Planting Whole Potatoes or Pieces -- Which is Better?
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Should you plant whole seed potatoes or cut them into pieces? If you cut the potatoes into pieces, how long should you wait until planting? And does planting by the moon really work?
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You are spot on my friend, back in the day we would harvest 500 to 1000 lbs per season doing exactly how to described your method, well done video
Thanks Jack!
I've always cut my taters and planted pretty much right away without "letting them heal" and I've never had rot issues. I will say this year I mixed some sand into my soil on one row and it did much better due to excessive moisture we had. The better draining soil kept them from rotting where the other rows had a few that were rotted and the white bumps. I guess it all depends on your soil but next year I'll be mixing sand into the other rows. I fertilize mine with a 3-4-3 or something similar in the beginning, and bone meal, then add pot ash after they sprout. I have nice big taters every time.
Awesome
Just to add my 2 cents in on the moon planting.... my understanding from my grandparents was they planted according to the moon not because of the tide or what not but more so because of the calendar date. They came to Canada very poor in the early 1900's and didn't have a calendar so they would count the moon cycles in a season to know where they were in the planting months. Whether a crop would be bountiful or not had nothing to do with the moon. They also told time by the sun . They had a large focal tree in there yard and depending on where the sun was shining on it grandad could tell the time within a minute. Lol that was my 2 cents thanks for the video I still have to wait about 8 weeks before potatoes can be planted.
We've seen some folks who can tell time with their hand by putting it up to the sun. It's a neat little trick!
@@gardeningwithhoss As they put their hand up to the sun they look at the watch on their wrist.
funny how much smarter people seemed to be in the past when they couldnt rely on technology
@@garryverniest5893 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for the laugh! I needed it!
@@garryverniest5893 hahaha 🤣
My dad always cut up his potatoes and spread lime on them in a container, let set for two or three days before planting. I have seen him when in a rush, plant them right away after mixing lime on them. He always had large nice potatoes. I always plant a few potatoes myself. Thanks for the video, and good luck on your taters.
That works as well. Anything that can lower the pH on the surface of the potato will help reduce fungal diseases on the seed piece.
This is the exact video I needed!
Our pleasure! Hope you enjoyed it!
Roots and Refuge Farm, you didn't mention in your video if you will be planting your potatoes by the moon, lol!
@@gardeningwithhoss great video, one thing I didn’t hear is whether or not it’s important to keep the eye of the potato pointing up. I’ve read mixed answers on this. So can I just throw the potatoes in the hole or do I have to position them a certain way?
Great information, Travis! Sadly, no potatoes for me this year - I'm maximizing my tomatoes and peppers this Spring. Also, I'm actively trying to "buy the farm," LOL, and I'm praying that I'll have a new, more sustainable property by the end of this summer.....Hopefully, after I harvest and can tomatoes. It''ll break my heart to leave my garden, but if it means having a 1/4 to 1/3 acre garden, that'll go a long way towards nursing a broken heart!
You'll do great things with a 1/4 acre garden!
good luck!
Man I was waiting for my pond water to rise so I knew it was the right time to plant! Dang! 😂 Good stuff man. We just received our order from y’all and can’t wait to get started. Many thanks!
Haha. You keep an eye on that pond water and let me know if anything happens! Thanks for your order!
Planting anything gives me the tingles inside! LOL Great, practical, very informational video! Much appreciated.
Tingles are good!
Real good advice. My grandfather and uncle said that the tatos planting day was March 17th. Don't know how they got that but it worked for them. Oklahoma zone 7A. Wish they were around so I could tap their knowledge.
2 weeks before your average last frost date. That's the best estimate we provide.
It's a traditional date in the British Isles (St Pat's day. you know, Irish...potatoes...) and pretty much got imported to the US, even though if you think through AZ vs Cal vs. Alabama vs. Maine climates...not going to be right for everyone!
hi Larry, so potatoes come in early season, mid season and late season varieties. Early potatoes are planting around March 15, which is probably what your GF and Uncle had. Mid season can be planted Mid May and late season around June-ish ("early summer" is how the directions read.) Hope this answers your question more fully
My grandad was a srong believer in planting by the moon. As a little kid, I remember my dad did not believe in it, He planted potatoes in two separate fields - one at the best time to plant and the other at the worst. The next year he switched fields and did the same thing again. The result was that planting by the moon sign resulted in a signaficantly better harvest both years. We have done it that way since.
My parents told me the same.... I guess I will be following this and stop being stubborn. But I pray over my garden and have no complaints but I will also plant by the moon.
