TPS yield

Rugerfan777 · June 10, 2013

Just a question, I know Tom says he can get yeilds close to seed potatoes, but is it possible for reg folk like you and me to get that result too? I am hoping to try, but I am such a noob at potato growing I am not sure if it can be done by non potato experts?

wingnut · June 11, 2013

I have some I started early, they are nice sized plants. I am looking for tubers to plant next year, but hope for good size/yield from TPS.

**Tom Wagner** · June 11, 2013

TPS yeild

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Just a question, I know Tom says he can get yeilds close to seed potatoes, but is it possible for reg folk like you and me to get that result too? I am hoping to try, but I am such a noob at potato growing I am not sure if it can be done by non potato experts?

You might be right! My two different webmasters have been after me to write up the definitive "HOW TO" book or addendum on TPS. The newworldcrops.com is down for the summer but the tomwagnerseedscom. is still open for business. We get customer service inquiry comments for advice on TPS.

I've had a bum knee keeping me out of the field for the last two days......yes, it was from digging potatoes Saturday.

I do think that i could write a pretty good chapter or book helping folks along to do quite wellw ith TPS

Rugerfan777 · June 11, 2013

Thanks Tom for replying. I am trying to read everything you post about TPS. You have so much information and experience on it, it seems truly hard to master for beginners like me. I am going to try, so the more information the better.

Rugerfan777 · June 11, 2013

How hot is too hot to grow potatoes? 80's? 90's?

joseph · June 12, 2013

This is what my first year seedlings produce like: One basket equals the offspring of one seed.

The second year tubers can be extremely erratic in production, producing anything from less than what went into the ground, to an abundant harvest. Here are photos of what two plants produced the second year. They are the red potatoes in the top two rows.

In my garden, a tuber that is planted in the early spring gets about an 8 week longer growing season than seedlings planted after all danger of frost. I attribute the higher production of tubers in the second year to the longer growing season.

TZ-OH6 · June 11, 2013

The best of my TPS plants produced slightly under what the parent did per plant. And I am not a good potato grower so the parent production was not that great. But there is a lot of variation in sprouts and seedlings. I get a few strong plants and more middling plants of the ones I actually save to pot up and put out. It's much different for me than with tomatoes where you get seedling uniformity even between varieties. I usually eat one tuber per hill and save the rest for seed tubers the next year unless the TPS plant produced sub standard tubers (unwanted colors, size, production).

June 10, 2013	#1
Rugerfan777 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Crescent City CA Posts: 6	TPS yield Just a question, I know Tom says he can get yeilds close to seed potatoes, but is it possible for reg folk like you and me to get that result too? I am hoping to try, but I am such a noob at potato growing I am not sure if it can be done by non potato experts?

June 11, 2013	#2
wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	I have some I started early, they are nice sized plants. I am looking for tubers to plant next year, but hope for good size/yield from TPS.

June 12, 2013	#6
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	This is what my first year seedlings produce like: One basket equals the offspring of one seed. The second year tubers can be extremely erratic in production, producing anything from less than what went into the ground, to an abundant harvest. Here are photos of what two plants produced the second year. They are the red potatoes in the top two rows. In my garden, a tuber that is planted in the early spring gets about an 8 week longer growing season than seedlings planted after all danger of frost. I attribute the higher production of tubers in the second year to the longer growing season.

June 11, 2013	#7
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 851	The best of my TPS plants produced slightly under what the parent did per plant. And I am not a good potato grower so the parent production was not that great. But there is a lot of variation in sprouts and seedlings. I get a few strong plants and more middling plants of the ones I actually save to pot up and put out. It's much different for me than with tomatoes where you get seedling uniformity even between varieties. I usually eat one tuber per hill and save the rest for seed tubers the next year unless the TPS plant produced sub standard tubers (unwanted colors, size, production).