Easy Potatoes for Spring Harvest | Abundant, self-sufficient gardening
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- Easy Potatoes for Spring Harvest. Abundant, self-sufficient gardening.
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It was good seeing Bentley I thought for sure the mole was going to poke his head out of that ground🤪 thanks for sharing
The only times I've seen a mole pop its head out of a hole, I haven't had a camera with me!
It looks that I am going to have a large pot of potatoes in my mini greenhouse very soon 🤩
Hurrah!
I planted some Swift potatoes last February in a container. I plan on doing it again this year.
I'd like to grow some Swift potatoes too. I'd better go and look for some seed spuds!
Darn it, I live in an apartment LOL. Last year I planted some potatoes and deliberately neglected them, simply to set a base line for growing in a container on a cold balcony with limited illumination. Out of that exercise I got a couple of grape sized "potatoes". So, for my set up if I am to expect any yield, there needs to be lots of work and attention, or I'd be fasting for an expended period of time. 😂 At the current rate, looks like a smaller wardrobe is called for.
But these little potatoes are not to be laughed at, one of those grape sized potatoes has sprouted, so perhaps I have managed to keep the genetics going? Who knows. Either Maris Piper, or Cyprus potatoes, here we go 2025!
I do like Maris Piper, but they always end up with scab in our gardens, so I grow other varieties that don't seem so susceptible to it.
you cannot beat early spuds nice video liz
Oh those first new potatoes each year are just heavenly!
Fantastic video liz. Love my spuds
Thanks Tony, we love potatoes here too!
Can you do this in bags too? Sadly I don't have a polytunnel but I do have a small lean-to greenhouse 😁
Yes you can! As long as you can keep them frost-free, they should be absolutely fine.
@LizZorab brilliant! Thanks for the rapid response 😁👍😁
Hi Liz, going to try growing my earlys next week in my polytunnel, good idea as they will be out for my tomatoes to go into later on.
Exactly this! They'll be out of the way before the next crop needs the space. I hope they grow well for you.
@ I’ll let you know 😊
Good video 🥔
Thank you! I'm glad that you liked it.
Liz, is your poly tunnel heated then? Or does your fleece help protect them?
Polytunnel is not heated. The fleece helps to protect the plants.
At least they're not sprayed with chemicals
Exactly!
Hi,didn’t notice if you watered them once the straw was on, I’ve planted mine as you did in the poly, gave the ground a good soaking first as was a bit dry, do I need to water the straw?
I check the soil underneath the straw every couple of weeks to see whether the bed needs watering.
Hi Liz can you grow first earlies in a pot, or is it more based off of the variety?
You can grow first earlies in a pot and I do this, I just didn't film it because the weather got bad again before I had time to film it.
@LizZorab fab! Thanks so much :)
You're welcome.
Hi. I think I might try this. But i can't figure from the video if it is inside a polytunnel or outdoors? I'm guessing outdoors with the straw and fleece? Many thanks for the video.
Edit: watched again and see it's in the polytunnel.
It's inside a polytunnel. It's a little early for planting outside in the UK.
Sorry yeah. Edited my post there after i watched a second time. Thanks
I noticed you didnt chit those ones, any reason why?
No reason to chit them as they are going into the ground right away. Chitting is great if you have bought seed potatoes and need to stop them from sprouting, but they don't need to be chitted to grow well, it just gets them off to a good start when they aren't planted until later in the season.
Thank you
Hope you have a great harvest!