How to Force Eyes to Make Your Own Seed Potatoes!
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2023
- Seed potatoes can get expensive! In today's episode I will be showing you how to make your own seed potatoes using store bought potatoes. We are forcing eyes on the to get the seed potatoes ready to plant this spring. Come along and let's grow big!
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40 years ago I can remember my dad giving us kids a bushel of saved potatoes.we sat on the ground under the apple tree. Our task was to cut the potatoes so each piece had 2 to 3 eyes on each piece. He then placed them on a screen in the tobacco shed to scab over, or for the cut sides to dry. These were planted. We harvested 30 wooden crates full. Stored them in the root cellar. It fed our family of six all year with plenty to cut and chit for next year.
Great memory! ❤️
It's funny because I remember when I was a kid cutting up potatoes for this. I was wondering if I would see that here.
Probably didn't spray so much then huh? 👏🏼
I think these skills are going to become very relevant as food becomes more scarce and expensive overall. Between the Dutch farms being shut down, animals being culled en mass, bans on nitrogen fertilizer, food processing facilities being destroyed left and right etc. It's almost like there's a war against us going on. And the majority of people are oblivious.
Sounds like a nice childhood
I had roughly .5kg of store bought potatoes that sprouted and so popped them into a corner of the veggie patch that wasn't going to be used - and later dug up 6kg of potatoes! Wish all my investments were that fruitful! They were such fun to dig up and tasted great, so it's something I'll definitely do again.
Same here!
Thanks for this excellent information. I am going to plant mine in grow bags this year and add more soil every now and then until the bags are filled to the top and see how that goes. Thanks again!
Thanks Luke! A ‘chit load’ of information 😂❤️
😂😂
I've learned if your ground doesn't freeze or if the potatoes are below the freeze line they'll overwinter in the ground. I know this because I always miss a few small ones at harvest and I'll be surprised by volunteers the next year.
I have gardened for many years. I had never grown taters as I have limited space. Last year my mother let some potatoes grow eyes accidentally. She asked me to throw away the bag, so I said let me try planting a few on the edge of the garden. No room for hilling just cut up a few and planted in a row. Plants were very healthy and I got a good return. I enjoyed the treasure hunt as I dug a few plants at a time. Definitely going to plant a few more this year.
Treasure hunt - absolutely!! So much fun digging them up and I'm now thinking that let 'em rip is the best way. Previously I fussed over potatoes, hilling them etc, got very little back. This time I chucked them in, more or less ignored them and got a great harvest. I'm now going for the rough and ready method because if I don't get great harvests I haven't invested a lot of time effort and resources. Best of luck for a bumper harvest - it's so much fun when you get a good yield.
The best sweet potatoes I ever grew was in a wooden half of a 55 gallon barrel.
Great video! I always wondered what the difference between seed potatoes and store potatoes was. Chitting potatoes....it's all fun and games until some loses an eye!😂
😂love it!!
Lol
Ha! 🥸
A few years back I bought one bag of seed potatoes at Walmart when I lived in Washington State. They produced great potatoes. I dug a few out of my raised beds for breakfast every morning. I had potatoes sprouting in my kitchen so I planted them and they also turned out great! I planted more potatoes later in the year, and got more delicious potatoes in the fall. So fun, easy and very rewarding. I recently moved to Upstate NY and plan to grow potatoes again.
Hey Luke, I recently discovered that we can place potatoes on a bed of straw and they grow eyes, those eyes can be popped off and planted in a dixie or a solo cup, and they grow plants! The seed potato will then grow more eyes so you can get a ton of plants from each potato. It's much the same as pulling shoots off sweet potatoes except it's pulling the eyes before they form shoots. I'm thrilled to get 36 or 48 plants off each potato. I'd love to see you make a video on this.
So are you cutting a divit around the eyes you remove? Or just snapping off the eyes alone? I've ever heard of this technique
I would have thought that the potato provides the necessary energy to grow new potatoes.
