Yes please. I tried to chit organic sweet potato to no avail. I need an organic source foe sweet potato starts. My organic Yukon and Reds chitted great . I planted and they are on track for harvest.
For the last few years I've been using 7 gallon fabric grow bags for my potatoes. I don't think I'll ever go back to growing spuds in-ground. When they're done I simply dump the bags into a wheelbarrow & pick out the potatoes...no digging involved & no volunteers where I don't want them. The soil that's leftover then gets sifted & added back into my compost pile. Interesting side note: One of my 20+ bags never sprouted, no signs of life whatsoever. Like you, Rick, I mainly grow Yukon & Pontiac, but I'll often plant random store-bought spuds that start chitting in my pantry. That's what was in the bag that never sprouted. Well I dug through the straw mulch on top of that bag the other day, and even though there were never any signs of growth...no leaves, no nothing for almost 3 months...that bag is full of potatoes. 🤣
I've been doing that too. When it gets too cold for the potatoes outside, I put my fabric bag in a large plastic garbage bag and bring it in. So I can grow all year. I pull up potatoes, freshen the soil, and plant the next batch.
Great video- very helpful! Everyone says not to harvest till they flower and then die back but mine rarely flower and I still get decent potatoes. So glad you pointed this out and confirmed what I am seeing in my own garden.
I grow mostly red Pontiac and Yukon Gold and they usually bloom every year, but they were really spotty this year due to all the heat we are seeing (at least I think that's why).
Do you ever get a second crop of potatoes? I have raised beds of peet, cotton burr, and rice hauls that makes the soil soft and can get the potatoes year round without using a digging fork. When digging the first round of potatoes, I re-plant the smaller spuds for a fall harvest.
👍🏿 I'm growing my potatoes in containers. Should I stop daily watering for awhile before harvesting, or will that not making any difference? Thank you for this video production.
Hi, Rick! Zone 9b here > planning to leave my "open bottom card-board boxed" red potatoes until the top growth dies back...if the dry/heat doesn't get them too soon...😎 TY!
I had a very good yield last year both with quantity and size, was my first time planting potatoes. When I harvested I waited till the plants were a good 90% died off, much more then in your photos. But every single potato was very green on the inside. Any ideas?
@@StoneyAcresGardening nope about a half a foot under ground or more till I harvested, everyone single one green on inside. Left in the ground till fall when the plants pretty much were all dead
So I was planting gold potatoes and sweet potatoes this spring. Suddenly I see a full size red potato in the dirt. Huh? It was from 2021. Must have missed it in the harvest. It wasn’t rotted at all. I put it back to see if it will grow more red ones. If I find any red ones in 2022, I will know it’s from that 2021 potato. And my sweet potatoes are growing soooo slowly. One has 3 leaves. That’s it.
Can you tell me if I chitted the potatos and planted the Yukon and Reds, would the harvest still be around the 80-90 days from my putting them in the ground? I do have flowers now on one and not on the other plant that I put chits in the ground at the same time. I did see a baby Yukon pop up and I covered it to continue to grow. In the grow June 15 (chitted) and 90 days is Sept 15. The plants look good and not dying back and I'll watch around 80-90 days for die off.
I'm growing in black garbage cans. Should I wait till they completely die off to dump them over. I started in 10" and slow filled them to the top with soil. Hoping they have potatoes all the way down to the bottom.
@@StoneyAcresGardening lol!! I'm going to be studying up with your videos before next Spring! This was our first year growing potatoes and we did get one new potato each. (Five of us. )🤣 More experience for the future.
Thanks for another great video. this is my first year doing potatoes. I am starting to get flowers. do I keep watering them up till they die off? that part I'm a little confused about thanks.
I forgot to dig my potatoes out. We all got Covid when it was time to dig them out and the plants died and I never got around to digging them out. Will they just rot if I leave them burried?
Great video! Today mine are at 78 days. Next week we are expecting 108 degree for temperature. Would it be better to harvest them before excessive heat or does it matter?
Can you please do a video like this for sweet potatoes too? Great video!
Great idea!
Yes please. I tried to chit organic sweet potato to no avail. I need an organic source foe sweet potato starts. My organic Yukon and Reds chitted great . I planted and they are on track for harvest.
Yes please...I'm here for it👍🥰
For the last few years I've been using 7 gallon fabric grow bags for my potatoes. I don't think I'll ever go back to growing spuds in-ground. When they're done I simply dump the bags into a wheelbarrow & pick out the potatoes...no digging involved & no volunteers where I don't want them. The soil that's leftover then gets sifted & added back into my compost pile.
Interesting side note: One of my 20+ bags never sprouted, no signs of life whatsoever. Like you, Rick, I mainly grow Yukon & Pontiac, but I'll often plant random store-bought spuds that start chitting in my pantry. That's what was in the bag that never sprouted. Well I dug through the straw mulch on top of that bag the other day, and even though there were never any signs of growth...no leaves, no nothing for almost 3 months...that bag is full of potatoes. 🤣
I've been doing that too. When it gets too cold for the potatoes outside, I put my fabric bag in a large plastic garbage bag and bring it in. So I can grow all year. I pull up potatoes, freshen the soil, and plant the next batch.
I just harvested one of my potato plants. Cooked and ate those handful of potatoes right away. So delicious!
Yep! We have been loving having fresh potatoes the last few days. Already had them 3 times!
This was so helpful! I was worried because 1/3 of my potato plants haven’t flowered. Thanks Rick! ☺️
Happy to help!
😊THANK YOU!!!
You are so welcome!
