We keep all the tiny ones too. My wife will make brown gravy(beef flavored) and cook them in it. It makes a great side dish which she calls "New Potatoes". Oh and yes, it's been a difficult growing season this year and I averaged roughly what you had in mostly 10" pots. I have around 15 pounds of potatoes(so far, as I still have 12 more pots to go). At least we don't have the smoke from Canada covering the skies this year, which last year caused all my Red Sun shallots to bolt. I couldn't get a new set this year, but did get Dutch shallots and Yellow Potato onions. Happy gardening!
I may consider growing in pots next year if we have another wet winter and early spring like we did this year. I have an allotment and I was late getting the potatoes into the ground because of the weather, so haven't harvested them yet but must do in the next week or so. Just looking at the plants they don't look as good as last year and I am not expecting a particularly good harvest. In respect of 6x, I've used it in the past and it is good stuff. Also makes a great compost tea for giving plants a quick boost; the tea of which I offered to one of my fellow plot holders who's plants were looking a bit sickly.
I agree. But I reuse the compost on the beds as a soil conditioner after. You could just keep reusing it and add a fertiliser each year. Still nicee to grow your own
New subscriber from Montgomery county, Texas 🙏 Great content , we get very hot here , just went through a week with no power ,due to hurricane Beryl from the gulf of Mexico. I started planted our potatoes in grow bags about 4 yrs ago ,due to my bad back issues Its so much easier to harvest like you did , just dumping them out in a wheelbarrow. Im using 15 gallon grow bags ,and they are ready to be harvested ,but putting in the sunroom to let the dirt dry out for about aweek , or should I pull them now ? As I dont want rotten potatoes?. I also plant our sweet potatoes/ yams in grow bags also , as its harder to plant in ground and constantly covering with more dirt or hay/ straw . Yes here in hot texas , my tomatoes have taken a hit , but getting ready to pull my determinate tomatoes, as they are done , our indeterminate tomatoes, Got blown over during the storm , but I got out there with my 2 granddaughters ( they love learning & helping in our garden ) . I look forward to watching more of your content . Mrs josette Montgomery county, Texas 🙏
Hiya ....this week some of my lettuces bolted which got me thinking about your potato compost experiment ...while you had slightly more spuds when you left the flowers on would it be quantity over quality after all potato flowering is the plant going to seed ...it would be interesting if there is a difference in taste as is often the case where other veggie plants have blown ...?
We keep all the tiny ones too. My wife will make brown gravy(beef flavored) and cook them in it. It makes a great side dish which she calls "New Potatoes". Oh and yes, it's been a difficult growing season this year and I averaged roughly what you had in mostly 10" pots. I have around 15 pounds of potatoes(so far, as I still have 12 more pots to go). At least we don't have the smoke from Canada covering the skies this year, which last year caused all my Red Sun shallots to bolt. I couldn't get a new set this year, but did get Dutch shallots and Yellow Potato onions. Happy gardening!
Thanks for watching. We have hardly had a summer so far. Rain again today
I may consider growing in pots next year if we have another wet winter and early spring like we did this year. I have an allotment and I was late getting the potatoes into the ground because of the weather, so haven't harvested them yet but must do in the next week or so. Just looking at the plants they don't look as good as last year and I am not expecting a particularly good harvest. In respect of 6x, I've used it in the past and it is good stuff. Also makes a great compost tea for giving plants a quick boost; the tea of which I offered to one of my fellow plot holders who's plants were looking a bit sickly.
Hi Sharon. It’s a strange year for veg. Most things are under performing. Good luck. 🤞
Good job on your potato harvest. You will be enjoying potatoes for awhile. I enjoyed the video. Happy gardening 😊
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I enjoy the long videos thank you from El Mirage, Arizona
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Hi it would be interesting to hear if you do a taste test re the various buckets, i'm trying similar method for the first time in 40 years gardening.
A nice harvest Jase. Steve Colwell
Thanks Steve.
Good show, cheers Jase. 6x is just chicken poo mate, find somone with chickens and offer to clean their coop out for nowt ;)
Hope to get our own chooks eventually. At £15 bag it’s cheap enough
The problem with growing potatoes is the cost of the compost and seed potatoes but at least you know what was in them.
I agree. But I reuse the compost on the beds as a soil conditioner after. You could just keep reusing it and add a fertiliser each year. Still nicee to grow your own
Brilliant 👊
Thank you 🙏
New subscriber from
Montgomery county, Texas 🙏
Great content , we get very hot here , just went through a week with no power ,due to hurricane Beryl from the gulf of Mexico.
I started planted our potatoes in grow bags about 4 yrs ago ,due to my bad back issues
Its so much easier to harvest like you did , just dumping them out in a wheelbarrow.
Im using 15 gallon grow bags ,and they are ready to be harvested ,but putting in the sunroom to let the dirt dry out for about aweek , or should I pull them now ?
As I dont want rotten potatoes?.
I also plant our sweet potatoes/ yams in grow bags also , as its harder to plant in ground and constantly covering with more dirt or hay/ straw .
Yes here in hot texas , my tomatoes have taken a hit , but getting ready to pull my determinate tomatoes, as they are done , our indeterminate tomatoes, Got blown over during the storm , but I got out there with my 2 granddaughters ( they love learning & helping in our garden ) .
I look forward to watching more of your content .
Mrs josette
Montgomery county, Texas 🙏
Very nice 🙂
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Had so many failures with germination this year also things bolting. But for the first time Kelvedon wonder peas have made up for it so far.
It’s certainly been a struggle this year so far
Can you re-usE the same soil[ more or less] for next generation of potatoes, this year?
Just done that😊
Plants are growing again
Wales
Yes but maybe add some extra fertiliser
Good honest review my friend hope i can call you that
Thank you 🙏
Chin it…..the storage very interesting…….what stops the stored potatoes from growing ?
They have a rest period so won’t grow until spring
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Well your Charlotte potatoes beat the hell out of mine this year 🥇Got blight and had to harvest after 9 weeks .My first poor harvest 😢
The damp and cold hasn’t helped susie.
the best thing to use for the scales is a plastic bag a decent spud harvest
Thank you
That bucket seemed to work perfectly well.
Thanks for sharing! What was the NPK of the fertiliser?
Hi. Can’t remember off the top of my head but if you google 6X fertiliser it should throw it up
Hiya ....this week some of my lettuces bolted which got me thinking about your potato compost experiment ...while you had slightly more spuds when you left the flowers on would it be quantity over quality after all potato flowering is the plant going to seed ...it would be interesting if there is a difference in taste as is often the case where other veggie plants have blown ...?
What was your base material that you added the fertilisers to?
Just compost
im sorry sir i might sound a bit rude here but if thats how you store your potatoes then what was the point of taking them out to begin with?
To weigh them as it was an experiment
@@leatonveg isee good work
Are you using Vitax 6x or something else ?