This tower was planted with alternating layers of potatoes, dirt, potatoes, straw, potatoes and dirt. Georgia's climate is well-suited to growing most varieties of potatoes; you can start as early as February in the southern third of the state. It’s also fun to dig your hand in gently through the mesh to pick a few taters very young. Los Angeles CA area. So, one fall I gathered a ‘ton’ or two or three of leaves (the city does not mind this). Thanks for that info. Like I said, I didn’t weigh the seed potatoes, because I just used leftovers from last year (didn’t purchase fresh). I think it may also depend on whether you are using a determinate variety or an indeterminate variety. The layers of hay probably prevented the packing. They potatoes have grown allot and are looking great. http://cropwatch.unl.edu/potato/yukongold_management. Agreed. I can’t tell you the yield ratio, but I was getting many large potatoes — much better than I;ve ever done before. However, if the plant’s stems just keep growing up and up, it’s indeterminate, a fact you can confirm by mounding the stems and checking to see if new tubers form in the added layer. here it comes!!!! They keep their lovely color when cooked as well as their shape. I used red norland seed potatoes I purchased at Walmart. I heard this can be done on top of grass too but the first years crop will yield smaller potatoes because of competition from the grass roots. Most determinate garden plants are labeled as ‘bush’ variety, though many of them don’t actually grow into bushes. Not all varieties grow upwards successfully. I also tried burlap bag last year without much results but I think my wTeri g was not consistent. Did the plants all find their way out the wire cage? So we will see. Most potato varieties are determinate. The roots will go down 2 to 3 feet and try to get water down there if you can. He also nipped out the blossoms if any occurred. We planted Yukon Gold’s. I think it’s amazing how much we can subsist on stuff that we are able to grow ourselves instead of being dependent on grocery stores. So with potatoes, if you leave a tiny potato in the ground, the following spring, it will grow and produce more potatoes, with no work on your part. I think with indeterminate you start with a few seed potatoes at the bottom and keep adding soil as you see green growth though the top. I placed the bags tight next to each other and surrounded them with 4 ft. plastic fencing to keep the vines upright to help shade the tubers and to keep them off the ground which helps keep crawling bugs out. AND SOON. We don’t get many, and if you don’t find all of them they will come up again from the unfound ones. And item that I view as labor intensive. The sweet potato is named after French-Louisiana Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard as Rolston was a fan of the Civil War. And you’ll just have little bitty potatoes if at all. Excellent yield! You only get potatoes in the bottom 6 inches, which is what I got. If I have extra seeds I share w/ them. I leave my potatoes until everything has yellowed and died, I then move them into the garage for winter and harvest as I need then one bag at a time. Just sew in straight(ish) lines and use the thinnings to cook with and keep thinning during the summer for salads and snacks and by winter you have lovely long thick carrots for the winter. I’ll try to remember to do that next year. At the end of the season, I had a lot of potatoes. Thinking I will stick to the traditional method from now on. Filled the entire bed liner (which I had originally dug DOWN into the ground so the top was @ ground level), & ended up harvesting about 48 lbs of potatoes! Indeterminate varieties are the best choice for a potato tower because of that growth characteristic. One of these days we’ll figure it all out. One has died this summer. They are generally described as short season, medium season, or long season rather than determinate or indeterminate. So far my best results stemmed from using the “old fashioned” tried and true methods of hilling. If I had a yard like yours, I would totally turn it into a giant garden and grow stuff to give away to friends and family! I also tried doing potatoes this year in several large containers- I harvested them yesterday and was really disappointed- the size and yield was incredibly low. I got 5 nice sized potatoes, I’m guessing 1 1/2 pounds. Of course, there is always an exception. The garbage can method could prevent that, but I’m trying to use a system with a lighter footprint. Waiting till late Oct before I tip that over-as long as it’s died back by then. I grew potatoes on large plastic garden containers one year about 3 ‘ high by 3’ wide. Storage: Store sweet potatoes in a cool, dry spot. lol. Take your potato peelings and bury when ever u peel and u will be surprised. I looks to me