Can You Grow Potatoes in the Fall?

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2 жыл бұрын

Over the last few years, we've failed miserably at planting fall potatoes. But we know it can be done, so here we go again.
Join us to see what we're doing different this year that will hopefully lead to us being successful at growing fall Irish potatoes and preserving our own seed stock for the spring.
We'll also dig our Murasaki purple sweet potatoes to see how they compare to the other varieties we've grown.
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@justinbukoski1 2 жыл бұрын

Travis, my understanding of why you plant the whole potato in the fall is related to the length of day. The potato is a store of energy for the plant and since they get less energy from the sun in the fall the plants do better with the extra stored energy in the root stock. That's how my grand parents explained it to me. No idea if it's true because I always plant whole potatoes since my plots are small anyway.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds plausible ...

@noellanmcdaniel9055 11 ай бұрын

Hello! I am a ga implant about 10 years only tried growing spuds once so far in ga . ( Reason for watching and learning). However. I am from 40 yrs or so NE OR/ID..... aka russet heaven. Know lots of spud farmers by first name and have as a poor person cleaned out many of edges of spud fields where the truck and tractors can't get to due to risers for irrigation or even turning radius issues. That being said, I have seen potatoes as big as your head along the edges where spaced farther apart. Even the farmers were amazed of the size of Spuds we put in the back of our trucks. Fifty bucks I could fill the back of a pickup and do the farmers a favor. Now aim here and seriously wanna grow spuds! Aka taters lol . Spacing them will get bigger spuds haha love the content !

@cherylkovalik1983 2 жыл бұрын

This year we experimented with our sweet potatoes in order to increase production. First, we kept the vines cut back all season. Second, we planted the whole sprouted potato, no slips, no water glass, nothing, just stuck the whole sprouted potato into the dirt just like a regular potato. This year we had the best harvest, ever. Nice, large sweet potatoes. They were pushing themselves out of the ground so we had some along the way to try. Awesome. Oh, one more thing, we did use large (100 gallon) grow bags instead of planting directly into the ground because we are in Florida and the sand compaction can be a problem. Hope this helps everyone!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I've tried pruning the vines in the past and didn't notice a huge difference. But I was growing in the ground and not grow bags, so that may be why.

@Angela_Alaimo 2 жыл бұрын

I planted 10 little kennebecs in 2 grow bags, got a half bushel of really good sized potatoes. It's not much but I've got a really small garden area. When I harvested I said, It's time! It's tater time! 😄

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Tater time is the best time! Congrats on your harvest!

@sarahmannluker7528 2 жыл бұрын

Your garden is wonderful! Due to circumstances I was unable to grow a spring garden or start my fall garden, but it was so cool to go out and find sweet potatoes growing from last year's missed roots. I don't care that it was just a handful, it made me so happy.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

That's great!

@gregzeigler3850 Жыл бұрын

From what I have gathered, the reason fall planted potatoes don't work, is the sunlight is much less(less hours) and you're going from warm earth to cold earth(maybe not so bad, down South). I understand, that those leaves on the sweet potato are edible.

@LazyDogFarm Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm sure daylight hours makes it tougher up north. We can do okay with a fall crop, but it's not as good as spring.

@debbieperks882 Жыл бұрын

I just go to the Chinese grocery store and buy their red sweet potatoes and make slips then plant them. This year 2022 they did better than the regular sweet potatoes.

@ritaferguson3149 2 жыл бұрын

So glad your back has healed well. Thank you LORD, indeed! 😊

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rita! I feel very blessed.

@sharonmorton6734 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to God our Father and Jesus Christ for prayers answered for healing. Never forget how loved and blessed you are. Caitlin, You survived!!! Well done!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sharon!

@randyketcham3840 2 жыл бұрын

Good deal on the back. Great news.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy!

@lisafahrner8257 Жыл бұрын

Glory to God.

@janetlavoie2441 2 жыл бұрын

My dad used the same potatoes over and over...he didn't buy seed potatoes. We had a root cellar and its cold enough in Maine to keep those taters healthy till spring.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know. We have pole barns instead of root cellars down here. lol

@angelalowe5987 2 жыл бұрын

God is good all the time! I am glad you are fully healed from your back injury. ❤️

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed He is! Thanks Angela!

