here

[@clydenail7747]

GMO is a huge problem in America that is not understood by most consumers that just assume the FDA is actually looking out for them. The health ramifications have not been adequately studied nor the long term effects on other plant life. Thanks Lilly for the explanation and for helping spread the word.

[@bmphil3400]

What? The FDA which LOVEs experimental gene therapy vaccines might not be looking out for you?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

There's ZERO evidence that GMO varieties are harmful as food. The conspiracy theorists keep pushing the agenda though. It makes me very suspicious of what their true motivations are. Btw, GMO is no different than cross pollination or hybridizing. It's the same result.

[@akatsukiawsome13]

Potatoes were a popular crop with hill folk in past centuries, because it was hard to to confiscate or tax - unlike grain/harvest time crops. Leave in ground until hungry. Growing in rocky, poor, even acidic soils is the bonus.

[@spocko2181]

Hill folk still grow crops that aren’t taxed (or legal) god bless them.

[@dogblackprincehoney]

@@spocko2181 In which country? Also potatoes are good during the wars as can't be burned as wheat. People of Belarus survived WW2 thanks to potatoes and they are called bulbashi which means potato-eaters.

[@akatsukiawsome13]

@@dogblackprincehoney I am belarussian immigrant, I know the way of potato

[@dogblackprincehoney]

@@akatsukiawsome13 Me too:)

[@akatsukiawsome13]

@@dogblackprincehoney it took a long time to realize that words like bulba e shooflyatka were not understood by most russians haha. I was shown the pechka against which my grandparents were lined up against by the nazis. Kinda changes your perspective on ideology.

[@maxmac7845]

You can split the potato and as long as each section is sprouting, each will produce more potatoes.

[@ram1brn]

dip the cut sections in wood ashes and let them dry before planting

[@lxmzhg]

Each sections of the cut potato have to be at least 1 pound each or the potatoes will be small.

[@kopronko]

Well, yes, however : God did give us potatoes Only 4 surviving, But longer usage will get you sick tooo sooon !!! ! !!! . Pwy.

[@maxmac7845]

Is it the god you believe in or one of the many others?@@kopronko

[@lxmzhg]

@@kopronko Actually you could make potatoes the primary staple in your diet.

[@jessiegunnes]

Don't worry Lilly, we will follow you anywhere. We know we can trust you and that's hard to come by.

[@sherriestes-erwin1908]

I absolutely agree 💯

[@kathleenralston2192]

Hi Lilly. A few months ago I Googled what crop produces the most calories per acre, and it was potatoes. So if you have limited space that's a big bonus also.

[@michaelkaer]

I grew potatoes in straw bales this year. I did not get as large a harvest as I wanted but I got something and the potatoes are delicious.

[@louisbaudry1106]

Amazing

[@Katiedid1975]

Growing up on a farm, we always had a huge garden. We yielded at least 4 fifty pound bags of potatoes each fall. Those were stored in our cellar and lasted til the next spring and the last bag to be eaten always provided us with lots of potatoes with eyes (sprouts) ready to bed quartered and planted in the ground. I didn't know about GMO seeds crossing with heirloom seeds and destroying their ability to produce ever again. Great information in this video as always. Thank you!❤

[@anitasmith203]

I live in the north of Ontario, Canada where our frosts occur in early June and early September, so our season is short but potatoes are one of our best harvests and easy to grow and with cool storage will last all winter long. Plus with the seed potato you can cut it in half (as long as there are "eyes" on each piece) and you will have two plants producing 8 - 10 potatoes each. ❤ Great info Lily, thank you!

[@katie7748]

Last year or the year before, They had farmers on PEI dump potatoes due to a cosmetic issue.

[@sueciviero3866]

@@katie7748 That infuriates me. So many needy people would appreciate them.

[@timminschick]

In northern Ontario here too…. Yes do potatoes too

[@SuperReznative]

@@katie7748 It wasvbecau they had a disease, that to the "market" wouldbt accept.$$:When you're a farmer with$$$ to pay and invested into your future crops , diseases are an issue.