from your early pictures your potatoes need more water. First, I’d like to thank you for all the great information you provide on your site. As time went on, I threw my grass clippings, weeds, and kitchen scraps in the compost. From what I have found on other sites there are two different types of potatoes. I have 65 pounds of potatoes. Determinate potatoes rarely grow very tall and are often early to bloom. Are they right around where you planted the seed potatoes, or are they distributed throughout the towers? Potatoes are fun and easy to grow in the garden and even in containers. put a tire down fill with straw, (or old leaves) dirt and a little manure throw potatoes in whole We hilled as they grew (rototilled between rows and raked the loose dirt up around the plants until they became too tall to continue). Even the greenest thumb couldn’t get yields like that. Red Bliss is probably the variety that most people are familiar with but by no means the only variety. I guess I leave too much potato on the peelings. did u hill them? I might also try tossing a few seeds into a pile of damp leaves then keep it watered and fertilized. I planted a tower this year with the straw on the outside and the dirt in the middle. For more information, visit the Sweet Potatoes page in our How to Grow section. (The sweet potatoes did better than my Irish but as usual-they were both poor harvests.) If you want to try and maximize space in your veggie garden, then consider going vertical with indeterminate tomatoes! Potato Plants. Make sure there is an eye in each section. Indeterminate: Russet Burbank, Snowden, Bancock Russet nothing like fresh potatoes. Now the question is, should I try this again next year, and if I do, how am I going to change things up so I get a bigger yield? We had one row devoted to the potatoes but only had about 25 lbs too mostly small ones. My city does curbside yard waste pickup. According to cropwatch Yukon Gold is determinate. Anyway, for what it’s worth, I thought I’d share my lazy gardener experience with you. Antioxidants make the spuds more nutritious and a diet rich in antioxidants helps to lower your risk of cancer. Midwinter is about the earliest you can plant potatoes in most of Georgia. Determinate: Yukon Gold, Norland, Superior (add Red Norland and Red Pontiac from other source) Adirondack red potatoes have mottled pink blushed flesh and red skins. They might be from a potato you forgot to dig up the year before, and it grows into a new plant. Tasmanian Chocolate (photo on left) - Semi-Indeterminate: Strong-yielding, short, sturdy vines that reach about 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall. 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I will try again next year, perhaps using more straw mixed into the compost. Not to contradict you, but are you sure you only planted a pound of seed potatoes (a pound is approx. Final potato tower tally – 25 pounds of potatoes. I planted five pounds of seed fingerlings in five different bins (one pound of eyes in each) and did the layer method of dirt, straw, dirt, straw as the plants grew. I planted on May 11 and dug up 1 plant yesterday, August 7, 88 days after planting. Slicing Tomato seeds - Paul Robeson [Solanum lycopersicum] Indeterminate. Diatomaceous earth would have worked just as well but I forgot I had some. I have heard that if you let banana peels dry out on top of your soil you can chop Each tower produced hugely. It’s time to do this again. I think I cooked more potatoes in my towers than i grew! It is by far our favourite for mashing, but they don’t mash well until late September.” ... these varieties have the ability to continually produce potatoes due to their indeterminate growing habits. This is because new potatoes are very small, and they will not require an immense amount of space to grow to their full potential. The early variety tends to set potatoes once and then mature. I am no expert, but I think you didn’t get a big harvest biggest your plants were too warm. • 3rd in world food production, after wheat and rice. for us. In some parts of North America, sweet potatoes are called yams. As you pile more bedding in, pull all the plants back into the middle. heck, I have just recently been told that the variety of potato matters. Wasted less dirt that way. I do have a few questions if you would please as I was not able to locate a answer to these questions in any of the previous posts… When you re-top (if you will) with dirt and straw, when do you do it and how much dirt and straw do you top with? However you need a multicrop potato in order to do this – there are some good books on Amazon which detail which potato for which situation or google and choose which potato(s) are good for you. Kennebec potatoes are best suited for cooked applications such as baking, mashing, or roasting, but their best