It’s easy to start potatoes well before your last frost date. Gardener Scott shows how he starts potatoes indoors a full month before other methods of starting outdoors. (Video #441)
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29 Comments
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Seriously. I harvested some Yukon gold potatoes today. Planted Jan 2nd. Not much from 6 plants. 3lbs. Letting the russets planted the same day go until the tops yellow. 2 more succession batches to go.
I'm zone 9. Luckily it remained above 30f .
Use the dolly to move it around.
Thanks Scott! I just harvested my first few bags of potatoes. They still have about 2 weeks left, but, the squirrels thought it was time to start snacking. AND, this is my second year starting them indoors, here in Florida, and transplanting! I used a 5 inch pot and put them out after the leaves were around 6 or 8 inches. They didn't mind at all!
Another great episode mr Scott! I’m going to give this a go seeing how it’s still winter today in the foothills of Alberta….next week it’ll be 20c. Winter straight to summer I guess!🤷🏻♂️
Does it help to plant ½ of the plants deeper to allow more potatoes to grow/develop in a grow bag?
I planted a bunch of potatoes early and most of them rotted because the ground was staying too wet. Just planted more a few days ago. Gotta watch that winter soul. It almost never dries.
I started mine in grow bags already and have them in the greenhouse. I cover them up with extra plastic at night. I started them this time last year as well and they did well. I am in southern NH
Yes! Was just thinking about this earlier. I have potatoes-a-chitting that just won't wait another month. I learned about early potting of potatoes from Tony on Simplified Gardening.
Sounds pretty cool to grow in the big bags.
Several months ago, I thought I cleared out all the soil in containers where sweet potatoes were growing.
Last week or so, when moving soil around, and screening some through a 1/4 inch screen, I came across a few little sweet potatoes about 1 – 2 inches in length. Two types from baker creek: a golden and a purple skin sweet potatoe (would have to check my notebook to remind myself of the exact names). It was much to my surprise, but delight because now I already have a few slips to start, once more roots form.
Love finding treasures like that … especially so I don't have to order more.
Looking forward to watching how your harvest turns out , months from now …
Moving them in and out is more than worth the effort. I always grow mine early and they sit in the tunnel until they can go out properly into their final spots. Great video Scott.
Have you ever hear that you should remove all but two eyes in order to get bigger potatoes? I saw that on another channel. I plant early potatoes in grow bags (Red Norland). I grow all the rest in a Ruth Stout bed.
Great info here. I've got my store potatoes in the greenhouse. My first batch of German Butterballs will chit in front of a window until it's 50F outside. This year I'll be using worm castings in half the bags, and Lily Miller granular fertilizer in the other half. Until last year, I didn't even know about chitting, and always wondered why I didn't get more potatoes!
Thanks Scott. I failed with potatoes twice but I’m trying again 😊
Thank You for this video. My potatoes should arrive next tuesday. Because I failed horribly the first time I tried to grow potatoes I thought I would try again. This time in fabric bags, so this is something fore me to consider trying.
I do this! One of my yukons that I just transplanted out already had a 3-in potato! I kept them inside a little longer than anticipated because of a surprise freeze.
could this be one major drawback of raised bed gardening, that the soil is raised up exposed to the cooler temps? deeper into the earth is a constant……50-55 degrees f ?
I grew potatoes all winter long in my basement under grow lights. I didn’t have a very big yield about 2 lbs I had the best luck with red potatoes. I have about 9-10 plants growing in pots or bags I’m waiting another week here in northeast Massachusetts before I put them outside.
This works PERFECTLY! I did this with some while I was getting the plot ready, and they shot up in no time. I’ll be doing this from now on!
I can relate to the "too hot, too fast" experience. I have already had an 85F day, yet my potatoes are covered right now with floating row cover because there's a slight chance of frost tonight and tomorrow night. I planted in ground on Feb 28, a full six weeks before my average last frost date, and the plants are about 3" high.
I've had potatoes in grow bags for about 3 weeks already. Not sure when I'll ever be able to move them outside, I still have over 2 feet of snow covering my garden.
What is the temperature in your growing room? I like to try it. Thank you.
Good idea !!
Scott I wonder how well they would do if you set them in your greenhouse for now, keeping an eye on temp in there. At night cover them a little extra and during day open your vents. Just wondering if that would work for you and be easier. Good luck
grow bags are portable….so are buckets or cardboard boxes
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Thanks for the timely vid, Scott! I'm in zone 7A and soon to try my hand at some potatoes. I think it was Tony O'Neill who partially buries his containers in soil so the roots can exit the holes. Do you use that technique as well? Any thoughts about it? Thanks
Great video and a great idea for those of us with a short growing season. I like the grow bags for potatoes. Question: I saw that onion and dill were good companion plants for potatoes. Would it be of value to the plants to grow a few bunching onions in the grow bag with the potatoes or would it be too crowded?