Mastering Potatoes: 3 Most Important Tips!

I have potatoes planted in buckets and containers.

Potatoes planted around Feb 24th, here, in N. MS. Plants look GREAT! Just a little yellowing on some bottom leaves. Only a couple of blooms so far. Irish cobbler in a very large fabric pot and Viking potatoes in a 8 x 8 raised in ground bed with some really good soil. Only my 2nd yr growing potatoes. Last yr was a learning experience with only some very tiny potatoes. Looking forward to a great harvest this yr.

I'm only growing Baltic Rose this year, and it's in 15 gallon grow bags. The growth of the plants is spectacular this year. I did amend the "soil" (actually potting mix from last year) with 2 gallons of Soil3 compost before planting my cut potatoes this year. No pest issues, no disease "yet", and they might be a little taller and bushier than yours! Everything I've used the soil3 compost on has been growing like crazy this year. We are slowly getting our old rotten wood raised beds converted to the 17" high Olle metal beds. Filling them with a 40/40 mix of peat moss and soil3 compost, with 10% vermiculite and 10% pearlite added. Makes great "soil" that looks and feels better than any commercial mix I've seen.

First time ever growing potatoes! They finally sprouted! And are really taking off. I can’t wait! Next up planting sweet potatoes!

Mine are in 20 gal horse water tubs, big green beautiful! First ever success. First try pack rat took potatoes down included roots and they ate fabric pots! I feed once a week with micronutrients and every other week a fish emulsion….no blooms but here in Arizona desert this is epic!! Really excited for a harvest!!

I’m in the mountains of western Arkansas, we had a mild start to spring so I planted my potatoes in Feb. indoors, and moved my planters outdoors in early March, and as luck would have it we had a freeze. I covered my planters with plastic covers but the plants were damaged anyway. Now I have potato plants that look like shrubs growing from the planting tubs but with no blooms.
I planted indeterminate potatoes so I could hill for better harvest.
So as usual, I’m not too concerned with blooms, I’m watching the vegetation.
I hope to give an update when I think they’re ready to harvest.

Interesting timing for this video from my perspective. I just harvested my potatoes today here in zone 9b.

I'm right across the border and my taters are coming along nicely. as well. Some little bug just munched a few little holes in the leaves recently, but they're all still nice and healthy, so I think I'll just let them ride until it's time to harvest. Cheers from N. FL!

I attempted to grow mine in fabric grow bags. I’m in zone 10a. I already harvested and got a whopping 6 marble size potatoes and one small potato. That was it for my potatoes! I try every year and that’s about the size of every harvest. I planted in December. I think we just get too hot too soon here. Potatoes obviously do not like the tropics! I always get a good sweet potato harvest though!

It was my first time growing potates. They look really good, so pretty. I hope they make good. Thanks for the good information.

I believe my potatoes are on the same schedule as yours!

Ours are doing well in Tennessee!

A very timely video! Here in Tallahassee, I am beginning to see some die back on several varieties. We had numerous blooms a few weeks ago. Thanks again....

We planted in ground 2 rows just over a month ago. We have happy little plants ( knock on wood). We are hoping for a good harvest this year.

My Huckleberry Gold look like yours and I also have Baltic Rose which make smaller plants. So far this Spring has stayed on the cooler side, which is a pleasure and all of my garden is absolutely cranking.

I planted about 200 pieces and then we had a massive rain event. It stayed wet for a long time. Only 10 plants made it through. Store bought for us this year.

Such a lucky dog. A most wonderful set of gardens. Wish I had an area like that. My town is polluted with PVC fumes from a couple of tankers that were burned here. Anything I get to grow is containers or raised beds.

Here in Central Texas, we have pulled most. But the Sarpo Mira is holding on!

My potatoes are doing well. No sign of disease and no bug damage! Planted 6th of March. Lots of nice blooms in the past 3 days.

I’m in the 90’s this week and still have a over a month 😢. I was three weeks late in planting due to a pipe busting in my wall from the late January freeze All of mine were blooming big time.