@tiffanyconner6955 2 жыл бұрын

Small tractor with a bush hog for sweet potato vines works good.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

It would if I didn't have these tall hills.

@tiffanyconner6955 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm I live in sweet potato country 100's and 100's and 100's of acres around me are grown every year .Our county in NC is the #1 producer in the US. The farmers bush hog the fields a day or so ahead of plowing them for harvest and the rows are on tall hills also. The farmers tractors pull 2 wheeled bush hogs set high up to not tear up the roots. It's nothing to see 100's of migrant workers loading tractor trailer loads of sweet potatoes in the fall.

@petlover071 2 жыл бұрын

So glad your back is better! Keep going easy, and don't ever work it.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sheryl! That's the plan.

@FlomatonFamous 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same result with the purple sweet potatoes.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

So it wasn't just me ... lol

@robingreene8167 2 жыл бұрын

Glad your getting better.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin! Me too!

@emilyneal7888 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! For the good report on your back.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Emily!

@butterflyj685 2 жыл бұрын

Praise God! I'm glad to hear you have recovered. Please make sure you take it easy and don't over work yourself.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Slow and easy ...

@SaraJean85 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like u could use a garden sickle to get thru them vines

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

You could, but it would be quite the workout!

@larrystrong6701 2 жыл бұрын

Planted some red norlands in raised beds today. They were kinda dried up, they had lots of sprouts, hope they come on.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they sprout for you. It's rained here all weekend. My luck. Hope all of mine don't rot.

@cherylbertolini3140 2 жыл бұрын

so glad your back is all healed.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@lindaedwards9756 2 жыл бұрын

I never gave good luck with potatoes except the ones that I miss snd turn up months later 🤷‍♀️

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Haha. There's always a few that we miss too.

@MBHeritageFarms 2 жыл бұрын

This year will be the first for us to store sweet potatoes to plant for next year. Congrats on the recovery Travis

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I'm interested to see if my black plastic trick will allow my sweet potatoes to last until next spring. If so, I may do the same.

@pfurr281 2 жыл бұрын

My sweet potatoes was a hit this year it was my first time I went by you videos and the Georgia Jet are so good thank for sharing my husband even made me drying rack like your keep the videos coming,how are you chickens?

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the Georgia Jet! It never fails us.

@nagasvoice8895 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear the good news about your back healing! Good luck on rebuilding back muscles.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's a slow process, but getting there.

@lourdes-amaliatalbert748 7 ай бұрын

Mrs. Travis, please do not get down on the ground in your garden with bare knees and hands. Your skin is so pretty and young-looking right now but if you continue to garden unprotected from the sun and dirt you're digging in, your skin will show the damage from the sun & dirt by the time you are 50/60 years old. My mom, siblings, and I grew up working in big vegetable, flower, and tree gardens. For some of us, the sun & dirt took their toll on us and for others, it didn't. DNA? Maybe. Nonetheless, protect yourself, and your beautiful skin. May God bless you and your family. I enjoy your husband's videos. Thank you.

@karenzorn773 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear your back has healed. Praise be.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen!

@markb3129 2 жыл бұрын

Great news on your back!!! ✌

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Sure is!

@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Travis, I am really glad to hear that your back has healed. Just in time for tater time!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

That's right! Gotta be full strength for tater time!

@evec.1933 2 жыл бұрын

So glad your back has healed well!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eve! Us too!

@vickieginn7503 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your back!! Glad to hear all is well. 🌸

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vickie!

@heather-h 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Heather!

@WILLITGROW 2 жыл бұрын

nice to see you back to full speed.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Not quite full speed, but getting close!

@izzyguerrero3909 2 жыл бұрын

Starting seeds is so fun

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is! Once this tropical storm passes, we're going to do some more of it!

@imaprepper1866 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck Travis. Hope your harvest of potatoes are plenty.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Imma!

