HGV Grow Potatoes 'Speed Chit' Potatoes Start to Finish
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- This is one way to speed up the Potato 'chitting' process. Check out these Potatoes after just two weeks. If your potatoes seem reluctant to chit or your running a bit late and want to speed things up, you may want to give this a shot.
I want to thank you for your superb tip on speed chitting potatoes. A month ago I began chitting a handful of potatoes in my kitchen, the "normal" way. After two weeks, there WERE some chits appearing, but it was all painfully slow. Then I watched your video and straight away put those same spuds into some compost and in a dark bag. Today, two weeks later - I´ve just had a look and there´s no contest. They´re all well on their way and one even has stems about two inches high! Next I´ll be putting them into yoghurt pots to get some plants properly going before finally planting them in some 10" buckets in the Home Grown Veg manner. More power to Home Grown Veg and to yourself and the splendid Molly!
Hello Russell. If you leave a potato covered in compost, indoors, for a bit longer it comes out with dreadlocks! It's a fun thing to show the kids especially if they draw a face on the potato. Check this out: ua-cam.com/video/IMwCX8yDTFw/v-deo.html
Thank you Jim. Fascinating. I was planning to put these into yoghurt pots this morning to get some small plants started and to then transplant them into buckets in a couple of weeks time. While the "rasta" didn´t win, I am impressed by the SIZE of the results from that spud. So, methinks I´ll hang on another week or so to see if I can rasta these spuds, THEN pot them up! My long term game plan is to have a rolling programme of spuds started out week by week, so that by August we´ll have home grown spuds ready to harvest each week until Christmas. Like you, my space and other gardening circumstances mean that I HAVE to improvise and your methods suite me down to the ground. I´m also in Mexico, but that´s another story! By the way, I teach gardening to kids in junior schools here, to try to get them to understand the origin of their food and to make healthy dietary choices. I´ll certainly be setting the kids up to have some rasta competitions as a result of your efforts! @@HomeGrownVeg
@@russellgibbon8621 I can feel a Rasta Potato competition coming on. The kids will love it and when you turn out a bucket of potatoes they will love that as well. HGV
Yes Jim, that´s the idea that you´ve given me - a Rasta spud competition . .. Who can start off the most impressive hairies? and ultimately, who can produce the best crop from them? I´ve had kids grow spuds in bags plenty of times. They go bananas on harvest day, "hunting for gold" ripping the bag open. Then we cook them and of course, eat them. Meawhile I´ve had their 30 year old school teachers looking on baffled, not realising that this is how potatoes grow!!!! Basically there´s absolutely huge ignorance of Nature and how food gets to their plates, here in Mexico. I´m on gibbonrussell@gmail.com if you want to exchange more thoughts and ideas. I may be wrong but YOU strike me as an ex teacher - your growing and your filming are so methodical and clear. All the very best.@@HomeGrownVeg
This is a great way to Chit! Unsure if it’s the proper chit for a good crop. They say it’s ‘supposed’ to chit in light n cool temp. It’s supposed to come out short and stumpy and greenish. Not white.
I more or less did this method 6months ago(found chitted in cupboard) and harvested two different occasions and the crop was really poor.
I’m going to try the green chits this time.
Brilliant!! I’ll have a go at at that. Cheers from a 79-year-old yank that emigrated from Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner in 1963. I still have my UK passport up-to-date. Cheers 🍻
My seed potatoes were doing nothing after two weeks. Your trick seems brilliant. I put them in moist compost in a black bag in a warm place straight away. I just subscribed to your channel recently. Already learned so much good advice. Thankyou.
Excellent vid as usual 👍.. Sure you aren't chitting me? lol 😂🤣😂🤣
Very good info, thank you! I always love watching your gardening tips and also watching Molly enjoy herself on the beach. Have a great day!
The old 'treat in the pocket' trick. No wonder Molly is sticking to you while you record. 😉
I put your link in over at Ice Age Farmer's channel! I love your channel and I know they will too! Thanks to you, I've got potatoes growing in pots all over the place and I'm fixing to plant some carrots as well. I knew there had to be a reason for saving all of those plastic bags, LOL!
Thanks for the video, lovely to see Molly out enjoying her self.
Another great tip from the potato master! Thanks.
The wife cleared the provisions out and left a bag of potatoes in the basement. Nice surprise so many fully grown stems from eyes or chits. Really cool.