virtues are displayed through frying. Determinate crops, tend to mean bushy in nature but restricted somehow, such as in height or cropping (single crop of a specific size). Also, people don’t understand (I didn’t) determinate vs indeterminate potatoes. Determinate types (most early varieties) tend to fruit all at one time, and indeterminate types fruit over long periods of time. Other types of red potatoes to try growing include: Red potatoes are grown just like any other type of potato and will yield plenty for you and your family to enjoy. You have to plant the right kind (indeterminate) for a tower, but still if the soil is too warm it’ll affect your yield. I did a 4×4 section and planted according to directions (I bought the seedlings) and they grew, but they were long and skinny, like misshapen carrots. The only drawback is mice and slugs might be a problem with these methods but I think it’s worth a try. This varietyâs color does fade when cooked, but only to a mauve shade. Determinate potatoes flower once and produce one layer of potatoes, so they are not suitable for bin growing. We planted I think around 7lbs of potatoes and we yielded about 60lbs. I’ve used the black fabric potato bags and garbage cans. from http://ipcm.wisc.edu/download/vgu/Vegetable%20Crop%20Update%20%2316.pdf. Some were volunteers from last year. . I tipped over my little russet tower and red potato tower and it was a small total (less than 5lbs total) but it was a hoot searching for them like little eggs! But perhaps it really is just too good to be true. Determinate potatoes will grow to a genetically determined height and then stop. I am eager to try it just so long as I find the right variety of potato! I don’t know if it’s not warm enough here, or what the problem was. Types of Sweet Potatoes. I would go on quality, not quanity. Add a few marigolds, to keep the aphids away and make sure you close any holes so the carrot fly doesn’t come visiting. I did this last year in an old metal trash can {you posted my photo of my *ahem* dirty potato last year} and had about the same luck as your first two towers. Red potato varieties are also a good source of vitamin B6; are fat, sodium and cholesterol free; and (this was a shocker) are an excellent source of potassium – even more than a banana! 8 to 10 2-3 inch seed potatoes)? We grew them about two years ago and did pretty well. After you stop adding bedding the plants will cascade down from the top. My Dad used to “hill” the potatoes. The color in potatoes that are red is due to anthocyanains, a common pigment which is associated with being rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. Cured sweet potatoes keep up to 6 months when stored around 60°F with high humidity. I love your ideas and money saving tipes thank you so much for helping all of us. Carrots work very well in a deep box lined. There are a ton of different kinds of sweet potatoes from Beauregard to Regal, but it’s hard to find most of them in the store. Hate wasting resources. I threw some sprouted potatoes in my compost pile in early spring. . Great job Paula! I’ve also tried these alternative methods of growing and found them to be a bust. I think the mulch holds it’s water well and stays light. The late variety will set fruit multiple times as the plant is buried. I planted some russet potatoes in a flower bed with the drip irrigation sprayers on a timer. Can harvest anytime after blooming, that seems to be when the tubers are ready, in my zone 9 USDA garden. Not bad, but not great. there is a web site called Winter Sown that teaches planting or sowing seeds in the winter to come up in the spring. The Bradley Tomato variety is a reliable, productive plant that has fairly good cover, producing attractive, smooth pink fruit with a tasty mild flavor. I went back and checked your post on when you planted the towers and was able to estimate (based on the number of potatoes you planted) that you got a 6/1 yield. Surprisingly, potato tower #3 had over 12 pounds of potatoes in it. This makes them excellent for use in salads, soups, roasted or boiled. I did three sacks. Final Harvest – just over 5 pounds. I grown potatoes in 75 litre black bags, – anything larger and the crop doesn’t increaser I just use more materials and water and get no extra crop. These varieties are compact and dwarf in height (3-4 feet), and will produce new fruit throughout the season. Thanks! I wasn’t able to grow potatoes this year, but I’m planning on it for next year. I like this design for people with small yards, but still want to plant potatoes. I planted maybe a pound of seed potatoes this year and got three 5 gallon buckets full of potatoes, mostly blue, which have been the most productive for us. Potatoes with red skin are healthier than, for example, bland Russets. All our plant tags identify whether a variety is determinate