BIGGEST POTATO HARVEST EVER! / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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I had put my name down for a alotment plot just before Christmas were I live a few weeks later I was invited over and basically told I'd have one two weeks later got a text nobody given up there plots, I was disappointed not getting on also they are only 19 by 19 not big at all. My son moved in a little cottage that's about 100 years old and 5 minutes walk from me anyway the back garden has a small like courtyard you go up steps and my eyes light up a long garden and he tells me I can do what I like with it. I started by cleaning and washing the courtyard, putting pots in painting the 3 little window stills, putting a few garden chairs and a bench in so himself and partner can enjoy it. The garden itself is a work in progress over grown, everything coming in from his neighbours' grass up to my knees, and 3 very brave cats come in. I've got 2 raised beds from a friend, and while cutting the garden back, I found 7 big fence posts, which I'll use as border for beds. Then I get a call saying there's an allotment available. Didn't take it I'm happy with his garden. Only thing is they have no side entrance so have to go through the house and hes give out about compost and stuff being brought through the house 😅. Myself and daughter were off work today and got so much done in my new plot. 😅.
My garden is small I've 3, 8 foot long raised beds a small greenhouse and lots of pots. I was even thinking of getting rid of my garden table and chairs for more space.
Also by cutting the heads of beans and peas you keep away thoese horrible black aphids that's what they go for the fresh new growth .
Was a bit naughty of them to lead you on like that . Your new garden project sounds better anyway
Happy gardening and best of luck in your new garden.
I would love my allotment to be in my garden,although it's nice to get away from household task distractions.As yours is at your Sons cottage, it's still like a little escape from the daily grind.
How exciting! Sounds like you got a better deal at your son's.
After watching this video I went to my allotment and decided to “harvest” my potatoes. I knew I was pushing it but I got so excited after watching this I pulled one up! I swear to god I got 4 the size of marbles!!!! It’s taught me a lesson though and that is to be more patient. Great video.
Lol I was rooting for you at the start of your comment . I too was tempted but resisted lol
@@sarahsallotmentjourney I wouldn’t mind but I pulled some onions and garlic thinking I might have better luck but they weren’t much bigger!! Patience patience patience!!!
Here in New York state we say that corn should be "knee high by the fourth of July". Nice potato harvest!
Really ok I think if we get the sun we are supposed to next week mine is in with a chance … I may get someone shorter to measure against though lol nice phrase
The joy of harvesting your own food never fades
Yep - harvested half my charlotte potatoes today - eaten some for dinner! Yummy!
Seeing the joy on your face digging potatoes up that you grew was so lovely x You put love sweat and tears and humour in those so they will taste amazing x enjoy x
So fab to see you looking so happy with the potato crop after we've had such a challenging season!
I’m panicking now as everything apart from the snap peas and raddish are tiny still
@@sarahsallotmentjourney I've had about 5 strawberries this year. That's it. I'm hoping we get a lovely July and August and everything grows!
The pure joy on your face!! You’ve made me excited to harvest mine 🥔🥔🥔
Hello Emma
Wow what a wonderful potato harvest, so exciting to pull them up to see what you get in your harvest congratulations on a great harvest
That was absolutely satisfying to watch, congrats on the potato harvest! Digging potatoes from containers is always exciting for me, but your joy in digging such size and amount from the ground is next level!
I have three bags of earlies. I emptied one last week, one this week and one will be emptied next week. My main crop are in the ground. I love your excitement for potatoes it is indeed like digging for treasure.
What I like doing when harvesting potatoes is use a stick with a rounded end to dig. Less potatoes are damaged then with a fork or spade. Great harvest by the way!!!!!
Hi Emma your plants is looking great .Good job on patoto harvest.
We’ve got bags and pots of potatoes waiting to be harvested. I’m aiming for Sunday lunch. Can’t wait to tip one out and see what’s there!
I dug up my potatoes last week. Best thing ever! I grew Adirondack Blue potatoes this year. They are blue inside and out and have a wonderful flavor. I'm hoping to get some chitted and planted for a fall crop. I like growing mine in the ground and raised beds.
What an amazing harvest of potatoes,, when you get to my age bucket and grow bags are your best friend.😂😂😂
Yes i agree, my crops don’t seem to be growing brilliantly this year because the weather is not right. Fingers crossed that as this week is so warm, that they pick up. I too harvested some potatoes, but go no where near the amount you did! I probably need to plant more next year! Your plots are looking great, well done
My garden is quite ahead thanks to the polytunnel. However, I've had 7% germination rate for yellow bush beans and a slightly better 40% with the Blue Lake climbing. Both were surprise because beans just come up and take off no problem normally. Last year did not know where to put them. This year, I struggled terribly. Even my polebeans never made it. 3 came up out of 20, and one is still alive and now is producing, unlike the other beans. This was direct sown in Feb. I recon it was not the seeds because others had reported similar with their beans, and we don't shop all at the same seed suppliers and most definitely dont use the same germination tech. Devastated.