@herbcounselorh7734 2 жыл бұрын

Taters precccious! Just had a plate full of creamy mashed taters that we grew last Spring; yum :-P I've not had luck growing Fall taters for the same reason you have problems. Pest pressure, especially ants, is really bad here. I had the same idea of growing seed taters for Spring; alas it didn't work! But enough of tater talk, woooohoooo! on the great news regarding the healing of your back!!! God is good. The sophisticated design of the immune system to heal is second to none. Good to see you back in action.. alright, alright, allllright!!! :- ) May God bless.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Herb! God is good, all the time.

@papawsplace 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear the back healed up good. God Bless!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eddie! God bless!

@DDWASH9595 2 жыл бұрын

Glad your good Travis

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darrin!

@shadyacrefarm1005 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah it’s time…it’s sweet potato time!!! Hoping your fall planting of potatoes is a success my friend. Great video as always Travis!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks y'all!

@rozellabrooks1131 2 жыл бұрын

Praise God for the good report on your back. Look forward to seeing your sweet potato taste comparson. Have a blessed day

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us Rozella!

@melindaroth214 2 жыл бұрын

THAT IS SO CUTE TRAVIS. IT'S TIME, IT'S TATER TIME. I LOVE YALL BROTHER.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Tater time is the best time!

@sabbyjones2308 2 жыл бұрын

Rehot??? You crack me up Love it!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

😁

@josephhamilton9460 2 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the same trying purple and golden potatoes on in a pot and two out in the garden

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Let us know how it goes!

@78gravedigger 2 жыл бұрын

I had success this summer with potatoes. So fun to backyard grocery shop.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Nothing like the backyard grocery store!

@HandsintheDirt 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your Fall potatoes I might give that a try next year I’m in Georgia zone 7b so I’m thinking I will start them in early August. 🥔

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Early August sounds about right.

@dmartin4295 2 жыл бұрын

Since we didn't plant spring taters, just might experiment with a short row of something and see how they do in zone 9b. Such great news on your back! Continued blessings on your family!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@markware7748 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the bold attempt on Fall potatoes. Potatoes first arrived in England about 1585 and European farmers have been re-growing their own tuber crop for over 500 years now. You may need to invest in a brush cutting blade weed eater for those sweet potato vines. Have you considered having Reemay row cover material on hand to ward off those early frosts? Cheap and reusable. Might save the seed crop.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I have wrestled with the idea of starting to use row cover. I just can't make myself like the idea of installing it and removing it in the mornings. Maybe I'll come around one of these days.

@zwtrussell4517 2 жыл бұрын

I had planed to dig my sweet potatoes this weekend but the rain says not this weekend. So maybe by the middle of next week. Glad your back is good just don’t over do it. Thanks for the great videos.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Yep the rain has halted my digging those next couple rows. Gonna have to wait until next week as well.

@aliceserna614 2 жыл бұрын

I have grown some small sweet potatoes not worth the time, but them small ones are great scrubbed and baked off.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

They're finicky for us. Some years the harvests are great, some not so much.

@midsouthhomestead7527 2 жыл бұрын

Hi from South West TN. I bought an organic bag of Yukon Gold for spring. I planted them whole and they did great! I saved red potatoes from last year in a cardboard box in a closet. They did great too. I have never planted fall potatoes but I am try a few. God bless. Rhonda

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely let us know how the fall potatoes do for you.

@TheKaffeeKlatsch 2 жыл бұрын

I’m on west coast California so we don’t get the extreme cold snaps, but I keep a few straw bales around to cover potatoes with. Kinda like the Ruth Stout method. I’ve had year around luck with Yukon Golds and some reds and purple varieties. The Golds develop well here.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! That's great that you're able to keep them growing year round.

@suepatterson2702 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tater info. I'm hoping to get a few taters tomorrow at Publix and get them in ground asap. Too bad about the sweet taters... sometimes gardening is learning what not to plant again. Also, I'm so glad to hear your back has healed. God is good, many prayers were answered, rejoice in His blessing.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sue! Good luck on those fall potatoes!