[@Lunchladydoyle]

Yay for the humble potato. They are so easy to grow !! Some folk have sandy poor soil and in those cases go for the Jerusalem artichoke. This tuber thrives anywhere, so much that you have to put them in their own area to keep them from taking over the rest of your garden. They provide huge yields and they’re pest resistant as well. They do require long roasting and boiling times to prevent them from causing gas but they are quite tasty for a hardy survival crop. Thanks for your newest content. The variety of videos you have made on preparedness is truly impressive. Thanks Lilly !

[@Rpol_404]

Amen to your statement that potatoes should be king. We experimented this year using two leftover gnarly looking redskins. Two spuds turned into 12 plants which produced several pounds of potatoes. We had enough to can several pints and quarts.

[@Arensis42]

Just FYI Lilly. I tried growing potatoes in grow bags this year in the Waldviertel - planted them at Easter time and worked like a charm. Just top up the green parts so they grow more potatoes

[@WeHATEh8h8h8H8veepWalz]

❤💪 👋 Hello from California! What brand/ size grow bags? I'd love to do this as a class project!

[@WeHATEh8h8h8H8veepWalz]

@@harddocs Awesome 🙌🙏 ThankYou so Much!! 👍

[@evegreenification]

There are two types of potatoes, one type grows more that way when you cover the greens. The other type doesn't. That's my understanding, but you should research more to be certain.

[@anitasmith203]

We always "hill" our plants a couple of times, early in the season, practically covering the entire green plant with loose soil as this does encourage more potatoes to grow from the plant. We grow reds, whites with thin skins and whites with thick skins (russets).

[@zan4110]

​@@WeHATEh8h8h8H8veepWalz..I grew mine in 10 gallon grow bags...we had a lot of rain..but I still got some potatoes!

[@kele1264]

Lilly, I don't ever want to lose access to your videos, so I'm very glad to hear that you are taking steps in order for us to be able to find them. Please keep telling the truth and educating people. Also, be very careful for your safety and that of of your family.

[@Bayan1905]

The prices here in the US of potatoes has shot right up in price, at least 20-30%. A 5 pound bag of potatoes here went from $2-$3 US to $7 US in only a couple of months. I've grown some this year but not enough to really keep up. One plant that is similar and is a tuber like a potato is a Jerusalem artichoke also known as a Sunchoke. They grow much better and you can harvest them all year round, even in winter. You have to boil them because they are gassy but they can be used like potatoes. So you can get starch from them like a potato.

[@Owowgoodcomment0]

Three dollars to seven dollars doesn't equal 20 - 30%.

[@freudenberg101]

Thats very expensive. Prices has gone up alot in Sweden too, but you can still buy a 5 kg (11 lbs) bag for 50 kr ($4.5).

[@MK-cw4gw]

Thank you Lilly!! My first batch of potatoes last year was about 2lbs. This year, I got about 10lbs. Next year I'm shooting for 30-40 lbs using the Ruth Stout method. Keep on growing people!!

[@aquadrops6138]

We chitted 75# of potatoes this last spring and ended up with 275#. Hope to do better this next year.

[@MK-cw4gw]

@@aquadrops6138 That's great! How do you preserve them?

[@aquadrops6138]

@@MK-cw4gw we live in Florida so a root celler or basement is not feasible. We pressure can, freeze, and freeze dry them. Also living in Florida we can generally grow year round with only about 4 to 6 bouts of freezing weather during our winter and less humidity. We do have a greenhouse and can plant some in there for over wintering. Generally by that time though we have some stored in paper bags and put in the bottom of the refrigerator to start to form the eyes for new plant seed (chitted potatoes). We are still practicing with our timing and of course doing this during this time of our country's upheaval of stupidity just adds to the challenges. LOL. We refuse to give up and keep trying to get a process that works best for us. We have been on our current property for about 4 years now and have built up soils in our garden areas through compost and other natural admendents during that time, not to mention which areas of the garden are more conducive to better outcomes for each crop of whatever we plant. It most definitely is a learning curve that tends to build upon each successive season. This past spring has been our best garden yet.