Your garden is looking great.❤
Got our first ever havest yesterday of first early potatoes its so rewarding
Fabulous harvest Emma! Great to see the peas doing so well too. Whack in a courgette I say - the more the merrier 😊
Wow Emma what's a fantastic harvest of potatoes like you said the weather has been up and down but wasn't expecting the huge sizes on your first earlies mine I haven't pulled up yet but if it's like your will be a very happy bu by xxxx
Have a good week and see you next time, potatoes look very good size in all❤
I agree!! Growing potatoes in the ground seems better somehow!! I've got some in a raised garden bed!! Going bananas!! I have built up my patience with growing potatoes over the years to let them leave them longer and longer!! Life seems to be busier and busier too these days too let them grow longer too!! I still like growing them in pots and stuff...but yeah...ground vs. pots?? Ground is the winner when growing potatoes!!
My spuds are just starting to pop their leaves up. I’m on the other side of the world though in subtropical Queensland. We can’t grow much in summer (and it’s way to hot to work anyway) so have surprisingly similar planting and harvesting times. My peas are just about ready to harvest too. I do have three big bunches of bananas though so they will likely be ready while I’m away. Oh well, possums will have a bumper feast without me yelling at them.
Well done Emma, that’s an excellent harvest. I didn’t get to plant mine until late April due to illness so I’ve got a few more weeks to wait, also this year I planted all of them in containers except for my main crop. Love your videos, good luck with the rest of your crops.
So glad you mentioned black spot. I have been so paranoid about blight this year(especially don’t want it spreading to my young tomato plants), and thought thats what I had on my potatoes the other day but I think it’s black spot now! 😮💨 thank you!
Them potatoes were fabulous Emma. Congratulations on a bumper harvest
Brill harvest Emma, cant wait to harvest mine.❤
Hiya Emma. Argh Treasure lol great harvest enjoy! Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
As me here digging a sweet potato...same excitement but i always do it until it's too late
Great haul of spuddies there Emma .
In NZ we let the potato growth completely die down then harvest the potatoes. Slugs hate Rosemary and lavender so I cut up the leaves and spread them all over the garden. They hate the smell. Your potato harvest is great.
I harvested my first lot of potatoes last night!
Ever noticed when you step into your allotment you feel amazing and at peace? I find watering my gardens feels incredibly relaxing even the little goblins that eat my leaves make me happy🌱🌱💚
I notice that as soon as I go through the gate your so right
Your two plots are looking fab you’ve worked so hard. You’ve created an amazing space for veg flowers & wildlife. 👍
What a fabulous potato harvest , mine still have abit longer to go till I can harvest, I think toull be ok sowing some more courgettes as I've just done some and the weather is meant to be getting really sunny and warmer towards the end of this week, I hope tgats true , look forward to toure Wednesday vlog
Happy gardening Emma x
You doing rather good to be fare, here near Colchester I have not been able to get any parsnip growth at all this year. Our courgettes are doing well we started picking last week, we have been having to feed a lot this year and put Epsom salts on most of the plants, I think all the rain has washed a lot of the nutrients out the soil.
I started putting eggshells around my dahlias. So far it seems to be working 🤞🏻
Got impatient too and pulled first Earlies and second Earlies 😊 I HAD A WHEELBARROW FULL OF POTATOES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. Usually I grow in pots but decided to try ground this year and it was soooo fun searching for the potatoes in soil. My main crops didn’t grow so well and a lot of potatoes got eaten by slugs UGH.
Main potatoes*
Ah that’s great to know why our potatoes are suffering with the same thing, I did worry it was blight! Excuse to lift them now though. Well done on an amazing harvest!
After cutting off the haulms leave them for two weeks before lifting. It gives the skins time to harden off
I love your successes, Emma. Well done!
Great harvest of spuds. I always leave mine until the foliage dies off. I started my tomato seeds off on the conservatory windowsill in trays. They germinated within a few days. I pricked them out into pots when they got to a few inches high. They grew a few more inches and then stopped. After about six weeks, they were still the same size. I checked a couple for root growth and they had very little roots. The whole lot ended up in the compost bin. My leeks were sown with the same bag of compost and they aren't looking very clever either. Yet my turnips, carrots, parsnips, and khol rabi are all thriving, so, I just don't get it. Oh, I almost forgot, my beetroot done well also... until I planted them out, and something has shredded them. My own stupid fault for not covering them.
I pulled my earlies last week but didn't get too many and definitely not as big as yours ❤
I paused and emptied a tub of spuds too. That's tea sorted!
Emma, you are inspirational. Thank you.
I love harvesting potatoes. It's like digging for buried treasure!
That’s totally how I feel too lol
SPUDS!!!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Taters down south, tatties up north. My nan used to say. Xx
I’ve lifted all of our ‘earlies’, so now have a little bit of space! Also harvested all of my broad beans!
Fabulous Emma your spuds look great. My plot is looking sad cool wet weather not helping but love your videos you keep me inspired. Thanks so much x
Omg to cool wet weather has really hit us hard this year … I’m holding on to next weeks sun that’s expected to pull it all out of the bag
Hi Emma. Love all your vlogs 💖 but this one was great. I will be pulling up my potatoes in a couple of days time. Apparently 1st earlies take 2 months before you harvest them 2nd earlies 3 months and main crop 4 months
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If you put your fork a bit away from the shaws you won't stab the potatoes, and keep them in paper bags in the dark.
