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Potato Harvests, When and How by Pulling not Digging

Potato harvests, when and how by pulling the stems. I help you to recognise a range of signs that indicate it's a good time to take your harvest. These potato plants are no dig, grown in undisturbed soil with a much (surface cover) of compost. That means you can pull the potatoes rather than having to dig them out, with the harvest near the top but the potato plant roots going deep into the soil.. 00:00 Introduction to earlier harvests of Linzer Delikatess and Lily Rose 00::47 See how many potatoes we harvested from that area, and what governed the timing of harvest 01:51 Reasons for harvesting sooner rather than later 02:19 Weather as a factor and type of potato, ground condition 03:00 Pulling Charlotte from under plastic, see the bindweed 03:48 How we planted through black plastic on 5th May, late because of potential frost damage 04:38 No dig method and using the plastic to reduce growth of bindweed/convolvulus 05:30 Advantages from no dig for soil and soil organisms 06:20 The amount of compost we used, but no fertiliser or feed 07:00 Why developing potatoes need to be in darkness 07:38 Why we have not watered at all, and more about no dig The video begins in my new area of ground which at that time in July was only five months since we covered the thick weeds with cardboard, compost and then black polythene. You can see more about this process in a video we filmed in June    • New No Dig Area in June, Big Changes in 8 ...   Also in the New Area playlist. See my 2018 video about how to grow no dig potatoes    • No dig Potato Gardening: Expert Tips from ...   And this video compares old and new potatoes, plus it shows how long you can store potatoes    • Potatoes 11 months old and roasted, new po...   I have created many online courses with videos and one of them has a lesson about growing potatoes which you can buy as a product, at 50% discount until end January - just enter the coupon easypotatoes before checkout https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product/... For signed copies of my 11 books, see the bookshop on my website https://charlesdowding.co.uk/product-... Filmed by Edward Dowding my son in late July 2021 at Homeacres, Southwest England UK, oceanic temperate climate USDA zone 8. You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig