How Often to Water Container Potatoes? Save Time And Money!
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2020
- Check out my new book that you can pre-order now. Simplify Vegetable Gardening will be available on 16th Feb 2024. Pre-order now to be the first to get a copy of this book that has all my personal tips. geni.us/SimplifyVegGardening Growing potatoes in containers are challenging for some gardeners. However, In this episode not only am I going to tell you how often you need to water potatoes in containers, but I am going to give you some practical tips on how to retain water when growing in containers.
Whether you are growing potatoes in buckets, growing potatoes in bags or growing potatoes in containers these tips will show you exactly how you can not only save money by reducing the water you use but also save you hours of time over the season on unnecessary watering.
Growing potatoes in containers are, in my opinion, one of the best ways in which to grow this fantastic crop. So sit back and pick up some valuable tips so you too can get stunning potato results.
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Folks I hope you got value from this video. now you just need to know how to keep them after you grow them. The next one you should watch is Effective POTATO Growing Tips for Astounding Results ua-cam.com/video/hgJa2wrX6lA/v-deo.html
Thant dirty finger looked rude too BTW... Mind you I am a 48YO Child, so.... LOL
Behave you idiot :) its a clean gardening channel
@@simplifygardening How Very Dare you!! LOLO... God Bless to you and Yours Tony.., and well done on the Mile stone T... Told ya so... Congrats Mucker... You deserve it. :-)
Love your vids. Found them last week and subscribed. I learn at least a little something from all of them. However, my husband is singularly appalled at your rhubarb plants (he loathes rhubarb with a passion). LOL Do you have a video on how you built your compost bins? Hubs is interested in those. Like I said in a previous post, our weather is so dry in summer, we can't have your standard pallet/chicken wire bins.
Thank you for these videos. I’m getting started on a garden and need all the good info I can get. I’m in Ohio in the U.S.and we are still having frost. Are you having frost there? Is it okay to put potatoes out even when it’s frosting?
Your dissemination of info will become life saving in the coming future. Thank you for your excellent info.
Glad it was helpful! always happy to help people grow
You will be correct on this statement I'm afraid
I'm here 4 years later and can agree with you. These videos are invaluable.
This is my first year in buckets and, so far, great success. I followed your feed tips and I am probably 4 - 6 weeks ahead of my neighbours on my first earlies, which I started in the greenhouse and are due to harvest on 1st May. I will never grow spuds in the ground again. Thank you!
Great job! Dont be in a major rush to empty them all as they will continue to grow after that date. Harvest as you need them
Apart from my garden i started on an allotment earlier this year. They provide free compost; cow manure and horse manure year round. Great
The technique of burying the buckets is genius! I’ll be “transplanting” my buckets into the dirt this afternoon 😃
Here in Japan, we use the husk of the rice that is left after harvest. It makes an excellent mulch. We also use the inner skin that is removed when the rice is polished in a rice polishing machine. These machines are set up like a self-service kiosk. You buy your bag of whole-grain rice, pop along to the kiosk, pour the rice into the hopper, set up your bag at the other end, put in your 100 Yen coin and the rice comes out polished to your specifications. The skin that is removed appears as a fine dust in a wee room next door and it is usually free for anyone to remove for gardening purposes. I just realised that I still have some of that dusty stuff so I will mulch my potatoes tomorrow. Cheers Tony.
Awesome!
I followed your tips to correct several of my mistakes last year. I purchased the containers, water as in this video, fertilized as you stated and mulched with straw. So far they're ridiculously healthy.
I'm back watching your content as a refresher as I'm starting to plan for next year. These videos are so full of great content. I'm also excited to say my newly built compost bins are working away at 140 degrees as I type. I'll have lots of great compost in the spring thanks to your book and videos.
That's perfect, Bud. I am glad it's helping you step away from the poor quality that's available now. Look forward to seeing your results next year
Really good video. I have grown potatoes for years and this is the best way I have found. No fighting weeds, easy harvest and good production. Thank you..
