Best (EASIEST) Way to Plant Potatoes!

In this video I show you the easiest way ever to plant and grow potatoes. No digging at all! Anyone can plant potatoes in the fall. I;'ll show you how to grow potatoes in your organic garden.

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[esthersdaughterlong]

Thank you Brian.
I'm going to try it this way.

[helenmcclellan]

Great video!

I tried the Ruth Stoutt method on one raised bed, but we get so much rain in TN that all the straw did was bring slugs, which ate the veggies on the surface...😂. Now I plant them deep and put NO straw. I may experiment with leaf much to see if it has the same results, but I don't mind digging for yummy treasures.

[pjsviking]

Ruth Stoutt's method is awesome isn't it? I've been growing potatoes like that since pretty well when I started gardening, just the odd year or decade ago :o) I live in zone 5b and I have had rogue potatoes every year since I started this current garden - don't even need to do anything anymore, except piling on that mulch every year. Glad you're passing it along.

[barbarakarman]

Missed a couple potatoes from the previous yr and had about 15-20 lbs of potatoes the following yr. Without any work. Should have hilled them up a little better though. Had some green ones
I planted them a few days ago, hope they come up and are ok.
Zone 6B

[camicri]

Thank you Brian! I don't think I will buy seed potatoes anymore they are expensive and I get such small ones, and sometimes they don't even look that good.

[johnlord]

If you do this in Spring, and having a large lawn of grass clippings, either use a bin box of the grass clippings and put the spuds into the bin box, FLOATING the spuds in the grass clippings, ... or on the ground, mound up the grass clippings and FLOAT the potatoes in the mound. "Uncle Marvin's potatoes" work great in a south-facing bin box of decomposing grass clippings, or a full sun on the grass clipping mound. Check for humidity inside the box or the mound, just like a composting bin of high heat and humidity. Water in humidity to the box or mound for continued humidity. When harvesting the spuds, just reach into the box or mound clippings, and detach the tuber with your hand inside the clippings, and pull out the tuber. This keeps the clippings and the potato plant intact. The humidity and decomposing methane gas (fresh lawn clippings smell !) grows great potatoes without having to dig them out from the soil.

[charlessears]

I’m definitely going to try this method of planting on top and covering them with straw. Thank you for another great video! 🕶👍🏻🤠

[janinesmith]

We're actually clearing a bit more of our grass to put in a bed just for potatoes. Love this method and we can't wait to give it a try!

[OaktownCellars]

Wow! Can’t wait to try this… I’m in 9b/10a so excited to try this!!!

[daisyguerrero]

I did this method this year in the spring. I had decent size potatoes but I did not water the plants and so they did not reach their potential. I’m trying it again using store bought potatoes. I did not fertilize last spring and so I will be fertilizing this time.

[ChristiLynnOutside]

Thank you for the idea! I never even thought about trying potatoes over winter. I'll have to add that to my list of things I want to try, too. Keep growing! ♥

[sherrywright]

I am in the middle of the country, I used chitted potatoes from the pantry in spring and covered with about 8" of leaves I had already fenced in from fall covering my cleared garden bed. I moved leaves, threw down the left over old potatoes, put down a soaker hose, covered them back. I got about 25lbs of potatoes from maybe 10 chitted pantry leftovers. I'd call that a huge success. Standard Idaho mostly, and about 3 Yukon Gold. I was shocked anything grew. I'm doing this again on purpose next year.

[LishaToday]

I love potatoes, your video remind me when I was little I lived in a big farm and my father plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, I helped to plant and pick the potatoes, it was fun when we harvest it. Your video is very helpful, thank you💚💚🧡

[jberge]

Thank you ! I'm in 10b and am going to try your new method. ❤

[melindaroth]

Excellent information. Just what we need. Thank you Brian 😊❤

[gardenfreshtotable]

I grew potatoes in a tower using straw and soil and they did alright, I think I need to add more fertilizer so next year I will try again. One of my favorite varieties is Yellow Fin for size and flavor.

[carontheroad]

I had good results from the trench method covering most of plants with dirt as they grew. Very wet winter too. Just planted mine saved potatoes.

[loki]

The only risk I see with the top planting method is apart from slugs and other nasty critters here in Ireland is light getting through the straw and the wind blowing it away. Once the light gets the spud it turns green and is not suitable for eating. It will give you a nasty stomach ache and unwanted side effects. In spring time the birds will liberate more straw for nesting than I can put out. What the heck we need the birds too, love seeing them looking at the raspberry's through the netting. I do throw the soft fruit to them.

[melanieorsted]

Ruth Stout method. I have heard of it but have not done it myself. Love your channels!

[Asurmen]

I liked the framing of this video to include the little lizard in the lower right corner on the stone 😂