5 Tips for a Continuous Potato Harvest from Late Spring to Early Fall (Zone 5)

We use 5 strategies to create a continuous potato harvest from late spring through early fall from our zone 5 garden.

5 Strategies for a continuous potato harvest from late spring to early fall:

1) 0:48 - Start planting before the last frost
2) 2:00 - Grow early, mid, and late season potatoes
3) 3:03 - Succession plant potatoes with similar days to maturity
4) 3:55 - Harvest new potatoes
5) 4:28 - Grow in grow bags

5:41 - Oscar's Cameo

OYR is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis is placed on improving soil quality with compost and mulch. No store-bought fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides, compost activators, etc. are used.

[masterofnone]

Still very helpful all of these years later. I hope all is well.

[JandjacresNet]

Looks really good Patrick. Our heat in 8a sure does limit our time for growing potatoes, but we get what we can! We cure our potatoes and then put them in milk crates lined with burlap. They stack and store great in a small closet :-)

[iamorganicgardening]

Just got a craving for some new potatoes after watching this...It is greatly appreciated Patrick that you showed us all this TIPS.

[davidpeters]

we used to plant potatoes every year, we have tried every way there is to raise potatoes. this year we left them out of the garden for more room for other things. this worked very well. we bought at the grocery store when on sale. this last week we bought 30 lbs. of Yukon gold potatoes for .99 a# pressure canned 20# for winter this will work great for us. really like your tips.

[AlbertaUrbanGarden]

We love potatoes and just pulled some Rosemarry Pink and Purple Magic tonight. They will make a great addition to tomorrow's superb

[mngardener]

I need to adopt this strategy. I struggle to get out of the mindset of getting one big harvest of eveything...aka the way I was taught. Thanks for the info. If nothing else it gets people to think in a different way. Thanks for your channel. I learn more from here than anywhere else on youtube. I appreciate all the work you put into it.

[MidwestGardener]

Great tips for spreading out potatoes harvests from spring to early fall, Patrick. Takes a little planning, but is well worth it.

[ConradCardinal]

Patrick, your garden is looking better than ever my friend! I haven't been keeping up much with your progress (or updating my own) this year because of work and trying to grow my other channel, but every time I come back and see one of your videos it makes me realize how much work I didn't get done... but at least I can live vicariously through your garden, lol. Keep up the good work!

[Blaculo]

Timely video. Was just thinking about starting some fall potatoes in zone 9a.

[jenniferturner]

Great video! Love the concept. In Australia we call it bandicooting (I presume after the bandicoot animal) when we dig around the potato plant and gather some early potatoes before they all are ready for harvest.

[Latebloomershow]

I stagger potatoes, too. I've got a few grow bags of potatoes I haven't dug up, because I have potatoes in the kitchen. Just leaving them there. Wow, seeing you without a baseball cap..that's a first, haha! Well, now I guess I won't be doing a potato episode, haha, you have covered it all here. Do you have a vid that talks about what you cover them with, besides worm castings...? Thumbs up!

[tkmccoywv]

Your videos are the ones I learn the most. Unfortunately, due to all the flooding early in my season, then the HEAT (I'm in Louisiana), my potatoes were almost a complete failure. Oh, well. Better luck next year! Maybe I can find some for a late season planting after it cools a bit. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!

[tinarutherford]

Great info and tips. TY. I planted my first potatoes this year here in TN. I put in 3lbs and got 20lbs out. Not to bad for 3 lg.grow bags. Great ideas for continuous harvest. Thanks again.

[purplechickenfarm]

what luck! I was notified about this video as I was cutting up out first potato harvest ever for dinner. I'll have to put these tips into practice next spring.

[HomesteadHopeful]

All great ideas. Can't wait to put some of them into practice next year
Thanks for sharing

[DaleCalderCampobello]

You must have a good source that sells small amounts of seed potatoes. I was a long while finding one in Canada but I have been buying from Eagle Creek in Alberta for a couple of years now and it is great to be able to grow a variety of potatoes.

[Catesgarden]

Not in Zone 5 over here but this is GREAT info, I am passing it along.

[matthewerikson]

Have you tried to grow a 2nd crop of potatoes after your early variety is harvested? If the tubers will sprout, it seems like there would be enough time for one, especially with the low tunnels.

[dymondwillow]

That is good! Gardening like your life depends on it.

[CVoyage]

Lots of good information there! And, lots of variety too. Well put together.
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