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25 Responses to Potato barrel reveal/how not to grow potatoes…
Thanks for that Jonathan… I have used only a little in the current bags we are growing.. Shall check their levels tomorrow..
Thanks again for the tip…
Have a great one..
Coco peat has too high a Ph for growing potatoes. You want about a 6.5 high nutrient soil for best results with potatoes.
Killerbiscuit1989
November 30, 2012 at 10:26 pm Reply
I am trying it slightly different this time.. Planting them in black bags but burying 1/3 of the bag into a bed to see how access to extra water & soil does.. Used a fair bit of coconut coir to lighten up the mix a bit this time as well… They should be ready in about 4 weeks from now & shall do a clip for the harvesting…
Have a good one..
Thanks for posting this, so many post how they started but don’t show if the failed or was successful. I did mine in a 55 gallon barrel and in 5 gallon buckets. Did okay but not as well as I hoped for. Seemed lik all the potatoes stayed to the bottom and didn’t grow up higher as I mounded the soil. My soil mixture was light and airy as it was 1/3 compost/ 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 vermiculite. (Square Foot Gardening mixture)
Yep.. We have heaps of failures but such is.. Best way to learn I think.. Our sweet potatoes are going great so we will have more than enough of them to see us through..
Take it easy..
: )»
Bummer. I like your honesty in that not all attempts are major triumphs. I don’t grow potato just the sweet potato as I follow the Paleo Diet. My garden is set up Paleo too. I just bought 12 buckets to start rain gutter gardening so your video was an eye opener. Be prepared to learn through failures but rejoyce over big chicken dinner bugs.
WOW! That is what happened to me last year. I did better this year so far with the potato grow bags. Gonna try bales of wheat straw next go around and compare that with the grow bags. Maybe next go around will be better for ya! Chooks will enjoy those fat grubs though!
Has to be done + it has been a bit of a joke around here seeing the plant grow, die back then grow again.. Was never expecting much..
Have a good one..
Most of the bug grubs only eat decomposing matter I have been told but better to be safe than sorry I think… There is more than enough lawn for them to munch on me thinks..
Take it easy…
Thanks… The harvests have been getting smaller & smaller so will give it one more shot in spring using another method & see how we go..
Have a good one..
I think it’s better to send people to someone who knows what they are doing..
I think the neighborhood heard me laughing as I was emptying out the barrel…
Have a good one Brendan..
Thanks for that Jonathan… I have used only a little in the current bags we are growing.. Shall check their levels tomorrow..
Thanks again for the tip…
Have a great one..
bnbob01
November 30, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Coco peat has too high a Ph for growing potatoes. You want about a 6.5 high nutrient soil for best results with potatoes.
Killerbiscuit1989
November 30, 2012 at 10:26 pm
I am trying it slightly different this time.. Planting them in black bags but burying 1/3 of the bag into a bed to see how access to extra water & soil does.. Used a fair bit of coconut coir to lighten up the mix a bit this time as well… They should be ready in about 4 weeks from now & shall do a clip for the harvesting…
Have a good one..
bnbob01
November 30, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Thanks for posting this, so many post how they started but don’t show if the failed or was successful. I did mine in a 55 gallon barrel and in 5 gallon buckets. Did okay but not as well as I hoped for. Seemed lik all the potatoes stayed to the bottom and didn’t grow up higher as I mounded the soil. My soil mixture was light and airy as it was 1/3 compost/ 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 vermiculite. (Square Foot Gardening mixture)
DJMovit
November 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Yep, is all fun & games.. As long as I keep learning I will be happy…
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 12:00 am
I think I will take up the cupboard method..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 12:18 am
things like this happens but that is the highs and lows of gardening
WisVeggieGardeners
December 1, 2012 at 1:01 am
that’s a shame… my cupboard is good at growing potatoes
gregthegardener
December 1, 2012 at 1:46 am
Ha ha ha ha….
Just don’t ask about the Jerusalem artichokes..
**walks away whistling**
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 2:44 am
That’s what we will do next time & sit the pot on a garden bed as it appears to help according to a few clips I have seen..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 3:13 am
Thanks…
:D»
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 3:37 am
Yep.. We have heaps of failures but such is.. Best way to learn I think.. Our sweet potatoes are going great so we will have more than enough of them to see us through..
Take it easy..
: )»
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 3:55 am
Counting on next time to be better.. **nods**
The chooks certainly did enjoy the worms… They get a tad vicious biffing over them…
Have a good one
:D»
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 4:48 am
A couple of weeks back now since Bianca attacked me…
Thanks for watching…
:)»
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 5:42 am
I just noticed your hair cut! When did you do that!. Great video!
cfenster
December 1, 2012 at 6:32 am
Doh!!! That looks like a result I would get from my garden.. not yours!!!
Watsamadoing
December 1, 2012 at 6:34 am
Bummer. I like your honesty in that not all attempts are major triumphs. I don’t grow potato just the sweet potato as I follow the Paleo Diet. My garden is set up Paleo too. I just bought 12 buckets to start rain gutter gardening so your video was an eye opener. Be prepared to learn through failures but rejoyce over big chicken dinner bugs.
Silkymits2000
December 1, 2012 at 7:03 am
WOW! That is what happened to me last year. I did better this year so far with the potato grow bags. Gonna try bales of wheat straw next go around and compare that with the grow bags. Maybe next go around will be better for ya! Chooks will enjoy those fat grubs though!
emsapowell
December 1, 2012 at 7:35 am
1 more shot is all they will get I think.. Must get family to grow them so I can barter..
Take it easy..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 8:15 am
Has to be done + it has been a bit of a joke around here seeing the plant grow, die back then grow again.. Was never expecting much..
Have a good one..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 8:49 am
Ha ha ha ha… We can start a club.. **nod**
“The Dud Spuds”
Have a good one Dale..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 9:41 am
Most of the bug grubs only eat decomposing matter I have been told but better to be safe than sorry I think… There is more than enough lawn for them to munch on me thinks..
Take it easy…
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 9:49 am
Thanks… The harvests have been getting smaller & smaller so will give it one more shot in spring using another method & see how we go..
Have a good one..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 10:40 am
We have stopped eating them lately… I think sweet potatoes are the way to go but it is always good to have a treat every now & then..
:)»
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 11:23 am
I think it’s better to send people to someone who knows what they are doing..
I think the neighborhood heard me laughing as I was emptying out the barrel…
Have a good one Brendan..
bnbob01
December 1, 2012 at 11:33 am