Last year I had to have my 8 year old help me. We were expecting a storm. He helped but not happily at first. Once I showed him how and told him it was like a treasure hunt we had a blast. He even found a salamander. Anyway that's my little potato story, thanks for the great video.

@noelc2

11 ай бұрын

My 6 yr old daughter helped me today & she thought it was great fun!

While watching Taylor dig up potatoes I was not thinking Mrs MI Gardener, I was thinking, “Is that his daughter!??!” I was racking my brain trying to remember how many years since you and her processed the garlic on your back porch but the math was not adding up! 😂😂 THANK YOU for clarifying quickly!! 😂😂😂😅

@zaretnavarro

10 ай бұрын

Omg! I was just going to comment the same....😂 I was wondering if she was his daughter. I haven't seen her in a while on videos and my first thought was " woe, is that his daughter? Could she be that big already?" I'm glad I wasn't the only one😂❤

@MIgardener

10 ай бұрын

We're basically twins, I could see why you would think that!

I actually didn't even get my potatoes planted till early June and decided to do it anyway. I don't know yet how they will harvest, of course, but they are growing like crazy! The best time to plant is when you're supposed to. The next best time is when you actually DO it! 😂 Never hurts to try it anyway.

I grow potatoes in grow bags. This year I followed your grow bag instructions, adding sulfur and Trifecta. It was the best harvest I've ever had! Red Pontiac, Yukon Gold, Kennebec, and Red Norland. Planted on 3/20 and harvested 6/28.

@lidip8700

11 ай бұрын

I'm planning to try this in my atrium this winter, using a 7 gal grow bag. About how much Sulfur & Trifecta did you use? I didn't see Luke's video on this one apparently. Thx!

@zinnia3190

11 ай бұрын

@@lidip8700 Watch his video "How to grow Potatoes In Containers - Complete Growing Guide" from about 5 years ago. Great video instruction!

I planted 80 potatoes this year. Now I've failed at growing potatoes every year. But this year i followed how you do. I harvested 14 plants so far and got 38 pounds. I'm excited to see what the future harvest holds because im just letting them grow and grow. Thanks so much for the time you put into the channel and the advice you've given all of us.

The same thing happened with my potatoes they grew beautifully and then all of a sudden one day they just started tipping over, which is what I expected and this is June 20 and I am able to harvest my potatoes. I’m trying to wait a few more days because it’s one of the favorite thingsabout gardening is digging up potatoes

I just cant believe how they have access to just such a large variety of fruits , trees and plants. Feels like they live in paradise. Fresh produce right on their door step , surrounded by nature and enjoyed together in a close knit family and community! All the money in the world cant buy what they have.

I harvested mine today as well! In since 4/15, now about 90 days in & all my plants yellowing & dying. Pontiac Red & Yukon Gold. ❤ Zone 6A

I have not harvested yet, but I will say that one of my three varieties is also starting to die off early, so it's nice to hear that it may be the case this year for a lot of folks, just due to the weird spring /early summer we've had! Glad you got enough potatoes to make it worth your while. Hopefully I will do at least as well! 😃

Not bad Luke! I thought that Taylor came to learn about the garden as an intern. Oh well, people are so fast to jump the gun. Blessings 💞🙏

Low expectations is the key to happiness 😁 I thought my only few potato plants died because of some fungal disease, I didn’t have capacity to check what was it so I neglected them. But couple of days ago I needed my smart pots with soil to plant something else so I checked the soil and found several tubers for each potato plant, yo-ho! They looked beautiful! Central PA. Zone 6a/b

@ponytaclub5539

11 ай бұрын

I planted them back in February indoors from cuts of store bought potatoes that started to sprout.

Good harvest! now to wait for the maincrops 👌 I still have a month before i harvest my potatoes!

In Australia when we have bushfires we find our potatoes set early I've been told its because of the extra potash from the smoke in the air

I got into gardening when i turned 18 2 and half years ago. Wish i had sone land so i can have a actually garden

I have a handful of white potatoes that sprouted so I'm planting them tonight. I still have 100 days before First Frost... I figure the worst thing that happens is I don't get any potatoes I wasn't planning on anyway! Thanks Luke! Nice to meet ya, Taylor.

@firequeen2194

11 ай бұрын

I did a second planting as well. Tested one pot and they were a little on the small side but I’ll take what I can get. 🎉

I just harvested my potatoes they'll be ready on the 24th I'm so excited to try them! It is my first potato Harvest! I collect carrots as I need them. They seem to stay fresh longer in the ground!😊

@patricwagner7147

11 ай бұрын

We eat potatoes right away and also let the others skin up, taste great and so fresh.

