How To Grow Potatoes : How to Hill Potatoes

[MuandLe]

great videos just wish its was one video instead of a series

[klassklassklass]

Did you record this with a.......nah, I can't say it

[TheMidwestsk8ter]

But will it blend?

[TheJuliusMalema]

I want his shirt.

[cardforyou123]

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[oodle97]

i prefer taking my hoe hard and rough....

[whathappensLIVE]

thats why nobody lends you their hoes

[AaronWonders]

wow. even in gardening information on youtube, there's still assholes whining and complaining. if you grow them differently, thats great. make your own vid. obviously the guy's gonna remove a plant from one spot and bring it to the video dig site OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR YOU and setting the scene so there's as little misunderstanding as possible. thats obviously why the plants health looks questionable. a lot of plants start to look poorly pretty quick-like when removed from the ground! jeesh

[AdwordsIncome]

@AaronWonders Thank you for saying it like it is.

[TheBabyboomkidof53]

I learned alot from watching your videos on growing potatoes. I'll dig a trench tomarrow and try your methods. thanks.

[palui]

OMG. Typical Expert Village junk. Couldn't they do a real harvest with a real plant at harvest time? That was pathetic.

[risflo1]

Ignore all the bad mouthing, you helped me and my missus... thank you, keep up the good work

[zcg3]

French Fry heaven...

[powerspade]

that spud look dead

[MissJuliaDale]

Thanks Mate!!

[TheBradyoHead]

lol nice potato you have

[VTwanderer]

Its like he went out as far into the field he could and randomly grew one potato plant, haha. No wonder its dieing, he's too far away from the Barn. I really wanna Slap this guy.

[Praxxus55712]

He doesn't need to hill up that plant. He needs to bury it and have a funeral because that plant is on death's door. Another worthless how-to video from the village idiots at Idiot Village.

[Z71Ranger]

That sucked!!!

[Snuckin]

Can you show us how to hybridate red and white potatoes and develop a new breed?

[Snuckin]

That potato is DEAD!!!

[darrenjs92]

this is my hoe!

[PantsThatDontFit]

Does he sell bobble head Smiddy's on his website?

[sebbye12]

some kush potatoes

[Franksfa764]

no sabe nada de plantas de papa o potero aprenda premiro

[charlie29943]

Hey Doug , theres a thing called drip irrigation . That Tater needs some water.

[asedcopf]

ok...that was a waste of space...u piled up a teaspoon of dirt against a plant thats ready to harvest in a couple weeks??

[farmorganic23]

Yeah, looks like they could use a little water, and they are WAY to far apart for production. Unless you are the home gardener, in which case your spacing is okay. You also don't have to be that gentle with them, mulching also really helps.

[astrialkil]

U can look on line for free plans for wood compost bins and use them to hill up dirt/compost/straw 3 feet to vastly increase your potato harvest .

This also helps with keeping your potatoes dry during a very wet year.

[growitlikegranddad]

strigata...

I have used your Aussie system with the straw and it works here in the States as well....but gets pretyy expensive as a bale of straw costs about $5 each for a 40 pound bale.

[MaZEEZaM]

This Aussie system is new to me. even though i am an Aussie, i know what you mean about straw prices, they are about $12 AUD per bale :S if you were growing quite a few potatoes it would be rather expensive!!

[strigata]

if u get bales sold as horse feed u should get them much cheaper, and when u consider that it improves the soil its worth the costs, "i beleve" lol

[growitlikegranddad]

What did you do to get that sick looking plant?

I wonder about this "planting in a trench" operation. All I ever do is just plant them about 3" deep, and then pull soil onto the plant as it grows. Potatoes will set tubers all the way up the stem if covered.

You also say that you will be harvesting potatoes in "a couple of weeks"...wow...must be good soil as it takes usually about 3 months for mine....

I also use a vertical system called spud-o-matic. check it out.

[memobz11]

@growitlikegranddad How much water does a potatoe plant require?

[nampita]

@growitlikegranddad this guy in one day has plant, and harvest the potatoes .check he's videos ,same place same grass,same plants ,even same T-shirt :))

the Plant is dieing because has ben remove from another place,and hand planted there.and wend you cover with earth the plants ,this most be smaller ,and sometimes you can do it 2-3 times due to rain damage.and many ,many more.

[AaronWonders]

@growitlikegranddad hes saying "in a couple of weeks" after the plant has grown to what you see him using currently in the vid

[strigata]

why is it americans hill potatoes with soil in austalia we put them just under the soil and use strew mulch as the plant grows you add more strew until the strew pile is about 50cm high. why more affective and easy to harvest.

[elfuck0]

Short answer: Slugs

Here in Midwestern America it gets very moist and humid...when using strAw to hill potatoes, it can give the slugs a place to hide and they will slime all over and eat your plant leaves, etc.

[MaZEEZaM]

hehe, im an aussie and ive not heard of your method, i know the trench method. does the straw block out enough light from the potatoes?

[strigata]

yeh man, as the potato grows threw the strew u ad more strew u can add soil along with the strew also , its the most common way Ive seen it done and do it myself its good method if clay is close to the surface and it improves ur soil

[maxxkella5000]

i jus planted a set today(dec 24)here in jamaica...im now watching for progress...wish my success...Mother Earth + Father Sun = Life

[subiawd4life]

what about water lol

[PlayingDead567]

@maxxkella5000 Isn't cold in Jamaica in december? My friend has been there a good amount of times. But he never told me the climate....

[ItalianPadrino]

how do you know when to do this

[growitlikegranddad]

you should hill up the soil around the potatoes once the plant gets about 3 or 4 sets of leaves, then pull soil onto the stems and cover up the bottom set or two of leaves...continue doing this until there is about 12 inches (10CM) of soil on a berm around the plants to keep the potatoes producing. I dig my potatoes after the vines start to yellow.

[growitlikegranddad]

should have been 20 cm...typo

[Lorrie52]

Good videos, but I want to know how to store potatoes once you've harvested them. I have a nice cool basement and I want to stock up on them for the winter and keep them downstairs. There are a couple farmers markets by me that sell them by the 50lb bag this time of year. After I buy them what do I store them in and how?

[growitlikegranddad]

A basement is a great place to store them. They store best in dry cool areas on shelves where they are not touching each other, in case one rots it won't rot the others. Don't allow then to get sunlight, either. Some varieties store better than others.

[elfuck0]

NEVER....EVER EVER store with apples on account of the ethylene gas in the apple's skin. This will RUIN your stash of potatoes.

[NoirMusic]

The grass is yellow behind him. That is a good indication that it is quite warm. Most broad leaf plants (including lettuce and spinach) will wilt when it gets warm and then perk up in the evening.

[UncleFugu]

They generally look like that.

[thordemann1]

em, to plant potatoes they should be planted on a small hill. not deep and on flat ground.

[NoirMusic]

No...potatoes are planted in a flat piece of ground or trench and then slowly from February-?? (depending on how hot your area is) you build a hill around them. Done this way 1 plant will just keep producing, and producing, and producing. 3-4x the yeild of a plant just stuck in a mound and left.

[beutifullady]

Your plant looks dead.

[79TREBOR69]

I live in France, never seen this method before, this morning I have just dug and planted my first row, will let you know!!