Had he done that for several years, in several other areas, then I'd maybe believe it, but there are many factors that could have just coincidentally given him those results. Maybe the seed potatoes he planted in the opposite fields on opposite years were better/worse, maybe pests attacked one field far worse one year, then the other field far worse the next, etc.
I love it when Tygra makes her presence. She is beautiful. Thanks for all your videos. I’m in zone 8a in Tx and this is my fave and resourceful channel. 👍🏼🙏🏼
There is one detail you left out when explaining the difference between whole and cut potato planting. If you live in an area like I do where it rains just about non stop from the middle of October to some time in June. It can be difficult to get a good potato crop. Whole potatoes about the size of a chicken egg make the best seed in that situation. Even if you "heal" them, cut potatoes are open to infection. the science is that the skin on the potato serves the same purpose as your skin in that it's the first line of defence from infection a scab can keep dirt out of a wound but it does little to stop infection. the same is true with potatoes. All I can say about it is the same you said of planting by ,moon cycle, if it has been working for you and you've always done it, then continue doing whatever works best for you.
I grew potatoes for the first time 2 years ago (Kennebec White and Yukon Gold) and I have to say they were the easiest thing I have ever grown. Other than some hilling early on and fertilizing a couple of times they were pretty much maintenance free. The size and volume of foliage made weeding almost non-existent. I am awaiting a restock notification for your Red Norland variety and can't wait to try these out this coming spring. I thoroughly enjoy all of your videos, Travis. Keep them coming.
You're going to love the Kennebec. Been growing them for a few years now. It is a great all purpose white potato. Great for baking, mashing, frying, etc.
Hopefully it will be a variety that we keep in the rotation for years to come.
Red Pontiac potatoes and Kentucky blue wonder pole beans cookin in the same pot while chicken frying in that 50 year old iron skillet. Granny, I so miss ya.
OH, cut one seed potato into three or four prices, let dry and scab over about ten days befor planting. Scuba what!
@@robertl.fallin7062 Ain't that the truth! Now that's some good eating!
@@gardeningwithhoss What we grew for many years, but lately Yukon Gold has been what we raise more of......they keep far better in the root cellar than Kennebec. We're trying some Huckleberry Gold this year....claim to be a lower glycemic index potato (doesn't raise blood sugar level as high). They are purple skin, but yellow inside like the Yukon Gold.
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I put my potatoes on a tray cut side up under a LED light. It dries them out in 1-2 days. Not sure if that’s something do-able when you have buckets of seed potatoes. But, for my small garden, a single layer of seed potatoes on a bakers 1/2 sheet pan is enough for me.
Gonna try my hand at potatoes this year! It will be my second year having a garden. Can't wait to give it a go!🥔
Good Luck! Check out our Potato Growing Guide for more tips! hosstools.com/potato-growing-guide/
Thanks for another great video. Full of great tips and advice! I recently retired and haven't planted a garden for many years and this is my first year of getting back into gardening and I enjoy all the good information that I have long forgotten.
Wonderful!
Hahaha I loved the moon segment of this episode!! Preach it!
It appears to be a very polarizing issue among gardeners.
Thank you so much. You’re the only one to actually answer all my questions. I’ve wasted so much time searching through a bunch of malarkey from folks who don’t seem to know any more than I do.
My pleasure!
Thank you, Sir, for this very valuable information and high quality presentation! I’m definitely going to subscribe and learn more on your videos!
I started planting by the signs about a decade ago here in the mountains of WNC, partly because of seeing how the old timers here that do so have absolutely amazing gardens. But I know part of that has to be due to plentiful rain and other right growing conditions. It does “work” in the sense that the signs provide a rhythm to get the work done.
For people that have an off the farm job or even an agricultural job that is multi-dimensional or even single crop focused ,or diary etc., the personal family garden is time consuming and people have to budget their time to complete the necessary work for a productive harvest. The moon calendar / old farmers almanac works perfectly for that.
I also think a piece of anecdotal evidence to point to to support your side of the argument is that folks that take the time to be careful about planting with the signs are also meticulous in other aspects of gardening and will tend their gardens more carefully with watering and fertilizing, and those aspects really produce the harvest more so than the signs. It would be interesting for someone to test these questions under strictly controlled greenhouse conditions with all the same factors except for planting date.
But whatever the case, in a metaphysical and theological sense, God created the universe and along with that the seed and growing process, as well as the moon phases, and solar energy, which continues to make life even possible. It’s an active energy whereby he’s holding it together still. I just believe what the Bible says about that, and we can also point to scientific evidence to back up the metaphysical.
