How to Grow Potatoes in Containers: Hilling Up Process Explained
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Simon
Potatoes are heavy feeders. I've heard that you don't want to plant them in bad soil. You can plant them in bad soil. but it doesn't mean you should. You'll easily double your yield, if you give them enough potassium. Don't give them too much of everything though. otherwise they'll grow larger leafs apparently. Feeding the soil means potatoes, and if you're growing in containers, then you're doing the most out of your limited soil, because the roots are concentrated to the inside of the container, because usually potatoes could spread out their roots to find more nutrients, which means they get more out of poor quality soil.
I've heard that you don't need to cover the potatoes as they grow, and that you can just cover them with more soil from the beginning. The goal I think is just to protect the potatoes from direct sunlight, because they otherwise do exactly the same thing. I do think that one benefit is that the containers will be lighter when only filled halfway through, so you might be able to keep them indoors in your heated basement until they shoot out a leaf, and only then bring them outdoors. Obviously you could also just plant them in smaller containers, and then later transplant them in larger containers, and perhaps that would be easier/faster all things considered.
I'm trying to grow potatoes in Canada. no idea if we have summer to grow potatoes potatoes, but I guess we'll have to see.
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Potatoes are heavy feeders. I've heard that you don't want to plant them in bad soil. You can plant them in bad soil. but it doesn't mean you should. You'll easily double your yield, if you give them enough potassium. Don't give them too much of everything though. otherwise they'll grow larger leafs apparently. Feeding the soil means potatoes, and if you're growing in containers, then you're doing the most out of your limited soil, because the roots are concentrated to the inside of the container, because usually potatoes could spread out their roots to find more nutrients, which means they get more out of poor quality soil.
I've heard that you don't need to cover the potatoes as they grow, and that you can just cover them with more soil from the beginning. The goal I think is just to protect the potatoes from direct sunlight, because they otherwise do exactly the same thing. I do think that one benefit is that the containers will be lighter when only filled halfway through, so you might be able to keep them indoors in your heated basement until they shoot out a leaf, and only then bring them outdoors. Obviously you could also just plant them in smaller containers, and then later transplant them in larger containers, and perhaps that would be easier/faster all things considered.
I'm trying to grow potatoes in Canada. no idea if we have summer to grow potatoes potatoes, but I guess we'll have to see.
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CzBrat81
I am struggling with getting potatoes to grow. I have them both in 20 gallon plastic containers with plenty of drainage and also in grow bags obviously with plenty of drainage. They do well all the way through the hilling process, grow up big beautiful foliage, and then one by one they all die. I water them regularly, I tried adding more water and less water, nothing seems to help I keep them fertilized. But one by one they all fall. It usually starts with the plastic containers and then works its way down through all of the cloth containers. The big beautiful foliage just sort of falls over and melts and looks rotten. I'm in Central Florida where it's obviously wet and hot. Anybody can offer any suggestions help or ideas I surely could use it!
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I am struggling with getting potatoes to grow. I have them both in 20 gallon plastic containers with plenty of drainage and also in grow bags obviously with plenty of drainage. They do well all the way through the hilling process, grow up big beautiful foliage, and then one by one they all die. I water them regularly, I tried adding more water and less water, nothing seems to help I keep them fertilized. But one by one they all fall. It usually starts with the plastic containers and then works its way down through all of the cloth containers. The big beautiful foliage just sort of falls over and melts and looks rotten. I'm in Central Florida where it's obviously wet and hot. Anybody can offer any suggestions help or ideas I surely could use it!
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Safiya
I just preordered your book. And I am a complete noob to this gardening experience. And I'm pretty much learning all my information from your videos. I want to get to the point where I can supply food for my family, teach my kid how to do this when he's old enough, and then possibly make an income from it? Idk. taking it a day at a time.
I was discouraged because I started my tomato plants too late, even though they're still growing, they're not mature enough to transplant now like they should be.
But after watching your potato videos, I got motivated again.
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I just preordered your book. And I am a complete noob to this gardening experience. And I'm pretty much learning all my information from your videos. I want to get to the point where I can supply food for my family, teach my kid how to do this when he's old enough, and then possibly make an income from it? Idk. taking it a day at a time.
I was discouraged because I started my tomato plants too late, even though they're still growing, they're not mature enough to transplant now like they should be.
But after watching your potato videos, I got motivated again.
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Chris
This is my 1st year to try to grow potatoes. I'm attempting to grow baby red skins, purple potatoes and a golden type. I've seen videos where they just put the opportunities in the ground and just left on for 3 months and come back and harvest a bunch of potatoes. And I've seen videos like this one where you've Hill the potatoes. So although I am growing like it's nato's in containers pharma I was wondering which way of growing them as fast and how many should I start in a 10 gallon container?
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This is my 1st year to try to grow potatoes. I'm attempting to grow baby red skins, purple potatoes and a golden type. I've seen videos where they just put the opportunities in the ground and just left on for 3 months and come back and harvest a bunch of potatoes. And I've seen videos like this one where you've Hill the potatoes. So although I am growing like it's nato's in containers pharma I was wondering which way of growing them as fast and how many should I start in a 10 gallon container?
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diane
The ability for the tigers to continue growing up the newly billed sections depends on the variety and length of your growing season. Like other nightshades. like tomatoes. there are determinants and indeterminants. Determinants cannot produce tubers beyond the first leaves so hill only the first section. Indeterminates can continue in each section above that your area can provide continued sunlight for visa vid full tuber development. The towers are for indeterminate varieties.
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The ability for the tigers to continue growing up the newly billed sections depends on the variety and length of your growing season. Like other nightshades. like tomatoes. there are determinants and indeterminants. Determinants cannot produce tubers beyond the first leaves so hill only the first section. Indeterminates can continue in each section above that your area can provide continued sunlight for visa vid full tuber development. The towers are for indeterminate varieties.
