potatoes...I has them!

16 years ago

I planted in February/early March. Planted in 4 raised beds, 2 half wine barrels, 2 wire laundry hampers lined with cardboard, 2 12 inch diameter plastic drain pipes about 28 inches tall, 15 gallon plastic bucket and several of them freestanding potato bag thingies.

The hampers and the drain pipes were pretty much a bust. I think the drain pipes being black and thick plastic heated up too much. Turns out the hampers would be good for storing the potatoes I grew, but actually using the hampers to grow them...not so good.

The bags, the raised beds and the barrel seem to be the ticket. The vines are not dead yet, but I been robbing some potatoes from the various growing areas and the yield is looking to be pretty good. I just love me some big baked potatoes. Fingerlings roasted are pretty trick too. Num num num.

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dgbeig
16 years ago
oh, I am so excited for you.
I planted some in march and was going to try and "steal" a few this weekend.

which varieties did you plant and how big are they coming out?
spaghetina
16 years ago
Hooray for potatoes! I meant to plant some this year, but I got sidetracked and never did it. Seeing as how I managed to actually get a couple even planting them last year in October, I think I may still be able to eek some out if I plant now, but I don't much feel like ordering seed potatoes at this point, and I literally have no space left for them - after my tomato seedlings are planted out, I will have an entire backyard filled to the brim with ugly, gray plastic totes, lol.

Do you have any photos? I love seeing potatoes being harvested. Pulling something edible out of the ground is like watching buried treasure being unearthed, to me. It makes me absolutely giddy!
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deep___roots
Original Author
16 years ago
Yukon gold, french fingerling, all blue, russian banana, and a red type. Maybe one other but I am real good at losing the tags.
The yukon gold off of one seed potato were 6 nice sized baking potatoes. I plucked a few french fingerlings last night. We had a couple all blues for dinner last night.
Yes, my soil is very easy to rummage in for the potatoes. It is fun to slip your hands in there and feel around.
Once the potato plants are out I have some tomato plants I will try to plant in the various places that the potatoes grew. I figure the soil is still pretty good. Maybe add some general fertilizer and plant. See what happens.