Thanks for joining us.
Love your straightfoward honesty about the moon - feel sorry for the moon-struck among us👌
I started planting by the signs about a decade ago here in the mountains of WNC, partly because of seeing how the old timers here that do so have absolutely amazing gardens. But I know part of that has to be due to plentiful rain and other right growing conditions. It does “work” in the sense that the signs provide a rhythm to get the work done.
For people that have an off the farm job or even an agricultural job that is multi-dimensional or even single crop focused ,or diary etc., the personal family garden is time consuming and people have to budget their time to complete the necessary work for a productive harvest. The moon calendar / old farmers almanac works perfectly for that.
I also think a piece of anecdotal evidence to point to to support your side of the argument is that folks that take the time to be careful about planting with the signs are also meticulous in other aspects of gardening and will tend their gardens more carefully with watering and fertilizing, and those aspects really produce the harvest more so than the signs.
But whatever the case, in a metaphysical and theological sense, God created the universe and along with that the seed and growing process, as well as the moon phases, and solar energy, which continues to make life even possible. It’s an active energy whereby he’s holding it together still. I just believe what the Bible says about that, and we can also point to scientific evidence to back up the metaphysical.
It's ok. Don't feel sorry for us. We're doin' just fine.
Thank you for this video! We are new to potato growing. I had several concerns and you helped answer my questions!
Great to hear! Hope you have a bumper crop of potatoes this year!
If y’all could share some of that rain with us here in south Texas it would sure be appreciate.
I like planting potatoes during a full moon just because it takes me back to when me and my brother would finish school and homework for the day and would be planting potatoes into the night with just the full moon to light up the ground for us to see. Good times.
I like gardening on a full moon because I can work later into the evening.
I'm just getting to see all your videos. Love all of them so far. I heal my seed potatoes by "ashing" them overnight before planting. 3 benefits...quick heal, short term protection from disease during sprouting, and addition of macro and micro nutrients from the start. As for lunar planting, whatever floats you boat..lmao!! I always plant 1st week of April. 7A zone here.
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Learned more here than anywhere and didn’t have to speed through a life story either. Cut mine up this time, so was looking to see how others healed them. Thanks for just what I needed to understand.
Glad it helped!
Great video, an old timer tells me there is only two days you can plant potatoes here in Oklahoma, February 14 or March 17, any other days and they will not make, I proved that wrong my first time planting cause I could never follow directions that closely. lol
Oh wow!
Thanks for the detail information I did not know I could cut them.
Oh yeah! Gotta stretch those seed potatoes!
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I live in Minnesota, last year I still had a few feet of snow so I did like the old timers, I would cut off the larger sprouts and eat most of the potatoe. I either planted them in buckets or left the small sprouts in my indoors root cellar on a tray (the guy who built this house 100 years ago was a genius.) Just an experiment, the pieces were small but they did fine. A month later I planted those outside. The potatoes were not big but they still tasted great. Started saving spouts for this year. (I was surprised at how long they can survive without the potato.) I do buy seed potatoes.
Loved it......plant those potatos when the ground it right. Although I do love listening to the old timers talk about the moon cycles. It does make you have "tingles".
Some of those old timers might have had a little too much "shine" the night they concocted this moon planting idea. Lol.
I grew up on Kenebeck potatoes, they make the best french fries and are very productive compared to Yukon Gold. If I can't plant my spuds within a week of cutting, giving them some indirect light will keep sprouts short and stout to keep them from getting knocked off during planting. Great video as always, thanks for posting.
Good to know about the Kennebec. Looking forward to growing them!
I binge watched you and Greg today while I was washing dishes and making homemade cinnamon rolls . I must have missed your Christmas episode with the Santa hats because I don't remember the hats, but I got a nice chuckle from y'all. It's raining and I can't do much outside lol. On a different episode I heard Greg advising someone with a apple tree to get rid of a cedar tree to prevent some rust issues. I'm so happy the good Lord let me see that episode, because I just bought a apple tree and am looking for it's pollinator. I haven't planted it yet and my neighbors both have cedar trees. I'm looking to put them as far as I can from the cedars, but I have a small yard. It would be impossible to get them more than 50 ft from either cedar on my left and right.
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i agree travis nothing to do with the moon..great job good luck this year!
Thanks!
Thank you Travis!
I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience!
Good stuff right there.
gratitude💚🌱
Thanks for watching Captain!