Great video- very helpful! Everyone says not to harvest till they flower and then die back but mine rarely flower and I still get decent potatoes. So glad you pointed this out and confirmed what I am seeing in my own garden.
Gosh, now I miss my digging fork🥴I hope the person who stole it (along with everything else!) is putting it to Good Use 😇U
I broke mine a few seasons back and went 2 years without one. My Dad gave me the one in the video and I'm soooooo glad to have one again!!
Why did you say church instead of cure?
shux, i don't. if they stole your fork i hope the tines fall off!!!
This is the first year my potatoes have bloomed. The blooming ones were volunteers in the area where I grew potato 🥔 s last year.
I grow mostly red Pontiac and Yukon Gold and they usually bloom every year, but they were really spotty this year due to all the heat we are seeing (at least I think that's why).
Do you ever get a second crop of potatoes? I have raised beds of peet, cotton burr, and rice hauls that makes the soil soft and can get the potatoes year round without using a digging fork. When digging the first round of potatoes, I re-plant the smaller spuds for a fall harvest.
👍🏿 I'm growing my potatoes in containers. Should I stop daily watering for awhile before harvesting, or will that not making any difference? Thank you for this video production.
Yes but only for a few days before. The potatoes will cure faster if they are dry.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you
Thanks for asking this question. I grow all my potatoes in containers, so this really helped.
We always get ours out in the fall of the year, or after our first frost,,,Thanks for the video glad to know we don’t have to wait that long
Good sharing!
Thank you very much!
Perfect timing.... Thanks
You're so welcome!
Hi, Rick! Zone 9b here > planning to leave my "open bottom card-board boxed" red potatoes until the top growth dies back...if the dry/heat doesn't get them too soon...😎 TY!
Good Luck! We are having heat issues with ours too.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
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I'm hearing 2 weeks after total brown stems for full growth
I had a very good yield last year both with quantity and size, was my first time planting potatoes. When I harvested I waited till the plants were a good 90% died off, much more then in your photos. But every single potato was very green on the inside. Any ideas?
Were the exposed to the sun? Light is what makes potatoes green. Or did you store them somewhere that was light?
@@StoneyAcresGardening nope about a half a foot under ground or more till I harvested, everyone single one green on inside. Left in the ground till fall when the plants pretty much were all dead
So I was planting gold potatoes and sweet potatoes this spring. Suddenly I see a full size red potato in the dirt. Huh? It was from 2021. Must have missed it in the harvest. It wasn’t rotted at all. I put it back to see if it will grow more red ones. If I find any red ones in 2022, I will know it’s from that 2021 potato. And my sweet potatoes are growing soooo slowly. One has 3 leaves. That’s it.
Mine really struggled earlier in the spring too, but have taken off the last few weeks.
Can you tell me if I chitted the potatos and planted the Yukon and Reds, would the harvest still be around the 80-90 days from my putting them in the ground?
I do have flowers now on one and not on the other plant that I put chits in the ground at the same time. I did see a baby Yukon pop up and I covered it to continue to grow.
In the grow June 15 (chitted) and 90 days is Sept 15. The plants look good and not dying back and I'll watch around 80-90 days for die off.
Chitting might speed up the time frame a little. But not that much. Just wait for the plants to start dying back.
Thanks so much
You mean I have to keep track of when I planted them?
It sure helps!
My container red potatoes tops are beginning to die off, but also see some new bottom growth. Should I wait, or go ahead & begin harvest??
I would harvest them now.
Can I save the soil for next year's potatoes?
@@renedean4232 yes u can usually reuse container soil for several years. Make sure to add fresh compost.
I'm growing in black garbage cans. Should I wait till they completely die off to dump them over. I started in 10" and slow filled them to the top with soil. Hoping they have potatoes all the way down to the bottom.
Welp. Wish I'd seen this 2 hours ago.🤣sigh
Sorry, I will be quicker next time!! LOL
@@StoneyAcresGardening lol!! I'm going to be studying up with your videos before next Spring! This was our first year growing potatoes and we did get one new potato each. (Five of us. )🤣 More experience for the future.
Thanks for another great video. this is my first year doing potatoes. I am starting to get flowers. do I keep watering them up till they die off? that part I'm a little confused about thanks.
Maybe just hold off on the water for 4 or 5 days before you harvest if you like, but it really isn't a big deal either way.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you! my 90 days are up Aug 27. so should stop Aug 20, if they are showing signs of die off.
I forgot to dig my potatoes out. We all got Covid when it was time to dig them out and the plants died and I never got around to digging them out. Will they just rot if I leave them burried?
I in ks don't do well with fingers 😕 potatoes 😫
is this 70% die back even after youve continued to water?
how long after they flower if you dont know how many days it has been?
Just wait until the tops die back.
@@StoneyAcresGardening thanks any guess about how many weeks that might be?
Thank you so much, how about sweet potatoes?
What will happen if I leave them in grd past die offstage
Depends on the weather, but I've had them sprout and start growing more plants, which you don't want as that will mess with your storage time.
@@StoneyAcresGardening tu i was hoping the wud sweeten up like some other root crops
Great video! Today mine are at 78 days. Next week we are expecting 108 degree for temperature. Would it be better to harvest them before excessive heat or does it matter?
The forks don't allow you to dig up all the potatoes .
📌📌ON THE SLIDER BAR OF THE VIDEO THE DESCRPIPTION SAYS ' "WHEN TO HARVEST GARLIG"' & "HOW TO CURE & STORE GARLIC" CHEERS from Australia.🦘🦘🦘🦘
Laurie, thanks so much for pointing this out to me! I just got it fixed!
@@StoneyAcresGardening You are welcome.