I planted potatoes in a laundry basket and here’s what happened…

[@moni13000]

You’re the second person I follow to post about their potato harvest this year. I didn’t think I’d be learning so much about potatoes today. 😂

[@NaS94612]

My husband and I planted 12 potato plants in a raised bed, we’ve been harvesting them as needed since mid June. Every week I dig up one plant and we get about 10 baby potatoes which diced and roasted is the perfect amount as a side dish with a little handful leftover for lunch the next day. It’s so fun to dig for them

[@pizzadonutaremyfav8515]

​@@NaS94612i have a question. On google i see 10 sorts of potatoes. And i wanna know do all potatoes are ready to harvest when the leaves dies out? And how much months too wait? Till i finally can have potatoes?

[@Secondhandlegs]

I JUST saw the other harvest! Lol the internet is wonderful like that

[@MariaPlacido-hm4ic]

That looks like a Knob Hill Farms food basket. That's a grocery store here in Toronto almost 30 years ago. Good use of basket 😊

[@Amanduh_H]

Same here? The guy with the green and red potatoes!

[@colly1952]

The reason your experiment didn't work well is probably that you planted the potato pieces right after cutting them. You have to let your potato pieces dry until the cut part has gone kind of gray and dry. Otherwise your potatoes will rot in the damp soil.
Response to some who disagree, and that's ok.
I guess it depends on how humid a climate you have where you live.

[@liliumjade]

Does it work better if you plant it whole?

[@anyrahamat]

​@@liliumjadebetter yes in the sense that there is less risk of rotting compared to cut in half 😊

[@NL-hu2ud]

Actually I have put peel & peel only freshly cut & got a great yield. So yeah for me that is false.

[@busyme4]

When is the best time of the year to plant them? I’m in California

[@maplefoxxo]

Yeah i assumed that! I saw her cutting it n i fr thought "wonder if she let it callous over..."

[@kiwimiwi5452]

My grandpa had potatoes in his small garden. When he died my mom took some and planted them here at our place, it's been over 8 years and we STILL find big potatoes despite combing the soil every year trying to get all of them out!

[@AirConditioner402]

Thats amazing

[@BubbleBunnyy]

Grandpa really wants to make sure they’re growing for you lmao

[@Number4lead]

I always find a few from th years before, I think some actually grew underground through the winter. I planted th 4 I found this year into 5 gallon buckets.

[@vickiepatterson1748]

One year we planted potatoes and covered them with hay. As the plants grew, we added more hay. We added hay several times as the plants matured.
When it came time to harvest them, we just raked back the hay. We didn't have to dig the potatoes because they were just beneath the hay. It was the easiest harvest we ever had! The hay also served as mulch as it covered the entire area around the potatoes.🥔
It's great when you try something and it works! Using sprouted potatoes is a great way to start a crop! You ended up with some nice potatoes and the sprouted potatoes weren't a loss! 😘

[@trevorwindle8980]

This loosely is permaculture a no dig method add straw shavings paper some will put a thin layer of dirt or potting mix👍

[@nayohme728]

Oh i did this this last fall and pulled out beautiful potatoes. Replanted in spring.. the friggin june bugs and grub stage of them ATE THEM😢. the ones that grew back not great, and ended up composting the others by accident 😅

[@healinglifecreative6158]

What kind of hay? Straw might be good too!

[@dana102083]

​@@healinglifecreative6158they may not know the difference ;)

[@janethompson2305]

​@@nayohme728 Awh crap 😢 We want to grow just sweet potatoes

[@ljones98391]

I set my potatoes cut side down on several layers of newpaper put on top of my mounded dirt bed. Then covered all with straw. Kept adding straw on top as leaves got taller to support them. Waited til leaves collapsed then harvested the cleanest potatoes I ever saw. Yukon Gold and Red potatoes, both organic so no pesticides to inhibit growth.

[@ladamadenadie1658]

How was the yield? Did you get lots of potatoes?