I vermicompost veggie scraps in the basement and must note that from potato peels i have s mall potatoes growing of themselves right in the dark compost with very little root and stem. It produced a hslf dozen 1 inch diameter potatoes. It's too early to put them out just now.
I love all the colors of the rocks. I never would have thought of doing this, such a great idea
I took some potatoes from the grocery (2 white, 2 red, 2 purple) and started them as you've instructed before... I don't have the yogurt pots like you've used, but I have a bunch of clear plastic deli containers that I used, instead! After 2 weeks, one had broken the surface, but the others looked the same. I was about to be disappointed, when I looked through the sides of the containers and saw that most of them had roots growing throughout! Whoo hoo! I'm going to have the earliest potatoes of the neighborhood this year!!!
Oh, and lovely to see sweet Molly!!!
That was some serious eye-opening demonstration, sir! Thank you very much! You’ve earned yourself a subscriber.
As always very useful information. Thank you for all your videos.
Thank you for showing Molly! My potatoes haven't chitted either.
Hello to your doggie, thanks for potatoe info!
Fantastic. My seed potatoes have just arrived. I’m definitely chitting them like this as I want to plant them in pots first week of March. Learning so much from you as a recent subscriber. Thank you so much.
Finally, a tutorial that shows how to actually chit potatoes 💓💓💓
Thank you so much :D
Subscribed and will watch your other videos
Hi Jim, nice video. I have shop bought Annabelle potatoes that have no chit on them, while all the others have chits and some of them have been potted up in yoghurt pots and are in the greenhouse. 3 of them have leaves coming out. I am going to try this. If it does not work then it might be that they have been treated with growth retardant. Good to see Molly happy. Eveline
I buy normal potatoes from my local Aldi in December and leave them in a plastic bag in the airing cupboard until i plant them on January 1st into 15" of moist not wet compost in tubs and leave the tubs in my cold greenhouse. Chitted or not the potatoes are all planted the same day into the very bottom of the tub and normally green shoots appear in March. I cover them with polythene if there is frost forecast but being in the greenhouse they are quite safe and when the risk of frost is past i place the tubs outdoors . I buy Charlotte potatoes which are normally egg sized and always have a good crop of lovely tasting new potatoes long before they are in the shops.
Hello Kenneth. I have Nemo grown by me Tyson, Jelly and Maris Piper all shop bought sat in the bottom of my fridge, just a few of each. I will add to the collection as the year moves on. Cold dark and dry until early spring when I bring them out to chit. Charlotte is one of my favorites. Need to get some. Jim.
fab, I've just bought my first seed pots today. will look forward to using this video as a guide.
Hello Andrew. You and me are eating our own potatoes in about 5 months time. How good does that sound. HGV
Thanks for sharing your experiment, going to have a go at chitting some potatoes! Much encouraged
Molly, you are looking well and enjoying time at the lake. I intend to speed chit my potatoes and will let you and Molly know in 2 weeks.
Hello Ruthanne. Your On. HGV
Thanks for sharing..no other channel says this. I just gave up on fall potatoes..cant even buy seed potatoes this time of year.
Molly looks great!
This is how I accidentally started my very first potato. It was a large one we had bought for baking but forgot about, and it appeared to be rotting, so I threw it in the compost bin. Two weeks later I was turning the compost, and found the potato chitted up! So I planted it in an 8 gallon container, and it's now a really large and healthy plant! I'm now getting ready to pot up some small potato plants, (which grew very well in the greenhouse since our winters are pretty mild here) but very nervous about the burying the whole plant thing, covering over the leaves. I do have an empty soda bottle to protect it with, but it's still something I haven't done before.
Trying things is the way to find out. Go for it and good luck. HGV
Dogs make life extra special.
Hello,
I would like to thank you about chitting potato fast. After watch your video , I wet and put my potato into a plastic bag. 4 days later it was full of shoots and roots. 😊I am following your steps. Many thanks
Love this, great experiment 👍🏻👊🏻🥔👏🏻
Looking good Molly
Oh Molly touched all of our hearts. I have dogs and it is just so painful when they leave us. They are not here long enough...
Excellent trial. Thanks.
Thank you for this video. May I say what a lovely dog you have?
You are sssooo inspiring (I feel an experiment coming on!)! Here in the states, they want to keep the potatoes in the grocery stores from chitting, so they spray them (except the red ones because they hardly ever chit in the stores). I'm going to do my own experiment now. Store bought golds, whites, and reds, are going to be put into water, into compost, and left in egg crates... to see if even the sprayed ones will chit in compost or water. Have never tried this before. I'll let you know after a couple weeks what happened.
