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Post by binnylou on Apr 7, 2019 9:48:17 GMT -5
Mumsey, when is your dad planting potatoes?
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Post by binnylou on Apr 7, 2019 9:49:04 GMT -5
Maybe I should have asked when are you planting your dad's potatoes?
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 7, 2019 11:39:39 GMT -5
Right! Good Friday. And it will be a full moon.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 19, 2019 4:50:52 GMT -5
Taters are going in the ground today, probably this afternoon. I have the cut up spuds ready to go. I'm sure Dad will say "you could cut those in smaller pieces". He studies the eyes forever before deciding to cut it up into as many pieces as possible. I hope to escape his supervision.....
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Post by binnylou on Apr 19, 2019 11:30:35 GMT -5
The small Yukon Golds that I saved from last year have beautiful sprouts. They are ready to go into the raised bed.
They were stored in the garage over the winter and I totally forgot about them. I hauled my dahlias to the downstairs and left the potatoes in the garage, Hubby says the temp did not reach 32 degrees in the garage during that cold spell we had. They look fine and into the bed they will go today.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 19, 2019 11:54:21 GMT -5
Way to go! I just put in 100 hills. Yukon, red, norkota and kennebec. At Daddy’s. He said it needed tilled again first. Brother said it’s ready. It’s Dad’s way of control. Told him I’m doing it and I did. Now to put the 600 onions in. I think he overworks the soil. It’s mice and soft with some chunks. No big deal. And I didn’t put up the line string either. The rows are darn straight just eyeballing it.
Guess I’m feeling rebellious today! He’s had plenty of time to come out and have a conniption. Lol
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Post by tom 🕊 on Apr 19, 2019 12:07:25 GMT -5
I'm sure Dad will say "you could cut those in smaller pieces". My understanding is that potatoes yield better when not cut into small pieces. I quarter most of mine. Best yields are from whole small potatoes. |
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Post by binnylou on Apr 19, 2019 12:09:52 GMT -5
Best yields are from whole small potatoes. None of my tater starts will be cut. I'll take all the help I can get. |
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 19, 2019 13:42:42 GMT -5
I totally agree. I buy small ones to plant whole. Bigger ones only get halved or cut in 3rds at most. 100 hills for less than $3 is darn cheap but I can’t convince dad of that.
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Post by deckman22 on Apr 19, 2019 17:11:42 GMT -5
You did good Mumsey if you got a hundred hills for less than 3 bucks. I did 40 & it cost me about 12 dollars.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 19, 2019 18:15:10 GMT -5
Our farm and fleet here in town has bulk for $.49/lb. I see lots of stores now sell them in 5 lb bags for up to $9. Fresh potatoes don’t cost that much!
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Post by binnylou on Apr 19, 2019 18:42:56 GMT -5
I planted 16 and have 25 left over. The only cost was keeping hubby from using them for soup.
I said I wasn’t planting taters in the ground...but I can’t throw away those 25 taters.
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Post by binnylou on Apr 20, 2019 10:40:49 GMT -5
They were ready to be planted. These were saved from last year's crop.  DSCF0005 by BLou, on Flickr |
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Post by James on Apr 20, 2019 14:54:46 GMT -5
If you look at a potato you will see it has several eyes. They are concentrated on the one end of the potato. Each eye will send out a bud and make a potato plant. If you want some nice big potatoes, you really need to cut those potatoes to one or two eyes per piece and plant the pieces. That way you get one or two plants growing in a spot instead of 7 or more. When the plants are up and growing good, hill them up. That is drag some soil from around the area and cover the ground a little deeper around the plant. This is to keep the sun off the developing tubers. If the sun hits the developing tubers, they turn green and get a strong flavor.
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Post by binnylou on May 4, 2019 9:27:36 GMT -5
Taters are up. Ten of the sixteen planted are now above ground.
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