I especially liked the education on potatoes from planting to harvest.

@ucscagroecology

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! We strive to cover the entire production cycle of a given crop. It's hard to do, given the dynamic nature of farming 30 plus acres. But, this potato video covered just about everything.

You are an excellent Teacher, God Bless you Sir !!!

just subscribed, looking forward to seeing other videos similar to this one for other crops like tomatoes and cabbages. splendid 👌

This is a great video. Thank you for putting it up.

Well articulated...this is quite educative video.. Thank you so much

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

Yer welcome. Glad it helped you out.

This is an amazing set up!!

Great job. Thanks for all the work that went into this project

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

Yer welcome!

So very interesting! I've been looking into different things to plant up here in Alberta on around 2-3 Acres, really educational, and high quality, your weed control seems to have really worked!

Great video helpful as, Love from Tasmania

@ucscagroecology

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Fantastically easy to follow explained 😊

@ucscagroecology

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for thorough explanation 👍

@ucscagroecology

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thanks for sharing

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

very good video

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

Wow thank you

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😊

I'm surprised that your potatoes might rot if you irrigated. I often grow potatoes in 35l tubs and I leave them in those tubs all through winter, so they get very wet in the winter rain, even in spring when I'm harvesting them the compost is still very moist. I turned a tub out today in late April and the potatoes had started to actively sprout and we had leaves on the surface of the pot, but not a single one had any signs of rotting even though the container was still very damp : All the best - Steve

Excellent video . What would you say ithe average yield of the purple varieties? Pound of seed to pound of yield? Which purple variety do you recommend overall factoring yield to the other beneficial qualities ?

What fertilizer you are applaying

Great video. What brand of off set harvester is that?

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear the video was helpful. The harvester is a "Checchi and Magli". Don't know the model.

Great inspiration. What spacing are you using

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

Glad the video was helpful. 36 inches between rows. Good luck!

I live 30 miles south of Nashville TN zone 7.. What date do you plant seed potatoes? I have been trying to grow a good crop of potatoes for 45 years but all I get is 1 lb of new potatoes from each 1 eye cutting. TN is hot 100°f dry as desert June to Oct with only 1 or 2 small rains per month all summer. I use 6-12-12 fertilizer. I keep seed potatoes in bright shade for about 6 weeks to get good eyes. Our last frost is about April 20. I have experimented every year sometimes plant April 1, sometimes April 20, sometimes, May 1st. What temperature does soil need to be for planting? I tried irrigation this year. Red potatoes grow better than white potatoes but wife only wants white potatoes. I still only get 1 lb of new potatoes from each plant. Not sure what I am doing wrong? I will grow potatoes 1 more time, Kennebec's this spring. I have added a lot of ground up compost tree leaves to my soil it is soft but 3 months of 100° hot weather the compost material cooks away and soil gets hard again.

Appropriate for UC- Santa Cruz only.

hi ! the tine weeder is very nice, can you in a way help me where can I buy the tine weeder the same in ;this wonderful 'video?

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

Glad the video was helpful. Here's where you can find Treffler tiner dealers: www.treffler.net/en/agricultural-technology/specialist-distributor/

I plant mine above the furrow height. My soil is clayish and we get alot of rain here in Louisiana, so I want it to drain and not sit in possible water and hill them 2-3 times on their growing life.

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

Hi Wayne, thanks for sharing your technique for dealing with a wet clay soil. Here on the central coast of Calif, we often go the entire summer with little or no rain so soggy soil isn't an issue. But, no rain means we need to irrigate. Good luck with your crop!

Do the potato eyes have to be facing up when you plant? If so, do they stay up when you drop them down the tube?

@johanderuiter9842

7 ай бұрын

That's advise your local gardener youtuber will provide you with, because they're super precious about their 10m2 garden plot. Once you go commercial, it's a numbers game (just like real estate!) and you don't fuss over a potato or two.. So, no. Not a requirement as this upload will attest - they just drop the seeder potatoes as they are down the tube.

Do you have problems with potato beetles and how do you control them?

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

We do have a few potato beetles, but not enough to matter. We control them by rotating where we plant the potatoes, allowing 3 years or more before returning to the same field.

do you plant potatoes immediately after the cover crop.

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

Yes.

which chamical i have to use to protect for disease

@ucscagroecology

4 ай бұрын

We are a certified organic farm and are restricted from using chemicals to protect from disease. Sorry, can't make a recommendation.

You mean you did not add any fertilisers and did not spray any pests am in uganda and am in love with your machines

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

The only fertilizer was the cover crop that was mowed down and incorporated into the soil. We are a certified organic farm and we don't use any toxic sprays. We had a very good crop of potatoes.

@lamiego

Жыл бұрын

​@@ucscagroecology whats the name of that cover crop, I didn't catch it at the end there

At what stage must I apply fertilizer?

@johanderuiter9842

7 ай бұрын

Taking a guess here.. between cutting your cover crop and cultivating (to work the fertiliser into the soil).

@johanderuiter9842

7 ай бұрын

Post response edit: - these guys use the cover crop as their fertiliser by flail cutting it and then disc it into the soil, as they are organic. So no added fertiliser, but see above if you want to add the extra fertiliser.

Isn't farming illegal in CA?

@danielebarello212

Жыл бұрын

WTF?

@johanderuiter9842

7 ай бұрын

Soon to be illegal in all western countries (thanks to WEF/Schwab/Gates/Rockefeller et al) - the govt in the Netherlands is already forcibly disowning farmers that don't want to sell up.

SHOCKER! You completely skipped the step I came here to watch!!!! Once you dig and windrow the potatoes, how do you pick up the windrows? Picking them up by hand seems like a huge inefficiency. Do you ever show the picking up of the dug spuds? Thank you!

With what did u atach this pvc pipe on that iron

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

A stainless steel pipe clamp. Like this: www.amazon.com/Precision-Brand-B20HS-Stainless-Clamp/dp/B001HWGML6/ref=asc_df_B001HWGML6/?tag=&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312126003778&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=391548808629122847&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1014251&hvtargid=pla-568708647814&ref=&adgrpid=63790012682&th=1

Hello good sir!can u please tell me what is the distance between 2 shovels?

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

36 inches or 0.9 meters

@rangogrc

Жыл бұрын

@@ucscagroecology does that have anything to do with tire size?greetings from CROATIA

@ucscagroecology

Жыл бұрын

It has most to do with the spacing between the tires, which is 6 feet. This allows for 2 rows between the tires.

@rangogrc

Жыл бұрын

@@ucscagroecology its that distance from the inner sides of tires?