[@MK-cw4gw]

@@aquadrops6138 Well I'm envious, Northern NY here and we have a very short growing season here. Im fairly new to gardening but what I lack in knowledge, I make up for with stubborn exuberance! I grew corn this year for the first time, that was exciting and had a pretty decent pepper harvest. I want to get the potato game down because I think it'll be critical moving forward. They can be really easy to grow once you understand the basics. Thanks for the info and good luck with everything!!

[@aquadrops6138]

@@MK-cw4gw well while there are a few things that grow in the 90 plus heat of summer here, there are things such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and such that just can get too hot to produce. We have started experimenting with ways to keep the extreme heat and sun off of them to extend their life. We creatively use cow panel trellises and shade cloth to try to help with that. That part is still all a work in progress. I feel the same way, NEVER GIVE UP. We did find that it seems every season here seems to run about 3 weeks ahead of what traditionally have been the start times. I feel that is why areas are seeing a difference in normal weather patterns. The earth's poles have experienced a shift and the jet streams have shown that in their reaction. I see a lot of people making statements of it use to be different, but I don't think they have looked at what is making it different. They tend to want to say weather modification. While some of that may be happening as well. I really don't think any man can control what God sets to happen in the cycle of things. My husband talked down my starting the garden early this spring, but was pleasantly surprised by the outcome we achieved.

[@seanorrick8921]

I really hope ur channel doesn't get censored. I love the fact that u have the guts to say these things out loud. I'm a super strict carnivore. So I'm probably gonna be finding a farmer to get my meat, eggs and dairy in the near future.

[@sincerelyhallie777]

Thanks Lilly! Such valuable info. You explained everything so well! And now that you know they are attempting to silence you you cannot be stopped! You are on fire! Keep going Lilly!

[@P--O]

Super interesting and really important information Lilly! In my family potatoes have always been the foundation in our diet. We have always grown our own potatoes (usually two or three different types). Thank you for sharing and take care! Greetings from the middle of Sweden

[@inthekitchen8842]

I keep hearing that potatoes are high in oxalates and therefore are bad. What do you think?

[@wendydove7632]

This is a shout out from Virginia. I think you’re a great lily and I love your information.

[@Lostinthesand]

I love; potatoes. I buy them and I grow them. On a very cold day, a hot potato is a comforting food. Delicious and full of nutrients. Thank you for being a champion of this food source.

[@chasbader]

Thank you Lilly. I grow a few hundred pounds of German Butterballs every year. Don't have a cellar so I just bury them in relatively dry wood chip compost and cover that with layers of foam chunks collected from construction sites. Then mound it and cover with a waterproof sheet (tarp). The snow adds to the insulation R1/inch. I am in Alaska and we bury our water pipes 10' below ground. The taters don't freeze and I give them away next spring- fresh as when they were dug. They don't know the difference and think it's time for the next season. Next I will experiment by planting them in the fall and covering the entire row this way- uncovering when the temps get above freezing for a head start on the growing season.

[@LilmissJ111]

One quick note, planting a variety of potatoes is important too. This helps prevent certain diseases from spreading or affecting your crops!

[@robinh.524]

Many American farmer's join a co-op. They pool resources to afford equipment, fertilizer and seeds. Some irrigation. They help each other plant and harvest as well.

[@SueSmith1]

I have not tried it yet because I don't have the land to do it but the Ruth Stout method of growing potatoes reduces the amount of work that you have to do to plant them. Basically, you get soured hay, lay it down 8 inches thick, and plant your seed potatoes in it. It's a little more complicated than that but you can learn more about it by reading this book: Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent

[@floridaprepper751]

In the winter months here, my wife and I grow potatoes and romaine lettuce. In the summer, we have avocados and star fruit, and pineapples.

[@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly]

Thank you Lilly. Corn pollen can travel up to 50 miles. Most grains are wind pollinated.

