Potato Growing Experiment & the Results??

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Growing potatoes 3 different ways provided great insight on the conditions potatoes love best.
The winner was pretty clear and this is why
1. Potatoes love a deep and loose well draining soil that stays moist but not waterlogged. This allows the tubers to grow nice and big, have access to the water they need and transfer nutrients to grow. A homemade soil of compost, peat or coco and perlite or vermiculite is ideal, and using a mixture of native soil, compost and top soil should yield similar results. Potatoes like to be planted 6-8” (15-20cm) deep so provided them the ideal soil at least 12” (30cm) deep.
2. Raised beds, or similar options like grow bags, work well for potatoes due to their ability to shed water quickly and customize soil for the best results. You do not want your potatoes to get soggy. This will cause them to rot easily and potentially loose your whole crop. While growing, water your potatoes deeply and less frequently to encourage deeper root growth, and keep the soil like the consistency of a wrung out sponge. Once you see the potato greens begin to brown, lay off the water and let them finish growing.
3. Root production is typically aided by the presence of phosphorous (P) and providing your potatoes with the proper soil and fertilizer can help produce some plump, nutritious and delicious tubers. Knowing what already exists in your soil by getting it tested can provide the most accurate insight.
4. Pick your potatoes at the right time. Potatoes can take upwards of 60-90 days to grow and knowing the variety certainly helps. Keep track of the time to maturity and the grow stages of the plant. You will see the greens grow tall, flowers potentially bloom and the greens die completing the plants vegetative cycle. Once the greens begin to die, tuber growth will slow down and its time for picking. A delayed harvest can potentially result in the tubers becoming overwatered by a heavy rain causing rot and a loss of your crop.

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[jonathanhaslar]

Great video! I think it points out how successful each individual method can be, and that should help inspire anyone to grow potatoes however they can!

[SaPH]

I accidentally grew potatoes in a big pot I was growing corn in. I had thrown the potato scraps in the soil and they rooted somehow. When It came time to harvest my corn I also harvested very small potatoes 😅 they were tiny but delicious

[leah]

Love this! I am going to try the bags, limited space in my apartment. Love the shirt!!

[shaniecahill]

Instead of grow bags, try containers. You will get much more.

[mitchelpohl]

With cover crops, rotation and the motivation to keep trying soon you will have that clay in better shape takes a few years. Heavy rain and clay is trouble.

[malleusmaleficarum]

Did they all get the same amount of sun, cause I grew potatoes in grow bags in the front of my house where there was full sun, and they vastly outperformed the potatoes that I planted in the back of my house that gets less sun. Not only did I get more potatoes out of my grow bags, but they were much larger too. Maybe you didn't water the potatoes in the grow bags as much as you're supposed to. The soil in grow bags dries out much quicker and requires more frequent watering than raised bed or in ground potatoes.

[yarnybart]

Less than a kilo per plant seems very low. Maybe your climate is too hot.

[beingsneaky]

You did something wrong every grow bag or container out produced in ground orcraised beds. Plus those are not proper grow bags.

[beingsneaky]

Also something seriously wrong with your ruth stout method.