Got Potatoes?

[skyhightree1]

No potato shortage in my household I dug one row today. I got approx 10lbs of potatoes. I still have more to get up.

This is the only trailer i had space on nevermind the junk.

 

[ga.prime]

10 pounds? Might want to check your scales. :lol2:

 

[skyhightree1]

whoops forgot an 0 lol it was 100lbs lol not bad for using 25lbs of seed potatoes in the row.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

We grew spuds for 2 years, and then gave it up. Too much weeding, too much watering for the time we have to work with. We got a couple hundred pounds a year -- too much for the 2 of us, so you know the rest of that story . . . gave them away, or someone else used them as seed the next year. It doesn't bother me to go buy a couple bags of spuds a month.

 

[skyhightree1]

Kathie thats what everyone I know says lol. I love getting fresh taters out the ground though its nothing like fresh fries and hashbrowns I cant help but to grow them after all rows are dug i should have maybe 500 lbs

 

[ga.prime]

Sure, you can buy them for less but you don't get that homegrown flavor. Good looking crop, sky!

 

[skyhightree1]

thanks Ga. I love taters my wife said umm... thats alot of potatoes umm.. i can tell im gonna be tired of them real soon lol.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Now, if your talking tomatoes . . . that's a whole different topic. We weed/pamper and cannot find any better than what we grow. For spuds, we are next door to the best spuds in the country.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

We grow spuds for the non common variety, fingerlings (russian and rose), some purple just for kicks and yukon golds.

Sky, your gonna have a truck load of spuds.

An associate in Mattawa used to dig "tests" when I was picking up hay (we would keep the potatoes). He'd dig 5' of row and figure if it was time to dig up the whole field.

 

[skyhightree1]

Sky, your gonna have a truck load of spuds.quote]

You got that right I will have to eat them 1500 different ways lol I tried a experiment with fertilizer that paid off and I will do that again next year.

 

[bigbull338]

a guy i know grew 1000lbs of taters this year.an our taters done real good for what we planted.

 

[skyhightree1]

a guy i know grew 1000lbs of taters this year.an our taters done real good for what we planted.

What did you use for fertilizer?

 

[scf84]

planted around 80 pound and got back around 900 pound, did ok.

 

[skyhightree1]

planted around 80 pound and got back around 900 pound, did ok.

Yea you did its alot better than planting 80 lbs and getting 8 lbs back. also :welcome:

 

[TexasBred]

thanks Ga. I love taters my wife said umm... thats alot of potatoes umm.. i can tell im gonna be tired of them real soon lol.

Diggin' might be easier if you'd graze it down a bit first. :lol2: :lol2: :hide:

 

[skyhightree1]

thanks Ga. I love taters my wife said umm... thats alot of potatoes umm.. i can tell im gonna be tired of them real soon lol.

Diggin' might be easier if you'd graze it down a bit first. :lol2: :lol2: :hide:

True statement lol I would do that if the cattle wouldnt eat my sweet tater vines lol

 

[alisonb]

That's a span of spuds Sky :shock:

Out of interest how do you intend storing them? I read an article the other day that discussed 'hardening off' the spuds. What they do is lay the spuds on newspaper or a sheet (single layer of spuds) and then cover them with newspaper for about a week in a darkish room. The skins harden in this period, they then pack them in boxes and store in a very dark room and they last well into winter. Then I've heard some people store their spuds in the ground and cover with mulch/straw quite successfully. Another that I heard, apparently putting a couple of apples in the box with the spuds stops them from sprouting. :???:

 

[skyhightree1]

That's a span of spuds Sky :shock:

Out of interest how do you intend storing them? I read an article the other day that discussed 'hardening off' the spuds. What they do is lay the spuds on newspaper or a sheet (single layer of spuds) and then cover them with newspaper for about a week in a darkish room. The skins harden in this period, they then pack them in boxes and store in a very dark room and they last well into winter. Then I've heard some people store their spuds in the ground and cover with mulch/straw quite successfully. Another that I heard, apparently putting a couple of apples in the box with the spuds stops them from sprouting. :???:

alison yes it is and I haven't dug them all yet I kept about 50 lbs in which i used the chopper to chop them in lil squares and put in gallon freezer bags I have about 20 of those in the freezer the others we are using them durig the week to eat. This last row i will lay out on the trailer for a couple of days let them get air and put them in a bin in my barn and store them there with crushed limestone on them. they should last till spring im guessing I may can some too.

 

[alisonb]

Sky - is the limestone used for it's antimicrobial/antifungal properties or is there something more to it?

 

[skyhightree1]

Sky - is the limestone used for it's antimicrobial/antifungal properties or is there something more to it?

Prevents mold and helps keep them fresh... I got more taters that I need to dig up and put in some bins and will put them in lime and take pics for yall