And less pest damage too. Never mind no fork damage on harvesting :)
I staked my autumn potato crop here in Sydney with tomato stakes, the plants are easily 3 feet high! The stakes keep the garden neat and stops the plants getting damaged or taking over paths or other parts of my bed
perfect Jeff. I bet it shaded the potato ground too
Congratulations Tony! You certainly deserve it, and more. You work so hard nonstop to help everyone grow vegetables successfully. Bless you and your family.👵🐕🌷😊🌱🌱🌱🍃
Thanks Melody I am glad your still enjoying them :)
So pleased to hear about your subscribers and reviews you deserve it !!! I am a new subscriber and new to gardening I have found your knowledge shared in these videos of great value and helping me along my journey so thanks for taking the time to do them, 👍
Well done on your subscriptions and views, you really deserve it. Thank you for all those fantastic tips!
Thank you so much! i really appreciate that
Thank you! I will be trying containers for the first time in spring
Again, thanks for another interesting video, I thought you had taught us all we need to know but here you are with more ideas. I have never noticed you mulch potatoes before and I like the idea of the netting to hold the tops as you have described. Well done.
Thanks Judith. I havent had to before due to living in wales, However, Over the past year or so I have had to look at alternatives as more and more people from around the world have come to me with their challenges. How can I reccomend something to someone else I have not tried myself. I run all sorts of experiments that you may not see in the background. When you see the video I have usually tested something for a year or so to ensure its viable. I dont want to give info that is run of the mill. I want you guys to succeed in growing not fail because I wanted to make a video
I’m a new subscriber Tony, love the content and your explanations. Thank you, Chrissie D
Thank you for this info. 1st time growing and I appreciate all the advice.
You are so welcome!
Just seen your channel now, watched your older videos and then came to this... Your editing and camera presence have gotten so much better! Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!! Its certainly a learning experience. We continue to improve to make it better for the viewers Sorry for the late reply
I've just recently found your channel and have become a big fan, your explanations are simple and thorough, not many videos I wathb from start to beginning but yours I do, I'm staying my veg garden from scratch this year and you've inspired me
Thank you very much Chris. I am glad you are getting value from the videos. Exciting times ahead for you with a new vegetable garden. Welcome to the channel :)
Your videos have encouraged me to try again. I planted a small plot directly in the ground two years ago and watched daily as the voles moved in and ate all but one. (I found it when it popped up out of the weeds.) Was waiting to see what I got at the end of the summer when I saw that the voles found that one too. :( This year I will be planting above ground and will be buying containers a bit at a time for next season. Love that I can use my shredded paper as mulch and will be checking with my neighbor to see If I can get several barrows full of his wood chips too! Thank you!
I thank you greatly, Mr. O'neal. You have great potatoe growing advice, great gardening advice in general.
You are very welcome
Amazing job. I live in Arizona, which comes to be around 117 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, and I appreciate you giving me those tips about heat management. :D
I will be start growing my Container potato on the end of this month, until then I hope the weather will be warm enough durning the evening. Thank you Tony, each time you applod a video I learn something new.
Sounds great Helena. I am glad your getting value from my videos. Tony
Love your videos Tony! Very informative.
Thanks for your teachings! We grew our first container potatoes and did ok. Hope to have bigger ones next year.
Tony for the last few years i have grown my spuds in containers with great results, the compost i use is home made ,its a great feeling when my grand children help me to harvest the spuds come June [ early ] and Sep for the main crop. Keep up the good work Frank
Thanks for sharing Frank. amazing the looks on their faces its all worth it
So glad that I found your channel. Congrats on achieving 100k, that's awesome! I always grow my potatoes in containers and have had success. I'm in Zone 5, Chicago. You've given me some great tips, thanks!
Awesome! Thank you! i am glad you found my channel too. Welcome lots more coming up :)
Another great video,Tony. Because of being unable to get much compost this year I have used a mixture of my sieved garden soil and my own home made compost to fill my 30 litre tubs and topped off the top couple of inches with multi purpose compost to keep down the weeds that will inevitably be in the mixture.
Sounds great! Mike. I am running an experiment this year thats what a load of the containers in a circle is for I will release that at harvest time when I have the results too
I'm a Tony O' disciple: growing potatoes for the very first time, in 10 gal grow bags. Excited! You and your channel are such a blessing. You're my go-to You Tuber for anything gardening. Thanks so much for all you do, Tony~
Thank you very much Deb. That means the world to me and I am glad your getting value from my videos
Fantastic video Tony totally agree on being able to control the growing environment. I like to soak the buckets in my wheelbarrow full of water whenever they feel like they're starting to dry
Where did you get the wire mesh?