My mother always planted her potatoes on St. Patrick day in zone 7a in northern Oklahoma. I don't know what her reasoning was but no matter what the weather was like potatoes were planted on that day. She always had a big harvest.
We always aim for Valentines Day here, but too wet this year.
I'm just north zone 6A Ks and that is the date we aim for here if the weather cooperates. Last year was really wet and I missed that date by 10 days but had a great crop anyway.
Perfect timing Travis!
We just cut up our potatoes this past weekend & they are under the side of our 100yr barn in the lean-to while they heal. Should I be worried about it getting up into the 70s + the humidity this week? We got the same rain fall you did & the same forecast - it's supposed to rain every day this week.
They should be fine, but you could put them inside if you're concerned.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks!
Such an informative video thank you for taking the time to share!
Urban planter who just grew first batch of golden Yukon. Can’t wait to cut up these new seedlings and grow even more to share with friends and family ☀️
Those Yukons are the best! We hope you have a great crop!
I got to get some land and do this i hate my city life and job! Thanks for sharing
Just do it! Leave that city life in the dust!
I put in a small patch of potatoes yesterday myself. It was a nice day here in S. Calif. Actually, about a month late in coming. I have no idea how they'll grow. I'm still learning. I've listened to a lot of channels. I cut up some russets that sprouted from last Thanksgiving purchase. They'd gotten lost in the pantry and were a pleasant surprise when I found them sprouted and looking ready to plant. I cut off a goose egg size on the sprouting end. I nubbed out eyes down to 2 or 3 per piece. I'd heard you say your grandparents had eaten the excess... and only one end had sprouts; so I got a big ol pot full for eating after cutting off the sprout end, and we're eating those now. Yum. I planted another short row of various irish potatoes that I'd set aside. If I get 20 lbs from what I planted, I think I'll have done well.... my garden is very small.
Sounds like you've done very well! Hope you have a bountiful harvest!
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks. Today, it's beautiful in S. Calif. I planted a few things in my raised beds; including your Warrior Bunching Onions. 4 foot rows of this and that to feed my husband and me this Spring.
Hi everyone, I'm relatively new doing this and I thoroughly enjoy doing it and watching these videos. I just wanted to say that when I'm peeling my potatoes to eat I strategically cut off the eyes to the thickness the peel would be peeling them anyways, put them in a ziploc bag and store them in my fridge in my garage over the winter. I've done this for 2 winters now and had wonderful harvest from my little plot. You would be surprised how many eyes you will accumulate over the winter. I should also add that I live in Newfoundland, Canada and have brutally long winters.
Interesting. That's a good way to use all the potato!
Hoss tools, I've been trying to see what zone I'm in up here in Newfoundland. Do you have a chart or anything like that? I've looked online but all I can find is time zones lol.
I was taught to cut them up so each piece had an eye...then you plant it in a hole cut side down ( AFTER LETTING THEM DRY OUT FOR OVER NIGHT) ....as they grow you hill them up....you can dig under and get the baby potato when they are ready because they are the very best.
Yes, those baby potatoes are delicious!
Will planting spuds in a bucket while waiting out wet weather. Then transplanting later help
Hope after harvest you do a video on what you think of the taste of the crescents. Would love to know.
Will do!
I personally dont plant by the moon; but I do like to plant in my zone by mid Feb. The problem we are having is rain rain and more rain, so as soon as we can dry up some, we will have our spuds going in the dirt.
Seems like many folks are having an unusually wet start to the year. Hope you guys get dry soon!
Up in manitoba canada out potato season doesn't start until mid may. We cut our potatoes same day as planting never have a problem plant cut side down. Switched to sangre reds and Pacific russets which are beautiful baking friendly potatoes and ripen earlier than the reds
Interesting ... a whole different ballgame up there. We're harvesting potatoes when you're planting them.
Really good amount of info. Great job. Really enjoy the information ya'll share with us.
Thanks Buddy!
I agree... I have NEVER had the opportunity to plant by any cycle other than when I could get it done... and my potatoes always just grow potatoes. I planted mine this last weekend, and I've started harvesting my winter potatoes... it's Florida and we can just grow them twice a year and do fine. I plant my winter ones in 25 gallon containers with holes drilled in them, and put 4 to six of them on several large pallets... if there is a hard freeze I just use the tractor and put them in the shop overnight or for a couple of days as necessary... then I pick them one barrel at a time... just empty one into an empty bucket, get whatever potatoes it has in it... when we finish eating them, I dump the next one into that ones empty bucket... I recycle that soil (replenish it with equal parts: black cow, potting soil, and peat moss... a few times over several years, then I just work it into a row in the garden and start over with new... never goes to waste, and helps improve my garden. I never plant potatoes back to back in it... last spring it had broccoli in them. This spring probably going to plant peanuts in them... have all sorts of trouble trying to grow them in the ground... with critters. Thinking of just giving that a try. Sure wish I had something to do with a bunch of raccoons... Best I can tell they are good for nothing, but I feel bad just shooting them for no other reason than them digging up my family's food, and killing my chickens... that's what you have to say on UA-cam. ;)
Don't feel bad about it. There are plenty of raccoons. Some folks around here eat them.