Hello Annie. Put the lot in a bag of moistish compost in a warmish room and forget. I will look forward to your update in two weeks time. HGV
I've bought some seed potatoes to be ready for christmas. They have been in a for nearly a month now. I'm a bit worried that they are very leggy. Not sure if this is the weather or the seed potato. Have you got any thoughts
You are always my go to guy with regard to my veg growing. You started me on this trail at the beginning of lockdown. You only have yourself to blame for me nagging . Haha. X
Great idea. I will try this next season.
Will absolutely be giving it a go!! Brilliant. Thanks
Thanks dude! I am really only watchin to see yer b collie. She is sooooo sweet. Song
bribing the dog's attention with treats!
You are a great teacher!! Thank you
Hi, I am new to your channel and you have me excited about growing in pots.... I am wondering if you or your viewers might suggest where to get those wonderful black pots from. Thanks so much and give Molly a pat on the head for me 😊
This was another great video. Thanks again
Just to let you know I’ve had shop bought potatoes in my fridge waiting for spring but more than half have started to sprout. I am going to fast start them today because the chits are quite long. I have got an LED light in my plastic greenhouse and a heater so there will be no frost problem in there. Just hoping they will be ready to go out into buckets after the last frost and not before. That is my only worry really that they will be to big for the buckets. Fingers crossed
I have several varieties of shop bought potatoes in my fridge. Just checked them, none chitting so far. Will move them out in the new year to chit. I have also found some that didn't go in the fridge, didn't get eaten just sat on the veg rack. They have big chits so I am going to fast start them in yogurt pots still keeping them indoors. Video coming up. You and me are on the same flight path. Jim.
Hi HGV just heard about your channel from guru just sub to you very interesting info my friend :)
That's killer results
That dog is paying close attention
Hi, I must admit I'm jealous😊 I've watched all your videos on potatoes. For some odd reason I'm can't seem to chit potatoes. the ones I plant seem to rot underground😭😭
Arthur, I hope you are not buying them at the grocery store. If you live here in the states, they are sprayed with something so that they WON'T chit (except the red ones). They last longer on the shelf that way. Go to a Lowes or Home Depot and get a small box if seeding potatoes. After planting and you've dug them up, save a few of the best ones for next year. Keep them cool, dry, and in the dark, until 2 weeks before you're ready to plant them, THEN do what HGV just did to get them to chit. Good luck to you!
@@anniegaddis5240 Thanks Annie. will do. Im in Johannesburg. Awesome video HGV it's proven that I can't go wrong with these steps
Heya, Moll!!! ♡
Seems to me that chitting isn't needed at all. Wouldn't putting them in the ground with compost do the same thing, provided the ground is warm? Then again, the potatoes that I saved from last year, purple viking and red norland, have chits that are 1"+ just from being stored in my garage in Southern Wisconsin. I just don't have enough saved to plant, so I had to buy more seed potatoes. I'll give your method a try.
Kharnac I asked the same thing. If your soil is warm enough I don't see the point of this unless it's to make sure this variety chits.
Correct me if I'm wrong,and I could be as am new to this, but doesn't this mean we could've just planted them in the first place?
Yes you're right Vicki. Potatoes can be planted 'as is' without the need to 'Chit' them and they will grow. I 'chit' my potatoes to prove they are viable and to hopefully get them to harvest quicker. HGV
I've decided to super speed chit my spuds this year by planting them in the ground and letting them grow, How's That?!!
I put a layer of compost in my buckets and plant unchitted potatoes in & they get fast starts on their own. So I support this idea.
I knew it.
How is molly now she any better hope she s ok
Thanks for asking Mart. So far so good. HGV
It's a bit sad watching Molly she looks so much like my Jake who we lost to a stroke last month we had him 14 year's I love your videos 👍.
Hello Alan. Its got to be hard losing a much loved family member but 14 years of being loved is something you gave Jack and he has left you with some happy memories. HGV
Alan, so sorry to hear of your loss. I've had animals all my life, and it's as hard as losing a human. Just said a short prayer for God to give you peace over your loss, and to send some kind of a blessing your way.
@@anniegaddis5240 Thank you so much that's lovely 😘
@@HomeGrownVeg very happy memories thanks for your reply.