😮wow
Please make a video yourself and leave a email address so we can in turn email those who are interested please.❤
@@regenerated4life It does.
Thank you for this video. My husband and I were talking about buying seed potatoes this weekend. Now I'm buying Organic Potatoes this weekend. I'm in Knightstown Indiana so my last frost date is May 3rd. I love your videos. You have educated me on many things. Never too old to learn!
And how old are you?😂
I like to repurpose the 2' x 3' hallway air filters to cure and even store potatoes on. The ridges created by the filter folds make it easy to keep them separate and from rolling around if I need to move the "trays" around. I too, toss an old towel over them to keep them in the dark and put them in a cool room till I eat them or plant them.
My first potatoes ever were store bought organic from Trader Joe's. I get my "seed" from them with every crop. We typically plant two crops in California - February and August. I am experimenting this year. I started a few 25gl grow bags in December to see if I can harvest sooner because last year it was so hot by summer harvest production just wasn't as nice as the fall planting.
I just received my seed order today 🙌 Thank you. I'm so excited to start them when it's time. I bought a bag of organic sweet potatoes today to grow slips. Never thought about it in the past, but your video got me excited to try. Thanks for your fun videos 😊
Some great info I actually haven't heard anywhere else, had no clue it was the ambient humidity that's enough to help start sprouting! Such a valid timed video with the current cost of food prices & people not wanting to waste! Best way to reuse is to regrow!👌👏🙌
Neat! Never knew you could grow potatoes this way! I always stick them in a dark cabinet and let them grow. Good to know that you can grow them a different way and get them started a lot sooner! Thanks Luke.
I planted potatoes with my neighbor last year. He did things a little different than most. We cut them into chunks with 2 or 3 eyes. Rolled them in garden lime and planted immediately. Not scabbing. He told that is how his grandpa and father did. They all came up.
I didn't know that the number of eyes is the same at any size. This video was very useful as I want to do red potatoes next year, as I finally managed to grow whites this year. Thanks!
I grew red potatoes, and I was stunned at the difference in the flavor! Best potatoes I ever tasted
My reds grew great last year. Better than yukon gold or russets.
even buying organic potatoes at our local whole foods will be so much cheaper than buying seed potatoes. and those red potatoes in my cupboard will be going into the garden, too. thanks for the info and a clear explanation of the process. off to the store i go!
Great instructions. I've grown potatoes for 4 years now but never thought to start my own seed potatoes. Going to get this started in the next couple of weeks
Thanks, Luke! I really appreciate all of your videos. Good Luck on this garden season 2023. I can't wait to see more videos.
I have chickens and friends save egg cartons for me. I find these work well for Chitting. Good air circulation and I save egg sized potatoes for seed or buy baby organic ones. I also store the ones I am using for seeds in a partially open zip bag in my garden refer. Keeps them from sprouting too soon. I do not like cutting potatoes, they rot too easily. Good info, thank you. I bought my first grow bags for potatoes, really excited to try them.
Great video full of details that you can’t get anywhere else. Great job, Luke!
I've done the store-bought game many times in the past, wash the potatoes well and it seems to remove more of the sprout inhibitor. When I was a kid we kept our own seed potatoes and replanted for years. This year I ordered specific varieties from one of the Maine Seed Potato growers to try, plus I selected the varieties from a menu of taste, disease resistance, and production. ... Don't forget you can cut potatoes in half, let them heal overnight, and double your production. ... If your potato gets long sprouts, tear them off the potato and plant them separately and you'll get production from them and the potato too (kind of like sweet potato slips). ...Take a look at Joseph Lofthouse's Landrace Gardening youtube talks. I was able to track down 'potato seeds' from him and his group to try this spring -- and with potato seeds (they grow in what look like mini green tomatoes) you can get cross pollination and select for local condition adaptations and preferences.
Luke, this is exactly what I've been looking for!! I've seen so many bits of potato information that were confusing, and finally I think I can get my own potatoes going for the season. Thank you!!
