239 - Growing Potatoes Organically with Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Family Farm -- Part 2
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
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🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Join me today for part 2 of my conversation with Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Farms on all things growing potatoes organically.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast. Today we are going to continue our conversation with Jim Garrison of Wood Prairie Family Farm on growing potatoes organically. |
| 0:11.4 | If you didn't listen to last week's episode yet, I would recommend that you hit pause on today's episode and go back and listen to that one because we start out at the very beginning as far as choosing your |
| 0:21.7 | seed potatoes and how to plant them. And then today we're going to be getting into more information |
| 0:26.9 | on how to grow them. If you are in the south, we're going to specifically talk about how we can |
| 0:32.6 | grow potatoes successfully, especially when we get so hot, which we've learned that potatoes don't love. |
| 0:38.3 | We're going to talk about how to harvest. We're going to talk about pests that can be a problem |
| 0:42.8 | and diseases and how to deal with that. And then we're going to have a little bit of fun and |
| 0:47.8 | we're going to ask Jim what his favorite options for seed potatoes are, especially when they have so many varieties available on |
| 0:56.8 | their website. If you loved last week's conversation, you are going to love this week's conversation |
| 1:02.2 | as well. And by the end of this episode and having listened to last week's episode, I have no doubt |
| 1:07.8 | that you like me are going to be better equipped to be able to grow potatoes |
| 1:12.3 | organically successfully in your garden this year. |
| 1:17.9 | Hi, I'm Jill and almost 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom |
| 1:23.2 | trying to cut our grocery bill. Over the years, I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener, |
| 1:28.1 | and I never looked back. On this podcast, you'll hear gardening, how-toes, and inspiration, |
| 1:33.0 | both from me and from guests. And whether you're a new gardener like I was or still learning, |
| 1:37.9 | like we all are, my hope is that gardening changes your life like it has mine, and this podcast |
| 1:43.4 | will help you along the way. |
| 1:46.7 | What about gardeners who are planting potatoes and this would be me also? But if we're dealing with |
| 1:54.0 | clay soil, do you have any recommendations on how to do this well with clay soil? |
| 1:58.9 | If you can somehow lighten up the soil, it's going to benefit not only a |
| 2:03.9 | potato crop, but it's going to benefit any crop. So if you can add to the soil, you know, compost or |
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