[@_RayOfLight_]

You don’t have to cover up sprouts 🌱 with a soil each time the sprouts 🌱 getting taller . You plant potatoes 🥔 a shovel deep hole in the soil . Done ✅

[@joesqudy]

If you’re covering the leaves entirely, it may kill the plant. I don’t recommend that.😊 and there’s no need to layer because the stems will find their way out of the soil. Great job saving the potato. 😃
❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

[@amandachambers8593]

Girl, I harvested mine yesterday and wow this was so exciting!! I did grow outdoors but literally planted then and watered a couple time ans forgot them. I also got a good YEILD!!😂❤ Keep on gardening!!! ❤❤

[@bradleymiller437]

Fun fact; potatoes don't die that quickly. You didn't water them often or thoroughly enough. Harvest is in the fall.

[@Agente000mcm]

I understood "wow another bad yield"😂

[@sarahg2665]

He said “wow not a bad yield” not “another bad yield” lol

[@welldonewit5129]

My mama had a potato dish too! She got it to serve mashed potatoes but I think we all just kept laughing when it would be on the table so she stopped using it lol I haven't ever seen one anywhere else!! 😂 Silly spud!

[@debbieparker3691]

Poor mom , she was probably having so much fun with her little tater dish. Lol!

[@welldonewit5129]

@@debbieparker3691 I promise she laughed too it was so funny.☺️ she's gone now and the dish was lost to time, but it's a wonderful memory for me❤️

[@jefferyporter9645]

Remember like tomatoes there are two different types of potatoes determinate and indeterminate. Determinate potatoes grow in a single light layer whereas indeterminate grow in multiple layers. If you're doing towers you want the latter.

[@chocolatefudge5263]

With people like you on earth im less afraid about the future

[@cheryle9453]

FYI the next time, fill your basket up with dirt and then plant the potatoes and as the top grows out don’t cover it just let it grow. Do you want the full amount of dirt to begin with and not add dirt as they grow. See if that makes a difference.

[@debbiethomas3687]

We planted 50 potatoes into raised beds this year. Seems they weren't raised enough. The foxes and badgers dug up most and I doubt we got 5lbs of tubers out of the whole lot. Last year we planted 20 tubers and the resulting harvest saved us having to buy any for about 10 weeks. The creatures have watched and learned, but so have we. Next year our crops will be better protected.

[@Mysterio619Style]

Ever since I’ve done this, I absolutely love seeing my potatoes come up and being able to harvest them. Nothing beats fresh potatoes.

[@stacieface7427]

Try having more compost underneath the tuber. Gives them more room to grow. Place more soil on the surface if you're seeing potatoes on the surface.

[@bigred1363]

That potato holder at the end is adorable

[@Thursdayat9]

Right?! So cute. I have the matching salt and pepper shakers

[@imarip9781]

Where did you get them from?

[@greenbean87]

Please, where did you get them?!​@@Thursdayat9

[@Tasty4339]

My mom made the same one in ceramic class back in the 70's. We used it every Thanksgiving for the mashed potatoes. ​@@Thursdayat9

[@aaronsansbury6223]

Threw old potatoes into compost which consisted mainly of lawn clipping and soil and produced a huge amount of potayoes

[@huyenly7603]

We just harvested our potatoes, I say we, but it was just my 2 nephews 😆 (I was weeding the small strawberry patch and harvested the yellow onions). Got about 20-25 potatoes from 5 seed potatoes.
They said they are digging for treasure! They had fun, want to do it again next year.

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Potatoes take 90 days average from planting til harvesting you have time to grow potatoes for xmas

[@donnaturner9445]

When you cut your potatoes let them air for at least 24 hours before planting.