I always look forward to seeing your videos! You’re a great teacher Luke with a fun sense of humour! 😀🇨🇦
Good tips, here's another... once the chits stat, get them in the sun or under UV.
You really want to keep their sprouts short but strong.
You want to have some real fun, on Jan 1st, set your tater to chit and then once they are about an inch, pull them off the taters and place in Seed starter.
yes, get them growing. Solo cups work fine and once they are fully rooted in the cups, up pot them and possible up pot again before Spring planting.
Meanwhile the taters can be eaten or left to chit again.
It is like getting 2-3x the amount of plants form the same tater.
I'm experimenting with this for the 2nd year and I just got started late.
Next year it is my New Years Day plan.
I never did understand why I should buy seed potatoes, now I understand more and that I was on the right track just tossing anything that sprouted into the ground. I'm going to try sprouting some red potatoes that are in my pantry starting to sprout. One suggestion for a small quantity is to cut off the lid of an egg carton and use the cup half, putting a potato into each cup. Now that I've seen your video, that makes sense as it holds the potatoes up a little. Thank you once again, love the background information you give, and you inspire me to try new things.
I’ve been waiting on this video. Thank you!
Thanks Luke, for demystifying the seed potato industry. There are a lot of myths out there around NEVER planting store bought potatoes. Use organic potatoes. Of course! I'm so glad for your channel.
I never knew that you would keep them in the dark and put a moist towel over them. I will try that next time. As always you put out great information.
Yes, last year I had them on a shelf in daylight and they still chitted nicely. I didn't do darkness or humidity.
We want stumpy sprouts not white so I'm going to stick with light and cool on my potatoes..
I love how you show us things that help the budget ESPECIALLY when you sale seeds,
Thanks for this video, I just pulled my potatoes from my root cellar and put them in the basement to sprout.
I'm trying potatoes for the first time this year. You're videos are very easy to follow along. Thank you
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH !! This is exactly what I needed to know, been trying to find this info for a few days. So excited to get my organic russet potatoes sprouting. 🥔 😁❤🌱
Thank you for putting this info out before it needs to be done. I understand that growing potatoes might be simple for some, but the one time I tried it in bags, it wasn’t great. And I have been gardening and canning/conserving successfully with other vegetables. Will try the traditional method in open garden soil this year 👍
Hey ✌️from Cape Breton,Nova Scotia
I am so glad I came across your channel - you have become a great source of information for me as i am a newbie to gardening/growing food - so thank you for sharing your vast knowledge, I so appreciate it
ARE YOU CHITTING ME LUKE??? LOL HAD TO SYA IT BRO!!🙂👍👍🤙🤙✌✌🙏 AS YOUVE KNOWN IVE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME CHIT IN LIFE YOUVE INSPIRED ME WITH THE LAND YOU BOUGHT AND G O V DID YOU DIRTY I STARTED TO COME OUT OF MY CrAzY THEN I WATCHED THAT VIDEO I QUIT DRINKIN HAVE 2 WEEKS TODAY AND IM NOW MOVING FURTHER BROTHER SO I THINK GOD HAD ME SEE THAT THUMBNAIL IM PRETTY SURE IT WAS A LIVE AND YEAH HERE WE ARE!! THANKS MAN!!
thanks for all of your help. I’m learning a lot. Thank you for keeping everything so simple and always getting straight to the point.😍👩🏾🦲🥰
I wish I saw this before I planted my potatoes...now I'm going to look at your sweet potatoes,thanks 🌱
Thanks Luke. I always enjoy your content and appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us all. Gos bless!
Many thanks for sharing another one of your useful and easy to follow tutorials! I started some sweet potato slips a few days ago after watching your video and I'm going to start chitting some red and yukon gold spuds this weekend.
Yes, thank you for sharing this easy process! We have been growing sweet potatoes from slips we buy from Lowe's but then also some of those potatoes we replant and really wanted to know the best way to create and force the eyes to form. Thank you so much for all your info!