@ginamontoya-vanmilt37

11 ай бұрын

I didn't know you could eat them right away I would have already made my potato carrot and onion dinner! 😋 it goes good with almost any meat!

@patricwagner7147

11 ай бұрын

@@ginamontoya-vanmilt37 im not the expert but we do! Especially the little ones that didn't get large, and they also are great in soups as well, or with breakfast, smashed= fried up with a dash of spices and olive oil. Good luck and enjoy! Also make sure no green ones!!

My potatoes died early too, going to harvest this weekend, had a volunteer come up from last year, that one still looks good. Don’t remember what variety I planted. Hope I have a decent harvest too. ❤❤

The baby wheelbarrow cracked me up. 😂❤

Live your videos, love your online seed store! I appreciate your content and your customer service very much!

My potatoes died off earlier than I expected this year as well. They never flowered so I had medium to low expectations that I would have anything at all, particularly nothing worth eating. On top of everything else, my potatoes were russets that came from a bag of potatoes from Target that happened to sprout eyes. Anyway... The first plant I pulled up gave me one useable potato which I proceeded to accidentally ruin in the microwave. I have since pulled up the other three plants and got mostly small potatoes - out of poor soil - I did end up cooking them as they didn't look like they would keep. They were delicious!

This year we grew in Mineral tubs that we water from the bottom, and only put 4 plants to each pot and plant two criss cross at low level and two plants criss cross on next higher level opposite side, covered with straw and planted April 1. Always use Black Kow in our mix. Best harvest ever, averaged 10lbs. per pot. Big beautiful potatoes.Years past our harvests were ok, but found that over crowding plants wasn't our friend, competing. Red Pontiac and Russet. Central U.S.

Can you do more videos on watermelon and cantaloupe melon’s how to tell when cantaloupe are ready to harvest

@joyful_tanya

11 ай бұрын

Cantaloupe just fall off the vine when they are ripe. I grew them last year and got 3 all season. It wasn't worth it for me and my family. I planted extra cucumbers because everyone loves them and pickles.

@brg2743

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. We have several canteloupe plants growing.

Any recommendations on how to store potatoes for the winter without a cellar or basement. Thanks

I did a Tom Thumb test and pulled out a large one from 3 plants and they were delicious as new potatoes

Top Vidio..Very inspiring and useful ...Excellent...Greetings from a traditional Indonesian gold seeker 🇮🇩🌺🌼👍👍👍

I agree the fun of potatoes is like each plant is a surprise gift lol

I planted 20lbs of Irish Cobbler & got about 44lbs. There could be more in 1 of my other tater beds. Pulled up about 4lbs of Russian Banana taters from 1lb. I have Magic Molly purple taters & I think some kenebecs those 2 haven't died back yet. I planted late this year due to not receiving the taters late. This isn't the 1st time that company sent me late. 2nd year in a row. Seriously doubt if I will order from them again. They wanted to save on shipping costs I figured. Back in the 80s I planted 10lbs of taters & got over 110lbs back. Never had another good year since.

I had no idea there were assumptions about Taylor 😮‍💨 Cindy and you just had a baby.....hope you all are going well and Big Sis is enjoying baby brother and the summer garden 😊

Thanks for showing your potatoes, I just dug my reds this morning am also pleased with my harvest here in MI 😊

harvested my first batch 3 weeks ago ;) ... 2nd year i tried (first year i gotten about 98 pounds)... and i got 132 pounds (early and a mid early variety) .... and immediatly i refreshed my soil and put in a second batch (with 1 mid early and one late variety) which i will be able to harvest in september an oktober... the 2nd batch of early potatoes we already are planning to donate to local foodbank. (the late variety we will keep to bridge our needs in winter to spring) i do about 50-50 in 2 high raised beds (90 cm/ hugulculture filled) and the rest in about 12 containers (55-90l). planted arround 10 pounds EACH batch (so 20 total) (Netherlands zone 8b-9a)

@debrak.6430

11 ай бұрын

Wow...that sounds Wonderful!!! From Ohio......

Im about to harvest some but i also just planted round 2. Just a few, i think Ill just have enough time before winter.😀👍🙏 Grow big or go home.

Wow. Our russet and Yukons are still green, no sign of dying back yet in Northern BC Canada(and we almost had frost last night ) I have been digging for meals and the potatoes are huge.

Nice looking potatoes Luke, all I grow is redskins. Planted them in early May and mid May.