[@ralsharp6013]

Hint. Plant potatoes whole so they don't rot. When they start to flower, cut the foliage down by a third. Leave potatoes in the ground for 3-4 weeks after the for top foliage dies down, so the potato skin can mature💧🌱

[@luboschudzik8086]

If you cut your potatoes like that, you have to let them dry before planting and next time try to plant them so new growth is pointing to the top

[@music1958ful]

Good girl!!👏👏👏 Such ingenuity!! I love it!

[@camiscottagegarden]

“Wow not a bad yield” sounds like my husband when my gardening vibes rub off on him LOL

[@isof1341]

I LOVE your potato dish!

[@marsfeathers]

I would recommend a slightly denser soil mixture with some manure and other organic fertilizer. Also you can cut the potatoes around each "eye" or sprout and plant those individually for larger yield

[@mrspogadaeus]

I bought some "gourmet" baby potatoes that I had set down in a storage room and then forgot about them. They were SHRIVELED when I found them again. Rather than throw them away or compost them, I planted the unceremoniously into my garden. I started with maybe ten tiny, dried up potatoes no bigger than a flat decorative glass blob like you get from Hobby Lobby, and ended up with probably 7-10 pounds of small, perfect, baby potatoes that were pretty good sized. I loved them! Having some more tonight for dinner, cut and roasted with baby carrots and onions, doused in olive oil and delicious herbs. 😋🤤😍

[@obornyi2407]

I lovve this and this year my 5 year old daughter grew her first own potatoes. I am so proud, she did everything from digging to placing them to harvesting them

[@dvlslittleangel]

OMG the potato dishhh!!!

[@bamallama]

Everytime I have a sprouted potato I throw it into my backyard and it almost always grows. Potato’s are very easy. I always get tiny ones!

[@qp4fg855]

Little tip, wait until the plant dies and then wait another two weeks, the potatos will be bigger that way because theyre still growing :)

[@gardnerhill9073]

I once uprooted so many new little potatoes while digging up a barren part of my mom's garden that I called a friend so we could get together and eat them with a ton of melted butter for lunch.

[@VSFilly]

I love this!
Here in southern Ohio i also experimented with potatoes.
I waited for the coolest week late August and planted potatoes that sprouted i had bought from the store.
Here it is late September and so far, they are thriving just like summer potatoes!
Crossing fingers we harvest potatoes before the first frost.

[@jean1228]

I am growing potatoes for the first time! Can’t wait till their ready to harvest.
You made me realize, I’ll have to weigh the cost of the potatoes I gain against the cost of the soil to plant them that way.

[@nayohme728]

Remember to refresh the spil and you can reuse it.❤

[@karensmith4336]

Love the idea of the laundry basket. They come in so many shapes and sizes. ❤

[@amberc.2137]

Just a few tips from my experience. Point the sprouts up when you plant them. Do not over water. Keep the soil in a cool environment. And after cutting the potatoes let the pieces cure, or dry out, for 2-3 days before planting.

[@catstreat9434]

OMG I MUST HAVE YOUR POTATO KEEPER!!! I love 3D majolica style stuff specifically where the pattern matches the usage (bee skips for honey pots, berry baskets for jam pots, lettuce leaves for salad plates, giant clam shells for bouillabaisse, you get the idea)!

[@RaccoonRecluse]

I've done this. Its a great way to garden when you don't have outdoor space too.

[@tinawindham6958]

Do u like potatoes rocky?

[@jeandavis6049]

I planted 3 small potatoes by my front door about 5 years ago, in my flower garden! Every year they grow a nice pottatoe plant and as long as I leave one of the potatoes in the ground from each harvest, they continue to grow back, year after year, over the years, I have harvested about 8 lbs, 😮

[@Batshitcrazy57]

I love your enthusiasm 😊😊

[@valerietoke9707]

I love your potato bowl at the end too!!!

[@FlowerPower-bl7qp]

Congratulations on your potato harvest. A good amount for one potato.😊

[@xoxo-ii3bw]

it might produce more if you fill in 4/5 of the box with soil then neither cover up with hay nor do nothing since it have more room to spreed... my potatoes developed from 4 halves/2 potatoes into almost 3 dozen of big size plus more than 15 small potatoes in the similar size cardboard box!

