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Growing Potatoes in your backyard garden
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Growing Potatoes in your backyard garden

A complete guide to gardening potatoes in your own vegetable garden
Created byRick Stone
Last updated 4/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • When you are finished with this course you will know everything you need to get a great crop of potatoes planted this year.

Course content

5 sections25 lectures1h 46m total length
  • Welcome to Growing Potatoes6:16

    Welcome to Growing Potatoes.  This course is designed to help both the new gardener and the more experience gardener to grow a huge crop of potatoes in their backyard garden.

  • About Me2:22

    I have been growing potatoes in my backyard garden for over 15 years.  And most years I grow 150 to 200 pounds of potatoes.

  • Growing Potatoes Course Outline2:54

    In this course we will cover 1.  Planting Potatoes 2. Caring for your Potatoes 3. Harvesting and Storage 4. Some alternative methods for growing Potatoes.

Requirements

  • You just need a simple understanding of how things grow, some room in your garden and some seed potatoes to get started!

Description

Make the Humble Potato a BIG part of your garden.

Potatoes are an often over looked addition to any backyard garden.  Packed with nutrients, they are versatile in the kitchen and long storing,.  And the great thing about growing your own potatoes is you can take advantage of over 100 tasty varieties.  You will not longer be limited by the 5 or so different varieties grown commercially.  Home grown potatoes come in every shape, color and size.

There are few things in life that are tastier than fresh dug potatoes, mashed, fried or baked for you evening dinner.  And in the dead of winter potatoes are one of the few garden crops that you can still eat fresh!

This Growing Potatoes gardening course will take you step by step through the growing process and give you the knowledge you need to grow hundreds  of pounds of potatoes from your garden this summer!

Today you will learn how to grow a delicious crop of home grown potatoes in your own backyard garden.

What you will learn with Growing Potatoes:

Module 1 Introduction

  • Learn why growing your own potatoes is so important.

Module 2 - Planting Your Potatoes

  • Choosing seed potatoes
  • Growing your own seed potatoes
  • What is "Chitting"?
  • Cutting potato seeds for more plants
  • When should you plant
  • Planting using the trench & Hill System

Module 3 - Caring for your growing potatoes

  • Why you should "hill" your potatoes and how to do it
  • Watering your crop
  • Do your potatoes need fertilizer?
  • Common pests and diseases
  • Why are my potatoes funny shaped?
  • How to avoid green potatoes

Module 4 - Harvesting and Storage

  • When are your potatoes ready to harvest?
  • Digging potatoes
  • Curing your potatoes before storage
  • How to get your potatoes to last long in storage

Module 5 - Alternative growing methods

  • Growing potatoes in containers
  • Growing potatoes without hilling
  • Growing potatoes in compost and straw
  • How to get a super early crop of potatoes?

This course is designed to teach you the basics of growing potatoes in your backyard garden.

You will learn everything you need to know to grow a fantastic crop of  tasty potatoes your first year!

You will learn the simple steps for growing your own Potatoes:

  • Choosing seed potatoes and planting your crop
  • How to care for your growing potatoes, including common pests and problems
  • Harvesting and storage of your crop
  • Alternative growing methods

Whether you are starting your first garden or you have a thumb as green as an emerald you need this course to get you the information you need to grow a great crop of potatoes!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed to help both new and experienced gardeners grow a better crop of home grown garden potatoes this year.