I can't believe the first video I clicked on was exactly what I needed. You gave incredible instructions and showed us how to do it because I'm a visual learner. And most important got straight to the point thank you thank you thank you. This is the first time I've ever found what I needed on the first video I clicked
Thank you, just found your site and subscribed. I totally agree with the craziness of our society planting these huge lawns and spending hours of their life time hours mowing them. We only have so many life hours in each of our lives and I don't want to waste my life doing that when I could use that time to be more productive no matter what we choose to do with it. How did we become so obsessed with grass in this country????
This is excellent! I learned a lot and know I know why mine didn't grow a few years ago. I also just learned that we can survive on just kale and potatoes!!!! So plant lots of both!
@@yourcarnivoreteacher1238 Might be interested in this guy who ate only potatoes for a year. He significantly healthier at the end of that year than he was going into it. Look up 'Spud Fit' or 'Spud Fit Guy'.
@@cerenademe9433 yeah I remember it turned out to be a hoax. See there's several vitamins and minerals you can't get from just eating potatoes or fruits and vegetables for that matter. One of them is B12 which is essential for brain function. Honestly, even simple common Sense would tell you that that story was a hoax.
@@yourcarnivoreteacher1238 Why be rude about it? One sign of being educated is being able to preset a different viewpoint with diplomacy. People who sound educated also tend to be more persuasive. Potatoes actually do provide most of what you need-it’s pretty fascinating when you research it. I’d be sure to grow beans & peas as well as leafy greens. In a survival situation, potatoes are one of the top crops and have kept many cultures alive during times of famine.
Excellent! I've been thinking of trying potatoes next spring! BTW, you can get buckets from your grocer's bakery dept. They just throw them away. And they're great for storing dry goods!
Brilliant! Here in Australia the cost of food is becoming a joke. Everyone should plant their own potato's pumpkins etc saves so much money and healthier organic food
It gave me pleasure to see the video. I found out that producers put inhibitors to the potatoes sprout. I'm going to try if I can grow at least a few potatoes. I have space to put a good container and a good substrate for them. Thank you!
I’m planting potatoes today ! I here for that .. but I just put the potatoes seeds in water let them rest little bit while watching this video .. then I’m going to plant them .. I hope it works ! Thank you for the tips!
This is my first time and my sprouts are almost through so it about time to fill up the soil and wait for the potatoes I'm so happy I found your channel
Great! As far as I can understand there is a need to drill holes all of the way around the bucket and under the bucket. Thank you for sharing great videos!
Great video! I'm trying this method for the first time, so your advice is excellent. The child running with a knife at around 4:20 gave me a laugh too!
Can you tell us how many pounds you got out of that bucket? I've read that you're not supposed to plant seed potatoes closer than 12". Thanks for any update.
To anyone reading this a year later, I wouldn't worry too much about exact spacing. "Disperse gardening" is when you kind of let your garden run a little bit wild and overgrow. Just throw some potato sprouts into the soil and let them grow. I have two pepper plants growing right on top of each other right now (I waited too long to separate them) and they're doing just fine.
What I do in the hot summer months with russet potatoes is grow them in a huge 55 gallon trash can. 1, get a large plastic CHEAP trash can and pop drainage holes in the bottom. 2, cut a fist sized square at the base. 3, stick a brick there to block it up. 4, put potatoes in the bottom and cover with dirt. 5, add water. Within days you'll notice potato 'eyes' poping out. As the plants grow up cover with more dirt and water about once heavily a week or until soil is dry. The results are quite astonishing because russet potatoes are not only tough as all hell they're disease resistant and thrive in poor soil! I got potatoes so big I couldn't even pull them out!
I threw some soft potatoes into my compost bin. A month later I have sprouting potatoes in my bin, so today I transplanted them into a bucket that I drilled bottom holes in with the soil from the compost bin. What I want to know is after the bush has grown up how will I know when to harvest? I must have had tomato seeds in there too because my soil produces lots of tomato plants...
Planted today! Inspired by this video!!! Did everything as you recommend, base layer of soil, starters (chitted), then 4-6 more inches, now just going to give it some time to see some of the sprouts coming through.... how long do you think until we'll need to fill the rest of the soil in? BTW... GLORIOUS video! Exactly what I needed to know without extra fluff!
update: for the red pitatoes, filled in the rest of the soil at two weeks from planting, for the other varieties they cleared the initual layer of soil at the three week mark! Very healthy!!!
When your potatoes come up through soil say 2" tall with tiny leaves, do i cover them up with more soil or wait till taller and put soil up around plant covering stem.
So you placed 3 chits in the 1 bucket.. how many potatoes will that one bucket yield? Also, I planted probably 10 chits in a half whisky barrel .. Unfortunately I didn't really read up first and didn't layer up after they started peaking through.. my sprouts are several inches above the dirt now.. can I still layer up carefully around them? I have enough room to the top of my barrel to do so.. Your thoughts?
the Home Depot's 5 gallon orange Homer bucket is not considered food safe. Home Depot says they can't guarantee the bucket was made from virgin resin and they don't have information about the orange colorant
I found a potato in my cupboard and it’s got looooonnnggg roots on it but I don’t know what way I’m meant to plant it 😂 they look like roots but I’m not sure because they come up from the potato and then go down towards the potato and wrap around it.
How long before I might start seeing them pop up? I put my in the buckets about two weeks ago. Sorry. I'm on edge about them taking off. We had two weeks of hard rain. I don't know if that might have killed mine.
Size doesn't matter much as long as there is a good surface area of holes. If you only have small bits make many, if you have larger spade bits you can get away with fewer. Try to do as many as you can within reason without sacrificing the structural integrity of the bottom. Also consider adding a few holes on the outer edge near the bottom about 1-2 inches off the bottom. From past experience even with very well draining media the bottom 2 inches tend to be extra wet, I've tried raising them off the ground with 2x4's for better drainage but that didn't help a ton. Either way improving airflow will help that area and reduce the risk of rot.
I have 3 foot growth in bucket today June 1 2023, plants starting to produce blossoms, should I remove them or let them grow? Thanks, 1st time trying to grow taters.
I’m new to gardening and I am confused about the soil. Do you buy all three products and mix them yourself, or do you buy a special blend? Sorry, it may be a stupid question but, like I said, I’m so new to this
He's just giving an example. Peat moss is expensive. So if poor you can put a layer of rotting straw or grass at bottom, then light conpost or cheap potting mix, potatoes, and then just put more compost and your favorite fertilizer (I use banana peels and a fish slurry I make from where I went fishing). Depends on kind of potato as to whether you want to let it grow and then add more compost or soil later as he mentions
So ......I made a mistake and only put a few inches of soil on my seed potatoes. They started growing and coming through . My question is .....will I still get potatoes if I hill them up after they popped through ? I added about ten inches of soil on top then will add more and mulch. Thanks ! Any help appreciated !
Coming to you a little late, but shouldn't be a problem. Just add more dirt or dig up and plant a few inches deeper. Anything underground turns into roots, so you will be fine. In the case of a container like what he says, you actually WANT to start at the bottom, then add soil as the leaves start coming up. This gets a DEEP root system throughout the ENTIRE bucket. Anywhere that roots grow, you will get potatoes, as potatoes, by definition, are part of the root system underground. The idea is to have a bucket full of potatoes from just the few cut sections that he started with.
I'm looking at growing potatoes inside this winter. Current temps indoors are 70 degrees, and a few of my potatoes from the store already have started chitting. Would it be advisable to put a small fish carcass in with the soil? I can't get topsoil quite yet, but will be building raised beds this winter. For now I'm thinking I'll just start a compost pile and a couple indoor buckets.
Can someone confirm if you hill Yukon golds or not? I’ve read that they only grow one set of tubes and will not grow more no matter how much you hill it.
You can, but it depends on the climate, in colder climates there is a difference between determinant/indeterminate but in hot climates like mine zone 9b you can hill all types and they will produce, just not as heavily. I've had Yukon Golds grow tubers up the stem but they have all been much smaller than those at the base of the plant.
Should 45 degree avg nightly temps be aimed for around expected harvest time? Because in Texas, there aren't 60 days straight of 45F weather. Like in the fall for instance, I could START them when the avg nightly temps are 45F-ish (november), but by the time they're to finish, it'd be much colder. If I finish them in November, then I'd have to start them when the avg nightly temps are around 70F. Shame, I want to start now with some potatoes I have but the avg nightly temps are 77F
He just means coming out of winter, wait until the temp is at least 45F at night or they'll freeze. They should be fine in warmer temps as long as they aren't getting completely blasted by heat and sun through the day. If it's pretty hot, just keep an eye on them in case they need some shade or more frequent watering.
I’m in central Calif and some nights during winter get in 40’s. Wondering since they’re in a bucket if I could just put them in the garage at night and then outside in warm sun all day.
I love it that you get right to the point and not blah, blah, blah for 5 minutes. Very informative. I subbed ya.
Thank you much!!! Happy gardening my friend
I like the bla bla bla
Awesome tutorial just planted my first potatoes in same containers, I subbed and shared.
I also love that you get right to the point!
Same....
I only ended up here bc I threw a potato in an empty pot. It started to grow and idk what to do with it 😭
Eat it
I can't believe the first video I clicked on was exactly what I needed. You gave incredible instructions and showed us how to do it because I'm a visual learner. And most important got straight to the point thank you thank you thank you. This is the first time I've ever found what I needed on the first video I clicked
Short video to the point no nonsense. Grate JOB. Thank you.😊
If a video goes too long, i skip it.... yours was perfect, thank you!
Good job getting right to the point and staying right on the point I have learned some things from your video. Thanks a lot.
Yeah, I can think of a few bigger channels that could learn a thing or two from this guy.
Thank you, just found your site and subscribed. I totally agree with the craziness of our society planting these huge lawns and spending hours of their life time hours mowing them. We only have so many life hours in each of our lives and I don't want to waste my life doing that when I could use that time to be more productive no matter what we choose to do with it. How did we become so obsessed with grass in this country????
This is excellent! I learned a lot and know I know why mine didn't grow a few years ago. I also just learned that we can survive on just kale and potatoes!!!! So plant lots of both!
You can't just live on cow and potatoes you'd be dead within 2 months. Or you have serious medical problems.
@@yourcarnivoreteacher1238 Might be interested in this guy who ate only potatoes for a year. He significantly healthier at the end of that year than he was going into it. Look up 'Spud Fit' or 'Spud Fit Guy'.
@@cerenademe9433 yeah I remember it turned out to be a hoax. See there's several vitamins and minerals you can't get from just eating potatoes or fruits and vegetables for that matter. One of them is B12 which is essential for brain function. Honestly, even simple common Sense would tell you that that story was a hoax.
Surviving is not thriving.
@@yourcarnivoreteacher1238
Why be rude about it? One sign of being educated is being able to preset a different viewpoint with diplomacy. People who sound educated also tend to be more persuasive.
Potatoes actually do provide most of what you need-it’s pretty fascinating when you research it.
I’d be sure to grow beans & peas as well as leafy greens.
In a survival situation, potatoes are one of the top crops and have kept many cultures alive during times of famine.
I usually chit after I eat my potatoes
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RUDE.......................be serious and respectful!
@@brigidbac1438 you sound fun to be around
Lol! @@michelleblackburn8071
YES! I subscribed (and unsubscribed from others) for you get to the point and do not blah blah blah! Well done and thank you. Good teacher also.
Excellent! I've been thinking of trying potatoes next spring!
BTW, you can get buckets from your grocer's bakery dept. They just throw them away. And they're great for storing dry goods!
this is SO useful thank you!! saving this info
Brilliant! Here in Australia the cost of food is becoming a joke. Everyone should plant their own potato's pumpkins etc saves so much money and healthier organic food
We are starting a late crop right now! Thank you!!!
How did it go?
I wish everyone did videos like you!! You sir, earned yourself a new subscriber. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
The advice I was actually looking for. THANK YOU! 🏆
It gave me pleasure to see the video. I found out that producers put inhibitors to the potatoes sprout. I'm going to try if I can grow at least a few potatoes. I have space to put a good container and a good substrate for them. Thank you!
