I Grew Cut vs Whole Potatoes with Harvest Results

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Жыл бұрын

I conducted a potato growing experiment by planting whole potatoes and cut potatoes and the results are surprising. I kept everything else constant such as sunlight, fertilizer, and watering. Cut vs Whole Potatoes with Harvest Results
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@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

I have another idea, what if I plant the whole potato but keep only one eye/chit on the potato and get rid of the other eyes, hmm and do the same for cut potatoes too, only one eye per potato. So only one plant grows per panted potato. Another video? lol But then I think the result might be the same, fewer larger potatoes, what you all think?

@tinkmarshino Жыл бұрын

you maybe right about the one eye... but I am gonna try it on one row of potatoes this next growing season..

@chrispedersen6999 Жыл бұрын

On seed potato packs they advise two good chits. Remove the rest. I hope this helps.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

@chrispedersen6999 Makes sense, thanks!

@rajib8231 Жыл бұрын

Good 💡

@6140970 Жыл бұрын

It most likely grow larger potatoes, because then all the energy is going into the one eye. It would be interesting to see what the outcome would look like hey

@chinatownboy7482 Жыл бұрын

It's December. We just got our rains and cold weather. My "wild potato" have sprouted and the plants are growing. It's amusing to me, that every year, potatoes grow as winter approaches. I don't plant them. They are just potatoes that are left in the ground. It started decades ago when I buried some old produce. I think you did a video about that - burying garbage to compost. They come back every year. There are always free potatoes in my yard.

@asommicman7744 3 ай бұрын

That's so cool 😎 nature is awesome

@PeterSedesse Жыл бұрын

I did this experiment a few times. If you have the space in your gargen, cut each eye into a different piece. sometimes you can get 4 or 5 plants from one seed potato. The whole potato starts out faster, but the cut potato catches up. You can get 20-25lbs from one split seed potato, and 8-10lbs from one whole seed potato.

@makeoversbymeme2077 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment ! I thought I remember seeing someone do a video and cut the potato so one chit was on each piece but couldn’t find it. I’m planting for the first time this week 😊

@kevoprezzo Жыл бұрын

@@makeoversbymeme2077 I think the channel you were looking for is called Urban Gardening kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftaYo9yjut_KaGw.html&ab_channel=UrbanGardening

@makeoversbymeme2077 Жыл бұрын

@@kevoprezzo thank you so much ☺️

@headmastertv7291 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts I think your right.more number you plant the more harvest you get ❤

@playdiscgolf1546 Жыл бұрын

I planted whole potato seeds and each one gave me 4-5 plants

@mikewilson8265 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather always planted cut potatoes in his large veggie garden but he always coated the cut area with wood ash and only left one eye on the seed potatoes. His garden was an acre in size and feed half a dozen families in his district. (Central Queensland in Australia)

@fancythat5136 Жыл бұрын

Leaving one eye makes so much sense now after watching his video. Your grandfather was a smart man.

@Z71Ranger Жыл бұрын

My grandfather did the same but he used Powder Sulfur to coat the cut potatoes... He sold his vegetables in town 3 days a week...

@carl8568 Жыл бұрын

So the ash was to inhibit fungal growth of the fresh cut?

@mikewilson8265 Жыл бұрын

@@carl8568 also to adjust soil ph to start rooting.

@carl8568 Жыл бұрын

@@mikewilson8265 Adding ash to soil promotes alkalinity where potatoes prefer a slightly acidic soil.

@susanwestmoreland9732 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to do this experiment!

@katiem9644 Жыл бұрын

This was really interesting, and I concur with your conclusion. In fact, I will be planting potatoes this week in grow bags, and because of your experiment, I will be using cut/chit potatoes. Thanks for doing this.

@caribecastaway6447 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your video with well explained trial, no repetition and straight to the results without wasting time. Thanks

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked the video :)

@marcosberrios7691 5 ай бұрын

I'm a scientist and a beginner to growing food so I appreciate this video A LOT. Thank you.

@andyjones6361 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting study!! I love the way you controlled the variants. Also I think you have the right explanation for the varied results. The plant thing I don’t know is why the whole potatoes through more offspring than the cut potatoes with the same amount of eyes!!! Well done!! I find this so intriguing !!

@PippiLong1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ....answers some of my questions. The cut potatoes gave the best results (in my opinion). Not only did they yield bigger potato's, You were able to eat at least half of each potato as well prior to cutting them. I would weigh the cut portion of the piece you kept to eat and add it to the final results. Would be interesting! 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

@radamson1 Жыл бұрын

Not only that, had he planted both halves the would have got many more potatoes from each potato planted.

