6 Potato Growing Myths -- Busted or True?
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Talk to 10 different gardeners and you might hear 10 different ways to grow potatoes. But we're here to bust some of these "myths" or misconceptions about preparing potatoes for planting and growing potatoes.
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Thanks for the video. Good story but still some addition. If you are going to pre-germinate and cut seed potatoes. Then cut before you pre-germinate, because cutting will release more eyes. Cutting for manual planting is best done lengthwise, both halves then have the same number of eyes. After cutting, leave the halves on top of each other, this prevents dehydration and you get a nice wound healing. Full explanation in my video potato breeding #198 Greetings from a potato breeder from the Netherlands.
More than 50 year potato grower here. I can verify everything in this video from Lazy Dog.
How do you fertilize your potatoes? If you dont mind me asking. . .
@@robinbrown378 3 times a year. About 2 weeks before planting, middle of the year, then late in the year. I use 20-20-20 just in case any of it is low. Soil tests say I don't need potassium but whatever. I just throw it by hand along the sides.
@paulwilson6511 Thank you sooo much! Hopefully that's just what I needed. Have a blessed day.
I love your accent! Thanks for the great info. I’ve been trying to grow huge potatoes for the last two years but keep getting average sized ones. Any tips for large potatoes would be great! ☺️🥔🥔🥔
Thanks for the advice..
I'm at least 2 months from planting much here in zone 5, southern Ontario...
We are picking up another couple of inches of snow, yet again, today..
That's ok.. it's much better snow falls in Feb & not in April.. lol..
❤❤ a Canadian fan
A problem I faced when covering with straw instead of dirt was the ants digging tunnels through them.
Mine should emerge this week. can't wait.. I did a test, I bought my potatoes in Nov, when they came in I left the sealed box as is and place the box inside of a spare refrigerator set around 38 degrees to keep. Jim on Wood Prarie had said that temp was good to hold the potatoes for an extended period. I took them out of the refrigerator and let them sit 2 weeks in the house and then took them out of the box sitting on some racks. They starting chitting and then I stuck them in the ground a little over a week ago.
I had a few I didn’t chit and the plant never grew. Upon harvesting the seed potato was still in the ground totally dormant. 😂 survived all growing season under the dirt.
Growing sweet potatoes this year! Hoping to get a harvest!😂
Got my Wood Prairie taters last week, I cant wait these warm days are giving me the itch
Tator time is getting close. The only problem for us in Texas is it is supposed to get cold again in mid Feb.. But that far out they could be wrong.
@@growyourownfood7814 I’m in centex, 16th calling for 27. But 80’s all week. I’m thinking double or triple row covers.
@@Waabimakwa May have do delay planting, but it things are not that cold it is nice to be able to plant early.
@@growyourownfood7814 not delaying, defending!!
I got my baltic rose going in ... good timing thanks
Growing up in Blountstown Florida, we would cut and dip the cut part in lime. Don’t know why but we always had good crops.
Living in California now, I chit, cut and harden them before planting in large pots. Easy to heal in a big pot simply by adding soil as the plant grows.
Really enjoy your videos from back home. At least in the same area and climate.
Last year I had excellent results setting the potatoes barely covered with my clay soil and about 4 inches of partially decomposed wood chips. It helped to have excellent weather conditions and covering them on frosty nights.
I have had my Rose Gold potatoes in the raised bed for a week. They had some nice sprouts that would be longer than I would like if I waited until the middle of Feb. I'm going to wait on the Sarpo Una and Mira until the middle of Feb because their sprouts are small. Same method of chitting at the same time.
i ordered 5 lbs of huckleberry gold and baltic rose, did 2.5 lbs of one called caribou russet. baltic rose and caribou russets are sprouting well the huckleberry gold are starting too but are a little behind. should be find to plant 3rd weekend of feb
Huckleberry Gold always take the longest to break dormancy.