Great tip! Monty :)
That has been here for years but can be bought at most farm shops
Perfect Explanation my dear. You are such a great person
I personally use seaweed I gather on the beach as a mulch for potatoes. Holds tons of water whilst feeding the potatoes micronutrients at the same time and the bonus is slugs absolutely hate seaweed 😂
Yes great addition I’m hrs from a beach but do get it when I can
Thanks tony for your response. I have 33 separate gardens and as of yesterday have 888 veg berries flower seedlings started in various stages , taken from over 100 seed pkgs . My first 3 gardens are sprouting nicely as we have had nice rainy periods and are past last frost. Thanks for being thePOTATOEGURU
Oh wow Colin thats great. Wish we had some rain here
Tony I used shredded paper as a mulch in my Pepper bed one year. Most productive peppers I ever grew. I think the reflected sunlight on underside of the leaves supercharged the photosynthesis process.
Yes Kenneth. thats another advantage of using mulch, sometimes its the hidden benefits that make the difference and move the needle
Thanks Tony, congrats on 100k subscribers, another great video
Thank you too Sarah :) glad your enjoying the videos
Congrats on the 100k! Your content is brilliant and always packed full of amazing info, I always. Learn something new 😁
Thanks so much! I am glad your enjoying it Loulou
@@simplifygardening no problem at all! Thanks for doing your thing 😁
Your videos are so instructional and I like your step by step guide for me as I am new to growing potatoes! Thank you
I am glad it is of interest to you
Exelent tips and great advice with the cattle wire thanks for sharing tony
Glad to help im sure this will work perfect
I've had decent success collecting creek sediment and forest floor mulch as soil boosting components. Both resources are within 100 meters of my garden, it is still labor intensive. It is worth it though.
Thanks Tony for all the hints and tips I never thought about using mutch or wood chips to keep the compost moist on my potatoes. Cheers thanks
Glad to help Wayne. Im sure its going to save you so much time and water
Toni this was so helpful for me amazing happy growing buddy.
Glad it helped. :)
Thanks for the info mate. I didn't know about the difference between Indeterminate and Determinate and the growing on one level for Indeterminate. Should double my first/second early crop. Also love the watering advice. Cheers
Sure thing!
Thanks. I'm definitely going to use this method this year
Great! Let me know how you go with it Kenneth
Really enjoyed this vlogg. Great tips. New Garden UA-camr from Ireland.
Thanks and welcome to the channel Mr Tidy Garden
I am loving your videos. I am learning so much, beyond beginner info, next step stuff.
Perfect thanks 🙏
love it mate! just started planting potatoes in the garden with the kids they absolutely love it, was trying to get some big ones to make it worth there while
That is awesome! Sorry for the late reply
Great video Tony. As I have some potatoes left I will give it one more try this year. I used to put them in the ground leaving them there for good. That was a mistake. I will get more compost and water them the way you recommend it. Fingers crossed that there will be a good harvest in autumn. Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
hopefully it will work for you this year just keep to the tips you should be good. let me know how the harvest is
Great video once again. Stay home and stay safe.
Thanks, you too! look after yourself Shirley
love your video's learn a lot I enjoy growing my veg in containers
Great to hear John look forward to hearing about your results
Tony I really appreciate your work And I am becoming a tremendous fan🥔👍
Awesome! Thank you! I am very happy to hear that. As long as people are enjoying and benefiting from the content I am happy :)
Yet another great video. Cheers Tony!
Thanks 😉👍
Thank you so much, that was very useful and insightful.
You're very welcome!
Just placed my order for 5 30ltr tubs 👍🏽 look forward to getting some first ‘early potatoes’ in and on the go... cheers for the advice Tony
Hope you enjoy it!
Grate tips, I never thought about that, that will solve my problems, thank for sharing.
Thats awesome Ronald I am glad it helped
Brilliant videos - you have got me totally into spud growing. I bought my 30 litre containers and am well on my way with 2nd earlies and maincrops. Can’t wait for harvest!!
Good luck! keep me informed
Hi, where did you buy 30 l containers?
Another great video with full of useful information thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are a wonderful teacher, Tony !
Wow, thank you!
I really appreciate your videos. You go thru the whole process from seed to storing. I love both potatoes and sweet potatoes.
I am a beginner at this and I''m scared to spend all this time and money only to epically fail. I am one of those people that have a "brown" thumb. I've even killed and air fern. Again, thanks for all of your shared knowledge thru you-tube.
