No Dig Potatoes.mp4

[chmellen]

wow, I buy green potatoes at the market and never died.

[woodturningjohn]

I thought you had to wait for the plants to die before harvesting ?? Like the method will have to try that this year. Thanks

[buddyboy1953]

hi,thank you very much,now i am going to plant the same way,great vid.

[GrowSomethingGreen]

Very nice, I'm gonna have to try this out.

[TheyDontSee]

I'm having a really hard time finding sawdust (at lowes, home depot)... where can i get sawdust!? or better yet, are there any alternatives? because I'd really like to try this!

[woodturningjohn]

@TheyDontSee check out craigslist in your area, I have found cabinet shops that sell nice pine sawdust for $10 for a 55 gallon barrel sized load. Just make sure there is no walnut in it.

[SarahBEtv]

Can you do the same thing with sweet potatoes?

[StephenHarlow]

@SarahBEtv I'm not sure, they are very different plants. Sweet potatoes grow down into the earth while potatoes actually form at and above the level of planting (hence the need to hill potatoes up to ensure good yields). Only one way to know for sure I guess!

[SarahBEtv]

@StephenHarlow Thank you!

[AnotherAmateur]

If you plant potatoes in an area of the garden, and don't get them all at harvest, you'll have new plants sprout in the same place year after year. We get a double crop of red potatoes each year that way.

[Sbhabhi]

SURPRISE!!! thanks for this video -came to know of a nice way than digging

[hellofroggey]

Wonderful, thank you!



[dymitie]

you know what that meens?its your bloomin lot!

[Tamaresque]

The originator of the no-dig garden is Esther Deans. You can probably find her original book in your local library called, funnily enough, No-Dig Gardens by Esther Deans. :-)

[sethzky77]

if you planted it in august, when did you harvest it?

[alexander76rw]

LOL@the whole blooming lot will go green.....hahahaha I love the British/Austrailian/New Zealand accent. Great video!!

[Tamaresque]

@alexander76rw - He is a Brit who moved to Tasmania decades ago. :-)

[albertsneijMD]

This video in one of the best.

[Crunchy68]

I tried planting potatoes over lawn with straw before, and had very limited success (they were tiny). Now I see what I did wrong! I should have added some manure. My potatoes didn't have enough nutrients. This is great!

Also, obviously the added manure helped break down the straw, so it's much closer to compost than mere straw. The next crop grown there will obviously benefit.

[sabu85]

@Crunchy68

It may sound gross, but using urine instead of manure gives you even better results, just don't add it when the plants have sptouted cause it'd burn them. manure, chemical fertilizer or urene are all good since they have a high nitrogen content that helps plant growth and the decomposition of the straw into fertile compost.

[brandons0514]

@sabu85 potatoes' aren't much for nitrogen it makes them go scabby , so no...the urine nor any other high nitrogen source ,is not a good idea...

[brandons0514]

@sabu85 oh also manure has more than just nitrogen it has a lot of micro nutrients that potatoes CAN use and he doesn't use chemical fertilizers (because they're bad) he uses blood meal and bone meal as well as dolomite lime here which are all organic materials and the straw will break down on its own as a part of the natural process of decomposition so .....um......no....

[shadeclark]

I also tried this way of planting potatoes and so far so good! The only problem I have had so far was a dog was eating my seed potatoes when I first planted them. I had to plant more seed potatoes, this time I put hot sauce on the seed potatoes and i put a net over the straw pile. It's been a month and I have green leafs on top the straw pile.

[Sheila6325]

I have been searching new methods of planting potatoes, and I believe yours is the best I have seen so far, and trust me, I have seen many.

I want something different to add to my garden, and adding another variety of potatoes, along with my regular ones, and your new method, will be fun to watch.

I loved that you added some great tips too. Thank you for a wonderful video. Bless, Sheila

[flamewhisker]

you could just put some dirt in a bucket and shove 2 seed potatoes in there... works just as well. And I find the whole fun in digging the potatoes out of the ground! haha

[saintveil]

Do you realize that most sawdust and newspaper has harmful chemicals such as glues, inks, and formaldehyde? Sawdust from plywood has formaldehyde, which is embalming fluid, a known hallucinogen. Therefore, this method needs further work. Otherwise, a great video, bumper crop...

[demus]

@saintveil whats bad for humans is not necessarily bad for plants? like formaldehyde

[saintveil]

@demus - Hey, what do I put on cucumber plants to keep the leaf worms from eating the leaf. The fruit are fine, but the leaves are history, entirely..

[brandons0514]

@saintveil neem oil is a good organic pesticide to use on just about anything for just about anything really,it's not an instant kill so hand pick until it kicks in ...

[brandons0514]

@demus what goes in your plants eventually goes in its fruit and then into you..."formaldehyde anyone???"...

[gypsyspirit713]

@saintveil - some sawdust may be contaminated, but much is available from untreated lumber. Also, I'm not sure where you are located, but here in the u.s., most newsprint now uses soy based, non toxic inks

[brandons0514]

@saintveil it depends on where you get the sawdust from,directly from the saw mill it will not have been treated with anything and newsprint inks are made from soy and are non toxic and lead free (at least here in the u.s.)

[Tamaresque]

@saintveil But you don't use sawdust in no-dig gardens; in fact you shouldn't use it in the growing part of your garden at all because it is almost completely water impermeable and it takes ages to break down. What it is very good for is making paths through your veggie garden and for putting around the edges of the garden to keep the snails out. Snails hate the rough texture and won't go over it.

[OccupyPsyche]

@Tamaresque actually sawdust is an awesome sponge that holds water

[samann95014]

wow! no dig farming & growing is simple & powerful !! may help feed the world huger?

[ThanksgivingWalk]

Wow!  So many potatoes. No water or weeding.....my have felt like you were cheating a little. :)

Thanks for sharing with us.

[amarbir96]

Why does his voice come earlier than his actions. If you could fix this up it would be great.