I have read that cut potato segments can be dusted with wood ash to help heal the cut surface.
You read correctly!
I am following your advice and cutting up my seed potatoes and I have coated them in ash from a garden fire before I plant them out later this month.
Loved your excellent video.
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Travis when you plant your potatoes do you put fertilizer in the ground with them or once planted throw fertilizer on top of the ground??? Or do you any fertilizer at all??
We usually just till in some good compost, and then apply some granular fertilizer at hilling.
@@gardeningwithhoss thanks bro and have a blessed day.
You can plant them in February if you can find the ground dry enough. When you cut them it's best to leave at least 2 eyes and it dont hurt anything to let the potatoes dry a few days. That way they can heal over a little where you cut them.
We got ours planted today!
We dipped ours in powdered lime to aid healing. I quit even trying to grow potatoes because of the Japanese beetles and Colorado potato beetles! The bug killer was higher than buying potatoes. And if it rained during the night, by the time I got home from work the next afternoon those dang things decimated my crop!
I use wood ash to coat my cut tatters it adds fertilizer from the ash and keeps bugs away
Wood ash works great too!
How about long term storage potatoes? Which do you recommend for wintering in a root cellar? I know you guys don't do much with a root cellar but up north they were at one time a necessity
Many folks store them that way with great success.
Hello. I came over from Deep South Homestead Channel. I am in zone 9a in Jax, FL. I want to start by saying I have never raised a successful crop of potatoes yet. I have only a yard garden about 750-800 SF of raised beds and I have only tried a couple pounds at a time last year and the year before. This year I was determined to grow some potatoes and dedicated alot of my precious garden space to doing so. Several of my raised beds and a bunch of 7 gallon grow bags. I bought 20lbs total of Kennebecs, Red Norland, Yukon Golds and Red Pontiac. All early season varieties from what I gathered. I then proceeded to do alot of research. On one channel I was watching someone commented that Potatoes have early and late season varieties, well we know that....but then proceeded to say that early also means determinant (Like tomatoes) and late varieties being indeterminant. They went on to say that early varieties (determinants) do not benefit from hilling because they do not produce potatoes above initial seed potato. Only late varieties (Indeterminant) ones do this, which benefit from hilling. I'm in the deep south where Yukon golds, kennebecs and red pontiacs are all anybody has ever grown and everyone has always said they need to be hilled. Can you weigh in on this please? Sorry so long!
We hill all of our potatoes. The late varieties will mature later, but we treat them all the same.
Lol I thought you were going to say you always hilled them. I hate to think we did all that work hilling kenebecs for a decade or so without reason. Ps I love long posts.
Love your educational videos. They’re almost better than going to Agricultural College. Could you please do a video about growing strawberries in rows and fertigating them?
We have a strawberry video coming out soon! Stay Tuned!
Perfect video! We will be planting for the very first time. Cant wait to see what happens!
We hope you have a great potato crop this year!
I have never planted by the moon. I planted my potatoes February 14 th I picked the highest part of the garden and I get about the same amount of rain as you
Solid strategy!
I like to hear your comments about the moon. My dad used to plant in the wrong sign of the moon to prove to my mother it did not matter. He always made a lot of potatoes. I have been gardening for 75 years.
It’s hard to convince folks that it does not matter.
Yes it is hard to convince people that the moon does not help potatoes grow. My dad cut the potatoes by the eye. He cut a little deep, but there was some potatoes left (fried taters). He always made good potatoes. One time we started a new garden. There was a brush pile with bumble bees in the brush pile. My dad said we will fix them. He set fire to the brush. It left a pile of ashes and we wondered if it would make anything. The best potatoes we ever made. Thanks for answering me. I started gardening when I was about 8 and now I am 80. Hugh McCoy
Travis is the most knowledgeable gardener on UA-cam. Well expect for maybe Greg!! It’s Yukon golds and Kennebacs for us every year. Planting 50lb seed potatoes this year. I cut mine to where most have 2 eyes.