Thank you for talking and not having irritating music
You're chittin me !
Anyone else see that toddler running around with that knife around 4:21?
Thanks for being short and informative
I’m planting potatoes today ! I here for that .. but I just put the potatoes seeds in water let them rest little bit while watching this video .. then I’m going to plant them .. I hope it works ! Thank you for the tips!
Thank you for the video. Very helpful.
I sure am I'm following the steps now and I'm going to hopefully have some potatoes this year
Never don't potatoes in a bucket before, going to give what you said a try!
This is my first time and my sprouts are almost through so it about time to fill up the soil and wait for the potatoes I'm so happy I found your channel
That’s so exciting!!! So happy for you, thank you so much for watching and hope to hear from you again soon 😀🌱
How long does it take for the green point to show up?
This is more relevant than ever.
Awesome!!!thank u~~!!
Thanks for watching :) be sure to check out the channel if you’re looking for more fun gardening projects 🙂
Perfect video! Short, sweet, and packed full of knowledge! Thanks
I just picked up some of those large empty mayonnaise buckets and going to try this method! 😊
5.12.22 Excellent video. Thanks for making it.
Thanks so much for watching!! Hope to see you soon
💥✨💥 4:14 at least he’s not running with scissors. My mom always said that was dangerous. 🤣 Thanks for this great, informative video.
Great!
As far as I can understand there is a need to drill holes all of the way around the bucket and under the bucket.
Thank you for sharing great videos!
Thanks 🙏 so much.
So easy to do & your so easy to view!
Thanks again !
LET’S DO THIS!
Great video! Is there a harvest follow up?
Thank you helped me alot
Thanks for sharing sir
My pleasure 😊 thank you for watching!
Little man in the back was stealing your show😂
Great video! I'm trying this method for the first time, so your advice is excellent. The child running with a knife at around 4:20 gave me a laugh too!
😂 I worried this video was about to take a dark turn
Really cool! 👏👏
Fun project for everybody :)
Can I use coco coir instead of peat moss?
Great job.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this information. To the point. Good job.
Thank you for watching! I’m glad it was helpful 😃
I think grow bags are much better and less toxic
Food-grade plastic.
Very informative thanx fr sharing:)
Thank you for watching!
Can you tell us how many pounds you got out of that bucket? I've read that you're not supposed to plant seed potatoes closer than 12". Thanks for any update.
To anyone reading this a year later, I wouldn't worry too much about exact spacing. "Disperse gardening" is when you kind of let your garden run a little bit wild and overgrow. Just throw some potato sprouts into the soil and let them grow. I have two pepper plants growing right on top of each other right now (I waited too long to separate them) and they're doing just fine.
@@Brachwah two peppers together are normal practices as a support
Totally new to growing veg in general.. I'm absorbing all of this 😁👍 many cheers lads and lasses!
@@serwalkerofthekeynes8761 Plant it, mulch it, keep it watered.
And keep it supported.
That's gardening in a nutshell.
What I do in the hot summer months with russet potatoes is grow them in a huge 55 gallon trash can.
1, get a large plastic CHEAP trash can and pop drainage holes in the bottom.
2, cut a fist sized square at the base.
3, stick a brick there to block it up.
4, put potatoes in the bottom and cover with dirt.
5, add water.
Within days you'll notice potato 'eyes' poping out. As the plants grow up cover with more dirt and water about once heavily a week or until soil is dry.
The results are quite astonishing because russet potatoes are not only tough as all hell they're disease resistant and thrive in poor soil! I got potatoes so big I couldn't even pull them out!
Can you say long from planting to harvest did it take? Were you happy with how many potatoes grew in the can?
Would you suggest placing rocks in the bottom before adding the soil to improve drainage? Something I usually do when growing potted plants.
What does chitter mean?
Thank you! Did you put holes in the bottom of the bucket?
Awesome thank you!
Thanks
I threw some soft potatoes into my compost bin. A month later I have sprouting potatoes in my bin, so today I transplanted them into a bucket that I drilled bottom holes in with the soil from the compost bin.
What I want to know is after the bush has grown up how will I know when to harvest?