Thanks glad you are enjoying them
Great video Tony. I mulch everything I grow in tubs, not just spuds. All my blueberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, patio fruit trees, mints, flowers etc are in tubs. What I’ve done this spring is buy some large saucer pots to stand some in to bottom water rather than from the top to see if it helps.
Thanks for sharing Frank. Thats a great idea. a little reservoir. That reminds me of another video I need to make ;)'
I like putting things in containers so if I have to I can move product to protect it from weather
I am new subscriber , just love how you deliver the information. I’m growing potatoes this year in black fabric bags which I anticipate will need more water then the plastic buckets. . The bags are 20 gallon. I purchased them several years ago. I will mulch the tops. I am in Massachusetts , USA. Hot summers. Thank you 😃😃
Hey welcome to the channel. Yes they will require a lot more water because they are double the size, but will also evaporate moisture through the sides too. The finger test is still valid though stick in to your knuckle and if moist it has enough when dry water it completely
Great tips as always Tony, I had just been mulling over the benefits of mulching my potato containers. Question answered I'll cover them with a layer of partly composted bark and chippings (It's what I have for free.)
Great idea Anything thats free and mulches is good to use :)
Wow, I just discovered your channel today. Thank you for this information! Subscribed.
Thank you so much for that video you answered everything I was looking for how I can improve growing my potatoes in a container in a small backyard of my beautiful garden I create for so many years thank you again ewa
Glad it was helpful!
I have used straw as a mulch and I got prematurely excited when I saw shoots in a couple of weeks, sadly they were grass shoots.
I'm around 2 weeks away from harvesting my lovely spuds.
I actually can't wait!
I pulled out the grass shoots and my potatoes have thrived.
This is my first attempt at Tony's method... also my first attempt at all.
Fingers crossed!
Tony I will give my potato pot a good water tomorrow as I dont have room to bury my pots ...i hope you & your family are all safe and well and all our gardening friends out there stay safe to !
Sounds great! keep them moist
Just brilliant, thanks Tony.
Glad you enjoyed it
Outstanding video, I planted in ground, but I am thinking of containers now for next year. Thank You.
Thats great im sure we will all have great crops
Ohhhh how much do I love your content...I feel much better...Thank you Sir!!!
Thanks for your lovely comment. Check out todays video if you want to see more on potatoes
Hey Tony I thought I was subbed but I guess I wasn't, thanks for the video today and congrats on your 100k. Glad to be a part of the growing movement of gardening although I have been an organic gardener for over 50 plus years years here in the USA thanks to my grandfather. love your channel thanks to "Kaye Kittrell from the "Late Bloomer Organic Gardening Show"
Thanks for the sub John. I knew where you from when I saw the name as you are a moderator for Kaye. Welcome to the channel my friend :)
Congratulations on you subscribes. Thank you for sharing your vlog from Michelle in Australia
Thanks so much MIchelle. I am glad you found me and enjoyed my content, Welcome to the channel
Super video, thanks. The mulch tip reminds me that I did not mulch my potatoes. Off I go.
Nice Scott. Get and do it mate. Keep the cool and moist 😉👍
Mate great tips. I'm doing all of this this season. Thanks
Glad to help
Fantastic! Been wondering if im watering too much or not enough. Thanks Tony! Jen
Glad this has helped you Jen. Remember your finger is the key
Thank you so much! This is the first time I'm planting potatoes in a pot. Gophers ate most of them,last year.
Wonderful!⁵
Hi Tony, Cheers for another great video, Stay safe and Take care.
Glad you enjoyed it Ronald. hope you and your family are staying safe
@@simplifygardening Hi Tony, I've put saucers under some of my potato tubs should I throw away the excess water or leave it in the saucers, Cheers
Thank you !
Get to enjoy and learn.
Badly needed info
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great video.....i am a new subscriber, but I will definitely try this next year. It would save on mounding up too. Brilliant presentation. Thank you.
Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the channel Sorry for the late reply
Thanks from North Carolina, USA!
Thanks for watching! welcome to the channel
Really liked the cattle panel idea! My potato stems always flopped over, snapped and or broke off. Sticks and twine wasn't really doing the job either. TY
Yeah we have all been there Kathleen im hoping this way will help
Thank you for this video!