50 lbs of seed potatoes means you should get about 500 lbs of harvest! You're going to have taters everywhere!
Watch the tree buds appear near the full moon in January and the first leaves bursting in February's full moon. The moon is like a pump, making it easier for the fluids to flow through the stems or trunks. Your pond doesn't change because it has nowhere to go. Put some potted plants in the same amount of water during the full moon vs new moon and weigh their difference.
Thanks for watching
Um... There's some mighty fine bogus pseudo-science in that Moon shenanigans. We know how gravity affects global tides, but there's a difference in scale, mass and volume that turns such cause-and-effect Moon musing into eye-rolling superstition.
Grow stuff, by all means, but let's not get into magic beans just yet, eh? 😉
I just love your channel. Great info.
Thanks Jenifer!
Thanks very good info and answered a few things I was wondering about!!!
Our pleasure!
I agree with your thoughts about planting by the signs. Mostly in my experience when I can find the time, signs say, “Go.” Lol. Thank you for sharing all this wonderful information and encouraging us to grow on. Melody B in NC
Green means go!
I knew a man who wouldn't cut a hog unless the signs were in the knees. Sounds like some kinda witchcraft to me. Big farmers plant when the ground is right.
It's been rough!!!! My taters are getting restless!!
I caught some of mine trying to crawl out of the bucket and towards the garden last night!
@@gardeningwithhoss Prob a full moon?
Cog Hill Family Farm hello my friend it ‘tis I the great Cartier have a good harvest on the potato’s I have had my first zucchini of the year yesterday I shall leave the chat so cherio chaps
@13:06 "All I have to say about that is "Come on Now..." 😂
Great video - planting my first crop - I’m in zone 7 - Northern Alabama
You can do it!
Thanks so much...it came at the right time. Very informative.
Planting in February! No, I'm not envious. Not at all. Oh God what I wouldn't give to be able to garden in February!! Up here we're making sure we can find all of our snow shovels
That would be hard to deal with. I know we take it for granite some times.
when he said "come on now, ya'll". I lost it...😂😂😂
While I don't love how you haven't tried any no-dig methods... I'm from Indiana and I love how you explain things and use intelligence to talk through problems / myths.
We have fire ants and termites down here, which thrive in "undisturbed" areas. As a result, that technique does not work as well for us as it does for our neighbors to the north.
After I have cut the potatoes can I just store them in a bucket to heal or is ist best to lay them flat? Thanks for the great vid!
We put ours in a bucket, but you can lay them flat if you have room. Don't think it matters much.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you!
7a plant by st Patrick’s day, harvest 4th of July. Just in time for potato salad with my brisket.
Oh brisket -- good stuff!
On the farm we cut and plant the same day, on good years we usually get 3500 to 5000 pound for each 100 pound planted in sandy soil.
I love that comment! I was thinking the word nostalgic the whole time you were talking about the moon phases affecting inland areas. Thinking the same thing, if it makes somebody feel good... You do you! This whole world could use a little less judging. A lot more facts. And a lot less nosing in other people's business. LOL
Thanks Travis for you informative videos. We are in zone 8b just outside of Dothan AL. I have my potatoes cut and ready to plant soon. How do you store your potatoes here in the south so that they will last for a while. Thanks
Put them in a cool, dark, dry place. We have a storage rack underneath our pole barn where we put ours. Just simple shelves made with hardware cloth.
I decided to plant everything on top of eggs this year. But with this rainy weather coming in, do you think switching from chicken eggs to duck eggs would help?
Is that sanitary? I know if my hens lay a clutch and we don't find it.... it explodes from rotting. I'm not so sure those are 'bugs' you want in your food supply. Certainly, do NOT plant with root crops, greens, or anything you won't cook before eating. That is based upon how Calif allows / prohibits the mulching on farmlands of compost with sewer wastes in it. Okay on fruit trees and lawns. Never root crops, greens, or fruiting veg that mulch might splash back up onto in a rain.
Don't understand the planting with eggs thing.
@@gogogardener Of course it's sanitary, and the technique works best if you complete the circle later in the year, by burying a ripe tomato beneath your chicken
We had 8 1/2" of rain last week and 1 1/2" so far today in less than 24 hrs. It's supposed to rain through the night and into the wee hrs of the morning. My potato patch is way to wet to plant just like yours. I'm now shooting for the second week of March and hoping it dries out enough to plant then. My daddy always said to plant by Good Friday or it would be too hot for them before they matured. So as long as I get them in the ground by April 10th I should be good. 7b
At this point, I'm considering putting a tarp on mine to keep more moisture from accumulating.