@loganyoutube4818 2 жыл бұрын

Compost in the planting furrow/hole helps a lot

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

This plot has a good bit of compost incorporated in the soil, but I could see where that would help the drainage in the furrow.

@midsouthhomestead7527 2 жыл бұрын

I started a bag of sweet potato slips from Aldi. They did so good. I got a lot from just a few slips.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@tonyr7393 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the UK. Depending upon what type of potato size harvest you're after, quite often the recommendation here when planting whole potatoes is to remove some of the eyes before sowing. The theory is that you'll end up with a harvest of more baking potato sized ones, but obviously less of them. The large growing space you're utilising here though may mean your potatoes have plenty of space to develop fully regardless, so the theory may only apply to smaller plots. There's a trend here to grow potatoes in 30 litre buckets (it works quite well for those of us with limited space), and having seen the tiny potatoes that emerge at harvest time, i'm pretty sure the theory applies there. Good luck. I'm sure we'll both be enjoying home grown spuds at Christmas/Thanksgiving.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips Tony. We've seen the same trend here in the states with folks growing them in large containers.

@russrhondamartin6454 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that your back is healed! As for tater's, we cut, healed, and planted some red taters on Aug 27. Did notice that the cut seed stock seemed to be shriveling really bad while they were trying to scab over so I wasn't holding out much hope for them. On Sept 9 I dug into the row and was finding rotted seed stock, so I ran the wheel how back down the row, threw all the rotted seed stock out, and replanted whole taters. We'll see how it goes. The best taters we had stored were cut up and planted first, the second planting were all the "B" team choices for seed and were smaller taters with fewer sprouts. Time will tell!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Good thing you checked. That whole shriveled potato piece problem is what happened to us in the past. Hopefully the whole potatoes will fare much better.

@carolavant3778 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all sure did a lot of work for a darn few sweet potatoes. Hopefully, the next rows will be better yields. I've grown Fall Yukon Gold potatoes in Zone 9b - It's a crap-shoot. If you don't get a bad frost, they do really well. Of course, I couldn't get seed potatoes until November back then (from a company on the West coast), so I was always betting against the weather. For some reason, I had really awful pest pressure in the Spring down there, and better luck in the Winter. I'm interested to see how it is here in North Florida Zone 8b. So glad your back is healing well, Travis! I know you're both happy about that.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carol! Enjoy your fall planting that will be happening very soon!

@freepress6665 2 жыл бұрын

Always plant by the moon before full moon above ground crops before new moon unground crops , In the fall if you get frost , just cut off all the green and burry the stem leave in ground till time to dig

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

During hurricane season, we just have to plant when the soil moisture gives us a chance to do so.

@freepress6665 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Yes , we got 6.8 inches yesterday , We play by the signs of our weather , back when no TV, radio , weatherman , we had to remember , Your area has a good chance of snow this winter , I like that shoran grass and red ripper peas , as cow peas too. U do a real good job at farming , informative shows .

@kimberlyearls649 2 жыл бұрын

My Murasaki taters are all vines. I'm glad I only planted one row.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like ours. Very disappointing.

@petlover071 2 жыл бұрын

"new potatoes" are good too! Harvest what you can right before first frost. Keep an eye on the weather.. Small potatoes are great! You can just bake them whole, as a side dish...Oh, I am in the same zone as you.... In Oregon.. 8B..

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We find the small ones are much easier to cut and we like them roasted whole. I welcome the small taters!

@stevefromthegarden1135 2 жыл бұрын

Good news on the back injury. Since your goal is to produce seed potatoes for spring, the later start should not be a problem. The potatoes will be a smaller when you pull them out before the frost but we usually use the smaller potatoes for seed anyways. The sweet potatoes I grew in buckets were a complete bust this year. I'm hoping the in-ground do better. We'll find out this weekend.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

That was my thoughts too. Overcrowding and a shorter growout time which should lead to smaller potatoes will be just fine considering the intended use. Hope your in-ground sweet taters do better!

@petlover071 2 жыл бұрын

I have potatoes growing in my mulch pile! They just keep going! Wherever I have any size of potato, that I missed.. and threw the soil into my mulch pile, they just keep growing! I just got 5 red potatoes from some random potato I missed, in the pepper garden! Peppers and potatoes grow well together!

