How to Grow Potatoes in a Bucket

A fun way to learn about growing potatoes in a bucket!

Growing Potatoes in a Bucket in 10 Steps:

1. Get a bucket. Put some holes on or near the bottom for drainage. You could even put some small rocks in the bottom for drainage too.

2. Get a potato or two. Those from the grocery store may not be ideal, so its best to get SEED potatoes from a garden store.

3. Your potato needs eyes. Leave it out for a few days in sunlight if they haven't started growing.

4. Fill your bucket with 4-6 (10- 15 cm) inches of good soil. Push the potato into the soil. Add another 2 (5 cm) inches of soil on top.

5. Water the soil. Keep it moist but not too moist throughout the process.

6. Put your bucket outside where the sun is.

7. Wait.

8. The eyes of the potatoes will soon grow stems and leaves and poke out.

9. When the leaves have grown 6 inches or so higher than the soil, add more soil to the bucket. Repeat this as the plant grows until you get to the top. Be careful not to damage the leaves or cover them bury them completely!

10. The leaves will eventually turn brown. When this happens, wait a few extra weeks (as they are still growing), then go get your potatoes!

[paulisemonger]

Absolutely brilliant! Laughed and showing all my friends.

[vuyombobosi]

😂 "Bucket"!!! I love this song

[munchiemoonwalker]

I love the song potato in a bucket I can't stop singing it and I will be planting a potato in a bucket this spring

[BillyPrusinowski]

This was a great video about potatoes!

[subhadra]

NOTICE: Do not dump out the potatoes as soon as the leaves turn brown. After the upper part of the plant dies off is when the roots, the potatoes, grow. Do not water, but wait 2 to 3 weeks before digging them up.

[daze]

Best video short and to the point. Thank you

[Halry]

Thank you so much for making this easy to understand for people like me that wanna grow their own food but feel inundated with all the information that most websites give you. One question though: do you just start with a normal potato with that growth on top or is it a specific kind? Thanks again

[softgrey]

Wow simple and efficient tutorial and i love the song added

[fluffmcmuff]

There should be a 10 hour looped version of this.

[angeliyez]

Love it; will try that with the eye potatoes from the russets I bought today.  And I love your song; been hearing it in my head all day....beats "wheels on the bus" that usually plays in there.

[kellinunez]

I absolutely love this video lol My daughter and I started growing a potato plant and we were not sure what to expect. This video was perfect 😄😄😄

[uppanadam]

Yep you don't have to get so technical explaining things!! This was awesome!! LOL!!

[batichica]

no solo es excelente la idea, la animación y la música también! congratulations! :)

[drnancymdizon]

that's a cool way to demonstrate how to plant potatoes. Today I'm going to plant my first potato in a big clay pot because I don't have a bucket for that purpose.

[thehighwaywalker]

I Love this video for it's simple explanation. I am just starting to make myself learn how to grow my own potatoes in a bucket and I will be putting the results on my Youtube channel and would love to share your video along with my experience.. May I have your permission to use your video and post your link on my video when I have it ready to post?

[colonelcorn]

I remember watching this as a kid and then getting my parents to grow potato’s in a bucket.

[patricksmith]

I like this because it can show kids how to do this and it is cute lol

[deanellscott]

Cute potatoes in a bucket!!! I say bucket 😂

[TopicSimpleLand]

Yes. Multiple listens/viewings are highly encouraged.

[TopicSimpleLand]

Good tip, thanks for saying that. It was hard to fit that in the lyrics but you are right!