THANK YOU! Do you know how long I’ve been looking for these exact same answers? In MY zone (well close to my zone)?! Lol. The only thing that’s different for me is I am having to plant them in cattle lick tubs instead of in the ground. Will definitely be following to hear more from y’all. My only other question is about late freezes/ frosts. I just put a set of tubs outside and night temps have been dropping to freezing AND we got a nice sleet the other day. Will they still grow? I have a couple more planted tubs inside still in case the others die off.
If the potatoes froze, they may not come up. If they are up, cover with more soil.
How about chitting or pre sprouting your potatoes ? I have cut mine into smaller pieces spread out in a single layer and have them in a dark room at about 70 degrees . Hope to plant the around March 1. In Zone 7b. Any thoughts?
Not a bad idea at all if you have the space to do it! Definitely gives you a little bit of a head start!
I prefer spout potatoes some even have little potatoes on them when we put in the ground work really good.
I SURE NEEDED THIS ONE, THANKS. I HAVE TO PLANT IN POTATO BAGS, SITTING AROUND/BELOW MY PLANTERS .. 1. CAN I PLANT LIKE A COUPLE SMALL POTATOES PER BAGS? AND 2. SHOULD I SET MY BAGS ON?? CARDBOARD? WE LIVE WHERE THE GROUND IS CONTAMINATED, COAL COUNTRY, AND I LIVE RIGHT ON THE ROAD , BUT I SOME BAGS, I PROBABLY NEED TO GET MORE..FOR WHATEVER REASON..BUCKETS DON'T WORK FOR..ANYTHING HERE.
yes you can plant several in one bag. We put a few stepping stones under ours just to get them off the ground.
What are those trees in the background, some kind of spruce...they are beautiful?????
Pine trees -- very popular here in the south.
Travis, the best crop o taters I ever had was laid on the minimal tillaged ground then covered in straw, adding straw as the plants rose up. Would think this might work on wet ground, maybe even putting a layer of straw down then the taters and more straw to start. Anybody here tried straw in the past?
Should work!
Yes, it does work. I’ve done this in raised beds. Look up the “Ruth Stout” method. This is also a good way to build up poor soil, using “no till” method by layer mulching the area for a few years with your potato patch.
For myself later:
Yes to cutting up potatoes. About 1-2 eyes a piece (helps to better space the plants and grow bigger potatoes). Leave pieces to dry overnight to discourage mold growth. Plant when soil is more dry.
You have to wait for the chicken moonto plant taters, when chickens lay square eggs that's the time to plant taters.. I agree with you Travis plant when the time is right
If our chickens start laying square eggs, we got bigger problems.
@@gardeningwithhoss lol you made crack up
Great video very informative, maybe the moon cycle is something that stems from determining the time of year like the old sailing ships would use, so maybe the moon cycle could determine where you are in the springtime whether closer to being out of frost or not those kind of things are a lost art.
Greg must be working overtime got my German butterballs last week. I plant my around mid March that's two week before first frost. I put a small hill when I plant them later I hill them with a lot of soil. we have a lot rain this winter.
Those German Butterballs are delicious!
Live here in NW Arkansas on the family farm my family has farmed since about 1847. We have a very rocky soil, if you can call it soil, that is about 60% chert, metaphoric rock to 40% light, thin dirt. My granny, and her granny before, always planted her cut Kenebec potatoes on March 17, or as close as she could, Looking at the records she kept every year, there was only 3 years in all her gardening life (she lived to be 93 and put out a big garden every year until she passed. God bless her.) when the potato crop from the 10 - 50ft. rows of potatoes she planted every year was poor, 350 lbs. to 375 lbs. Every other year the total harvest weight ranged between 475 lbs. to a high of 705 lbs. And the potatoes were mostly nice, big sized with few little dinks. She had enough potatoes to feed 2 other families in addition to ours on the farm. All this from some of the worst looking dirt that Sadie ever pulled a plow through. Sadie was their mule back before grandpa got a tractor. She always credited the good harvest rate on the planting date and the dang rocks bc she felt like the rocks helped retain moisture. Anyway, planting on March 17th may not have "science" behind it but it sure has a lot of years of good harvests to back it up. God bless y'all.
Sounds like she was a great potato farmer!
Thank you for a very good video on growing potatoes. I’m zone 8B also.
You are very welcome
ive heard you can use the ashes from a fireplace to coat the potatoes after cutting them up to spead up the healing process and planting times?