I had my eye side up in an egg carton. After watching this I grabbed a towel with just the right amount of moisture and threw it over the top of them. I plan on putting them in grow bags and keeping them indoors until the last frost date. Now I know when to transfer them from the egg carton to the grow bags - when the chit is an inch to an inch and a half. Very nice. Thank you.
Thank you Luke I really learned so much with this video that I didn’t already know. I have many potatoes left over from last years crop that are sprouting. I didn’t know I could use them unless they were seed potatoes. I also cut them like you did in your other video and coat them with honey which I also didn’t know I had to know. My husband and I visited your store last week and we saw you in the rear of the store packing. We will be visiting again at the end of the month for the opening of your greenhouse. Can’t wait. Thank you.
I don't get why people do this. You buy seed potatoes one time, they are not that expensive. As a potato plant grows, it will continually put out new tubers. When you harvest in the fall, some potatoes will be large, others small, baseball size and smaller. The small ones are generally harder to deal with if you peel them, so people usually just use these for planting in the next season. Keep them in a cool dark place. Mine are sitting down in the basements right now, on year six. Also, why bother with any of the indoor stuff with potatoes? They do better when planted directly in the soil, a couple weeks before the last frost. There's many plants that do need to be started inside, so space is a premium this time of year.
I think this is great for folks growing for mostly production, but for myself if I was going to grow my own potatoes, I would want to support an independent seed farm growing seed potatoes and as an added bonus, get varieties I won’t find in the grocery store.
Thank you! I'm so excited to grow potatoes this year!
Thank you very much Luke. This really helps I was always wanting to grow potatoes, I have done this same with Lettuce buy cutting the bottom part off and putting it in water and watching it grow, next step is to plant my lettuce in a bucket. Great channel glad I found you
Thanks Luke, I’ve learned much from your videos. I’m going to get some potatoes and start this this week!
thank you! this is my new vegetable for this year.
I love the details you give. Thank you!
Thank you. I needed this information. I've been wondering how to do it more frugally.
Wow! Thank you for this info. I will try this out in my garden this year
Thanks for all the tips Luke!
Happy Friday Luke and whole crew.
So much I didn't know. I'll give this method a try. Thank you.
I have bought regular (non-organic) russet potatoes from the store, dumped a bag into a paper towel lined box and left them under a table in my kitchen and within a week or two, they had eyes that were 3 to 4 inches long. Our apartment stayed between 70 and 80 degrees and I wasn't even trying to grow potato slips.
Thank you, and we appreciate you.
Thank you for saving me money Luke! So convenient to pick the 'seed potatoes' up at the grocery store too!
I made my seed potatoes by buying organic potatoes from Whole Foods and put some in a paper bag in cool area. I let them grow about 3 weeks in bag, then remove them once eyes sprout. Then I put them in egg cartons and grow them on until I can plant them out in late March or early to mid-April in Chicago. I've gotten a nice amount.
Great video! I didn't know how long this would take because I always planted spouted potatoes I'd find in my cupboard.
But now I'll be more purposely doing this. THX Luke!!
Thank you for the great explanation of the process!
Years ago, a farmer told me that potato plants love to grow in rotted sawdust. I just happen to have a big, thick carpet of rotted sawdust where I keep my firewood logs. I grew potatoes in Iosco County Michigan for the first time a few years ago. It was fun. I just planted a few, yet, that Fall I got five pounds of them. It felt good knowing I could grow them. They say to plant different varieties of potatoes to ward off disease.
Great info! I love growing potatoes. Harvesting them is like an Easter egg hunt, only dirtier! 😂
They are my favorite thing to harvest! It's so playful.
Can't wait to try this. Love all the videos
Perfect timing.
Starting these today along with sweet potatoes and some of your 43 day tomato seeds!
43 day tomato 🤔
@@JamesWhite-tg4kw I think they are a small tomato. I started them indoors and they are doing good so far. The sweet potatoes are doing better then I expected. I got more slips then I thought I would. The seed potatoes didn't turn out quite as good. I think I kept the humidity too high on those.