I used to hill my "Taters" but its a literal pain in the back, now for the last 5yrs I use Charles Dowding's No Dig where I drop my seed tater in the ground about 5-6" deep and when the plants get about 10" or so of growth, I plunk down a full shovel full of dirt on top as a form or Hilling them Up - Easy peasy and it works great...
Now that I'm old i plant most of my potatoes in grow bags or containers. The ones i plant in ground i plant deep and cover with wheat straw if we get a late freeze i pull the straw up over the plants. You have to have them dug before june, then no green potatoes.
Containers sound great. I may have to try a greenhouse start for potatoes in containers next spring. Don't have the space this year, but I am experimenting just a little. I go from plants taking frost to plants sweltering in the heat in the space of four to six weeks and never get good yields in the ground. By comparison sweet potatoes easily yield five times as much.
That fan adds a whole new noise element to the videos (and your yard as well).
Yeah it's really loud! I should prob flip the breaker in the greenhouse while filming outside.
Love your content. Thank you! In northern MN, im 3 1/2 mo. From last frost. I have time to prepare. One thing i did not catch in any of your potato vids is timing. Should i cut them early and allow them to heal before the chatting period or chit / cut/ heal/plant?
Ideally you'd want to cut them a few days before planting so they can heal.
I find it best to chit my taters in moderate, indirect light rather than keeping them in the dark. They will put out short, stout chits that won’t run the risk of growing out weak, long, and spindly chits if something were to come up and push your planting time back. I will even set aside appropriately sized spuds when I harvest them in late summer and leave them sitting on the kitchen windowsill where they will slowly develop thick, strong, chits through the fall and winter that seem to photosynthesize and feed the tuber keeping it far more plump and firm than a similar potato chitted in the dark would be, and once they’re planted they practically jump out of the ground with how vigorous their growth is.
I have even put them in the garage under led shop lights to get the stouter chits. I also noticed that the potatoes I put in the garage without lights sprouted out faster with those long spindly sprouts. Must be the moisture or something.
@ it’s simply phototropism, the tendency of plants to grow toward a light source. In a poorly lit environment shoots will stretch out in search of a light source, and will expend a lot of nutrients and energy in the process.
Interesting. When I tried that window method the spuds sent out “vines” looking for light (light colored), and not so many chits. (Dark colored ) zone 7a-b
@@kevindavis3841 I had them under grow lights like you would for growing tomatoes.
ok,, the straw thing, now i don't do this, but my understanding of it is this, first it's spoiled hey not fresh, the potato is planted in the soil and the straw is used on top as mulch so that the potato is not exposed to light, no weeds grow and more moisture is held in the soil. i've used straw and or leaves as mulch but i think your correct that potatoes won't do well actually growing in straw spoiled or otherwise.
I wish I saw this before I set out my potatoes this morning,
Good Evening Travis. I have a bad root knot nematode problem. I am deploying several strategies. I know in the past u have covered this topic. I watched an old Hoss video when u had them around the okra (in my experience nothing brings them in like okra!) u planted mustard , for bio fumigation. What i didn't see was an old follow up video. Anyways, I know u are busy. But would it be possible for u to do another new video cover this issue. Or possibly referring me to some b4 an after videos when an where u have been able to defeat them RKN. I have been following u for a few years now. I purchased some seeds from u. We enjoyed the cowhorn okra, an am about to start your roadster, an red snapper tomato seeds next week. My name is Zack an we live in Coastal Va, zone 8a. An by the way I miss not seeing you on Wednesdays, but i understand family first ,thank u
I don't have the links in front of me, but we have several videos on our channel showing the mustard incorporation process and how to get the biofumigation effects from it.
Jim at wood prairie said 1.5oz to 2.75oz yields the same. At 3oz you have an increase in yield but it’s not double, though you are using double the seed. If there’s no difference between 1.5-2.75, then the least amount necessary for maximum yields is 1.5oz.
I watched the videos a few times since ordering mine. 🖖👨🌾
My bad. Had the ounces part wrong.