Moon like elastic pull, drags water, it’s flexible mass gets pulled and as we spin, it lets go.,like any liquid in a holdback influence, it gets to,where it wants when released.
What's an estimate of how much harvest you'll get from 10 pounds of potatoes. I know it's dependent on variety and conditions, but I'm trying to estimate how many pounds of seed potatoes we'll need to feed our family.
Many folks will say 1 lb of seed potatoes will yield 10 lbs of harvest.
@@gardeningwithhoss In a good year I've had some pontiac yield 10 pounds on one plant from 1/2 of a seed potato, but that was in my best clay loam soil, mulched with chopped hay.
Lot of variables....soil, weather, etc....but on average I'd figure 3lbs yield to 1lb of seed. We plant at least a 50lb bag of Kennebec and a 50lb bag of Yukon Gold for the two of us. Some years, we have plenty, some years not so much. Better to over plant and give 'em away if not needed than to be short.
Travis, How long can the cut potatoes last in storage? I'm down in Florida. Can we store them in a fridge and how cold is too cold? Thanks in advance.
Don't put them in the fridge. The moisture will make them rot. Have made that mistake in the past.
Well, potatoes are grown in the Hastings, Fl area. I did myself for 25 years here. Farmers start planting first of January and finish up the end of February. They use a machine to chop up whole potatoes and after running the pieces through a duster that puts on tree bark dust the seed pieces are conveyed into a bulk truck that is parked under a barn. After three days the pieces are ready to plant. You could just put your pieces in your garage, as long as they do not get hot or freeze temperature is not critical.
If you cut yours up head of time as long as they are kept cool they will be good for weeks.
@@daddio7249 Hey James. Thanks for the tips and insight!
I can’t plant potatoes in ground. I have to do above ground in containers or crates. We have a huge gopher problem here. So no root veggies in ground for me 😢
This year I’m even planting carrots in a (coffin sized) pallet box/crate.
Those dang gophers! Good to know you're growing great-tasting food despite the gopher challenges!
A friend of mine likes to sprinkle lime on the cuttings for a day or two before planting. What is that all about do you know?
Would have the same effect as fir bark or sulfur. All of them alter the pH on the surface of the potato to protect it from diseases.
Yes - but lime causes scab on potatoes !
Im looking to plant yukon potatoes. I see you had a hoss sticker in the bucket. Are you selling them too, through your channel and if so how much for a bag.
Also just for informational purposes i bought some red onion seed from you planted them two ways. Sowed in the ground and also in grow trays. Didn't get one seed to germinate. Also planted sweet Texas and only got 10 % germination from those. I think the red might of been old seed?
We will be selling the Yukon seed potato's in January.
Just received my potatoes, great. However, I live in zone 5B so I won't be able to put these in the ground for a couple of months. If I leave them in the bag and in the box they came in, in a cool dark room will they keep until mid May? Also should I cut them now or wait for a week or two before I'm ready to plant?
They should be fine in a cool, dark place. Wait and cut them a week or two before planting.
Will these work for containers? That the route I would go if I planted potatoes
Sure, many folks grow potatoes in containers.
We buy a 50# bag of seed potatoes, cut off eyes as we eat potatoes for a meal. I save the eyes in a box and eat the rest. We’ve never put anything on the cut parts. I’ve been curious about blue potatoes.
Blue potatoes are great! They do really well for us down here in the deep south.
@@gardeningwithhoss I might just have to try a row of those this year, if for no other reason that to make my husband roooool his eyes. lol We live in Deep East Texas close to the LA border.
@Dean Clark...I'll do some checking...but I'm not aware of any extra chemicals beyond growing that our seed potatoes receive. We've been doing this for the 30 years I've been married and his family has doneit for years before that. @Hoss Tools...do you know anything about this?
This video gave me the tingles!
Tingles are always good!
13:23 I thought you were gonna say “ so I can debunk you” 🤣
Haha. It's a lost cause. So we just will choose to respectfully disagree with our lunar planting gardening friends.
I help a guy down the road dig his potatoes and take my pay in enough potatoes to see me through the winter. I save some of the small ones and plant them early in my garden. I plant the whole small potato. Works fine for me. I plant enough to get me until his late harvest time. I have cut the bigger ones and that works good also. Always more than one way to skin a cat. But not the Hoss Tool celebrity cat named tiger.
If they're small seed potatoes, planting the whole thing is the equivalent of planting pieces of a larger one.
Plant em 4 in apart ,.... and give em a little extra fertilizer bam ... just like that ya got plenty of spuds