@DarkGT Жыл бұрын

The less "eyes" means less shoots to take over the energy. So less potato stems to concentrate the energy into few large potatoes. Alternative: Some people suggest cutting the stems and leaving 1 or 2 of them if you are using whole potato.

@beckysnyder3924 2 ай бұрын

Agree about the cut potatoes actually producing more. If he had cut one large potato into four sections he would have gotten an entire bed’s worth from just ONE potato as compared to FOUR potatoes in the other bed. So your cut seed potatoes go much further (And even from a grocery store organic potatoes are still expensive!)

@wej0w Жыл бұрын

Love the enthousiasm when you harvest them, cant wait for that moment in my own garden for myself!

@usewisdom2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was awesome. Yes I agree the whole potatoes competed for space so developed smaller ones. You are the greatest.

@NocturnalButterfly Жыл бұрын

I love your excitement! ☺️ This is a fantastic experiment, thank you for sharing! 💖🦋

@briantayes2418 Жыл бұрын

Your enthusiasm is infectious! We will try cut and whole potatoes this spring.

@ginav3636 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I learned a lot! Can’t wait for next spring!

@firedawgysgirl5216 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Great info and I love the comparison you did. Very easy to follow and understand what you are doing,

@joanies6778 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting results. I had two rows of potatoes with cabbage in between. Both sides had huge plants, same amount of sun and water, but one side had both more and larger potatoes. I did not plant any whole potatoes, so I'm not sure why one side was more prolific. 🤔 Best potatoes I have ever tasted!

@chichi9851 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it crazy how much better they are than store- bought?

@mindydoplernelson3488 Жыл бұрын

so glad I watched this before planting at my community garden. I find smaller potatoes to be more tender than the bigger potatoes so I will plant mostly whole potatoes with a few cut ones. As a scientist, I am grateful that you controlled as many variables as you did. I'd be curious if you would get identical results if you used the same bed and divided it in half. That way, the soil is absolutely the same.

@patrickwalsh2361 Жыл бұрын

Nice! I love a well controlled garden experiment! 🥔❤

@sinnahsaint7869 Жыл бұрын

I think it's the cut potatoes reacting to the lack of food to start their season and making sure the next plant had large reserves to start. The Uncut potatoes didn't have this pressure and just spit out as many potatoes as possible.

@psymons9133 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your awe and excitement at harvest time

@slomo1716 Жыл бұрын

Great experiment! I am surprised with the results, we always used cut potatoes/eyes for planting our potatoes, we yielded great quantities.

@elainesabo6139 Жыл бұрын

Good info, will be planting whole potatoes 🥔. Thank you 😊

@MelodyT78 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy these experiments, thank you for doing them.

@khaley37781 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I always wondered if I should keep cutting my potatoes or just plant them whole.

@grumpypumpkin1 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this video!! I am sitting here staring at my whole potatoes, debating what I should do. You just made up my mind 😊

@philipa4707 Жыл бұрын

Great post. Thank you!!!

@kwd-2023 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating experiment, thanks!

@justinallen3037 5 ай бұрын

I'm getting into gardening and all of this is amazing to me!

@donnaleveron6511 Жыл бұрын

This is good information, thanks for the experiment!

@261COLLINS Жыл бұрын

Awesome experiment!

@jessicacurtis4199 Жыл бұрын

Lovely Experiment ! Already seen The Cut Potato Bigger Result

@HoldenYourMom Жыл бұрын

Great controlled experiment man very helpfully!

@tradergirl7067 4 ай бұрын

you are a master as showing the whole process and comparison.. 👏 amazing video. thank you. i was hoping to make 3 plants from 1 potato since it has eyes in three places and now I can do it !!❤

@rosewood513 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this test. I like using the whole one, I happen to like smaller potatoes since I want to keep the portion down. Also, I am lazy and do not like to wait for the cut one to scab over... An old timer told me long ago, just put one whole potato in a 5-gallon bucket 5" below the surface. You made up my mind for me. It still depends on the way you like the size to be. I am impressed with the results. So this year I will plant them whole. Great video.

@esthersdaughterlong8149 Жыл бұрын

Wow Jag that is amazing. I think I would prefer bigger potatoes then the little one's. I just might try the cut one's. Thank you!

@familyforever6583 Жыл бұрын

This is interesting thank you! I, going to try it this year too.

@stuarthall2523 Жыл бұрын

Excellent comparison. I think I’ll do a mixture next year to get some larger ones.

