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This video shares an update on growing potatoes and the care needed to keep plants healthy.
I talk through plant development, simple maintenance, and practical steps that help encourage steady growth. Looking after plants properly improves overall results and productivity.
Ideal for gardeners wanting clear guidance and helpful potato growing advice.
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Christmas potato update. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. In this video, I'm
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going to give you an update on how well
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our Christmas potatoes are doing. You
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may remember I planted mine beginning of
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August. They'll take about 16 weeks to
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grow, so they should be ready around
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December time when the plants start
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dying off. That's when you know that
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they're ready to harvest. But yeah,
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we've started growing all our Christmas
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potatoes. So, we're going to show you
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what they look like now as they are
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doing absolutely fantastic. I'm growing
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mine in my poly tunnel. You can grow
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them outside and then move them indoors
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when it gets to around October time when
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the cold weather comes because potatoes
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don't like frost. It will kill the
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plants and burn the plants off. So,
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don't leave them outside during the
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colder months. It is starting to get a
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bit cooler at night now. I've noticed
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that the temperatures are dropping at
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night. So, do be careful and do have
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them somewhere safe. That's why I start
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mine off in my poly tunnel because
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they're too heavy to shift once they get
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growing and with all the composting.
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Obviously, growing them indoors, it does
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cost a lot of money buying the compost,
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but it hopefully, fingers crossed, it's
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worth it and you get a great harvest
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from it. So, let's have the talking and
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let's have a look at our Christmas
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potatoes, everyone.
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So, as you can see, they are doing
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absolutely fantastic. Look at these.
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Now, these are planted in big boxes.
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We've got a drip irrigation system set
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up to it. So, it waters them for around
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while drip waters them for about 15
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minutes twice a day we've got it set on.
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So, they're keeping nice and moist and
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keeping damp. So, that will help the
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potatoes grow in the ground in the soil.
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We've got some plant food in there as
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well. We've also got some plant food on
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top. But a lot of it is starting to
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dissolve now. So, I might top up the
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plant food this weekend and get it all
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fed and hopefully growing stronger
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because we want some really nice
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potatoes in these. Like I said, it costs
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a lot of money for the compost. So, I
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want it to be worth it. So, we have got
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three varieties of Christmas potato.
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We've got the Maris Piper, we've got the
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Pental Javelin, and we've got the Aaron
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potato. So, look at the Aaron one. doing
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fantastic. These ones, pentulant
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javelin, these are doing fant. They're
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all doing absolutely great. We've got
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absolutely loads of growth on them.
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Absolutely amazing. So, we're keeping
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these well watered and keeping these
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growing and hopefully we're going to get
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some massive harvests from these. You've
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not planted any Christmas potatoes yet.
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You obviously can still plant potatoes
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anytime through the winter period as
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long as it's indoors, like I say, but
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they usually take about 16 to 20 weeks
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to grow. So obviously the faster you get
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them growing, the more you'll earlier
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you'll get them harvested. And while
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it's still nice and warm weather, it
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will encourage them to grow pretty well.
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So have a go at growing Christmas
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potatoes. It's something to grow
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throughout the winter period if you
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don't grow much like myself through the
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winter. And as you know, fresh potatoes
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taste completely different to the
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supermarket potatoes. They're absolutely
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gorgeous. They just melt in your mouth.
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And I love having mine as new potatoes,
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as chips. Absolutely gorgeous. So, give
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it a try. Drop a comment below if you're
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growing Christmas potatoes yourself.
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Until next time, everyone. Remember,
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keep smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening. Rebell one.
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