[@urmomssecretgf2516]

I went to a restaurant today and ordered a baked potato with fries. The baked potato also had chess’s and pulled pork, that potato was so big that I ate it as three of my meals.

[@GreenSemester]

Awesome experiment. 1 to 9 ratio is amazing! I'm digging up mine in a few weeks.

[@user-fz5ob9go5d]

Beautiful Queen garden diva ❤ great presentation. Thank you both.❤

[@gendoll5006]

I threw some old red potatoes out in the mulch and weeds and a month later I noticed a few foot long potato stems with leaves growing out from under the trees searching for light! I had planted some russet potato eyes that had sprouted but not nearly deep enough I now realize after watching this. Anywho! I hav hard red clay soil so the russets gave a bunch of tiny baby potatoes but the red’s that were literally sitting on top of the soil had grown a few almost normal sized red potatoes! It was crazy! It got me into gardening!!!

[@pamreneick464]

You can cut off the whole bottom of the cabbage lettuce green onion celery even collards abt 2 inches off the bottom of the whole stalk Plant these i leave the top exposd .. enjoy growing your own food 👍

[@SmallSnailMarie]

I just planted a random potato also from my sprouting ones and the plant just died, prematurely might I add... poor thing I went on vacation and it didn't have water... but from that I for 16 potatoes 😳 albeit kind of small but so perfect for roasting 😊

[@HomeHarvestCo]

Your gardening tips have been a game-changer for my plants! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@lynnodonnell4764]

What a sweetie you are! Happy like a lityle girl wearing Fairy Wings! You Grow Girl!!!

[@lynlinkous3829]

Thank you! ❤❤❤❤ I'm going to try also.

[@lynettetillman7508]

Cute tiny, ittle bitty potatoes

[@travelchannel304]

Yay!! I thought about this w/ other stuff !! Good job!

[@Sir_Chug_A_Lot_420]

When the stalk grows up bend them over and cover a part of the stalk with dirt and you will grow even more potatoes. ❤.

[@nancyclemo1682]

I love your potato dish!!! 🥔

[@daintyGorilla]

That is a great yeild- imagine the waste that could be going to the hungry tummy’s out there! If everyone planted one potato nine others could join in a meal!!!!!!!😮❤

[@ilovecake7107]

I literally berried some spouting potato very deep in an old broken down garden bed and o got so many potatoes. It self seeded in winter.

[@caraamethyst6956]

Oh this is so funny. I used to chat with you occasionally on ig ages ago (like over a decade lol) and here I am just scrolling random videos and I’m like, hey, she looks familiar… 😂 there was a street near my house with your last name and whenever I’d drive past, I’d think of you. glad to see you’re doing well!

[@debbieparker3691]

Omgosh , that's so sweet! Isn't life full of suprizes❤

[@juanitaschoeman9573]

So nice to be able to plant your own veggies.

[@ufcivil]

I was doubtful about your potato love until I saw your potato bowl at the end. That bowl is 🐐

[@Mamaslugglet]

I had to subscribe after I heard the joke! Love jokes like these! Can’t wait to see more from you! Sending you good vibes!🌻

[@FredaStauffer]

Wow 😯. That looks incredible.

[@Cachulaterr]

Spud-tacular 😂😂😂 Good one!

[@AlissaSss23]

Same. I planted 2 and they both started growing 😊😊😊

[@chakrakhan8624]

If you regrow a gmo plant from its seed/root over does it stay gmo or does it eventually become an organic plant again? (Serious question to anyone who grows food) **I am not saying she has gmo potatoes

[@nil2thebrain]

You definitely have some beautiful potatoes.

[@johnsheppard4428]

Next time plant one every few inches! I have done this and have managed to cram a lot of plants in one basket. I usually do 3 rows of seed, 5 in the middle and 6 on each outer row.