or indeterminate (bear longer, on long vines). They also offer free tomato seeds for a SASE sent to them.. But with potatoes we want lots of roots. For more information, please see my disclosure policy. I did the burlap sacks this year….. ugh. NY 136) In the garden, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, peas, and beans are just a few of the plants that can be either determinate or indeterminate. This was on my bathroom scale, which is pretty accurate for humans, but I don’t know if it’s equally as accurate on low weights. Just wondering, anyone in zone 18-21 Sunset Western Garden Guide growing potatoes? The tubers only grow a few inches high on the stems, and after that the stems will grow and produce more leaves as you fill the barrel, but produce no more potatoes above that point. I was looking forwRs Each of our varieties is field-tested by our research team and selected for flavor, texture, vigor, yield, and disease resistance. Your email address will not be published. I’ll tell you what I know… not a suggestion though. I can see /smell the potato salad/mashed /soup/stew/fries///etc….We were poor…and relied on our garden…mom had potato’s ever day of the wk almost……fired potatos/mashed etc. What we want to use in the tower is the indeterminate type. They can be planted in only 4 in. is ones u did not plant but came up on it’s own from seeds from last year or bird droppings etc. They were distributed throughout the towers. Last time I tried sweet potatoes I planted one whole tube in the ground and is made a pretty ground cover. I planted the potatoes in  potato tower # 2 with 3 layers of dirt and potatoes. A volunteer is any plant that pops up serendipitously. You’ll need to weight it down a bit with rocks, wood, etc. Before planting and after they blossom add fertilizer about every 2 weeks but only if not too hot and you water every other day with lots of water. And always tomatoes where they fall, rot and I ignore them until spring. I use grow bags (available from Gardener’s Supply); they do a good job of giving the potatoes good drainage while also helping to retain the right amount of moisture, and mine have lasted for about 3 seasons and show no signs of rotting or going “bad.” I get about 11 lbs. I’m interested in using more straw. That way you have many feet of buried stem to make tubers. (both sweets and Irish) That w/ the Irish potatoes, just like tomatoes, there are determinate and indeterminate varieties. Yesterday I headed out the the garden with high expectations of harvesting a bumper crop of potatoes from our three potato towers {I’m saving the ones we having growing in the compost pile for this weekend}. Once the plant got tallish he would add dirt up to the leaves – not over the top of them. Indeterminate potato varieties, which flower continuously throughout the growing season, are better for bin growing. Learn how your comment data is processed. I would like a clear list of which potatoes are indeterminate so I can plant those! This year I tried towers. yes we repurpose old tires! Also it will give your hills more room for the growing spuds to come. Where do u live in texas ? Potassium to produce better. http://cropwatch.unl.edu/potato/yukongold_management, http://ipcm.wisc.edu/download/vgu/Vegetable%20Crop%20Update%20%2316.pdf. Determinate and indeterminate potatoes are defined by growth patterns. hope this helps someone! Information On Iceberg Roses: What Is An Iceberg Rose? Both the man and the tomato deserve more recognition. I noticed in late spring that I had many robust potato plants sprouting out of the compost pile. Our reds though, SO MANY!!! Some favorite Indeterminate varieties… I tend to like bi-colors like Mr. Stripey, Chocolate Stripes, and Paul Robeson for their rich taste sliced or chopped into a salad. but bulking ends much earlier in the season. I occasionally dusted very lightly with Sevin since there was evidence of chewing but I didn’t actually see what type of bugs were involved. That is the kind you want to use in a tower. Each branch ends in a flower cluster and fruit tend to ripen over a 3- to 4-week period. I really like the Norlan reds variety. I don’t want to be harvesting rats! maybe people are having such bad luck cause of the soil they are using with the straw? Our best results are planting in deep raised beds that have been amended in the fall with leaves. Problem is, it is difficult to find accurate information on potato habit. I’m in Zone 8 in Texas. The blue and purple generally don’t do as well because they require a longer growing season. Potatoes, like their cousins the tomato, come in determinate and indeterminate varieties. Like tomatoes, potatoes are determinate and indeterminate. Do you think a soil amended for cactus would work well for potatoes? May 10, 2014 - Late Season Potatoes - 90-110 Day Maturity Varieties offered