Potato Bag Harvest

Well, I finally harvested the potatoes. We are going to have a years worth of 'taters now.

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[shannan2000]

YOU CANT EVEN FRY CHIPS WITH YOUR HARVEST GO TO WALMART AND BUY A BAG OF GOOD COMPOST FOR FLOWERS OR PLANTS AND GROW YOUR POTATOES IN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! WORKS FOR ME ALL THE TIME!!!!

[tnjeffofalltrades]

@shannan2000 - That was compost from walmart. The problem was the potatoes, not the soil. This was an experiment to see if the store bought potatoes would grow. It was a fail. I would argue though; that you do not want to grow your potatoes in store bought compost because that defeats any cost savings of growing them yourself. thanks for the comments.

[shannan2000]

@tnjeffofalltrades I DISAGREE THAT YOUR COMPOST DOES NOT LOOK LIKE FROM WALMART, COMPOST DOES NOT LOOKS LIKE THAT! YOUR JUST RUBBLE AND VERY DRY SOIL!

[tnjeffofalltrades]

@shannan2000 - I'm not sure that I'm understanding your tone (you are using all caps to indicate yelling). If you are accusing me of lying, i would have to claim that I have no reason to lie. It was a failure and I admit that. I did use compost from walmart, i followed a good water schedule. Perhaps these points didn't come off well in the video. I'm not sure if you're trying to give me pointers or trolling me. Either way, i welcome your comments. thanks!

[shannan2000]

Respond to this video... YOU NEED HORSE MANURE AND PLENTY OF WATER AND SUNLIGHT AND GOOD COMPOST,

[shannan2000]

YOU USING THE WRONG SOIL, YOU SHOULD GROW NICE POTATOES IN COMPOST YOU BUY IN A HARDWARE STORE! THE SOIL YOU USED FROM THE GROUND LOOKS LIKE DIRTY DRY FULL OFF STONES. NOT GOOD FOR THE PLANTS AND IT NEEDS PLENTY OF WATER!

[nerdmom920]

I have had terrible luck growing potatoes in bags. Bought seed potatoes, put them in old pet food bags, poked holes in the bottom. Nothing happened. I dumped them out onto a compost pile, and they started growing within 2 weeks. It may be the bag the method.

[XaViEr3520]

haha its all good its the experience that is worth it!!! you learn and you improve :)

[lmkeilwitz]

There are growth inhibitors on the store bought potatoes. Always use seed potatoes. The potatoes you harvested would be a good seed, however i'd be cautious only because you don't know the effects of the chemical used to stop the growing process. We bought seed once and now collect from our own year after year. Same with our corn. We've done that 4 or 5 years now, it works very well. Good luck.

[nomercadies]

We are conducting "The Great Potato Experiment of 2011" with different seed varieties. Perhaps you want to follow along? Just search on the name "The Great Potato Experiment of 2011" and see what we are up to. Thanks.