The Great Potato Harvest

[jkefunk]

7:57 they kill your whole family  zoom bzzzzzzz

[th1nonlydg88]

whats the difference from spouting potato to "seed potato "?

[ILuvCaroline]

"Little bastards eat my potatoes, I don't think so" LMAO....

[SolidusVictorium]

"Green potatoes are not a good thing - they can kill you, they can kill your dog, they can kill your whole family...like a mafia hit." HILARIOUS. bahahaha

[BreakfastBentoBox]

Mmmmmm, hash browns!!!

[CraftFamilyMO]

Why is it not a good idea to put your potatoes in the fridge?

[Praxxus55712]

@CraftFamilyMO The starches will convert to sugars and start to break down. Store them in a cool basement or lower cabinet

[WizeNoel]

you were sooooo younger oldish ...

[triptows]

This man is just down to earth with some small planned humor on the side. I really enjoy his videos (seen 6 so far). I'm a 31 year old male that enjoys watching him and does small city gardening for 2 years now. Ladies, I'm married with children, so this is not, E harmony invite. Just a good fan of this mans garden videos.

[Praxxus55712]

@triptows Planned? LOL

Now if I were 100 yrs younger and female, I would insert something witty and flirty here. :)

[waylan3]

ok so if i wanted to try growing potatoes i can just buy the ones they call planters how deep should i plant them in my bucket and how many

[Praxxus55712]

@waylan3 I would plant them around halfway down in the bucket. Cover them with 2 inches of soil. As they grow, pour in soil to keep the stem buried. This will give you more potatoes. I wouldn't plant them closer than 8 inches from each other

[avilahugo]

I really love your common sense approach to life in the countryside. Great videos, well done. By the way this is a message from Valencia, Spain.

[Praxxus55712]

@avilahugo Spain = best food on the planet! :)

[XCritonX]

Those grubs are REAL tasty. Treat them like shrimp, they are basically the same taste.

[danieluyanguren]

a dog

[danieluyanguren]

yuck a worm

[tvtoms]

I think it's showing me an ad for the memory foam mattress because you're in a garden bed. Was that worth commenting? Yes. Yes it was.

Also, nice haul of potatoes!

[Praxxus55712]

@lostkid19 Look for a potato with a stamp on it in your mailbox soon. :)

[lillbutton2]

I get those nasty let grubs too.. I hate it when I am digging with my hands and cut one in half. grossssssssss.

[jude1c9v]

Do you wash the potatoes before you put them up for the week, or leave them alone.

My wife never let the potatoes grow skin, she get them out of the ground and washes them and cooks them....lol

[Praxxus55712]

@jude1c9v Never wash them or rinse them if you plan to store them. As far as using them right away, definitely wash them prior to using.

[huronhorde]

hey ray! i have not yet picked my potatoes, im waiting for the entire plant to just die. is there anything wrong with that?

thanks so much!

[Praxxus55712]

@huronhorde Nope, that's a good way to do it.

[DrowSkinned]

I wish mine had turned out that well but those damn Colorado Potato beetles got to mine and destroyed all but three of my plants!

[noslrac1980]

What kind of return did you get from what you planted to what you havested. 2x, 3x, etc.

[Praxxus55712]

@noslrac1980 I only planted around 12 potato pieces. It was a monolithic success. :)

[mikecat23]

Your so lucky a wolf just walked behind you

[jihadacadien]

Cool! I can't wait to see what's going on in my potato plot! And potatoes are the greatest surprise vegetable in the garden!!!

[MrGabesutube]

are you on facebook?

[Praxxus55712]

@MrGabesutube Yep I'm on Facebook. You can find me by searching for me as "Ray Rayray" Amazingly original huh? lol

[MrGabesutube]

@Praxxus55712 um can you just add me I can not find you!

[loislaney23]

@Praxxus55712 Couldn't find you either.

[MrGabesutube]

What is a potato fork! Organic rocks! LOL I wasn't watching and I was listening. I had to double check... I guess I am not the sharpest potato fork in the shed? Youtube is 15 minutes now!

[MrGabesutube]

What is a potato fork!

[barkulator]

Those are not rocks. They are petrified potatoes.

[connjamm19]

did you hire the mosquitos to be your directors? hahaha

[kiml1508]

LOL @ in the North Pole

[kern0099]

Awesome potato harvest..I wonder, do you ever eat your chickens? I know it's off topic, since you're a gardening blogger, not a butcher, but still. Those fresh eggs are really choice, but free range chicken isn't too shabby either.

[Praxxus55712]

@kern0099 Naw, the chickens are just for entertainment and eggs. :)

[kumar274]

Hey Ray What do you mix in your soil to plant potatoes . Look like you have a nice potato harvest... You are the best in gardening.

[Praxxus55712]

@kumar274 Just a whole lot of compost. :)

[moofph]

...thanks ray...thanks taters...thanks skeeters.

[TheOrganiclady]

Nice looking potato haul! I have a question about your planting beds. Are they raised beds or are they just more like framed off areas in your garden that you enrich with your compost? Thanks.

[Praxxus55712]

@TheOrganiclady They started as just framed beds but are sloooowly becoming raised beds as more and more compost is added over the years.