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome that you're still getting harvests!

@mfhmonkey 2 жыл бұрын

I grew Georgia Jets this year. I grew two to three slips per 20 gallon grow bag. Five grow bags total. We got more than fifty pounds of sweet potatoes and they are the best I have ever eaten. I grew them in bags because last years crop was really buggy, these were nearly big free.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! It's always our best variety, but we enjoy trying new ones.

@lovnmyworld1922 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer the purple sweet potato, It's not so sweet and dryer. Love them

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

These better be good!

@ruthannjones5873 2 жыл бұрын

Hilling should be determined by determinate or indeterminate growth.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

In northern climates it might. But we don't see much of a difference between early-maturing (determinate) and later-maturing (indeterminate) varieties down here. So we hill them all to help suppress weeds and keep them from being exposed to the sun.

@backwoodsbaby9729 2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried Yukon gem? Its apparently supposed to be tastier & maybe more disease resistant(?) Than yukon gold.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried that one. If it's any better than the Yukon Golds we grow, I don't know if I can stand it! lol

@nancyseery2213 2 жыл бұрын

I don't weed eat or mow my sweet potato vines. I just start on one end and just sort of roll the vines up! Makes it easy to get the leaves into the compost area.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I've done that too, but it seems to shorten the digging time if I mow them prior.

@davidmarshall2297 2 жыл бұрын

Can relate to your small harvest, I planted 3 rows, about 3 pounds of seed potatoes and got 3 pounds of yield, wonderful looking plants for 100 days, but something didn't quite happen. See if I can figure it out next yr. In zone 5b.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Might have had too much N, and not enough P or K.

@davesrvchannel4717 2 жыл бұрын

13:10, I like the shorts with long socks in boots look you got going on there. Next time I go to Walmart I’m going to see what reaction I get from the ladies. You scored well with your wife, I’ll see what it gets me

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! That look is more about function than fashion. But you never know who you might find that appreciates that style! lol

@johnoshiro8885 2 жыл бұрын

I plant Okinawan sweet potatoes which are tropical varieties. They have extremely long times to harvest. Plant in spring--harvest in November. Typically, I harvest after they flower. I also don't water two weeks before harvest. I suspect Murasakis are similar.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We grew a purple skinned, purple meat variety last year but wasn't sure of the name. It did much better than the Murasaki though.

@monikas5125 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Monika!

@justacountrygirl8750 2 жыл бұрын

Grew the Murasaki last year and won’t plant again. Now the purple meat potato is much better. As for fall Irish potatoes, I try to plant the early season potatoes that don’t take as long to make because we get our first frost late Nov too.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We grew a few of the purple meat sweet potatoes last year and they were more productive, and tasted really good!

@mattpeacock5208 Жыл бұрын

You woulda had a better yield if you put copper antennaes in the ground amongst your sweet taters to capture the atmospheric energy!!!!

@LazyDogFarm Жыл бұрын

IKR?!

@davesrvchannel4717 2 жыл бұрын

Points I wrestle with. Yes the daylight hours are getting shorter but the potatoes are underground without sunlight. But the leafs absorb sunlight. I wonder if ground temp is more important or equally important as hours of sunlight. So I am hilling mine deeper cover once it breaks cool, use darks leaves for ground cover mulch. I planted mine a month ago tenn/ala state line area. My plants are growing good, no idea on results until tater digging time.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

All valid points. Hopefully we can both learn from each other with our experiences.

@jonlewis6630 2 жыл бұрын

This is my first year doing a fall garden. So far, it's not too good. Fall corn has been a disaster. From poor germination to getting flooded. Just planted lettuce, beets, collards and Brussel Sprouts. Cabbage is just a little behind. Zone 8a, Coastal NC.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Some years the weather just doesn't cooperate. The worm pressure is as bad as I've ever seen it this year.