[@Butterflys3436]

I really like your statement that the potatoes are not easily polluted by GMO crops that is exactly the right wording to use. POLLUTED Our food is being polluted by GMO

[@silvershireTG]

Lily, You’ve helped millions directly and indirectly by your viewers sharing your information with others. Thank you greatly. You are loved in the U.S. and around the world. 👍👊❤️

[@lucywood2100]

Lilly, I love how in the two+ years I’ve been watching your videos, you’ve advanced in your English, awareness, skepticism of government, survival knowledge and DIY skills 💯! ! You are an inspiration to countless people around the world, I am sure! I’VE even begun learning from you!😉 🎉 Awesome job, Lilly! Keep learning and sharing your knowledge.

[@neozzickmixes3987]

I just had 3 container potato plants finally break the soil for a fall harvest. So excited, also have 3 sweet potato plants, 2 planted in ground and one in a large container

[@Tron2pointOh]

Thank you for being the true prepper princess!

[@helenlazoga1487]

Thanks again for yet another much needed informative video. Keep up your selfless efforts to help people. God bless, warmest greetings from Hellas ( Greece.).

[@aprilarmijo6967]

Excellent video. Crucial for human survival.Thank you ❤

[@horstszibulski19]

Watch out for the food with the Rainforest Alliance frog on it, they are a branch of the Gates Foundation! Thx Lilly! 👍👍👍

[@kingrafa3938]

Thanks for the video Lilly!

[@mikemetzler505]

I’m growing sweet potatoes in my garden this summer…hope they produce..thank you for the information Lily.

[@wesleytillman9774]

I've grown a lot of sweet potatoes. They are as easy to grow as any potato. They don't need or want a lot of water so a dry spell shouldn't hurt them much. They don't really need chemical fertilize but you can use it. If your soil is good they should get large without fertilizer help. I used plastic mulch to keep out the weeds. There are many varieties of sweet potatoes, including white varieties that are a little waxy but I prefer them.

[@StuggleIsSurreal]

You're correct. I've seen potatoes in a root cellar and planted them in the spring. Well done.

[@dogblackprincehoney]

Potatoes are good during the wars as can't be burned as wheat. People of Belarus survived WW2 thanks to potatoes and they are called Bulbashi which means potato-eaters.

[@kellyspann9845]

Thank you Lilly for this information. It really means a lot . I grow just about everything I eat. I use to have a normal backyard like everyone has and now it is a full garden. I grow more food than I can eat and I have to give a lot to my family and friends. Like you said they are trying to hide information on the food in the stores people eat. It's scary what the government does to it's own people. Potatoes are great and I love to eat them almost everyday. Keep up the great work and your videos are never boring. Benn watching you for years !!!!

[@Drive4YourLifeAZ]

Beautiful Lily, I ate potatoes yesterday with chorizo and 2 over easy eggs on the side.😮

[@br2080]

Thanks Lilly. I don’t know how or why we got into this crazy situation now. So much for freedom of speech. 😢

[@crissala]

Thank you so much for this information! Ive been dehydrating organic potatoes for years now. After dehydrating the potatoes you can store the dehydrated potatoes in glass jars for years! I use canning jars so that I can vacuum seal them then either store in the dark or put a dark cover over the jars to keep the light out. For this protection from the light I use plastic T-shirt bags from amazon and I put each jar in a dark bag. Potatoes are a good protein source but you will need a lot per day if its your primary protein as much as 5 pounds. Store another protein like dry milk and dehydrated onion and you can make potato soup! Thanks again!

[@braeburn2333]

I always have trouble growing potatoes. So many pests love them too, and I will never spray with pesticides. Another plant that makes large nutritious tubers, which is much easier to grow, is the jerusalum artichoke. It will grow in sand, and comes back year after year without replanting. It is very hardy and pest resistant, and has a nice yellow flower similar to a sunflower.

[@felinespirits]

Last year, the bugs ate the leaves on my white potatoes almost down to nothing. The red potatoes in the grow bag next to the white potatoes? Nothing, No leaf damage at all. Was really strange, but, like you, I don't spray. The white potato tubers were stunted, but I still got a harvest, even though the plants themselves looked terrible.

