It’s time to harvest the first lot of potatoes! In this double bill you’ll see me harvest my second early Charlotte and Jazzy potatoes from their containers in which they grew. How have they faired through the hot spell in June?
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I love the potato unveiling💥
I'm growing potatoes for the first time this summer. Started late around mid-May. It's been over 100 F (38C) every day for the past month and forecast is for another 2 weeks of 100+ degree days. So mine will be baked and ready to eat soon. 🙂
As Jess would say, storebought tastes like disappointment. The first time I ever tasted my own potatoes, I was surprised at the amount of flavor and difference they made from what I'd eaten all the years before. Never looked back AND nothing is as much fun as digging for them at harvest – so exciting.
I lost half my potatoes and tomatoes due to early blight, hope the other plants actually grew some spuds. Yours look amazing!
Hiya Katrina Thankyou for sharing. Who doesn’t love a potato reveal buried treasure arrgh lol. Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝
I grew a variety this year called Blackberry. It has dark purple skin and flesh. They stay the dark purple even after cooking.
🎉❤ Lovely crop. Your last video about growing potatoes in pots inspired me. I grow all of my potatoes in pots now. Last year, I put the used compost back into the pots and left it over winter. The worms moved in and replenished the compost for me. Then I used it to mulch my beds.
Nice! I can live on potatoes. Here I've been digging up a few potatoes, just a start. It seems like a good year for spuds. Like yours, mine are very nice. Growing food for ourselves is worth every bit of that life giving effort. Cheers!
Never heard of an icecream truck. Heavy duty icecream.
Wonderful reveals. Nothing beats the joy of a good spud harvest.
Brilliant! My Charlottes (and Mona Lisas) got knocked down by a heavy storm in late June and the tops never really recovered so the spuds stayed quite small.
I have wondered if mice in my garden have the occasional escargot party. I’ve never v seen a thrush in my garden, sadly. Few blackbirds too.
One of the best things to grow in the garden to eat as you say such fun to do a reveal and see how they have done. and can be grown easily in pots. I have grown Red Duke of York (beautiful red skinned first early), International Kidney (like a Jersey Royal but what they are called when not grown in Jersey) and Charlotte and then my mains I have Cara (one your recommendation from last year) and Sarpo Mira (reliable and taste good and blight resistant). All in buckets. My yields have been lower than expected probably due to the dry start to spring and early summer, but still enough for me and my hubby to munch through. And to serve my extended family a great potato salad when we had a family barbecue. So good! the taste of freshly harvested potatoes has just no comparison to supermarket ones. Can't wait to see how your Java do, as this was the new variety of Main crops you mentioned this year and one I would like to try next year.
I've got a pot that's been going since April this year!! The leaves are so green!! I've been busting my guns waiting too find out what's underneath it!! LOL!!
I fished out my Maris Pipers last week. Not a big crop compared to last year, but there were a few whoppers in the mix.
Perfect looking spuds 😍🥔
Ref Chieftain early….and I tried some Prince of Orange…( first time for them)….really nice….and yes you can't beat the taste of those potatoes you grow yourself…😊
Arran pilot, Desiree and Pink Fir Apple for me this year with a couple of Nicola that I kept for seed from last year thrown in. About half grown in sacks, the rest in a bed. A bit scabby this year, probably the dry weather. Pink Fir Apple will stay in the ground for now. Desiree sacks got a head start in the hallway and were ready by the middle of July. Flavour excellent too. Thanks for the update and good luck with all your other projects.
Yippy spuds! I haven't grown them in two years. However, I plan on it soon. Fun video, thanks. 💚💚💚
I've grown red duke of York as my earlies this year. They've come out OK, but a bit small. On my containers, I used a chalk pen when I planted the seed potatoes to write how many seed potatoes were used in each container. 😉👍
Beautiful lady 😍 in beautiful garden ❤❤
Why don't you just go down to the food store and buy them? It's way easier.
I grew jazzy for the first time this year, flavour is not bad 👍 I also love Charlotte too but have been quite scabby past couple of years.
Hallo Katrina Good oogst aardappelen thans the video doe zo verder grootjes Top ❤🌹🌞🍹🥔🌻💐🌿
Nice .. here in IRAQ we prepare to second season for potato , because our weather we can plant potato two times in year 🎉
These videos are the only thing keeping me happy. Thank you!!
I grew Rocket first earlies and Estima second, both quite small this year and died off a little sooner than I'd hoped, wall in the water watching Tony the you tube potato man. But you can't beat home grown they taste so much nicer. Nice to watch the joy of the reveal.
Good job again. Love your videos.
Yep spud harvesting is the best fun. You inspired me to grow spuds in containers and I’ve never looked back.
We can grow spuds all year round in Aus. Sometimes outside of the peak spring/summer cycle yields can be a bit variable, but if you accept that it’s great being able to get home grown spuds almost continuously (can’t plant in Jan/Feb cos the new foliage gets cooked). I’m planting sebagoes right now, 2 in a 40L tub, one tub every 2 weeks. I’ve done well with King Edwards, Charlotte, Kestrel and Kipfler (same shape as a Fir Apple and the best ever for potato salads). I’ve also planted random, unnamed spuds from the super market with mixed success.
Like you I either spread the compost on my raised beds or chuck it back into the compost heap with my kitchen and garden waste. It really accelerates compost production cos the worm population goes ballistic.
Thanks again for introducing me to the benefit of tubs!! I grow all my veggies in tubs and wicking beds now. Presently I have leeks, cauliflowers, broccoli, broad beans and bok choy all doing really well in tubs.
Thank you lve only just found you and l have an Allotment not far from you lm over near the Nottingham University so hi and thank you for your brilliant video, s xx
Cara grew well in Cheshire this year. I love the excitement of harvesting potatoes, you never know how they have done until you pull up a plant
Culprits likely birds with the snails.
My potato plants just won't die 😅 I don't if I should just leave or take up lol as when I say it won't die its like a whole bush.
Hey I thought the idea of growing your own was the enjoyment of a richer flavour than than those from commercial shop suppliers. This year am growing Maris Piper first time around from Charlotte potatoes. Because my garden suffers from frequent flooding from rain, I grow them in pots and a Table top garden. At the moment, (august 12th) they are lush green foliage with one or two eaten leaves. I think they will be ready to harvest mid or late September. Like you am looking forward.