[crewlla]

my god my potatoes were so small it was pointless to even grow them. this year has been a crappy year. Rumor has it that we are do for snow in the next few weeks. Our frost hit us sept4. my tomatoes didnt even go red this year and I didnt get any green peppers. I am so ready for gardening next year this year sucked so bad. give the raw potatoes to your dogs. My dogs love fresh potatoes.

[PCOStherealdeal]

Yay!!! I am looking forward to harvesting my idaho's but next year I plan on planting yukon Golds in a big pot. This was really helpful and fun, thanks for making the vid Ray! Iv all ready subscribed (i think) to your voodooGarden account... oh... and... IM LOOKIN AT YOUR WEEDS! Damn! Look at all those weeds! Oh, wait... those are my weeds... xD

[Fleur696]

Hi Ray, nice large potatoes, I will dig mine tomorrow. What has been causing damage to your potatoes?

[Praxxus55712]

@Fleur696 Nothing. Only 3 taters had munch marks. It was probably just those grubs or some random soil insect. No big deal. :)

[Buttereeeee]

We grow great rocks here too. Been harvesting them all year from our 2 small beds. Guess thats what happens when your home has been built on an old quarry. heehee.

[astrialkil]

So what was the final count on your potatoes?

[Praxxus55712]

@astrialkil ALOT! :) Whatever the amount, it was one heavy box to carry to the house.

[kokonutbaby1]

@Praxxus55712 you need u a wagon, thats what I got, helps alot..plus u can play in it, lol.

[4micaman]

Ray, I heard that enfamous buzzing and immediately looked for my "Off" spray. :P

Nice 'tater spade, dude!

[OS253]

Why can't you put potatoes in the regrigerator?

[4micaman]

@OS253 It's not that you can't. It's that refrigeration, same with your house AC unit, pulls moisture out of the air and likewise with your food too. Cool, dark and slightly humid places are best for root veggies. Someone recently suggested to me, wrapping rooters in a wet towel, when storing in the fridge would increase their longevity but I've not tried such.

[Praxxus55712]

@OS253 The low temps in the fridge will convert the starches in the potatoes to sugars. This will make the potato sweeter. It also can produce a chemical called acrylamide when the potatoes are cooked at high temps. Acrylamide is a cancer-causing chemical in lab animals and may cause cancer in humans.

[gcarped]

@OS253 For the reasons Ray mentioned here, don't put RAW potatoes in the fridge. However, once they are cooked, the starch is completely different and you can safely stow them in the refrigerator for a few days or in the deep freeze (properly packaged, of course) for a few months. Happy spud-eating!!

[Praxxus55712]

@gcarped Happy spud eating. LOL I love that! :)

[bmxion]

I think I´ll adopte your harvesting style. Thanks Ray :)!

[omegahpla]

Irish Easter, ain't ya supposed to be lit up for that one? That's quality stuff there : )

I heard about burying roots like potatoes & carrots, beets (opps, forget I said beets) turnips n stuff like that in sand, have not tried it yet.

Now you said just do your best on a video, but what if your thing is bad video's? Would doing your worst be like your best in that case?

You shoulda done weekend edition today, earlier each week, one day you will meet yourself filmin the last one on the new one.

[niffer58]

Oh ya and hey could you maybe put the question into your weekand edition? maybe someone that has grown them can respond back :)

When do you harvest green zebra tomato's??? the ones i have still have not soften so i am having a difficult time picking them just yet because of it.

[Fleur696]

@niffer58 as soon as they are golf ball size pick them they go slightly yellow when ripe.

[niffer58]

@Fleur696 Ok. thanks for the info. i have more than golf ball size but none a little yellow yet. i would have thought they would be ready by now. i will go out and pick and let them ripen in the window then. so i don't loose the harvest :) thanks

[Fleur696]

@Fleur696 niffer58, com'on be brave slice one up onto your salad you will be pleasantly surprise, it is delicious

[niffer58]

I didn't know not to wash them. good thing i ate them quickly eh? anyhow I was told by a guy at the community garden( he is from kenya) that you water the potato's only until they start to die off.. then don't water it at all... no water it helps the skins toughen up and makes the roots go deeper for water (more potato's... or so he told me. i'm going to try it next year. anyhow. looks like a great harvest. yummy... still don't knoe if those green zebra tomato's are done yet

[mschdk]

Lucky you to have such dry soil! When I dug up mine it was completely muddy (it had been raining forever)... Uhh...And yes, your harvest looks really great too!

[haikuoflife]

Nice harvest =) How long did you let your potatoes grow?

[alexasite]

i cant wait for next summer and plant potatoes.

[omegahpla]

@alexasite You shouldn't wait for next summer, should do it in the spring time. THAT should make you very happy ; )

[alexasite]

@omegahpla you are right, i cant wait.thanks!

[mizzbrenners]

For goodness sakes I'll go subscribe to some voodoo lol. Seriously though, that is an awesome bunch of taters!

[mukwah1111]

Irish Easter hahaah A wee Oirish Patater ! Wondering why potatoes are sold in clear plastic bags in America??? They are exposed to the light & turn green beneath the skin.....dumb ! In Canada our potatoes are sold in paper bags with a mesh window at the back of the bag for air circulation& you can see the potatoes inside the window....... Just my 2 feathers worth Nice tater crop Ray !

[bookhound63]

That's the best potato harvest I've seen from a raised bed or container. Great job.