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Hoocho walks us through his Disappointing Potato Harvest
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Everything is good data, even when you don’t get desirable results. ❤
But that’s why we love ya man, your transparency! All you did is help prevent someone in the northern hemisphere from attempting this for the coming spring.
Like me, in Canada… I was literally about to plant some in some coco…. now I think I may let them continue to hang out in the root cellar and plant more tomatoes instead! Thanks for the video, super helpful to show failures as well.
Wins and losses… thanks for sharing both. 👍
It takes you months to make one of these videos. Mad respect!❤ what happened to your other channel “AlltheGearandNoIdea” ? Also, have you tried building a rotating sifter?
Takes however long the plants take to grow 🤣
All the gear is still going, just had some time off over the holidays, it’s been taxing making videos for two hahaha
More potatoes than I’ve ever grown. Thanks for the vids Hoocho, I really appreciate your channel!
Thanks for being honest, the fails are edifying too! What are the chances that the nitrogen levels were a bit high for the second half of the growth period? And or perhaps the heat effects them, that they like it cooler and you need white foam board on the top of the bags?
Hey love the content from here in sunny NT. Have you thought of biofortification with iodine(potassium iodate or potassium iodide) Seem can be beneficial for plant and humans with hydroponic the best for controlled delivery. Add to great food making it more healthy and nutritious. Carlos
Tip when growing spuds ether in soil, coco or other medium is to put the spud at the bottom of you container and gradually add soil etc as the tops grow . Eventually filling the bag container etc / They produce a far more productive crop
was thinking the same thing..
maybe also a taller bag and top up with medium as the plant grows…
Continuous hilling as you describe 9nky works for Indeterminate (Late) varieties as they act like a vine. Determinate (Early) varieties only need the hill to prevent light penetration which turns the spuds green and poisonous.
Correct but green potato’s aren’t poisonous. just the skin can make you ill if you consume too much ….If you peel green spuds they are fine to eat and hilling helps prevent the greening as you said 🙂 @@kangaroo2543
Also with the spuds rotting cut them in half and let the cut surface dry for a week. This helps them get ready for planting. BUT the chat potato are just baby spuds and not really intended for planting and will rot
That’s actually pretty good result, showing clear differences among varieties. One possible reason is that potatoes on the market are frequently treated to prevent sprouting. Different varieties may be treated differently depending on their characteristics and suppliers. So buying from the supermarket may not be good.
I’d recommend if you retry, do a control growing on soil at the same location for comparison. We’ll be able to see whether it’s the hydroponics that’s the problem, or other factors come in such as pests.
Thank you for the inspiration. Your video experiments with hydroponics have inspired me to try a few of my own.
It is a labor of love, for better or for worse, right? You may not realize it, but you have grow something else over the last 5 months. I, a dirt gardener, filled my first reservoir earlier today, added nutrients, and adjusted the pH. In the morning I will be adding bunching onions, basil, coriander and lettuce from a germination tray into 15 netcups as my first foray into hydroponics. This was all done with 100% of the Hoocho enthusiasm, and I can say that I would not have made this leap without your channel. A sincere thank you for germinating the seed and helping my garden and interest to grow.
“Potatoes are moderate to heavy feeding crops that need ample fertility to yield. Without enough nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and micronutrients, potatoes may look yellow, pale, small, or not grow at all. However, over-fertilized potatoes may produce way too much green foliage and very few actual potatoes.” ~Epic Gardening
Maybe a constant access to 2.4 nutrient solution over fertilized them and caused the potatoes to not feel a need to store energy for next year. Maybe a lower EC would yield more?
Thats what I was also thinking about. The potato’s don’t really have a reason to root and to create new potato’s when having so many nutrients available
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoy your content!
Nice 1 Mr Hoocho. Maybe the root depth was nt deep enough to cover enough nodules? or maybe use the method of letting the plant grow then covering it with medium then repeat?
Thanks, love watching you. Love the time-lapse
Hi Hoocho, It might not have anything to do with rinsing. Chat Potatoes aren’t a variety of Potato, Chat just means Baby Potato. Baby potatoes don’t sprout particularly well, if at all and will just rot. Mature potatoes will sprout and do better, which may be the problem. Personally I reckon seed potatoes are worth it, much less chance of nasties.
My potatoes where much the same. I put it down to the heat. In winter, my harvests were significantly better.
Showing your failures lets others know that something either doesn’t work or needs a different approach. So, it saves time or can trigger ideas for other applications. Love the video.
Potatoes need more room than the small bags your using. They will only utilise the space they have available to them no matter how much nutrient solution you provide. I have also seen similar issue with rotting in my hydro setup and I believe its due to the inherent moisture levels in grow bags as they aren’t breathable. I have much more success growing potatoes in a traditional manner as they drain better and have more space and leave my hydro and kratky setups to things that produce a fruit or leaf
Disappointing – perhaps, but you still got some :ø)
– now you know what sort gives a good yield in your setup. Save some for next season, and leave them out for light to get them to pre-sprout
Btw, I thought 1, or perhaps 2, potatoes pr. bag would be a better way to go for a bigger yield. I’ve seen plenty of potato fields, and there’s only one potato pr every so of sow-line. Perhaps a trial, on which gives a better yield pr bag – (1, 2) vs. (5) – or perhaps a new line of potatoes ;ø)
Best of luck next season :ø)