Try crushed dry chillies for slugs.
Hi Emma, I just wanted to say that I ordered 2 pairs of the gloves you recommended in a video you did a while ago, for my friend and me. We are both really pleased with them. They are comfortable and are waterproof, so thanks for the recommendation.
Beautiful potato harvest!
Birds love oats
Hope my spuds have done well this year Emma also remember they don't take long to cook pidgeons love peas always start them off in modules or pots
I am in Essex, left my dahlias in the ground over winter and they are now approx 3ft in height and just coming into flower. I am growing my Charlotte potatoes in 10 litre buckets. One potato per bucket hoping for approx 1.5 lbs per bucket, although don’t have much expectation, but will wait until foliage has died back before harvesting.
You got a lovely lot of potatoes around your house for chips night then👍
Lovely Emma, please dig up your spuds, dont just pull them
Yay! Potatoes fresh from the garden. So yum! What a success after a difficult start. Gives me hope here in cold, rainy Seattle. ❤
I do love a potato harvest ❤🥔🥔🥔
❤❤❤wow beautiful fresh vegetables. New subscriber
Growing potatoes in pots can be very expensive the cost of compost, always in the ground it always gives good crop.
Incredible!! 😍❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🥔🥔
Thank you !
Excellent yummy potatoes! Woohoo, that’s amazing!
Great video thank you
Being in Nottinghamshire I put my spuds in a few weeks later, will pull them up just after the green bulbs that the flowers produce
i asked my local takeaway to keep their egg shells for me, they seem to keep the slugs away!
Tried porridge round plants but pigeons eating the porridge.😂
Potato queen 🤟😁
Oh wow Emma, well done on the potatoes. It took months trying to chit in the polytunnel this year and though they are now out they are way off from harvesting.
good crop from mine in buckets, put in early
Always exciting. When my new potatoes are ready, I just cut the tops off and harvest them when required. For courgettes or winter squash just make holes to plant them.
Mice love peas, I start mine indoors or put the pea seeds in paraffin for a few minutes before planting.
My pea plants are about 30cm talls 😂 and I think the birds are eating my beetroot seedlings
Wow great crop Emma. Those earlies look great. The big ones are to die for. I am scared of that fork Emma. The bent finger I don't trust for those potatoes.
😋🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 potatoes!
Hi Emma I've done some like you I can't resist pulling up a few myself, still git z bed to harvest but today seagulls kept swooping done trying to take the new potatoes so I gave up for today 😮
Not pulling mine until next week or the week after as the husband always tells me off doing it without him. But he will be on holiday sometime around there then. I had a little bit of a dig though and found one potato weighing in at 19 grams. It's a sign there's more to come.
But they have to come out as my cabbages are getting bored in the greenhouse and want to be planted.
👍👍❤❤
I'm a bit further north than you but my crops apart from potato have been very slow this year, even though I have a poly tunnel. It's not just the lack of sun that's an issue it's the lack of insects pollinating. I have runner beans full of flowers but the flowers aren't being pollinated and are dropping off. My peppers have stopped growing at about 3 inches, my tomatoes have grown but haven't even started fruiting...(Again lack of insects). The list is long so the tldr is my crops are pants this year so far lol.
Edit: i will add that lettuce and pakchoi are doing well so not a total loss. P s, you can put the potato plants back in the ground and many of them will carry on growing and give you more later .
gardeners complain about the weather but my plot is thriving in Northumberland I use organic slug pellets. It’s ferric (iron) phosphate. A few pellets not much. It helps plants so I’m told & gets rid of slugs. Apparently it’s fine for critters & birds but I only use it on beds I cover with nets to be super sure. I also used nemeses late spring 2023 which made a difference too
Nemodes. 🤦♀️
Fantastisch Good work emmas you te best te moostiun te planting te patatoes thans te video Top week groetjes 👍✔️🤗🍹🧤🥔⛅🏵️🌺
Emma you were talking about your book not getting published. Do you know Amazon will publish and print books as well as sell them?
Just a thought
My potatoes have been rubbish so far! Dug up 2 first early plants and only got 4 potatoes to show for it! 😢
Apparently mice and birds are terrible for stealing the pea seeds :/ I’m growing mine hidden away in a cold frame wrapped in plastic sheet so nothing can nick them.
Do you put chelated iron in your soil? might be the cause of the yellow leaves?
A snail trail
Any idea why my peas are tall, growing well with large pods but the peas inside are SO tiny?? X
I put my pumpkins out too small and they’ve not survived :( I sowed more which have just germinated - am I too late for pumpkins this year?? 😢 or will they catch up?
My cucumbers also did not survive 🤦🏼♀️
I can’t see what you are going to do with that much of spuds…
Fantastisch Good work Emmas te planting te moostuin the patatoes thans te video Top week grootjes 💕🌱🌿🥔🌤🌸🎈🧤🍹🪴