How to grow potatoes in a large barrel
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2018
- Learn to grow potatoes in barrels and produce an amazing crop of tasty potatoes. Garry will demonstrate how to set up a deep watering system to produce huge potatoes in Zone 5 Ottawa, Canada.
Its great seeing gardeners and farmers come together from around the world to give each other tips on these videos
I'm so glad I came across this method of growing, I have a problem with wild hogs wiping out my entire gardening efforts in a single night here in Texas. I have a huge surplus of used cattle syrup tubs and I think this will provide a protective growing vessel for my spuds.
Been growing red potatoes in 4 rows for over 35 years in my 22 -- 100 ft rows garden. Make my rows with my tractor cultivator 36" apart about 3" deep, put 5-10-15 southern states fertilizer in row walking and applying hand full as I walk. Cut my seed potatoes about 3 oz per cutting with an eye on it night before planting, place seed cuttings by hand 8" apart. Come back with tractor and cover cuttings about 4" of dirt. When plant breaks thr put out same amount of fertilizer by hand and cover again 4", this is done 1 more time. Potato row is now about 8" to 12" high and 12" wide with flat top about 5" wide. When plant break thr I put 2 blue strip drip, 12" between each drip, water hose on each row connected to a manifold 2" PVC pipe at end of rows so when water is turned on it will be watering all 22 rows. My potatoes were always planted on Feb 15 in south east Ga unless to wet to plow from rain. I have a 1 row potato digger pull by my tractor does a great job bring potatoes to surface. Let potatoes dry about 4 hours I pick them up brushing of dry dirt by hand never wet potato and put in 4' x 8' shelves, can slide out each shelve to side for loading potatoes, in 6 shelve rack with wire bottoms potatoes laying on hay on wire under a roof. When racks are full I wrap a dark cover around whole rack with small open at bottom and top so small fan can blow air thr all selves but no sun light or rain can get to potatoes.
Thank you Garry for sharing this video. Very informative and concise. In less than 9 minutes, I learn a lot. 👍
Very nice and useful video of potato growing technique in a pot in Canada...Thank you Garry
I notice that you plant the whole potato. Down here in Texas we cut the potato into pieces each piece having an eye. Planting time is during the new moon of February. This was an excellent video. Live long and prosper.
I'm watching this at 11:00 p.m. getting ready for bed and now I'm thinking about firing up the grill cooking a steak and a baked potatoe. 😊
Im glad to see a gardener in my area instead of in hotter climates with info that dont work in this cold north country.
Good to see Garry getting out n about!
I am going to grow potatoes for the first time this year! Thank you so much for this video. I am from Ontario ❤️
Thank you sir for such a nice way and technique for growing potatoes, I'm a begginer at urban gardening and watching videos like this,very easily - well explained, make it simple to understand and now that's my next project!
Hi Garry. I did the same thing in Edmonton last year. The old rain barrel I used was cracked at the bottom so drainage wasn't a problem and I did the same as you with starting them but then I used the barrel as a "working compost". As they grew I just added grass clippings, leaf, weeds from the garden etc and when it was done I now have a compost that I can mix with my main compost to add to my beds this year
Thank you Garry for an Idea that I'll definitely use with the wires to stabilize the feed pipe.
I grow herbs and vegetables in 5 gallon buckets ... I'll have to see if my local home improvement store carries the larger bucket. Thank you for this video ... I always learn something from you!!!
Amazing! This old coot lives so close to the highway that he has to wear a headset to counter the noise pollution, YET - he still has a really positive attitude. Bravo.
Thank you for your video on growing potatoes in a barrel !! 🤠👍 Great video !! I will give it a go in the next few days !! Take care!! Regards Ron!! 😊 from Tasmania Australia !! 😋 💞🍟🐟 FISH @ CHIPS !! YUMMY!!
Really appreciate your barrel and watering system, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the tutorial, it's a much better pot system than what I'm doing now ! Looking forward to watching & sharing more of your videos 🥔👍🥔
I have grown potatoes every which way; barrels, buckets, bags, hay bales, garden (even from berry-seed), and I have read a lot of agricultural research publications as well. A lot of the information on novel growing techniques is b.s. Fact: Commercial potatoes are bred to be hilled and harvested by farm machinery, so they cluster their tubers low on the stem (8"-10" is enough hill over the seed piece), and mature them all at the same time. Burying the plants deeper and deeper as they grow will not get you more tubers (unless you have one of the weird specialty indeterminant varieties that farmers can't use). Tuber mass depends on photosynthesis =sunlight, and plant nutrition. Plant nutrition depends on even moisture, soil nutrients and an ever expanding root system. Roots only absorb nutrients at the growing ends, so older roots nearer the plant just take up space. If you crowd plants together either above ground, below ground or both, each plant will end up being malnourished by limited sun, water, and minerals and will produce less sum tuber weight than a single plant in the same space.
OMG HOW I DO TRULY LOVE TATERS!! CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS ROLLING SOON.....ONE OF GOD'S