I started 14 lbs of different seed potatoes. Still have 3/4 of that in the ground growing. Can’t believe you’re already harvesting!!

Bahahahah love the wheelbarrow! Nice yield! Also the dry tip harvesting, yes they are clean and beautiful! Love your example and love your honesty! Thanks for the video.

First time growing potatoes and I just plant a 1 1/2 pound bag of Petite Red that a started growing. I'm so happy with what I harvested, I will do this again.

1:40 listen to how he pronouces "Pontiac". He swallows the 'T'. Just like my dad! ♥

We planted 15lbs (4 varieties, cut potatoes) of seed potatoes and harvested 82lbs!! 3 beds worth and an entire bed was eaten..EATEN.. by voles 😩 but I canned 30 quarts! Best year yet! My russet burbanks did not do well 😢 won’t grow them again

Here, in Northern Michigan, Kennebiks do best as do Red Norlands.

Mine haven't died back yet. During the cold frost in May, I kept my potato grow bags in a mini greenhouse. That might have something to do with them not dieing back yet. I hope.

Hi Luke, I was wondering if you would consider selling seed potatoes in your online store. I was going to order some from Tractor supply as they have lots of varieties but was very disappointed to find out I could not have them delivered to my area, so I ended up having to settle for planting some unspecified Russet potatoes from Kroger. The foliage is really massive to the point that I need to prop it up and I see no signs of it dying off yet. I'm growing them in a box so have no idea what kind of harvest I'll get. I hope they are not little tiny ones or rotten. I do have a hole in the bottom of the box for water to drain out. If you do decide to carry seed potatoes I really would like to get some nice red skin potatoes, a purple variety, and a nice Russet baking potato variety. I recently got one of my two orders of seeds from your big 50% off sale and am looking forward to trying them out!

We harvested potatoes in early June. Nothing grows in Texas right now. LOL.

My first year to grow potatoes and with all the rain almost all of my Yukon gold were rotten mush. I also planted T Rosa who didn’t beef up much but still make okay new potatoes. German Butterball and Red Chieftain did the best.

"That's the way the cookie crumbles". Too funny, my mom used to say that all the time about everything.

Good video. I've got probably till the end of August till I can harvest here in northern Alberta. Long days but a short growing season.

Ours are twice as tall. Same types plus yukon gold. All from last year’s harvest

Following and going into archives for every bit of knowledge I can absorb. I’m really hoping you will do a follow up on your June planted potatoes! I also planted my first potatoes in June after you mentioned multiple growing up to 3 succession. Please keep us informed on mid and late season potatoes. Even it fails!

We planted 16 hills, whites reds and Yukons, pulled 9 so far and they are great! Planted may 16 and pulled some last thur, sat, and today! Unbelievable results!

Harvested mine last night. Planted 4/20. We grew ours in fabric containers.

Harvested half of my potato plants today, about 6 - 8 plants, and got about 10 pounds of red skins. They look good, sizes are the same as Luke harvested so not too bad from store-bought potatoes that sprouted in my kitchen last year!

I think you may have harvested the second batch too soon. The plants still had life that could have allowed those potatoes to grow bigger.

Great vid and harvest.. all my potatoes are done too and have similar size in the harvest. I planted on March 17 so mine came about 3 weeks ago I even put some more in for a later harvest never tried that before but you don't learn by following the " rules "

Is there enough time for a second round of the reds? I am in Michigan and if I could do two harvests in a season it would be ideal to try for next season (I have expended this years growing budget lol)

I just harvested our first potatoes today too. 🥔 👍🏻

yeah alot of my potatoes have died back too.gonna harvest as soon as it drys a bit thanks for that tip south suburbs of Chicago Crete Il 😊

I have 5 growbags....I'm in SE Ohio...planted a little late so they're still tall and green..just flowering so it's going to be awhile....do u stop watering when they start yellowing? I saw that on another site so I'm not sure....enjoyed that video.....Loved the reds!! If these do half decent I m Looking for red potatoes next yr!! I like reds better..crisp and juicier.....

I planted my pitatoes in June. In Georgia. Yes, thats late. A lot of my garden got planted late due to a death in the family. I had organic potatoes in the pantry sprouting so i decided to plant them anyway. They are growing and im giving them some protection with a shade cloth, so we will see if i get a harvest! Worst case scenario, i dont get potatoes that i didnt expect for this year anyway, best case scenario i have potatoes i didnt expect. 😊

We're growing Huckleberry Gold Potatoes, a low glycemic potato developed by Montana State University. We still have about 3+ weeks before they're ready.