by The Maine Potato Lady: Island Sunshine (NEW! I did dirt at the bottom, covered with a light layer of compost and PACKED in straw. Yukon Gold is an early variety that only sets potatoes once; hilling or boxing them does no good and in fact lowers yield. ONE with red somethingorother. A lot of banana peels this winter and try it next spring, I have some towers still growing strong. Might be a little late in starting a tower but with all the rain we have had over the past month here in Maryland everything is being planted late this year. where did u get your seed potatoes? I’m interested to see how your compost pile potato tally comes out. It has a creamy texture. Pull any weeds and check for beetles every other day minimum and you will have the most fantastic french fries you ever had. Straw (especially peastraw) is high in nitrogen which produces lots of lush lovely leaves. Double boo! For a 8 foot row, you will need 10 lbs; for a 25 foot row, 20 lbs; for a 50 foot row and for a 100 foot row, 40 lbs. Sweet potatoes are usually orange but also found in other colors, such as white, red, pink, violet, yellow, and purple. I think the method in the article works better for determinate. “The potato is excellent in salad, boiled, baked and roasted. Soil stays cool and is loose and makes for easy harvesting. No, I have never had a mega harvest for either Irish potatoes or sweet potatoes in towers, but that has never stopped me from trying again the next year. From experience I have found that growing onions, shallots, garlic etc in shallow cardboard boxes works well, just line the box with a bin line with holes in it. Therefore, you can use both determinate or indeterminate varieties of tubers for this purpose. I did a yard cleanup and covered them with all the weeds and leaves that I failed to rake up in the fall. What variety did you use? I’m worried my towers will be less than this. Indeterminate tomato plants can be spaced between 12″ and 18″ apart. Determinate Tomatoes. – 4th most consumed. I might try them again next year. Sadly, I didn’t weigh them first. Speckled Roman is a favorite for it’s gorgeous appearance and versatility in sauces and as a slicer. u did a great job. Indeterminate, but behaves like a determinateÆ: Russet Norkota, Gold Rush But I don’t. we ordered the seed potatoes in a 50#bag from the local hardware store in my farmboy’s hometown in northwest ohio.we get those and onion sets every year from them. For those who don’t know, you need late-season potatoes for towers or bags to do much. That’s what I know. I wish I could post a pic here. Will try taters again in a raised bed with peas next year. How did you prep your soil? My sweets are vining everywhere and looking totally green, but since my red and white towers yeilded so few taters, I doubt my sweet towers will do so well. Æ From a nitrogen management perspective, these varieties will respond to late-season N, as they are indeterminate, They grow to their expected height, flower and set fruit in a shorter period of time. Of course if I knew what varieties those actually WERE, I’d tell you. I also tried mastic buckets but those did not produce much either. The namesake of a famed singer, actor and social justice activist. I grow my potatoes in a raised bed using the trench method (i.e., plant the seed potatoes in the bottom of a trench and cover over the tops as they grow until the trench is a mound about a food above the edge of the raised bed). NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO,called the Hill Country.When did you plant your potatoes? Well good, I feel better now. Apparently, potatoes (like tomatoes) come in both determinate and indeterminate varieties. We planted a 50lb bag of seed potatoes(redpontiac) in 10 100 foot rows and we harvested approximately 1100-1200 pounds total. The determinates will NOT produce well in towers and do not like being hilled up more than a few inches. Learn more about red potatoes varieties in this article. I noticed that over the course of the summer the soil was compacted by about a foot (shrinking from 4ft to 3 ft). Who would have known?! Russets, especially, are a huge BOO! TY. Indeterminates are suited for towers. But plant one tube only gold’s with 6 or 7 layers and water more add chicken compost to your mix as well. Select between determinate and indeterminate varieties depending … I hear that they’re fond of straw and we have plenty of them around. Copyright © 2020 One Hundred Dollars a Month - Disclosure Policy - Design by Sharon Hujik, North Central and Rockies Region Planting Guide, How to Find Vegetable Starts for Your Garden In October - Steal Them From Your Neighbor. Indeterminate tomatoes form vining plants that produce new vegetative growth throughout the growing season. Several different varieties of potato fall into each category, so there are plenty from which to choose. 