[@braeburn2333]

@@felinespirits Interesting. I'll do that experiment next year, (reds vs whites). Thanks.

[@tunnelrabbit2625]

Here in Montana, we can not grow most varieties of beans, so potatoes are indeed number one. In the valley, potatoes can over winter in the garden if planted in the fall about 10 inches deep. This method allows the potatoes to sprout as soon as the soil is warm enough. This does not work at higher elevations, but a potato 'clutch' can be used to store potatoes outside, about half a meter deep with insulating material on top. BTW, this years tomato crop is overwhelming. It is hard to grow even faster maturing tomatoes in Montana. We did good this year.

[@KD-ug4jp]

You are so right Lilly! I gave up carbs a while ago, but it wasn't until I stopped eating rice that my health started to recover. Unprocessed foods are what we need for health, but it's easier for corporations/big pharma to profit if we're sick.

[@flynnstone3580]

Good video Lilly. Russets are supposed to be the highest in vitamin. I eat quite a few making goulash. That potato you're holding can be cut into 4 pieces, 4 plants.🌹

[@gerdkoslowski]

Thank you, Lilly. I also prefer potatoes over rice and grains. This year I have gardened potatoes and have got a good harvest. But if one is unlucky there are also bad diseases in potatoes. And, what I am looking for, is a good method to store them in winter for the next spring.

[@gailoreilly1516]

Somehow my potatoes got potato blight.

[@gerdkoslowski]

@@gailoreilly1516 You can google and lookup in Wikipedia the keyword "phytophtora infestans".

[@bmedve3427]

And if you grow potatoes that get it early in the year, those spores will be in the air and may affect the tomatoes you also try to grow then... at least that's how I remember being taught about 20 years ago. That farmers trying to get those yummy "early baby potatoes" into the shops ever earlier in Spring indirectly caused the type of blossom and foliage rot (can't think of the proper English term, sorry) in tomatoes that follow a bit later in the year.

[@BigBlue1026]

Good evening Lilly from Pennsylvania, USA. You always have the great information for us and I sure appreciate it. I'm not a farmer, but I do grow my own vegetables. I have kept a good supply of heirloom seeds and this information is very concerning. Thank you so very much.

[@brendanelson1027]

Very well presented information, Lilly! I planted a fall crop of potatoes & will be harvesting those & sweet potatoes the end of October. Just harvested an unexpected bonus bunch of wild elderberries today. Will be helping some friends get & plant their own elderberry bushes this weekend. Blessings from NW Florida.

[@aussiescraphunter7808]

thank you Lily, again you provide practical sensible advice for preppers

[@ElectricityTaster]

At the beginning of the pandemic I calculated how much land I would need to grow enough calories from potatoes to survive year round. It's way more land than I have.

[@MargaretFinnell]

Is there any way you can use containers? Use poultry wire as a tower fill the bottom with dirt and leaves , old grass clippings. Place potatoes near the edges so that thy will emerge. add more dirt about 6 inches then more potatoes. Continue until you reach the top.

[@dandycat2204]

Hi Taster. As Margaret suggested, grow in pots and bags. This means you are growing vertically, "creating" land in effect. Also you can plant successionallly, which means you set more than one crop. Set one lot at the start of each month. They require a grow time of 18 weeks so do the maths. Grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel will expand the growing season.

[@ElectricityTaster]

Assuming 5Kg per container and three harvests per container per year, you would need 82 containers to feed one person. That assumes no losses due to drought, pests, diseases, extreme weather, theft, bad storage, etc. You then have the problem of maintaining soil fertility, which means more land for nitrogen-fixing crops and likely chickens, which means more land to grow their feed. You need a farm with a well. You might get away with a smaller plot of land, but at some point your daily calorie needs exceed the energy that the combined potato leaf surface area can absorb from the sun.