@ I have watched it at least three times since last month when I ordered. Then I found their channel and watched his web series. Then I found an interview he did. It’s good to hear the same thing said a few different ways. Helps it stick. At least for me anyways. 🖖👨🌾🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Enjoy your videos. Can the sprouts be too big on the seed tater. I have some that are loaded with sprouts.
I try to plant mine before they get too long. I guess the longer they get, the more likely they might break while planting.
I'm growing potatoes for the first time in middle georgia. With the heat in Georgia during the summer would you recommend full sun or partial shade when planting?
Full sun is fine as long as you get them planted early enough. In middle Georgia you'll probably want to plant early to mid March.
Well as you have tested most everything you talk about I'm just gona have to believe you know what's up, thank you
Any thoughts on growing under ground cover? Have you tried it? What were the results?
I've never grown anything under ground cover, so not sure.
I prefer to mulch my potatoes with bedding from the goat pen...dropped hay mixed with goat and chicken poo is good stuff!
I have potatoes left over that I harvested last season. I was planning on using them but they look like octopi. Are they viable? Thanks for another great video
They might be. But I'd have a backup plan with some fresh seed stock as well.
I have been using the prior year’s potatoes for planting and have noticed that I don’t get as big a yield, so this year I bought new seed potatoes from a seed company
@ thank you. I don’t really grow a lot. I usually grow them in a 20 gallon grow bag. I get a small amount. I may not grow them this year and just buy them. We are expanding our garden, but only have a third of an acre so we are using that space for the things we use a lot of.
Welp. I planted my potatoes a few weeks ago (in Florida) and I didn't chit them. Hopefully they didn't rot.
Wish you would do an experiment how to grow bigggggg potatoes so i can too! 🥔 big taters are easier to peel and bake. 😀
chit yer taters, not yer pants, UGA ‘25!
The Ruth stout or hay bale method never worked for me here in south GA just attracted fire ants
Says going deeper, audience asks is it in yet, jk- great job.
What to use for potato bugs?
Fortunately, we don't really deal with those down here. Diseases are more problematic than insect on potatoes for us.
My seed potatoes come from Holland.
Try to bery the potatoes about a five gallon bucket deep that's what we do up here in Minnesota. The deep part is not what I think you are not understanding about not hilling them. Even when you plant them in your above ground garden you are not going deep and covering it all at once the potatoes plants will grow up throu the soil with out your help or even sun light until it reaches the top. The roots have more space to get bigger.
I can't dig that deep in my in-ground plots. I don't know many gardeners that could. Seems like that would also make harvesting a pain. I'd much rather harvest slightly below ground level than 2' below ground level.
Great vid, Travis. 👌. Just today I found "heat-tolerant" attached to 3 variety names; Baltic Rose, Red Lasoda, Caribe. Not seen that before. Saying high temps 100°+ can retard growth ?? Hmm. You've talked abt soil temps, but when exactly that wd matter w/ taters, nobody said. They cd have a point, don't know. Be curious to see how your fav Baltic does this yr compared to others. Thx. -- 💌🍒
PS: Saw somewhere cut pieces got dipped in DE at planting.
Sulfer?
What does it mean to "heel" potatoes?
It means that as your plant grow u will continue to add soil around it…. Keep adding soil as it gets taller and taller
@ Oh! He meant "hill", as in "hill up soil around the potato plants", except it sounds like "heel" with his accent.
@@theauthor4364 home is where u make it. 😅
Hoss has some great varieties too, just saying.
$30 per lb of those Wood Prairie seed potatoes you can have them buddy that’s insane.
I get mine from tractor supply for 2$ a lb
@@oldriversfarm1609Ace hardware is 99 cents a pound
@@oldriversfarm1609O bought seed potatoes from Tractor Supply last year. No sprouts. Finally planted them anyway because it was getting hot out.
I got 1 or 2 potatoes from each one I planted and by the time they started dieing back, it was blazing saddles hot. The potatoes were soft. The soil was hot even under shade cloth.
So, I saved what I got for this year and they were just about dried up, but they had eyes with green on them.
We'll see what happens. Otherwise, I'll plant some in the fall.
Sometimes, I hate FL.
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