I have been gardening now for several years , but this year I am planting taters ! I have expanded my lot so I've got room now sounds like fun to plant learning a lot of new things gardening in Indiana
Thanks for your great channel and blessings to you and your loved ones from Port Angeles Washington
Great teaching. Thank you.
Very cool, super useful video thats well explained and concise. This will help a lot for my family, thank you so much!
I never knew it was ambient moisture, really helps out for sprouting eyes.
Thank you I grew my own potato this year and this is the first year I have been successful now I'm going to use them to grow more for next year
Never saw it done this way before. Very interesting.
Thank you 😊
Thank you!! I was planning to go out tomorrow to buy my seed potato's 😊
I cut my large potatoes into smaller pieces--with at least one eye on each piece--before chitting. That gives me even more plants!
Thank you for the infomation, I’m going to give it a try.
Thank you for posting this! I had just been wondering about this
Thank you!
My lemon habeneros and ghost peppers from you germinated! Super excited. Thanks Luke!
Bruh, just put a bag of potatoes in the crisper (also known in our house as the rotter, where veggies go to die) in the refrigerator. You'll find them in a few months full of eyes, easy! No fuss no muss rofl. Good job man
thank you, so glad i found this!, seed is 4 or 5 dollars for 3 seeds at the store!, crazy expensive!
Last year and the year before I kept my potatoes under the breakfast bar in the kitchen. They were in an open air little bin. They were never washed until ready to eat. The ping pong sized potatoes I just planted them yesterday. They were ready. 😊
Great video! I saved a bunch of smaller potatoes from last years harvest and was just wondering what was next to get them to sprout. Thank you! 👩🌾🌱
Yes, I have done this for years and have been successful but no one talks of doing it and I have wondered if it is a self sustaining method, so I bought some last year, however my home grown sprouts gave as good if not better.
Mine were stored in my kitchen closet in a brown paper sack... pulled the out...lord have mercy, they're loooong!
Usually my farmer friend just cuts up seed potatoes with at least one eye on each piece, lets them skin over 3 or 4 days, and plants them with a potato planter that spaces them correctly. No need to sprout the eyes.
This is brilliant, thank you so much.
Thank you, definitely will give this a try
Very helpful!
Wow.. I have been blessed.. I just buy at grocery store.. put them in a cold closet to store for eating and they always sprout.. I put them in a bright window, but not direct.. in a egg carton .. I spray water in them from time to time.. and that's it. I'll be Plato g them in a few weeks.. in tall raised beds..pray God.. the harvest will be as it was the past three year.
I am trying this!
Thanks
Thank you for the video.. my son watches you and its helped my family a lot with your videos.. we are now starting to eat a lot more organically and losing weight with your videos
That is awesome! Happy gardening!
Potatoes love being bunches together 👁️
Hey Luke please where is the video “how to store potatoes “ - thanks great videos!
thanks for information
Subscribed. Very knowledgeable and helpful video. Basically answered all the questions I had! Thanks!
Doing this with a leftover store bought potatoes, I was surprised by how many/quickly the shoots started growing
I messed around with a damp rag for a bit but didnt seem to have much of an effect, good to know the moisture isnt a hugely important factor
Cheers mate
Thank you, I was having trouble getting the seedlings I wanted..not anymore! I rec’d my seed order from you and this is my first year trying Trifecta+ and cannot wait to get out into the garden. I like in MA so I will be 10 weeks before I can plant outside, seed planting will take place fairly soon though!!.
Successfully made seed potatoes from your sand in the garage method this winter. Just planted them in a chicken wire tower and they are growing great!
Oh wow I didn’t know you could do that . 😘🥔
HI LUKE. WE JUST GOT OUR TRIFECTA PLUS ➕ AND YOUR BOOK TODAY. GREAT INFO. THANK YOU 😊