Potatoes What To Do? - Page 2

Worth1 · February 2, 2016

Salt thanks to you I am going to do without potatoes for supper tonight.
I have some red potatoes with little sprouts on them in the refrigerator.
I was going to eat them but now I am going to cut them and plant them tomorrow.

Worth

AlittleSalt · February 2, 2016

Worth,

Hellmanns · February 2, 2016

It will be a month or two before I plant taters here in ky, but my stash is holding well in the cellar despite the warm December. My favorite spuds are new ones cooked to just fork tender, then flash crisped in lard or bacon grease. My second favorite spuds are this time of year, when they develop sprouts and a little sugar to help them turn golden brown as they fry! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING like a sprouted Kennebec french fried in lard!

I went to the cellar just a bit ago to get a new box for kitchen use, as we ran out over the weekend. I store taters in 25lb. Tomato boxes in the cellar. This makes for easy handling. Here is a new box of Red Pontiac's.

I almost forgot about this box of big taters I graded out last fall, it has 26 lbs. in it, but only contains 13 taters! I may have to juice them..

clkeiper · February 3, 2016

Salt... that is what my potatoes look like sometimes when I plant. You'll have a fine crop from those. It is better to have them a bit sprouted before planting anyway. I have a couple months to go before I can get mine in, but I am sure they will look worse than that as warm as the winter has been and mine are sitting ina 50#bag in the garage.

Worth1 · February 3, 2016

I should do a video on how to grow instant mashed potatoes.

Show the soil tilled up and dig a trench and spoon in a box of instant potatoes.
Then 4 months later show the same spot with potatoes growing.

Worth

Worth1 · February 4, 2016

This is sad.
Last night I watched yet more people try to grow potatoes in the so called potato towers.
None of them got much of anything.
As a matter of fact I could take the same barrel cut it length wise and use both halves to get a huge crop of potatoes by planting 3 or 4 seed potatoes in each one.
Salt I want you to see this I was going to plant potatoes last fall but forgot about it.
Look what this guy is getting out of containers.

https://youtu.be/dMrkIecqQL8

AlittleSalt · February 7, 2016

A very interesting video Worth. Makes me want to go out and buy some BIG pots to give it a try.

Worth1 · February 7, 2016

I really like watching the guys videos he knows what he is doing and they aren't boring.

Worth

ChiliPeppa · February 7, 2016

Wow! How many seed potatoes did he put in each pot?

Worth1 · February 7, 2016

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Originally Posted by ChiliPeppa

Wow! How many seed potatoes did he put in each pot?

He has another video on how he planted them.

Looks like 2 or 3 whole potatoes and puts the bottom of the pot in the soil so the roots can grow out the drain holes.

It also looks like he chits his own potatoes.
I am going to do the same thing with some of my tomatoes and peppers this year.

ChiliPeppa · February 7, 2016

I check out that video.

Nattybo! · February 7, 2016

Hmmm. I saw that video years ago. His results/yields are mostly due to the variety that he planted; which is Sarpo Mira. From what I have read, that variety has to be killed (the green tops chopped off) in order to stop the potatoes from growing ever larger.

I got excited too, when I first saw the video. I recall thinking, wow! a true peasants potato and that I needed to grow it to feed all these little kids running around here. Unfortunely, it is not available to us peasants of the USA.

henry · February 7, 2016

Nattybo
Check this thread.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?p=529856

Nattybo! · February 7, 2016

Will do

AlittleSalt · February 26, 2016

Here they are growing today (2-26-16)

February 2, 2016	#18
Hellmanns Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,116	It will be a month or two before I plant taters here in ky, but my stash is holding well in the cellar despite the warm December. My favorite spuds are new ones cooked to just fork tender, then flash crisped in lard or bacon grease. My second favorite spuds are this time of year, when they develop sprouts and a little sugar to help them turn golden brown as they fry! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING like a sprouted Kennebec french fried in lard! I went to the cellar just a bit ago to get a new box for kitchen use, as we ran out over the weekend. I store taters in 25lb. Tomato boxes in the cellar. This makes for easy handling. Here is a new box of Red Pontiac's. I almost forgot about this box of big taters I graded out last fall, it has 26 lbs. in it, but only contains 13 taters! I may have to juice them.. Last edited by Hellmanns; February 2, 2016 at 09:29 PM.

February 3, 2016	#19
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Salt... that is what my potatoes look like sometimes when I plant. You'll have a fine crop from those. It is better to have them a bit sprouted before planting anyway. I have a couple months to go before I can get mine in, but I am sure they will look worse than that as warm as the winter has been and mine are sitting ina 50#bag in the garage. __________________ carolyn k

February 7, 2016	#22
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	A very interesting video Worth. Makes me want to go out and buy some BIG pots to give it a try. Last edited by AlittleSalt; February 7, 2016 at 06:06 PM.

February 7, 2016	#28
henry Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Midway B.C. Canada Posts: 311	Nattybo Check this thread. http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?p=529856 __________________ Henry

February 2, 2016	#16
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Salt thanks to you I am going to do without potatoes for supper tonight. I have some red potatoes with little sprouts on them in the refrigerator. I was going to eat them but now I am going to cut them and plant them tomorrow. Worth

February 4, 2016	#21
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	This is sad. Last night I watched yet more people try to grow potatoes in the so called potato towers. None of them got much of anything. As a matter of fact I could take the same barrel cut it length wise and use both halves to get a huge crop of potatoes by planting 3 or 4 seed potatoes in each one. Salt I want you to see this I was going to plant potatoes last fall but forgot about it. Look what this guy is getting out of containers. https://youtu.be/dMrkIecqQL8

February 7, 2016	#24
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	Wow! How many seed potatoes did he put in each pot?

February 7, 2016	#27
Nattybo! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 272	Hmmm. I saw that video years ago. His results/yields are mostly due to the variety that he planted; which is Sarpo Mira. From what I have read, that variety has to be killed (the green tops chopped off) in order to stop the potatoes from growing ever larger. I got excited too, when I first saw the video. I recall thinking, wow! a true peasants potato and that I needed to grow it to feed all these little kids running around here. Unfortunely, it is not available to us peasants of the USA.