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Terry
I dont know if youll see this message but after you moved your potato plants by your white picket fence (9: 50 in the video) there is a yellow fruited tree in the front of the camera and I was wondering what the name of that fruit is. I think it has a big slimy brown seed in the center. I dont know if its a loquat or kumquat. Could you tell me what that is or somebody? I used to eat those when I was younger and Id like to grow a tree like that.
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I dont know if youll see this message but after you moved your potato plants by your white picket fence (9: 50 in the video) there is a yellow fruited tree in the front of the camera and I was wondering what the name of that fruit is. I think it has a big slimy brown seed in the center. I dont know if its a loquat or kumquat. Could you tell me what that is or somebody? I used to eat those when I was younger and Id like to grow a tree like that.
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Lydia
Hey! I heard you say you are coming to Tennessee! Where, exactly? I am in Nashville. Would love to come see your operation. I built a 3 bin worm system about 18 years ago and it is still churning out compost. The Rubbermade totes are starting to crack. been outside by my porch. About the potatoes. i read that there are some indeterminate varieties that produce all along the stem. I have never used that kind and have never got a huge crop.
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Hey! I heard you say you are coming to Tennessee! Where, exactly? I am in Nashville. Would love to come see your operation. I built a 3 bin worm system about 18 years ago and it is still churning out compost. The Rubbermade totes are starting to crack. been outside by my porch. About the potatoes. i read that there are some indeterminate varieties that produce all along the stem. I have never used that kind and have never got a huge crop.
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handmade
Gotta ask regarding bags. We got snow and cold. It seems the bag was colder than the ground, as the potato plant in the compost pile, not affected by the cold, and the bag potato one of thems leaves got dark, rest survived. Unsure why one got weird. Plant height was about 2 inches. Though about hiling the leaves next time so they are below surface when cold arrives. Any thoughts?
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Gotta ask regarding bags. We got snow and cold. It seems the bag was colder than the ground, as the potato plant in the compost pile, not affected by the cold, and the bag potato one of thems leaves got dark, rest survived. Unsure why one got weird. Plant height was about 2 inches. Though about hiling the leaves next time so they are below surface when cold arrives. Any thoughts?
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The
So I have a question, does it matter what surface you put these bags in. Id like to put them directly on my patio but does that mean if the patio floor gets hot in the summer itll hurt the potatoes in some way? I have some old pallets I could put them on. If not just straight into the back lawn for now. Just curious if it matters other than drainage
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So I have a question, does it matter what surface you put these bags in. Id like to put them directly on my patio but does that mean if the patio floor gets hot in the summer itll hurt the potatoes in some way? I have some old pallets I could put them on. If not just straight into the back lawn for now. Just curious if it matters other than drainage
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Laura
Good timing for this to come up in my feed. Im trying potatoes for the first time this year, theyll be in grow bags.
Youre right about the mystery of pulling up root veg. Last spring I pulled up my first crop of parsnips and one of them was 4 long Apparently it was good, I gave it to my sister and she said surprisingly it was sweet
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Good timing for this to come up in my feed. Im trying potatoes for the first time this year, theyll be in grow bags.
Youre right about the mystery of pulling up root veg. Last spring I pulled up my first crop of parsnips and one of them was 4 long Apparently it was good, I gave it to my sister and she said surprisingly it was sweet
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Deborah
Maybe you did this in another video, but please explain what hilling up is next time or maybe in a better way. I had to look that up elsewhere. Its basically that you need to cover the potato leaves with soil up to the top leaves once the leaves reach 6-9 inches so that the potatoes can grow more.
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Maybe you did this in another video, but please explain what hilling up is next time or maybe in a better way. I had to look that up elsewhere. Its basically that you need to cover the potato leaves with soil up to the top leaves once the leaves reach 6-9 inches so that the potatoes can grow more.
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Yvette
Hey Kevin, thanks for your no nonsense videos. Up a bit in LA/ zone 10 wanna grow potatoes on my hillside. I have a shady area kinda filtered sunlight but lets just say shadier. would it grow there? and do we really need the microbial adds if we cant find them now? thanks in advance
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Hey Kevin, thanks for your no nonsense videos. Up a bit in LA/ zone 10 wanna grow potatoes on my hillside. I have a shady area kinda filtered sunlight but lets just say shadier. would it grow there? and do we really need the microbial adds if we cant find them now? thanks in advance
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Penny
I guess my question would be for indeterminate potatoes grown in pots. If seedlings aren't growing at the same rate, let's say one is 6 in high and the other is barely popping through the soil, do you go ahead and cover them up? Will that drown out the one barely popping through?
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I guess my question would be for indeterminate potatoes grown in pots. If seedlings aren't growing at the same rate, let's say one is 6 in high and the other is barely popping through the soil, do you go ahead and cover them up? Will that drown out the one barely popping through?
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Arkish78
What do you like best? Growing the potatoes in the smart containers or in the beds like you did in another video over on the corner of the yard by the sidewalk? (That was fun to watch pulling those reds out- how satisfying and rewarding was THAT)
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What do you like best? Growing the potatoes in the smart containers or in the beds like you did in another video over on the corner of the yard by the sidewalk? (That was fun to watch pulling those reds out- how satisfying and rewarding was THAT)
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Sharon
Awesome! I will be making my own grow bags this year. All of my supplies have come in, I have threaded my heavy duty sewing machine and am ready to cut the cloth and sew it up. Plus, I will be making some for gardening family and friends as gifts.
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Awesome! I will be making my own grow bags this year. All of my supplies have come in, I have threaded my heavy duty sewing machine and am ready to cut the cloth and sew it up. Plus, I will be making some for gardening family and friends as gifts.
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