We got about 100lbs from red nor land, purple majesty Burbank russet and purple Viking. We still have some German butter ball that isn’t ready yet but I’m pretty happy. The purple Viking is the best tasting potato I’ve ever had

Lol, people are ridic. Love you Cindy❤

My Yukon golds were very early this year in Southern Maryland. Went away on vacation and they had died back late June - about two weeks earlier than usual. Harvest was better than last year even though we were very dry while we were away. Go figure...

Garlic is one week from 9 months. I can’t wait. Already have sprouted Napa for a fall crop as soon as I pull the garlic.

I just planted Sarpo Mira potatoes yesterday, a new variety for me. I'm growing potatoes in succession here in my very long season CA climate.

Ooo man. I really like your old Opening Title Shots of you harvesting. Really dug that! Pun intended once realized.

i will use my small potatos for seeds.

this is so fun!y potatoes havent died yet, its still green & thriving ...

Little harvest is better than no harvest!

Thanks, Luke. I used your suggestions & procedure regarding growing potatoes in grow bags. I followed it exactly with great success. Thanks again 🙏 from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. 🇨🇦🍁

I harvested half my potato space yesterday, leaving the rest to finish (different variety and still flowering). It was a decent yield but there were many small boiler potatoes in this batch as well. I would venture to say the harvest is about 10 pounds of potatoes.

The size of your russet potatoes make them perfect for grilling. Just a thought.

I’ve got a garden going here in Texas. Planted our taters in mid Feb and harvested end of May and beginning of June. I planted a total of 20 pounds of Yukon, Kennebec, Red, and purple, and we harvested about 115 pounds. Super excited about the harvest; we are still eating them! The purple taters had really rough skin, and lots of the others had craters in them like something was munching on them (maybe grub worms?).

@mikemiller209

11 ай бұрын

When it's a drought usually ants have a tendency to find the potatoes as a water / food source

@shirleyk623

11 ай бұрын

@Trev5.556. You might look up wire worms. They are the nymphs for the click beetle. They dig a hole in the potatoes but don't stay there. If that's the case, I was told to plant a mustard cover crop. Google it for more advice. Good luck.

@trev5.566

11 ай бұрын

@@shirleyk623 I’ll definitely try a mustard cover crop, and maybe a sorghum sedan grass cover crop next year as well because I know there’s bad nematodes there that got my okra. I don’t think these are wire worms though. These are large craters that are on average the size of a pencil eraser or bigger. They aren’t deep either. They’re shallow enough to remove with a potato peeler. Only thing I could think of was grub worm because they have large mouths and we found them in that bed.

@shirleyk623

11 ай бұрын

@@trev5.566 I had nematodes that would kill my cucumber plants quickly. I planted a nemagone cover crop . (I think I got the seeds from Truleaf market-the seed company) actually have cucumber plants that don't have many nematodes on them. The nematodes didn't kill the plants this time.

Need a potato rake or a small garden rake to help harvest potatoes. Makes it much easier.

I plant my potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. My Yukon Golds are dying off now too. I will have to harvest in the next week or so. Will be interesting to see what I get.

Last year and this year have been WILD for both gardening and farming; last year everything, and I mean EVERYTHING was a month late. I didn’t harvest the potatoes or garlic, etc. until late August, and even my dairy goat does didn’t go into heat until LATE SEPTEMBER, even though the trend is usually late July to mid August. This year is the exact opposite! I am in SW Washington, and we haven’t had rain since late April, and EVERYTHING has matured early; i harvested the garlic at the end of June/the beginning of July, the potatoes are going to be harvested today, and the does have just come into heat and are bred! The fall garden is going to be interesting! Wild fire season is also two months early here… thats the worst part of it, really…

I let my great grandaughter help with the tater digging just watching her get excited when she founded one was a blessing

I planted a few Yukon Gold relatively late this year and they already seem to be done flowering (one is even growing a fruit, it's crazy how much you can see the relationship to tomatoes.) No dieback yet but maybe I can be optimistic about the one that's starting to look a little yellowish, lol

Great potatoes! I wonder if they might have been a little bit crowded. I find my potatoes are smaller if I plant too close together. I have filled a five gallon bucket from 8 plants more than once. I usually grow red norland, Yukon gold, or russets. To plant I put the potato in a hole the depth of a spade and barely cover the sprouts with soil. As the potato grows I fill the hole until the dirt is mounded up or hilled. I had my worst year ever last year with potatoes because I planted 12 to 14 plants in the space I normally plant 8 and had small potatoes that barely filled a 2.5 gallon bucket. Other than being crowded the potatoes were grown the same as always. Luke, I hope you don’t mind me sharing my 2 cents. You grow such an amazing garden every year.