[@dandycat2204]

@@ElectricityTaster Don't be so silly!! Do the maths you've just presented!! 5kg x 3 (containers) x 82 containers = 1230 kg per annum. 7 lbs of potatoes every DAY?? If you gonna talk then talk sense or eff off and stop wasting people's time and energy. Dumbass. 7 lbs. Who the hell eats 7lbs of potatoes every day?

[@tdubbs934]

1/4 acre is all you need. You can grow 1500 pounds of food a year on a quarter acre. How much land do you have?

[@accidentalhomestead5522]

Thanks lily. I enjoy a pan of fried potatoes and onions with a half a red bell pepper with 2 or 3 fried eggs for my chore day breakfast. The only down side is the time to cook, but its worth the wait. I know that in the future we will have to grow most of our food and for now i have my full time job and am content with putting in infrastructure around our homestead type place. Insulators and hot wire are in season at the moment.

[@attitudeadjusted9027]

I microwave my potatoes for five minutes and let them cool all the way. Then slice em and fry em hot and fast to crisp em up and add eggs and cook em sunny side up. Fry bacon first and fry em in the bacon grease. Couple peices of toast and big glass of cold milk and cup of coffee and bam breakfast fit for king🙏🏻. Edit....cuts down the cooking time tremendously microwaving them first. I do several and use them thru out the week🤠

[@ModernRefugee]

I save potatoes and grow two crops a year. I’ve done vids on all aspects of grow, curing, canning and putting up potatoes for cold weather storage. Peace.

[@lesliekloer8544]

I'm dry canning potatoes today and tomorrow until I've got them in jars. We were blessed with a huge harvest this year. Keep prepping everyone.

[@lorenray9479]

Potatoes grow very well. Minerals for essential health. The sun choke is also a wild and huge plant! Harvest after a cold frost! The tubers dried with vinegar, peppers, salt can be stored a long time!

[@kickapootrackers7255]

Thanks

[@staralioflundnv]

Thank you and I share this with my friends. Potatoes right now cost about $4.50 for 10 pound bag here in Las Vegas, USA, so they are getting more and more expensive to buy.

[@SurvivalLilly]

here in Austria they are also getting more expensive. I have to check the price

[@ladylion3545]

Here in Ohio I've seen prices as high as $6.89 for 5 pound bag. We have a farmers market that have good prices.

[@chancepaladin]

if you're really really thrifty, you can keep potatos regrowing themselves for up to 3 years, that's what I do, buy them when nobody else wants them and they're affordable. or take your friends potatos off their hands if they dont know what to do with them. potatos are probably going to save all our lives, tbh

[@the-asylum]

8.99 at the local store, linden TN. 10 pound bag.

[@denisemccartney9723]

In New Zealand they are $4.99 per kilo ridiculous

[@bio-techlarry9602]

Hi Lilly, Excellent video. Potatoes, almost like the magic food. I only use seeds in my garden. I've found heirloom seeds on the internet. Growing field corn on a small scale using a tiller to prepare the ground. The grain can be ground up with a heavy duty blender or maybe a coffee grinder. Makes tasty grits and corn bread. Thanks for all the hard work. 🙂

[@Kaditsu-Chronicles]

Thank you for your teaching video and I always like hearing how things are going on with you and our friends in Germany.❤

[@shairipiaer1746]

As a German i can say I love dem potatos in all shapes and forms 😂❤

[@qualqui]

Always great to hear some goodnews here on the KZbin dear Lilly, potatoes what nourished my ancestors on both sides of the atlantic, originating here in the Americas(Peru)spread out towards the rest of the world,and a blessing in particular for those celts on the Emerald Isle. Thank you for sharing, 👍and greetings👋from Querétaro, Mexico.oh and btw, Oaxaca is pronounced: Wha-ha-ka.😊

[@AK-Solution-47]

You can expect success planting potatoes in the fall as long as your soil gets cold and stays cold in winter, with temperatures 8 inches (20 cm) below the surface staying below 48°F (9°C). Buried potato tubers start growing as soil temperatures rise above 50°F

[@terawattyear]

Just followed you on Rumble. Good work with this video. I hadn't thought about just how permanently contaminated heirloom plants would become with GMO pollen around. You're right... corn pollen can blow for many miles in the wind. You just never know what is riding on the breeze.

