Grow Potatoes Without Digging | Incredible No Dig Potatoes

Potatoes Without Digging For Incredible No Dig Potato Harvests. Inspired by and based on Ruth Stout's gardening technique.

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About Us.
Byther Farm is a small organic homestead, being designed and managed using permaculture practices. We aim for self-sufficiency in fruit and vegetables for increased self reliance and better resilience to the modern world. I recognise that we are unlikely to be truly self sufficient, but do the best we can. I share our home with my loving husband, Mr J and our cat, Monty.
We are a fifty-something couple who live on a smallholding in Carmarthenshire, Wales. We are going green and creating a gentler, cleaner and more healthy life for our family.
Having had a highly successful smallholding in Monmouthshire, we hope to recreate the abundance at our new home. There will be a large organic kitchen garden with no dig gardening raised beds and young food forest in which to grown our fruit and vegetables.
We keep a few sheep and Aylesbury ducks.

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[earlshine]

Every1 tells u not to eat the green potatoes, but almost no 1 tells what to do with them when you do Ruth Stout method. So I chucked them between 4 inches of spend compost in tubs (above and below) in autumn. Stored them in my frost free, sort of passive solar GH in Holland, and they are now around 12 inches above ground. Tubs are now outside except when its freezing, while adding some fresh compost on top. Potatoes are always fun to harvest, but if I can beat the new potatoes they ship in from the middle east, it will be double fun.

[funinthesun]

I live on east coast of Canada and people are amazed when I tell them about above ground potatoe planting. First reaction is usually they think I'm bonkers until I show them pictures of last September crop. So glad I found this channel last year and thank you for your informative videos.

[carlyamandaart]

I did this last year as I had a huge bale of old hay I didn’t know what to do with. It worked so well with the potatoes, I didn’t once have to weed and it’s broken down over the winter. I also found that it didn’t blow away, especially if you give it a light water to begin with 🙂

[ecocentrichomestead]

I did that with chicken house bedding last year. And got good results.
Going to make another bed this year.😊

[dn]

I have 12 65 litre tubs of potatoes planted. 4 per tub, but also 48 same kind in the garden 😊

[northernkarma]

I've been using straw and/or hay to cover my potatoes for the last 3 years and will never go back! It also adds so much humus to sad gravely soil. 2 blessings in one!

[MyFantasyHomestead]

Always happy to see your videos! I love that you are experimenting with no dig potatoes and I have wanted to plant mine with Ruth Stouts method ever since I saw it 4 years ago, but my planting space is my limitation. I will just live vicariously through your potato experiments! 😂

[randypalmatier]

I live in central Texas so this will definitely be on my list for next potato planting season.

[bethanskitchengarden]

Looking forward to seeing the results from these experiments Liz 😊

[toneyjohnson]

you are such a pleasure to watch and I always learn something. Thanks for sharing.

[JanisTreijs]

Tried this method last year and loved it!

[janwilletts]

Will be interesting to see what happens. I’ve just emptied my compost bin onto my potato bed in readiness but I can’t plant just yet as the birds are having great fun pecking through it first.

[wineberryfarm]

I am going to try for the first time this year your method of planting potatoes I planted five rows in the ground, but I have room left at the end and lots of hay. Excited to try something new by the way the video was beautiful with the background and everything. Thanks for sharing.

[rickthelian]

They say you don’t need to water because it could rot, water isn’t required till it uses the energy from the Potato seed.

[nannygeorginasmith]

Excellent advice thank you for sharing 👍😎

[pollyolly]

Great video, inspired me to go out and plant my potatoes. Sorry but getting a bit heavy with the adverts.

[bambiambi]

I love this idea and tried last year with wood chips and some straw but rodents ate more of the potatoes than I did😢
Anyone else have experience with this and any suggestions?

[zoestanisstreet]

Hi I did no dig potatoes last year straight onto bare soil then covered in hay ( very pleased with the results ) this year i put them onto very short mown grass then put homemade compost down and covered in hay. unfortunately the grass thought I was feeding it and has grown incredibly (even up through the hay) I will just keep adding hay and hope for the best.

[kirstyleitch]

Do you have any idea how this would work with seaweed? I have access to plenty of it... Thanks :)

[ashgreenspinner]

Hi! I’m wondering how you manage the weed seeds that come with the hay? Do you find it introduces a lot of seedlings overall?