I must have had tomato seeds in there too because my soil produces lots of tomato plants...
and we need to know how many potatoes you get in one bucket?
I know you've probably found out by now, but most potatoes should be harvested when the visible part of the plant is dying.
We are now ready for 2023
great info.. i don't think im ready for potaotes.. i got to worry about the restart of the others.. left a like
Thank you Potato 🥔 God 😆
Planted today! Inspired by this video!!! Did everything as you recommend, base layer of soil, starters (chitted), then 4-6 more inches, now just going to give it some time to see some of the sprouts coming through.... how long do you think until we'll need to fill the rest of the soil in? BTW... GLORIOUS video! Exactly what I needed to know without extra fluff!
I have the exact same question 🙋♂️
update: for the red pitatoes, filled in the rest of the soil at two weeks from planting, for the other varieties they cleared the initual layer of soil at the three week mark! Very healthy!!!
How many potatoes grow in a bucket?
Boutta recreate the indoor farm from The Martian
Love this. Thank you for the information. Can you talk about your greenhouse that I see in the video as well?
Hi hope all is well with you and your family. Thank you for the video, how many potatoes will this method yield?
I've had pretty good luck in the past with taters. Not hard to grow.
When your potatoes come up through soil say 2" tall with tiny leaves, do i cover them up with more soil or wait till taller and put soil up around plant covering stem.
Check out Macy ranch farms for some worm castings!
So you placed 3 chits in the 1 bucket.. how many potatoes will that one bucket yield?
Also, I planted probably 10 chits in a half whisky barrel ..
Unfortunately I didn't really read up first and didn't layer up after they started peaking through.. my sprouts are several inches above the dirt now.. can I still layer up carefully around them? I have enough room to the top of my barrel to do so..
Your thoughts?
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Great video
I have one right now!😂❤
What do you suggest for the watering interval and amounts for bucket potatoes and even for normal potatoes?
How much does those 3 pieces yield
How do you grow French Fries?
I think you’ve just gotta add a little bit of salt with the soil 😂
the Home Depot's 5 gallon orange Homer bucket is not considered food safe. Home Depot says they can't guarantee the bucket was made from virgin resin and they don't have information about the orange colorant
useful
nice video, how big should the plants be before you put the last layer of compost?
why did I hear "Shitting Potatoes" 😅
@@ldc3000 2hat the heck is a dongl3
I found a potato in my cupboard and it’s got looooonnnggg roots on it but I don’t know what way I’m meant to plant it 😂 they look like roots but I’m not sure because they come up from the potato and then go down towards the potato and wrap around it.
yes, those are little rhizomes/tubers growing off of the original potato! cool isn't it?
Great video! How long does it take for potatoes to be ready to take out of bucket? And the soil bag what’s the name of it?
When you use that soil do you need to add any bone or blood meal?
How long before I might start seeing them pop up? I put my in the buckets about two weeks ago.
Sorry. I'm on edge about them taking off.
We had two weeks of hard rain. I don't know if that might have killed mine.
How much water should I add approximately each week? Thinking of doing this indoors during cold winters.
How large are the holes on the bottom?
Size doesn't matter much as long as there is a good surface area of holes.
If you only have small bits make many, if you have larger spade bits you can get away with fewer. Try to do as many as you can within reason without sacrificing the structural integrity of the bottom. Also consider adding a few holes on the outer edge near the bottom about 1-2 inches off the bottom.
From past experience even with very well draining media the bottom 2 inches tend to be extra wet, I've tried raising them off the ground with 2x4's for better drainage but that didn't help a ton. Either way improving airflow will help that area and reduce the risk of rot.
Can I grow potatoes in a bucket inside this fall and winter?
How many potatoes did you get?
Thanks for the video, where did you get your soil from ?
I have 3 foot growth in bucket today June 1 2023, plants starting to produce blossoms, should I remove them or let them grow? Thanks, 1st time trying to grow taters.
