How long ago were the potatoes planted?

Nicole Johnsey BurkeFounder of Gardenary

If your potato plants look dead it’s finally time to harvest🥔😊#garden #potato #harvest #plants

6 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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Short YouTube video (Nicole Johnsey Burke) demonstrating that potato plants that look dead are ready to harvest. The clip shows digging up potatoes, noting each planted potato can yield about five to six tubers, cautions that grocery-store potatoes may be treated to prevent sprouting so growers should use seed potatoes, and mentions the plants were planted roughly four months prior.

Questions this video answers

About four months ago.

Hey, Nicole. Your potato plants look dead. What did you do wrong?
I didn't do anything wrong.
This means they're ready to harvest.
Here, let me show you. You just dig around and look what you find.
Oh, my gosh. Is that the only one you'll get?
No, you're going to get, like, five to six of these for every potato that you plant.
Wait, so I can just plant my grocery store potatoes?
Well, your grocery store potatoes, they're probably treated with something that keeps them from sprouting. So you actually want to use seed potatoes? Here's another one.
Oh, my gosh.
That's so cool.
So how long ago did you plant those?
Oh, I think it was about, like, four months ago or so.
I've missed the window.
Actually, you can plant these twice a year. There's another window coming up this fall.

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