The Truth About When To Harvest Potatoes!

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[johnbryan]

When the plant dies and falls over, they are done. Its literally that simple

[christianspain]

The Ron Paul shirt was enough for me to be a fan but then great potato knowledge was icing on the cake!

[darisanshanger]

My dad way a potato growing nut case! I used to not like it as I had plans with my friends.. what's with all this garden work! Anyway, he would have me till in chicken manure before planting, and he would dig a ditch and plant the potatoes in, then as it grew, he would bury the plant as it grew. he would have a mound of potatoes at the end of the summer. Here is where the work comes in.. his poor overworked son would then have to dig them up :-) Nothing is better than home-grown potatoes!

[NicolaiAAA]

SO helpful! I kept wondering if my potatoes should be flowering or not, and they're starting to get all yellow and limp and sad and I was freaking out thinking they'd caught some potato disease. Turns out I guess they're probably nearing their end. It'll be my first potato harvest (in a big 20-gal grow bag!) and I'm super excited to see how they did!

[joanneseel]

Thank you! Super advice! Growing potatoes for the first time!

[jjnessnaj]

very helpful, Im an accidental farmer, I dont know when i noticed potatoes growing in last years mulch, Ha! now i think i can dig them up. this will be fun.

[extriotic]

On my second year of growing. I planted 2 rows, 1 with blue russian seed potatoes and the other with gone-to-seed store-bought russets. This week both sets of plants began flowering beautiful purple flowers.

[Saoirse.n.Murphy]

In the Berkshires, MA. So glad that you mentioned not all potatoes flower. Whew... Thank you!

[stevepompei]

Ive been buying Yukon gold or the red white blue combo bags from the big box stores, i dont know what im doing so i honestly forget them, i dig when all the tops are completely gone naturally. Then i hunt them down and do pretty good. Its my lazy method but i aways wait till nothing shows above ground.

[velcrots]

Thumbs up for the Ron Paul shirt in addition to the potato content!!

[kellypermuy]

Last year I did seed potatoes and they flowered, this year I used Yukon gold from the grocery store, no flowers! Thanks for clearing this up for me!

[glenmorse]

Best video on potatoes and when to harvest I have seen yet, thank you!

[allisonpierce]

Thank you very helpful. I'm in a different zone and its my first crop. I'm so excited to see what i get😊

[lunainezdelamancha]

I'm growing potatoes this year for the very first time, new baby potatoes. I started mine 2 1/2 months ago. The leaves are so healthy and abundant. I was wondering about harvesting time.... now I know.
Thanks 🖖🌻🌶️🍆🍅🍈🫑.

[blackout]

Fun fact. Red potatoes are sprayed with glyphosate (roundup) to make them appear more red. Customers demand pretty potatoes that have chemicals that end up in our cells.

[myretiredhobbiesgainesvill]

Good information, thank you. I'm glad you cleared up the flower issue. I planted "Elba" in the early spring (March) and they flowered in about 8 weeks. They still look fairly good. I think the blight hit them like it did my tomatoes. I sprayed them with the same solution and it helped. Can't wait to see how they did. Thanks for sharing.

[playbytherootz]

Of corse phosphorus and nitrogen are needed, but potatoes only get bigger with more potassium.

[jacimurdock]

I absolutely love this guy videos. He shares tips on literally everything!!!

[crabbiecakes]

I live in michigan and I was digging up potato's in november, they were just fine. I also missed a bunch cause I couldn't find them and they came up this spring. Can't wait to dig them up see what I get. Did you know that the Irish plant their potato's in the fall?

[brandineissl]

Great information!!! Thank you SO much!