[@aprilelder6818]

You have the giant potato dish! Mt family has one, I've never seen another. We put mashed potatos in it, but I think.if it was mine I'd store potatos in it too with onion!

[@TarzanArmani007]

Ooaaahhhh, you had me at spudtacular 😂

[@burntbeansoup]

I love how the potatoes are small! They're like single serve potatoes lol

[@Chad-Giga.]

The earth Doubled my potatoes and tripled my kindness

[@joshradloff2125]

The pun at the end was spot on.. You have earned my subscription!!

[@tweetyleet2093]

I like your potato basket 🤩🤗

[@richardfraderagonzalez9478]

You were supposed to shake the basket so the dirt comes out of the holes and just have potatoes 😅

[@totorro5859]

That potato dish is awesome!!!

[@thomasafrica9724]

We ABSOLUTELY need more of Camera Guy's running commentary

[@corndoggate]

Wholesome! And the added commentary too💚🥺 you are both goals 💚

[@anitablades6033]

They were sooo cute !!!

[@desireecrain1600]

Ah! I planted some potatoes the same way. Was wondering when I should harvest them. Thank you for sharing!

[@mimmssimmo1367]

Omg I love your potato 🥔 pot on your counter

[@christopherrenn8137]

I planted 3 each in 5 gal buckets and got about a lbs back each. Very happy with my yields this year, i used bunny and chicken poo 50/50 mixed together and then used that in a 30/70 mix of soil to fertilizer (so about 15/15/70 chicken, rabbit, soil mixed). Works well. I got a few old baskets imma gunna try this with next year and see what i get.

[@DavidOwenCreates]

I do this everytime 😂 I never get that large of potatoes! So that’s awesome for you guys! Right now my plant is HUGE!

[@rew2123]

“Spudtacular” good one! Lol

[@gabrielag5428]

Love it !! Love growing potatoes

[@lionsoulhomestead]

I'm trying to learn as much about potato gardening as possible, because its edible but it's also gluten free, which seems to help with stomach issues. Any who, thanks so much for sharing, as well as the commenters who added in advice, I really appreciate it! Also where did you get those adorable short overalls? Have a good day, hun.

[@Maincharacterttv]

I’m so excited to try this out. Thank you.

[@karmenzoriano6864]

That " potato tureen is very impressive..i love it.

[@earlinesblack1361]

❤😂❤no matter what you did get something,I’m proud of you 👏 keep trying ❤😊❤

[@Caz1242]

You should've used the laundry basket as a potato sieve

[@stephanieoregan]

I like your spud holder!

[@ajkash3867]

Stop that lil tado is so cute

[@youtubePremiumMember]

I put 10 chopsticks in a potato when i was a kid and threw it in the ground next thing i know a 2meter potato plant came and we ate my potatoes at dinner, i hadnt learned about how plants grow at school i learned that myself accidentally as a kid

[@Notiravgsarah]

That’s actually pretty dope! Around where I live a raccoon, possum, or some other wild creature would have eaten that but what a great way to learn about gardening 😊

[@chickencurry7642]

You'd have gotten more potatoes (and even bigger ones) if you hadn't burried them so low in the basket. Remember they're root bulbs, which means the more deep the roots go the more potatoes you'll have.
What you should've done is first fill the basket with soil (all the way to the top), then plant the potato pieces. That would've allowed the potato to go down more into the soil and you'll have to add little soil from the top.
Remember, there should at least be a foot deep soil below where you plant your potato.

[@chandrabyjoo6953]

..they are so pretty.

[@Nurtureddreams815]

Pretty spudtacular🥔 I love that!

[@MoniMeka]

lmaoooooooooo @ "omg, another bad yield!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wildflower1929]

A potato ceramic dish that holds all of your smaller potatoes?!..... I’m gonna need that

[@daniellafonagy7685]

Once I did the same but in a small bucket. I got like three tiny round potatoes 😂