@sonnybrown1399 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I sure feel better about my one 5gal bucket harvest of sweet tators. Grew the slips off of several tators and planted in raised beds. No idea the variety, I just called em "Marty Sweets" (from Wally Whirl) 😁

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Good name for them! Glad you were able to get a decent harvest.

@sonnybrown1399 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm That occurred before I discovered Hoss. I will go for better next /Vatines Day\ with your seeds. We just established here in N Florida and a working progress of "NO Lawn All Garden" on 2 acres. It's a ton of work, but you all at Hoss has given me a strategic focus to make it happen. Thanks & BTW, that includes Deep South Homestead, and David The Good 👍😀

@papawsplace 2 жыл бұрын

Lot's of work for them 3 taters...LOL 😂

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I don't mind a little work, but I'd like for it to be more rewarding than that. lol

@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures 2 жыл бұрын

I rely on y’all for tuber information 😂 I think the ground is different lots of root crops have struggled this year not sure what it is but even our potatoes didn’t do nearly as good

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

This spring we had one of the best potato seasons ever -- mainly because it was dry and cooler than normal. In a wet spring, it's usually not that great.

@sherrymull1728 2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying some sweet potatoes 7 slits. To see if my ground is good for potatoes.I had a bag of regular potatoes started sprouting,planted them, really hope their productive. My pumpkins did not do good this year.They came up beautiful vines then I fertilized them .They put on pumpkins.Then one by one,I think I got vine bore or i killed them by fertilizing.I was real sad.Maybe next year.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

It's a tough time of year for pumpkins. Might want to try planting some of the C. moschata varieties if you haven't tried those. They seem to be a little more pest-tolerant.

@jimt6151 2 жыл бұрын

To cover the whole potatoes, try using the spreader bar on your wheel hoe, with the plows mounted all the way out on the ends. It'll reach out further and pull in dirt the plows wouldn't normally reach. There'll be two furrows, that won't quite meet in the middle. Run all the rows like that, then mount the plows like you normally would and run the rows again. This time, the plows will pull in those two furrows and pile them up into a single, higher furrow that should cover the potatoes. I did this with almost everything last Spring, since it was going to be a wet year. I had three inches of water standing between my furrows several times, but all of the furrows stayed dry.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Good idea, although I think me and Manuel were able to do it faster than it would have taken to change the attachments. lol

@brandischott4311 2 жыл бұрын

Can you show us how you store them in the barn?

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We show our storage setup in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppmTaLRhv8C4lpc.html

@bennywalsh2038 2 жыл бұрын

With regards to the strimmer line, I just researched the crap out of them before deciding that the Ryobi 40v suited my needs at the price. I was watching the WorkshopAddict review where he recommended upping the diameter of the line. It comes with 0.08" diameter but 0.095' works better. He also uses a bulk Stihl line and swears to blows the other away for strength. One other thing he recommends is soaking your line in water to soften it.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a big Stihl fan. I have their weedeater, edger, blower, and hedge trimmer. Might need to find me a blade attachment for the weedeater though to get these sweet potato vines.

@bennywalsh2038 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Firstly, I have WAY too much time on my hands but am selective about whom and what I listen to. Pete B: East Texas Homesteading has a video on this topic (Renegade brush blade and Echo trimmer conversion kit installation - review) and recommends 2pk-8"-56t -- Renegade Razor / Hybrid -- Combo Specialty -- RENEGADE BLADE - Carbide Brush Cutter

@dwightmoss7919 2 жыл бұрын

I never cut my tater seed Here in the mts. If you cut them they will rot

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We have to make sure we let the skins heal properly after cutting them, but we've always planted pieces.

@joshuab738 2 жыл бұрын

Wow off my Korean sweet potatoes (a purple type --- no clue the name of it though as it has been passed down from my wife's family ) I got that much just from 3 5 gallon grow bags. Not sure what went wrong for you.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We grew some of the ones with the purple inside last year and they did way better than the Murasaki did this year.

@vanessabrady8459 2 жыл бұрын

Check out OAG (Old Alabama Gardener) he grows the Murasaki potatoes. I believe he has a video on growing tips

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip Vanessa!