Your welcome Shonna
Great tips. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
My grandmother taught us to dig a deep hole and bury our food scraps. We would place used paper towels or cut up cardboard to cover the food scraps and water the hole really well. Wait a month or two and plant in that area. This technique works wonders for those waterlogged wood stacks that's been sitting in our yard for years.
Simplify Gardening = Simply Amazing Tony.... What a fool proof Tip Top Vid this one is mate... Keep Growing Wit Yed Darn my Friend...
God Bless
Tony M and the little farmers... :-)
Glad you enjoyed it Tony. Im sure I will see this implemented on your channel soon
Thanks !
Thanks for that video Tony . have just started growing my pototoes in tubs this year, as you can never them all out of the beds and they keep popping up every where.
Yes im having a similar isdue in the new fruit garden as there were some left from the old tenant
Your videos are always good thanks Tony
Thank you very much Lizzie
That's the day we subscribed! Love your content! I wish I could have the guts to put my self sufficient garden out there.
Thanks for the sub Welcome to the channel and you should do it. Its nerve wracking at first. I used to shake when i made my first videos and look at me now lol. Remember you have full control the only person who will ever see it is you if you mess up. but take a look at my first videos, everyone is rubbish when they start and then they grow with practise. DO IT, and DO IT NOW! give it a few weeks and you will love it
@@simplifygardening thanks, I'll try lol
Hey! I followed ur advice and made my first video 😂 the potato in the video is just a prop though because mum said not to actually dig in the garden haha please rate me in my comments. Your my inspiration.
Dry Bracken is what I use as a mulch. Rake it up before March, lovely stuff
Also a good compost ingredient
Congratulations Tony! 100K subscribers have now turned into 123K subscribers.
Thanks a million! Its growing very fast. I will be sorting out a live stream soon and will be drawing the giveaway for it
cool got my kit now for 3 tubs great info again.
Great to hear!
I’m loving your channel. New sub!
Thanks for subbing!
If there's a tittle "Dr of gardener" you would be the one, hello from Australia, greatly appreciated for uploaded this video. New subbed here 👍
Another cracking blog 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it Brenda. Lots more to come
Thanks for the tips.
Happy to help!
Thanks so much Tony! Really appreciate those tips!! I’m going to shed paper tomorrow 💚 too man, Geri
You got this Geri. get shredding :)
Simplify Gardening 🤣🤣🤣💚 Will do! thanks again Tony 🙌
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the potato tips, I have just started to garden. I am growing potatoes, I like salad potatoes. I am presently growing salad blue, violetta, baby potatoes, purple potatoes, Apache potatoes, in potato bags, shopping bags and I was covering them over with soil. Next time, I'm waiting for these ones to harvest, they have a lot of greens at the moment, one of the purple ones, I can see a flower bud, I shall take it out. I went definitely get those buckets to plant my next crop of potatoes.
The buckets work very well Valerie. Great your growing agsin
@@simplifygardening Thank you.
As I keep telling hubby containers all the way so much easier 👍I do containers ,he does ground but it’s so much harder getting them up ,disappointing when you put a fork through a great potato 🙈I’m getting bigger more tubs for next year too ,great tips Tony thank you
Great idea Julie, but dont get bigger than the 30l ones they crop doesnt grow as well in larger containers, I think its because of the soil that has to remain warm
Hi Tony, Ive got 70 large containers of spuds on the go and ive just finished today, installing a watering system for them, to make life a little easier.If you get the chance take a look at the video on here or FB and let me know what you think!Im also going to install a 2 foot high ,wire fence around the top of each container to help support the foliage.Keep up the great work and congrats on the subscribers!
My wire is all up now just in time to be honest they are touching it already. One thing I need is to sort out water irrigation to save me with the job of watering. I purposely put them all by 2 1000 litre IBc full of water for this purpose. I will check yours out now
Hi, Your videos are the best I’ve heard. Im so glad I found you. We rent a duplex with NO YARD, so the only place I could grow potatoes is on my driveway. Could I build a “frame” that would hold about 6” of wood chips then put my containers on top of it? The frame would keep the chips from spreading everywhere.
Hey Genita. Welcome to the channel. You could do that, or if you do not have an issue with watering more often you could just sit the containers right on the drive. but the woodchips do help with watering and keeping the containers cooler. I am glad your enjoying the videos :)