[@bmedve3427]

Not only the contamination of heirloom plants - about 20 years ago already I heard of organic farmers getting sued by the gmo seed companies for "stealing" such companies' gmo DNA, if you will, and made to pay for this type of "theft". I think this part of going after people who actually get their heirloom seeds destroyed for good and making them pay for their "theft" is beyond sick. It's not far away from shooting innocent people and then coming to collect the money for the ammonition from the relatives....

[@dbsummersun13]

Thank you for explaining this Lilly!! I enjoy your videos! Very informative.

[@Gladtobemom]

Please don't forget Rutabaga (Swede), Turnips, Parsinips, and carrots! My family LIVED on them for most of WWII on the north east coast of France and Norway. They stay good in the ground, you can harvest them from under the snow if you don't have them in the root cellar.

[@AK-Solution-47]

Thank you for trying to help those who help themselves .And for the Knowledge we will need for the "GREAT-COLLAPSE" !!!!!!

[@connifilteau2678]

You are so very appreciated......thanks from Canada

[@jbrMillValley]

Thanks Lilly. Your videos are informative and precious. Thanks much for sharing.

[@notapplicable430]

I'm digging russets today. Should have about 1000 pounds when I'm done. I cleaned out the root cellar of year-old potatoes, still edible, but will be fed out to the cows to make room for the new crop. If the grocery stores close, we will eat potatoes all winter.

[@user-yz4rl8bm9o]

Very interesting! I grow potatoes and love them. Also we put them thru the food processor to make hash browns, and put the shredded potatoes in the freezer in ziplock bags. Great with eggs and bacon and many other ways..

[@Dreamnebula22]

Thank you for sharing what we can grow for our health.

[@coolnegative]

Potatoes are amazing! So easy to grow and harvest. And depending on how many "eyes" the potato has, you can actually cut one potato into many buds and actually get far more than 10 from 1!

[@gsra8015]

Thank you Lilly. You might have helped me to identify the cause of my tiredness: too much grain in my diet. I am going to try the Stone Age diet. You're videos are informative and very much bring the needed information to the masses.

[@susanjones5592]

Thank you survival Lilly. Glad you have diversified to Twitter and Rumble! This was informative. I’ll increase potato’s vs grains see how I feel.

[@j.w.7688]

When things get overwhelming in this apocalypse, i can always turn to my youtube CRUSH Lilly😊😊😊. Survival Lilly always gives us hope, good advice, and something to look forward to..

[@dodsonarmsco]

One thing people need to consider is potatoes dump sugar in the bloodstream very fast. If you have people on a medical or diabetes diet, you should use sweet potatoes Instead, they release the sugar slowly due to having high fiber content. This will be life or death for some people.

[@zan4110]

Yes..and sweet potatoes nourish the pancreas...

[@mamabear9389]

Sweet potatoes are loaded with oxalates so that is also a problem for some people like me.

[@bmedve3427]

If you eat organic potatoes make sure to eat the skin along with it, this slows down their digestion and also how fast the sweet stuff goes into your bloodstream.

[@mamabear9389]

@bmedve3427 The skin is loaded with oxalates which could be a concern in some individuals.

[@herrschafts-wissen]

Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass der Tag kommt, an dem mir SurvivalLilly etwas über Bienchen und Blümchen erzählt! 😎 Seriously: Danke Lilly für das wichtige Video - von der Dominanz von GMO-Pflanzen hatte ich noch nicht gehört.

[@MR-MasterLuna2020]

Lots of interesting and useful information. Thanks Lily. 👍🏻

[@DanTaylorDotCom]

Lilly, i have a copy of that excellent book in English. I live in Ontario., Canada. I agree with everything that you said in this video. I'd like to add that Jerusalem Artichokes, a perennial tuber vegetable, are in the same category as potatoes. In some ways superior as they can be left to overwinter in the ground and be harvested in Spring. You need not worry about over harvesting. I very much enjoy your agricultural and economic videos. Thank you for your efforts.