82 Comments. Then I get some free tomatoes without the work of growing seedlings! A basement is ideal, though an air-conditioned storage room or pantry works, too. I watered 1 to 2 times a week and applied some Miracle Grow Miracid 3 times throughout the growing season. Most, however, are determinate. Read on to learn more about growing these potatoes. Determinate tomato plants grow in a bush form. This way, potatoes are produced in several layers of the bin instead of just one layer in the garden. To the tower results to try next year also. They have thin skins which can, and should, be left on which means no more peeling. I did get a nice crop of night crawlers tho! Determinate and indeterminate potatoes are defined by growth patterns. Anyway, I am going to attempt a tower #3 as that seemed to give you the best results. I think I will try to toss a couple potatoes in the big raised bed this fall and see if cooler weather makes them happier by spring. I wish I had tried your methods years ago when I was able to garden. Fast becoming a favorite with gardeners. The farther north in the state you live, however, the later you will need to plant your crops. All the varieties described below are technically sweet potatoes, though they’re often called yams. Let me know hoe it goes. TONS of straw. The best year I had success wise was when I used split firewood to form a circle and hold up the sides so I could pile the dirt high and it wouldn’t just slough down. I thought for sure tower #3 would yield the least amount of potatoes because when I had planted it, I packed so much dirt and straw in the wire cage, that I assumed the potatoes wouldn’t produce much. I read that you need a mix of compost, peat, and vermiculite to grow the potatoes in. I plant them about 8 inches apart in rows also 8 inches apart. I have a relatively large garden with every square inch accounted for but with these towers having such a small footprint you can put them just about anywhere. Sweet potatoes are good for eating according to the owner of OHG. When it died I dug it up (for the funny of it) and the original tuber was 3x the size and we had sweet potatoes coming out of our ears! I planted 2 seed potatoes per bag except the bag I dug up yesterday only had 1 plant. The plants will only grow to a certain size and will only grow up to a certain amount of potatoes. Yukon Golds, and all early varieties set fruit once and do not do well in towers. You need late season to keep growing and producing potatoes. Them up and mix them with the soil you use for I don’t have a yard to grow anything in, and vegetables are not my first choice when it comes to food…but I love watching your blog and seeing everything you grow. ð This year, I did what you did w/ the chicken wire towers. I planted 16 pieces down a 16 foot row, and had 3 or 4 volunteers in another bed. I got beautiful plants and lots of leaves but no spuds! Placed 6″ of Tagro in the bottom & planted blue potatoes every 12″ or so. Potato plants and that will give your plants more • Consumption: − Processed as french fries, potato chips, dehydrated products − Fresh potatoes are baked, boiled, put in … It was recommended to keep the soil light so they grow better. Thank you for supporting One Hundred Dollars a Month. I had wound the end of my soaker hose up from the bottom of the tower thru the middle of the compost, so it received plenty of moisture. Form: Vegetable, potato, set Soil Requirements: Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil Growth Rate: Medium growth rate. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We use compost to cover them as they are growing. Dang, it sure got tall though. The reason is in the skin color. But it was a fun idea to try. I live in alaska and every growing season can vary greatly. Potatoes with red skin are not only pretty, but their bright color makes them extra nutritious as well and those arenât the only reasons for growing red potatoes. Apparently they tend to be the late varieties, but not always. We put 30# or red pontiac seed potatoes in the ground, traditional rows with potatoes planted 10-12 inches apart and probably 5-6 inches deep. Lorena, MAVIS….I was anxious waiting the results of the towers and oh the potato’s look so good …no suggestions right now….Never had the purple ones….we’ve mostly grew the white ones…..Thanks so much for sharing. or do you have to wait for a layer to start growing, direct the plant out the side & then layer more seed potatoes, dirt & straw? One thing I see in your pictures is branches growing out of the sides of the towers, not great. Hey Mavis. My granddad was a potato farmer and his favorite story to tell was ‘back in ’52 we got a 18/1 yield’, he said no one believed him until he showed the purchase and planting records. 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