@lesszabo5651 Жыл бұрын

nice experiment! thanks.

@91210paige Жыл бұрын

Great job! I've only been growing potatoes for about 4 or 5 years this is valuable information. I always plant whole potatoes but this year I think I'm going to do both. Raise bed gets whole potatoes and 5gal buckets get halfs

@fancythat5136 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Very informative video. I always wondered why we get smaller potatoes with leaving more chits. Makes perfect sense now...TY...

@nikkid1038 Жыл бұрын

I always love ur videos the best. Seems like I waste time w other videos lol. Very informative thank you ❤

@kellypetersen8204 Жыл бұрын

Awesome side by side comparison! Thanks for the experiment and findings. I started planting whole small potatoes and stopped cutting them up a few years ago and have only gotten smaller harvests. Perhaps for the big spuds we should cut them up!

@EvolutionWendy Жыл бұрын

Interesting Kelly. I have never grown potatoes, due to hard packed clay soil, but it looks pretty easy to try this using 2x4s... or 2x6s perhaps was the size...

@joyfisher8008 Жыл бұрын

@@EvolutionWendy I have seen videos of potatoes grown in 5 gal buckets elevated on plant stands, holes drilled in bottom of bucket for drainage. Can't remember if whole or cut potatoes were used but yield was about 5 lbs (2.2 kg) per bucket.

@myrtlewright9674 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos keep them coming!

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@RAM1128 8 күн бұрын

Wow thank you po your video is very helpful ❤❤

@EvolutionWendy Жыл бұрын

I have an idea. The cut potatoes they didn't have any storage at the outset, so the first thing they did was build a new storage root ➡️ one big potato, then made additional storage roots ➡️ several smaller potato. The whole potatoes felt comfortable that they already had a storage root, so the first thing they did was start making additional storage roots ➡️ smaller potato's. What do you think of this idea?

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Interesting thought, I did some quick research, looks like sweet potatoes are the ones that form storage roots, potatoes are tubers.

@sinnahsaint7869 Жыл бұрын

@@DaisyCreekFarms you'r getting caught up on terminology and not thinking about the actual idea presented.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Hmm I see, the reason I made the above comment is because I am not sure if potatoes do work on the storage root trait. If they do, yes, @earthabide the idea makes sense.

@BlackJesus8463 Жыл бұрын

Gotta add the half you ate to the harvest! 😜

@amberdarling9385 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@Minvejfrncois 2 ай бұрын

Wow 😮

@SFelectrolysis Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks 😊

@cosmiconflict 9 ай бұрын

The reason for observations makes real sense ❤

@bornagainbuddhist1969 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting experiment, thanks for sharing....

@Lisa-tl2cf 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DaisyCreekFarms 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support!

@mompofelski4191 Жыл бұрын

That makes sense! I’m cutting from now on 😁

@juliamarple3785 Жыл бұрын

That is very interesting!

@alextercisio 5 ай бұрын

Congratulations this idea make a lot of sense 100% that one with which is whole have many chuts it sprouts and hence compete for nutrients

@usrao2148 Жыл бұрын

Wow, you are a systematic scientist. Your work is acceptable for publication!!!

@milatduek9101 Жыл бұрын

Great experience

@nourahrmumeenslave Жыл бұрын

Good video, Bhai🤗 Thanks for the experiment!

@brandonjohnson7251 Жыл бұрын

Perfect info! KZfaq is free collage

@totalgeezerok Жыл бұрын

very interesting video thanks.

@user-dl1yc8cb4l 26 күн бұрын

Sounds like its a good idea to do some of each

@408Dolly Жыл бұрын

Hello from Idaho👋

@kikoyyoutubetv8206 Жыл бұрын

This is interesting content watching from Canada 🇨🇦 i ❤gardening 😊

@deesfineart 10 күн бұрын

Nice experiment! I would recommend a couple of changes next time: 1- test whole potatoes against the entirety of the cut potatoes (both sides, or cut into however many pieces there are chits), because that would make more sense as "x kg of potatoes gave y kg harvest" - so people can know whether to plant potatoes whole, or cut them up around the chits and plant all of the pieces. 2- or just redo this experiment exactly the same but add the weight of the halves of the potatoes that you ate to the cut potatoes harvest. if you have that info i'd love to hear it! Thanks for making great content