[@andrewmunchkin7212]

I had 2 bags of onions that turned to TOTAL mush, but had a tiny green sprout. Planted each mushball, and very nice first year onions were harvested from that mess. Same with potatoes, if there is any tiny sprout, even though its mush, plant it. They will all come up.

[@specialservicesequipment393]

Yep, has happened to corn farmers in the USA. Monsanto has tried to prosecute corn farmers who's corn contained their custom anti insect DNA sequences. The Farmer's are counter suing for Monsanto ruining decades of controlled breeding by Farmers.

[@blueskies6475]

Thank you so much Lilly; I'm so tired of being tired!! Thanks again! 🤍💚💙

[@ERMADELL]

Please keep up the good work. We need to start teaching this in our schools. Thank you!

[@marianneryder1661]

Thanks Lily for this very useful video. Been growing my own potatoes now for 3 years, rotating from one year to next, they are healthy and delicious, hopefully not ogm.

[@helenhartley6904]

As a diabetic family we don't eat starchy veg any more as it just turns into sugar when you eat it and blood sugars skyrocket. So No.1 veg in our house is cauliflower which is a great substitute which we use just like spuds, ie roast, mash, rice, in a creamy cheese bake or mayo salad. But unfortunately, we can't grow it in the tropics so we are reliant on the grocery store.

[@allenmatlick9041]

There are low glycemic-index potato varieties which might be helpful.

[@sharkair2839]

same here. no potatoes, no rice no beans no bread.

[@peterpartington8367]

THANKYOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION LILLY 👍🏻

[@starwoan5970]

Many Thxs Lily from California, for this timely and valuable information! In Gratitude!🌹

[@tunnelrabbit2625]

Turnips, beets, giant Swiss chard, and potatoes are proven to be reliable and prolific in NW Montana. It looks a lot like Austria around here, but we are further north at the 48th parallel. These veggies would do well in colder micro climates and shorter seasons experienced at higher elevations

[@communism_sucks]

Get buckets of wheat berries and a grinder. Buy seeds, plant food and soil. Lilly has been training for years for these times. I would buy a Lilly survival guide if there was one.

[@dothedewinme]

Nice!! I have potatoes in my fridge that are a third generating of some of the original I planted 3 years ago. They lasted all winter and then the ones I didn’t eat I replanted again, then did the same! This spring I will have a 4th generation

[@dansaver8247]

Lilly, you're a charm. Your English is very well articulated and with that smattering of Austrian accent and your long, brown hair, you should be named a professor soon.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I always wonder why wheat and rice are so popular. I'm building my garden to produce enough root crops to replace all wheat rice and corn.

[@deborahdean8867]

I think it's the flour that makes wheat and corn popular. Corn has slot of starch and is easy to grow. It also makes a good ground meal. But wheat flour makes bread and that's the staff of life. It's the poor mans meat. And it will sustain life. Bread and water, but a whole grain bread.

[@syproductions456]

Carbohydrates are amazing, get lots of them Lilly, if you are feeling good and energetic recently, a big part of is increasing carbs, try to eat even more. I am speaking from experience, I was quite obsessed with eating large amounts of meat for years, but my carbs were low, I still think meat is very healthy but I cannot deny that after eating 300g or more of carbs a day I feel amazing. Potatoes are a good source but not as high as grains on a gram for gram basis, I like rice, fruit and sugar, bread is a bit problematic for me. I also noticed that my energy is much better supplementing with high amounts of vitamin D, 20,000 IUs and above everyday. Hope my experiences help someone.

[@robinwinslow1867]

Thank you for great information. This is something we all need to know.

[@arcadia1081]

Hi Lilly from Bayern! I am eating my first crop of potatoes this evening! Bought seed potatoes in Lidl spring. i also grew a "Three Sisters" maize/pumpkin/beans bed this year, now we eat it! For winter I have a curly kale/Grünkohl plant to harvest leaves. Do you know the books by Carol Deppe? They are awesome.