What Happens When You Plant Potatoes In Cardboard Boxes?

In Spring I planted potatoes in cardboard boxes, today we will find out exactly what happens when you grow potatoes in cardboard boxes.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:17 The Amazon Boxes I Used
00:32 Adding Leaves to the Box
00:43 Adding Soil to the Box
01:00 Planting Potatoes in the Cardboard Box
01:31 Covering Potatoes with Soil
01:44 Adding Fertilizer
02:20 What Size Boxes You Should Use
02:52 Potato Plants Sprouting in the Boxes
03:18 Hilling Potatoes in the Boxes
04:06 Healthy Growth After Hilling Potatoes
04:26 Potato Plants Flowering and What that Means
04:44 Potato Leaves Being Attacked by Potato Beetles
05:38 Potato Foliage Dying Back and Potatoes Almost Ready to Harvest05:53 Harvesting Potatoes from the Big Cardboard Box
10:30 Harvesting Potatoes from the Small Cardboard Box
13:37 You Don’t Need a Yard to Grow Food
13:54 Growing Potatoes in Buckets
14:56 Free Giveaway!
15:27 Is it Worth Planting Potatoes in Boxes?

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:17 The Amazon Boxes I Used
00:32 Adding Leaves to the Box
00:43 Adding Soil to the Box
01:00 Planting Potatoes in the Cardboard Box
01:31 Covering Potatoes with Soil
01:44 Adding Fertilizer
02:20 What Size Boxes You Should Use
02:52 Potato Plants Sprouting in the Boxes
03:18 Hilling Potatoes in the Boxes
04:06 Healthy Growth After Hilling Potatoes
04:26 Potato Plants Flowering and What that Means
04:44 Potato Leaves Being Attacked by Potato Beetles
05:38 Potato Foliage Dying Back and Potatoes Almost Ready to Harvest05:53 Harvesting Potatoes from the Big Cardboard Box
10:30 Harvesting Potatoes from the Small Cardboard Box
13:37 You Don’t Need a Yard to Grow Food
13:54 Growing Potatoes in Buckets
14:56 Free Giveaway!
15:27 Is it Worth Planting Potatoes in Boxes?

[richardsmith]

The first time I grew potatoes was in 1982 when I was living in an old farmhouse in Kentucky. I had no idea how many potatoes the plants produced so I planted ten or twelve long rows and every day when I got home from work I was out there mounding them up. So the plants died back and it was potato digging time and I started digging. I was determined to dig them all as I had put a lot of work into them. I had an old garage on the property so I dumped them in the building. By the time I got them all dug I had a huge pile 16 feet in diameter and every bit of 6 or 7 feet tall. It was remarkable. I spread the word at church and people were coming from all around to get a sack of potatoes. It was lots of fun and I met a lot of people I never would have known in the process. I am 70 years old now and those were the days! LOVE TO TUCK!

[danhunik]

James planting potatoes. This makes you a real you tuber.

[midwestern]

I live in an upstairs apartment with a little deck and I have a container garden with containers on every single stair leading to the deck. I grow potatoes in a laundry basket. It's amazing how much food I can get from this type of garden!! Grateful 💯🌹

[sharongregg-wiqp]

I am so glad I stumbled on this video! I just retired, now living on social security. Winter now, but I am definitely going to do this in the spring. Thank you so much!

[cecillec]

Using the 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot is also good. Don't forget to drill holes on them for drainage. This way you can reuse them as often as you want. When it is time to harvest, I simply dump everything in a plastic pan/liner (made to be put under a washing machine to catch leaks), pick all the potatoes and then put the soil back into the buckets for the next planting. Everything is more contained and easier to clean up.

[PurpleSurple]

When I lived in Louisiana for ten years I planted 4 sweet potatoes on my front lawn. They took over the entire small front lawn. I got 2 bushels of sweet potatoes! They tasted wonderful. I took 1 bushel up to my daughter in Michigan and she and her family loved them. Someone told me that sweet potato plants are often used as lawn covering instead of grass in Louisiana. The leaves are attractive and it cost me nothing in materials, time and effort.

[elizabethwinters]

I remember planting potatoes one year with my mother-in-law years ago. She always cut the potatoes in half, making sure each half had eyes. She had twice as many plants that way.

[denisebiely]

I was a city girl, but when I got married we moved to a family farm and have been here for 40 years. I learned to grow, preserve, can, and cook cook cook. I love planting. My hubby says, “Hon, you touch a plant and it’s gonna grow”. I do have a green thumb. that Composter is Cool.

[disneyland]

I love how James used the cardboard boxes to grow potatoes. Many people have access to those.

[dangcoppock]

When I was growing up way back when in my home ( country) 40 years ago we ( my mother) had a big garden we ( she ) planted every things we eating one of the thing that we planted was sweet potato we piled up soil and plant the sweet potatoes vines on the top of the dirt pile, ( we did not know of regular potatoes we did not have it back then ) we Asian eat rice for breakfast lunch and dinner. lol…! These gardeners are awesome I am learning how to plant potatoes and other vegetables. I do have a small garden in my backyard I live in north Alabama..! I ‘m 70 now still active doing things.

[codyrcrowder]

I've been growing potatoes like this for years. One thing I do to make harvest a little easier, I setup everything exactly like you do, in an old amazon box, on the patio. But when it comes time to harvest, I just grab the sides of the box and lift straight up. The bottom of the box is likely going to be completely rotted through. So when you lift up on the sides, the walls come up, but all the soil\potatoes stays on the ground. Then you can sift through it and get your potatoes. You can also do this on a tarp so that when you lift up the sides of the cardboard, and you grab your potatoes, you already have all of your soil for your next batch on the tarp ready for reuse.

[granniesb]

The potatoes that you thought were would be the potatoes that you planted.
Nice crop !
I am 81....have grown potato crops to use all winter. Many years ago.
So rewarding.

[GardenGal-fo]

I have been growing potatoes in every box I can find for several years now. I have had excellent success. I honestly think potatoes prefer cardboard. And yes, most of my boxes were from Amazon. 🐶❤❤❤❤❤

[Sorchia]

❤ Tuck! I have root cellars in my homes. Beets, onions, potatoes…endless variety. We donate a lot to multiple sources as our kids are grown now.

[bluehannah]

The best thing about this for me is how easy it is to harvest. As a 70+ year old lady with arthritis in my hands, digging is a different activity. I am definitely going to try this. I also love some of the others comments regarding putting a tarp underneath to reclaim the soil. It’s amazing how expensive soil is when you can’t dig your own for vertical gardening.

[dreamangelsgarden]

I literally got up and grabbed the empty boxes by our front door, the potatoes that have started to sprout, and soil i had inside and started my planting at 1am. Lol.
I will take them outside today and finish. Thank you James!

[FSCHW]

That’s absolutely brilliant. Amazon will be owing you some royalties when they start advertising this.

[bluerivercountry]

Oh man…. That was so satisfying to see the harvest of those potatoes 🥔

[omegahunter]

Try planting the potatoes with the dirt layer plus mulch layer on the bottom as before, but instead of covering the potatoes with dirt, cover them with straw or leaves mulch. I had some very good results growing potatoes this way. I'll need to try using my cardboard boxes like this though.