@JilisheGarden4021 Жыл бұрын

I think you should have taken 4 potatoes for each experiment to make it equal/fair that is, the cut potatoes planted would have been eight. ( In this case it seems like you were comparing 4 to 2 potatoes) The total weight would show whether the whole or cut potatoes produced more, maybe that can be your next trial? Just a thought

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Hi Alice, I am not trying to equalize the potatoes. Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, while space, sunlight, fertilizer, and watering etc are constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@klosiemorris6386 Жыл бұрын

Always good 👍 to watch your videos from South Africa 🇿🇦

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

@TheFarmerTv99 Жыл бұрын

Wow nice sharing

@mattpeacock5208 4 ай бұрын

That makes total sense. When I asked my aunt for advice the first time I grew taters she had to ask her husband. He said as a kid they took a sharpened melon baller and scooped out the chits to plant just the chits, that way they could eat the rest of the potato. They were po! Too po to afford the second O and the R of poor. Growing food is an art of a thousand methods.

@rosemaryhanderson6122 Жыл бұрын

I have done it both ways many times not for any particular reason though. Potatoes are so fun to grow.

@smuggafree Жыл бұрын

This makes sense to me.

@mikemason4758 Жыл бұрын

As I read the comments I consider the idea that it is a lack of competition from the one eye. With that in mind I have become very good at rooting a single eye pluck from a potato. I should try a garden of eye sprouts vs the each of these to reach further understanding of growth free from resource competition. Eliminating other eyes from the potato would isolate an experiment on the value of the potato to the eye sprout. I wager the potato has early life value but the root structure is the primary resource collector after development, to what end I can only guess. The lack of competition would also leave room, allowing larger tubers. The harvest value is still a wild card having watched this video.

@minthk Жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to do a comparison using both ends of the cut potatoes vs the full potatoes.

@BlackJesus8463 Жыл бұрын

With unlimited root space!

@EvolutionWendy Жыл бұрын

@@BlackJesus8463 Dreamer! Unlimited root space...

@BlackJesus8463 Жыл бұрын

@@EvolutionWendy Yeah, I wish!

@TMesser74 Жыл бұрын

Just double the harvest of the cut potatoes and there is your results if you give the extra cut potatoes equal space. My conclusion is if limited on space but plenty of seed potatoes available and looking for more pounds, use whole potatoes. If limited on potatoes and space isn't an issue and/or looking for. Bigger potato size harvest, cut the potatoes!

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

I am not trying to equalize the potatoes, Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, everything else is a constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@shoaibsheik7813 Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm really benefiting from all your videos Normally if I let my potatoes to chit longer I get to use almost the entire potatoes So more pieces of potatoes 🥔 so more plants and bigger potatoes Hope my method and ideas help Plus my advantage in South Africa 🇿🇦 is more hot climate throughout the year

@amypalladino2584 Жыл бұрын

I have a bunch of old beehive boxes that are the same size as the ones you used. I could stack them up and form a deeper box

@tinkmarshino Жыл бұрын

Great test.. it makes sense to me I plant my potatoes every year and always use cut potatoes.. Maybe I will use less potatoes and make them whole this next time. If I give then enough room maybe they will grow better.. and then try your idea on the last row of one eye only

@MrBoDiggety Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this experiment. I've been growing for about a year and a half. I usually have 2+ chits and feel like I'm wasting a bunch. I figured I could just slice 1 chit per 1-2 inches of baby 'root'. I'm probably wrong but I'm curious as to how big/mature does a chit have to be for you to tlansplant individually.

@inocencioelegoresjr2503 11 ай бұрын

Wow❤

@elmerkilred159 Жыл бұрын

So, you actually get a larger harvest from cutting your potatoes. 4 uncut potatoes yielded 4.92lbs (about 5lbs) 2 potatoes cut in half yielded 3.80lbs (about 4lbs) Had you have planted the other halves of potatoes to compare 4 whole potatoes with 4 cut potatoes, the results might have been closer to 5lbs uncut, or 8lbs from 8 halves. A more accurate experiment would need to be done using the same experiment, but multiple grow boxes to determine an actual average.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Not 2 potatoes cut in half. I cut 4 potatoes in half. The other half of the potatoes did not have any chits or eyes, If I had planted the other half then the experiment would not be valid because the potatoes would be a constant too, there needs to be a variable while all other things are constant for the experiment.