@rebellionpointfarms6140 2 жыл бұрын

im same zone and havent bought new tater starts in 5 years

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know. I'd like to be able to do the same thing.

@tomjones4318 2 жыл бұрын

Old chinese proverb: If your back ain't working you ain't working. Man I better get next year's seed potatoes in the ground.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

That's right! Best of luck with those fall taters.

@petercameron8832 10 ай бұрын

Here in Australia we call FALL autumn, is that a word in the states? We do not have many deciduous trees.

@LazyDogFarm 10 ай бұрын

You'll hear the term autumn on occasion, but we mostly call it "fall."

@emmagreen6087 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it's TRUE, but I heard you plant the bigger, whole potato in the fall/winter is because it takes colder temps to freeze the bigger ones. If they freeze, they won't grow.

@candacethompson2521 2 жыл бұрын

I hope your new potatoes work out.. I pressure can most all my potatoes. Have you guys ever canned them? It's better then losing them. I also can most of my sweet potatoes.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I've had canned potatoes and am not a huge fan. They're okay, but not my favorite.

@candacethompson2521 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm don't use store bought canned potatoes as an example.....

@mikedaniell213 2 жыл бұрын

Would a sling be helpful for removing sweetpotatoes vines?

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

You better eat your wheaties if you plan on getting after those with a sling. Not saying it couldn't be done, but it would be quite the workout.

@jimmyblackburn2625 2 жыл бұрын

Are these sweet potatos good for baking once they sweeten up. I was raised up eating baked sweet potato which i love them any way they are prepared Jimmy NC

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure. First time growing the Muraski variety and it will be our first time eating them in a few weeks once they cure a little. I don't much care for them baked unless it's a pie. We make fries or roasted chunks with most of ours. I like mine salty instead of sweet.

@richardisbell8561 2 жыл бұрын

The Puerto Rican reds are the best

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Let's hope so! We have a whole row of those to dig soon.

@richardisbell8561 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm Those are the best sweet potato there is I can't get any of them in TN

@Ct9405 2 жыл бұрын

I remember on a prior video you spread alfalfa pellets on one plot for fertilizer. How did they work out? Will you do it again?

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't used them yet. Was planning on spreading some soon prior to fall planting.

@kathysheesley463 2 жыл бұрын

Travis, what zone are you? I am in zone 9 in California. I believe we are pretty close to same frost times.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

We're in zone 8b right here near the GA/FL line.

@AlabamaConstitutionalCrusader 2 жыл бұрын

Im in Zone 9a and i planted some a few weeks back today i snatched them oug because they didnt have any leaves bugs kept eating them

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

I'm expecting some pretty intense insect pressure as well. We'll see what happens.

@AlabamaConstitutionalCrusader 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm catch em earl is all i can tell ya . They are harsh this tome of year as you already know . And pickle worms are destroying my sumter cucumbers sad part is this was my best grow of the year 30-50 blooms per plant at any given time . I think I got them under control now. I hope

@SP-tf9lo 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your red and blue buckets?

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

The red buckets are the same ones used by the commercial produce farmers around here. They're made by a company called Intergro, but not sure where you can actually buy them. Here's the link anyways: intergro.com/en/thestandardbucket/ The blue bucket came from Lowes.

@FosterFarmsOk 2 жыл бұрын

I had a bumper spring crop. replanted some taters in early august.. Only one has popped up. :(

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Uh oh! Have you scratched around to see if they rotted or if they just didn't sprout?

@FosterFarmsOk 2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyDogFarm not yet. I will soon though.

@ericacook135 2 жыл бұрын

What can I use in my garden for ants? We have crazy ants here in Houston. They are all over everything. Thank gosh they don't bite but they are covering all my stuff. Peas, okra, cantaloupe squash. It's very frustrating. I want something that is safe to use on things we eat. I'm so glad you are feeling better.

@markware7748 2 жыл бұрын

Erica.. consider food grade diatomaceous earth. Non-toxic to us but does a number on the ants. They may feeding on aphids though.

@LazyDogFarm 2 жыл бұрын

Spinosad will take care of ants if you're looking for an organic solution.