How Do You Know When Your Potatoes Are Ready to Harvest?

Learn the signs that your little spuds are ready to be pulled up. I've got potato plants at different stages of maturity, so you can see the difference between a plant that needs a couple more weeks and a plant that's ready to be harvested.

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[Tanyableu]

Neat, neat, neat. I love a plant that tells me 'pick me' so clearly lol. This is my 1st year experimenting with potatoes, and they are amazing! Basically, right when I gave up on them was when those leaves poked thru and took off! Maybe I'll get another bucket and soil next month and start a new batch for fall!

[hobocampmama]

this was very helpful! Last year I had dead foliage, but the potatoes had not grown very big- but I cooked them up anyhow! This is a great teaching video- Thank you!

[sarah_farm]

I hope you will continue to show us your traditional cooking. It’s better than watching all those world famous chefs . Also your traditional attire and lifestyle are so wholesome, healthy and peaceful. It’s very soothing watching your videos . And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[Crazynitro]

My first year of gardening on my own. This answered a lot of my questions and also showed me the results. TY

[JanosNemeth-yn]

Thank you Dear for the educational video I learned a lot from you. God bless you Aloha… ❤

[barbarabrown]

Your garden is beautiful nice potatoes.👍🙏

[Pinkpumpkingardener]

It just lays its potato plant body down like 👍 yep here I am, harvest me 🕺
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[sirr]

So basically when you think you f’d it up … you did it! Good job you grew potatoes

[ms.rickie]

So do you put the old roots in the dirt back into the barrel and then put in some more potato sprouts to come up again in the fall?

[Shaw]

Does this apply to earlies, or only main crops? My first earlies are flowering, but tubers are still tiny

[isaiahburish]

At what height were your seed potatoes planted, relative to the barrel? Trying to place the produce and the seed from a vertical cross section.

[duaneschultz]

Thank you for the video. I have taken up gardening again. This is the first year since the 1990s. This is the first time for me growing potatoes. So this was very informative. What type of purple potatoes are you growing there? I noticed that there are several different types online. God bless you and your family. Duane.

[physicaltech]

Love the video. Do you compost the potato plants that are dead?

[NatalieCrumpler-emhg]

When the potato plants start turning do you continue to water?

[CareSpinny]

Also a first time gardener here - does the same go for sweet potatoes?

[dragonlily]

First time gardener here. Some things I know, but for the most part - I'm learning a tremendous amount as I go, I have a question that I keep asking, & have even resorted to doing searches on, but I canNOT get a straight answer. Could you please answer this question that I have?

I know that when you plant potatoes, you have to keep adding dirt to the tops {mounding} of them. What I do NOT know, however, is WHEN do you STOP adding that dirt? I sure hope you can answer this for me once, & for all. I would so appreciate it.

Thank you!!!

[jef]

How about sweet potatoes? What should I be looking for?

[carolheath]

Is July to late to plant potato's?

[dasshape]

Have u ever tried growing potatoes in wood chips?
It works great and i top off more chips like at a month then 2 or 3 weeks after that. Its crazy how many potatoes grow. And digging them up is so easy. I use hands. The woodchips break down and u and more. And it creates and great environment to grow. I planted sweet potatoes and 3 tomatoe plants in chips this year. I have so many vines with the sweets i think they could be doing good. The tomatoe plants r doing pretty good. And 1 is doing great.
Next year i think im going to plant 80 percent of everything in chips. I get them from my city for free. They give citizens as much as u can come get. They chip up dead trees or damaged trees. Also this isnt my idea. A man from England. Hes a Muslim man. Does this for years and i follow what he says in his videos. Sorry cant remember his name.

[stevenweck]

they will tell you, , my potatoes let me know, , just like yours