@elmerkilred159 Жыл бұрын

@@DaisyCreekFarms You planted 4 halves. 1/2 x 4 = 2 whole potatoes. You needed to plant 8 half pieces to equal 4 whole potatoes regardless of chits.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

I am not trying to equalize the potatoes, Potatoes are the variable in this experiment. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because Iwould be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Жыл бұрын

😅👍😜If 8 piece of 4 it will more branches and more fruit than ehole potato🤣😲👍👍

@youtubesponsarshipgiver2887 Жыл бұрын

Wrong experiment by youtuber.. Viewers smarter than youtubers in calculation

@TruthAndLight4995 Жыл бұрын

Now I think maybe I need to always plant a mix of whole & chits. I like having some larger potatoes.

@denisestich8731 Жыл бұрын

Very good information. Thank you for this tutorial. What do you do with the green potatoes? How would you bring them to full ripeness? Thank you.

@taylorhillard4868 Жыл бұрын

Green potatoes contain toxins due to their exposure to sunlight. Don't eat them, but they'll work fine as seed potatoes next planting season if you store them well.

@icilene5117 Жыл бұрын

The potatoes grow and multiple and grow fast 👍

@kenfox22 Жыл бұрын

Love your accent. So 😎

@imaspacewoman Жыл бұрын

THanks very informative. I have some tiny red potatoes that have sprouted on all sides. Was debating on planting them whole one inch diameter or cutting in half. I think I will still cut them in half after watching this.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

You should watch this, I have video just on how to plant potatoes kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdWAnpqKspzInIk.html

@imperialthreat Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Do you think if you had fewer whole potatoes in the same space it would yield the same?

@timadams8687 Жыл бұрын

Good day mate. After cutting the potatoes in 1/2 put it in wood Ash to seal the cut

@o3integratedfarming492 Жыл бұрын

Does make sense

@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@angelab.5129 Жыл бұрын

Just recently came across your videos and have learned so much… thank you!!! Plan to plant some seed potatoes soon. I know you mentioned the type of fertilizer in another video, but I didn’t pick up on the type of granular/pelleted fertilizer it was… I got that you use sulfur and iron. Could you tell me what the granular one is please?🙏🏻😃

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

It's a chicken manure fertilizer with NPK ratio 442. The exact fertilizer might not be available in your area but you can get something similar for organic gardening or with OMRI seal.

@SolidBold00 Жыл бұрын

Any advice on brands of soil to buy that aren’t filled with gnats? It was insane the amount of gnats I got when trying to grow potatoes in containers. I tried everything to get rid of them and nothing worked

@tejpalsingh366 Жыл бұрын

Grt paji

@beverlyboyce1041 Жыл бұрын

I found planting small whole potatoes do better for fall planting here in Texas

@lurklingX Жыл бұрын

ah. i like the reasoning. more plants = smaller potatoes, but a lot. less plants = fewer potatoes, but bigger.

@september2remember164 5 ай бұрын

That's what she said!

@polywog9591 Жыл бұрын

I think that people who believe that the cut potatoes producing fewer potatoes, but larger potatoes, and therfore think that is the best way to go, are forgetting that the frost came early and killed back the potato plants. If the potatoes had been allowed to stay in the ground longer, then the the whole potatoes would have been allowed to grow larger and would have easily outperformed the cut potatoes. Now I know some of you will argue that the cut potatoes would have kept growing too. However, potatoes do have a sort of maximum growth that they will attain. So, given each group the opportunity for maximal growth, the greater number of spuds that resulted from the whole potatoes would have resulted in a much more bountiful harvest.

@audreybrooks7187 4 ай бұрын

Wanting to start potatoe box this year how deep does soil need to be thanks

@sanchezable Жыл бұрын

Nice so if you have the space. Use cut potatoes to give you more harvest from less seed stock.

@blinkspacestudio8892 Жыл бұрын

They say its a good idea to chit whole potatoes that are roughly the size of an egg. I think that would be a happy medium too and would make sense. But potatoes grow however they want to grow, they are like cats you cant tell them what to do lol. Its all to do with the soil, moisture and temperature.

@michelleworkman5725 Жыл бұрын

Did you fertilize? What did you use?

@radamson1 Жыл бұрын

You should add the produce from both halves in order to get the production from one potato. That would show both bigger potatoes and more weight from the cut potatoes.

@DaisyCreekFarms Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the comment, So I am not trying to equalize the amount of potatoes planted. Potatoes are the variable in this experiment, while space, sunlight, fertilizer, and watering etc are constant. If I plant 8 halves then I need 8 sqft of space for cut potatoes and the experiment will be invalid because I would be comparing growing cut potatoes in 8sqft vs whole potatoes in 4sqft. If I plant 8 cut halves in 4 sqft, then the experiment is nullified since there is no variable, everything is constant including the amount of potatoes.