I had a bunch of beautifully sprouting red potatoes from the grocery store (not even organic) this spring and I planted them in grow bags. I never even fertilized them and they died back way earlier than I expected without ever really flowering, but I still ended up with about 10 pounds and I planted a few more store potatoes that had sprouted in the meantime. I would have thrown them away otherwise, so whatever I get from it is just bonus!

Love this video! I agree this year has been different for potatoes, we got our seed potatoes late and planted them late. Not really sure what the harvest will bring but they still are one of my favorite and most fun plants! Do you have deer come through? We don’t but my parents do and I think they are eating all their flowers from the potatoes, any tips?

we colected our at the start off this month, we were supriced to! and it was a good yeal it was around 30 kilos. i don;t rember the name off them tho, we were fighting with potato bettle tho.

I saw at one time, that potato plants were to be cut out and then two weeks later, they would be pulled up. This is not necessary, to leave them in the ground for two weeks after plants are cut or dead? Great videos and thanks for posting them!

I am in the UK and grew Pentland Javelin first early. Beautiful new potatoes,

@johnorem1915

11 ай бұрын

2022 was my first time growing potatoes. Grew in 7 gallon black grow bags, also a first. Overwatered and underfed. Got a few decent sized potatoes but mostly small ones. The best part was pouring the bags out into a wheelbarrow and watching my two youngest grand daughters pick them out. They still talk about how fun it was. 2023 I planted Russets and a gold variety bought from our co-op store.. 13 seven gallon bags and five hard sided ten gallon pots. I also added blood and bone meat to the soil and side dressed with Garden Tone later. We harvested one bag for new potatoes a month ago and they were good. Couple days ago harvested fro more bags and got larger potatoes as well as so small ones. In a week or two we’ll harvest the rest. Looking forward to seeing what comes out of the ten gallon pots. Would be nice if the grandkids could find some really big ones. Here in Lawrence Ks I think we’re in zone 6 a or just touching 6b.

Will you do a second crop of potatoes?

I dig a trench, put leaf compost 4-6"deep put a couple of inches of soil on it plant potatoes cover, fertilize and hill after they are up. Usually get very good results.

Thank you for the information

Lol. A wheelbarrow full! ❤

Plants are maturing early this year. The onions started tipping and that normally happens in August. Best were Red Pontiacs we grew in more clay like loam. They were huge. They née nitrogen to start them off and phosphorus and potash along with even water while tubers are forming.

@noelc2

11 ай бұрын

It seems like things are growing in a weird way, differently

@heatherk8931

11 ай бұрын

I noticed everything seemed to be off by a month

@roelven1282

11 ай бұрын

Onions were my first try (the Ntherlands 8b/9a) .... harvested them mid june already(decent to big size), and according to some localfarmers it was at least a month early

I bought 2 varieties this year, don't remember the names (I should really make a note of that next time), but they're still growing. One variety is starting to die off, but may have a couple more weeks, and the other is looking a lot like your late-season variety.

I think my potatoes are also done. They are dying off. Gonna watch to figure it out and learn 😊

I harvested mine after 78 days and they were bigger than usual. I actually planted another crop here in Ohio

Mine have been growing so tall! Unfortunately, the storms we got last week, really trampled them down. I just hilled them up and trellised them. Now they are bouncing back nicely!

Thanks for the video...i was concerned cuz my potatoes were dying early too. Now i know it could still b ok. I think next week will be harvest time for the spuds

I have two container pots ready now in Nova Scotia. Feels very early but I think with so much moister and humidity this year its an odd year. We will see today if I have potatoes or nothing haha

I harvested russets last week. They weren't huge, but they were a decent size.

we have done potato towers and enjoying it

I just have two kinds with flowers. The others are not. There's a couple flowers but not much.

Taylor is cute...but how does she harvest onions and carrots and beets? Lol I have some to harvest and only worms in the dirt.

@MIgardener

10 ай бұрын

Taylor is only experienced in potatoes so far.. it's unfortunate really

My potatoes seem ready really early too. I'm like, what's going on?!

Tha smaller potatoes are great for pressure canning. Don’t precook them . Just clean them put them in cleaned canning jars. Pour boiling water over them,and and pressure can them according to canning times in your book. From Ontario Canada

I grow the red potatoes, mine are very small, I am hope to get some a little bigger this year.