Hi Jim
Did not think it mattered about chitting main crops.
Where do you get Sarpos from, never seen them in supermarkets.
Martyn
Hello Martyn. Chitting's not that important its just something we do. When the 'times right' potatoes will start to chit all by themselves, its what they do. At this point they are probably 'indoors' where its a little warmer and still too cold to plant them out. The chits naturally get bigger. I think the reason you don't see Sarpo's in shops is their lack of uniformity. Some of these potatoes are just too big. If you want to grow some you will need to purchase seed potatoes. Jim.
@@HomeGrownVeg Thanks Jim. So if the Sarpos are not uniform do you still put the big ones in the buckets.
PS have you thought about getting another dog.
@@martynsmith630 I usually eat the big ones and use those between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball as seed. I have thought about getting another dog when I think the times right, if ever? Jim
Do you recommend cutting them into halves or thirds? I bought potatoes to plant but it has been raining for weeks now. I just want a jump start what would You Suggest?
yepper those taters got a speed chit alright. will give it a go. thanks.
How do you spell the name of these potatoes please?
Do you need to buy seed potatoes or can you use store bought spuds?
Do you think radish or lettuce would grow well in seaweed compost?? What sized pot would you use?
Cool dog
Can you tell me what's wrong with my tomatoes and peppers...I have a raised bed 4ft wide 8ft long 3ft deep. It was filled with horse manure compost. The leaves are curling tight looking like an elf's shoetip.(like in the movies) any thoughts ? Thanks for sharing
Stright horse manure 😵 that'll burn them badly . . . . I've learned the hard way too... But there's still hope... With the same moisture level as they're surroundings, don't bother the root system but take out and add soil that's not manure, gradually mix it into the root system, just as long as the moisture levels are the same it shouldn't kill them, AND they'll not only live, it'll grow up and add new leaves and they won't be curled 1,2 you can at this time take off the ones that are curled so you won't be feeding them. 😁🤗
Try coco peat, fish blood meal soils. ☺ Best regards to you and your family.
@@thomasthurman2723 thanks so much. I will try this. So far nothing has worked
😀@@angelasheppard7197 if you think about it in a different formation . . . . What is happening is this, the horse manure is a very hot fertilizer... It should only be a 1 : 5 other soils ratio with 1 being the horse manure and like bone meal or like leaf compost as a
: 1-5 ratio . . . . A lesser heat of the use of a manure is steer manure, and still should be used as 1 and the other one is a
: 1-5 ........... Does this help any? Do you know what I mean by 1 : 5 ratio? 🙂
☺@@angelasheppard7197 also, moving it all around within the moistness will help change the temperature of the medium that your plants are in. 🙂🙃
Thank you!!! me and my dad made this tactic and it worket!!!
That's good Khalid. Jim.
How far away from you is that beach
Wow. You are blessed with pretty rocks
nie stones. wish i had them in my driveway.
How'd your winter go HGV?
Moll wants to know whats going on?!
Gleaming pal 👍
All mine are chitting nicely apart from sarpo Mira. Be doing this later
I hv done this two mths back. The plants grew beautifully. Sadly, no POTATOES materialized.
What compost do you use for your potatoes
I make my own with whatever I can get hold of at minimum cost: studio.ua-cam.com/users/video3fobn7dc76U/edit
probably going to sound stupid here, but why cant they just be put directly in the bucket then? they are in the dark, they covered with compost, whats the difference between the bag and the bucket??? plus they wont need to be disturbed
Hello Paul. I chose to do it in the bag to lock in any moisture. Check this out, its just another way of doing things : ua-cam.com/video/M5t9gjJbDs8/v-deo.html
@@HomeGrownVeg thanks for the reply, im trialling a few now see how it goes
How long were they inside the bag? I didn't catch that part.
2 weeks later it said on the clip
Thank you!
Yes!!!!
Not really a fair test. To chit potatoes you need warmth and some moisture, the bagged potatoes certainly got that but the ones in the egg carton were left out to dry. Would rather see a test with the carton potatoes in a sealed plastic bag to retain moisture.
It was never meant to be fair Mike. Lots of gardeners stand seed potatoes in egg cartons. This is a quicker way to get potatoes to chit. Its more of a comparator than a test. Thanks for your comment. Jim.
I don’t chit. I just plant potatoes and never have an issue.
So do farmers.
don't know what am I doing wrong
Starting to look rastifarian.