I’m new to gardening and I am confused about the soil. Do you buy all three products and mix them yourself, or do you buy a special blend? Sorry, it may be a stupid question but, like I said, I’m so new to this
Both of the statements are true, you can do either but if your buying a premixed would just look for the desired attributes
@@ExpeditionHomestead thank you for replying…new sub here 🦋
He's just giving an example. Peat moss is expensive. So if poor you can put a layer of rotting straw or grass at bottom, then light conpost or cheap potting mix, potatoes, and then just put more compost and your favorite fertilizer (I use banana peels and a fish slurry I make from where I went fishing). Depends on kind of potato as to whether you want to let it grow and then add more compost or soil later as he mentions
Thank you! One criticism, be careful who you call poor, wealth comes in forms much higher than monetarily.
You’re welcome, thanks so much for subscribing friend :)
Can I use a 55 gallon drum plastic cut in half. (I have one )
5 degree Celsius
So ......I made a mistake and only put a few inches of soil on my seed potatoes. They started growing and coming through . My question is .....will I still get potatoes if I hill them up after they popped through ? I added about ten inches of soil on top then will add more and mulch. Thanks ! Any help appreciated !
Coming to you a little late, but shouldn't be a problem. Just add more dirt or dig up and plant a few inches deeper. Anything underground turns into roots, so you will be fine.
In the case of a container like what he says, you actually WANT to start at the bottom, then add soil as the leaves start coming up. This gets a DEEP root system throughout the ENTIRE bucket. Anywhere that roots grow, you will get potatoes, as potatoes, by definition, are part of the root system underground. The idea is to have a bucket full of potatoes from just the few cut sections that he started with.
Yes
I tried it before but crap results. I suspect the potatoes got too hot the bucket in summer
Does this work for both indeterminate and determinate potatoes?
You should add a link to the harvest video in the description.
Does the bucket need to be food grade? Or just washed out
I'm looking at growing potatoes inside this winter. Current temps indoors are 70 degrees, and a few of my potatoes from the store already have started chitting. Would it be advisable to put a small fish carcass in with the soil? I can't get topsoil quite yet, but will be building raised beds this winter. For now I'm thinking I'll just start a compost pile and a couple indoor buckets.
Can this be done inside?
I live on the 5th floor apartment, will it still grow in my balcony?
Can someone confirm if you hill Yukon golds or not? I’ve read that they only grow one set of tubes and will not grow more no matter how much you hill it.
You can, but it depends on the climate, in colder climates there is a difference between determinant/indeterminate but in hot climates like mine zone 9b you can hill all types and they will produce, just not as heavily.
I've had Yukon Golds grow tubers up the stem but they have all been much smaller than those at the base of the plant.
How do you know when the potato is ready to eat. Very new here :)
If you’ve bought seed potatoes then check bag for how long it takes before harvest otherwise it’s typically 80-100 days
Should 45 degree avg nightly temps be aimed for around expected harvest time? Because in Texas, there aren't 60 days straight of 45F weather. Like in the fall for instance, I could START them when the avg nightly temps are 45F-ish (november), but by the time they're to finish, it'd be much colder. If I finish them in November, then I'd have to start them when the avg nightly temps are around 70F. Shame, I want to start now with some potatoes I have but the avg nightly temps are 77F
He just means coming out of winter, wait until the temp is at least 45F at night or they'll freeze. They should be fine in warmer temps as long as they aren't getting completely blasted by heat and sun through the day. If it's pretty hot, just keep an eye on them in case they need some shade or more frequent watering.
@@Jemilla1337 Thanks Jemilla
@@Jemilla1337 we can move buckets to shade but how many hours of direct sun do they need
I’m in central Calif and some nights during winter get in 40’s. Wondering since they’re in a bucket if I could just put them in the garage at night and then outside in warm sun all day.
@@sheRaRa101 seems reasonable
Thanks for sharing!! Trying this now 🥰
Hey how did it go???
@@taylorwilson1522 it failed. I'm going to try this spring
@@robindawson2803 do you think it failed because you did something wrong? Or the information is wrong?
@@taylorwilson1522 what I did. Great info!
@@robindawson2803 awesome I think I might do it next spring! We should continue to talk about it :)
Put the drainage in the sides at the bottom.
Works just fine with the bottom holes only 🪴