Potatoe leaf

[pmcgrady]

I tore down a red 100+ year old barn that was 80' x 20', of which I turned into red kitchen cabinets in my cabin...
I'm thinking of tilling the site up and planting only potato leafs...
Got Marianna's Peace, KBX, Red Oxheart,Red Rose (?)...
Most Brandywines don't do good around here, from my experience.
Any ideas for potato leaf varieties in Illinois?

[Johnniemar]

I am planting amazon chocolates this year, theones i have are potato leaf!

[Worth1]

Earl's Faux beefsteak pink.
Galina's is a yellow cherry.
Stump of the World another pink beef steak.
I have grown them all with great results in Texas and I bet they will do good for you too.
That is my offer out of experience not hear say.
Break up that hard packed barn soil once and dont mess with it again.
You can even think about putting some dwarf fruit trees in about every 15 feet or so.
This is what we did with an old commercial chicken house years ago.

Worth

[MissS]

Aunt Ginny's Purple
Barlow Jap
BKX
Dana's Dusky Rose
Daniel Burson
Limbaugh's Legacy Potato Top
Lucky Cross
Prudens Purple
Winsall

And they are all very good imo.

[TC_Manhattan]

Black from Tula potato-leaf, AKA Spudatula

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Earl's Faux beefsteak pink.
Galina's is a yellow cherry.
Stump of the World another pink beef steak.
I have grown them all with great results in Texas and I bet they will do good for you too.
That is my offer out of experience not hear say.
Break up that hard packed barn soil once and dont mess with it again.
You can even think about putting some dwarf fruit trees in about every 15 feet or so.
This is what we did with an old commercial chicken house years ago.

Worth

It's like 100 year old cow manure, last time cows where in there were 40 years ago...
Earls Faux's
Stump of the World
Fit the mold, don't want any cherries here. Galina's will fit in in another garden,

Thanks Worth!

[KarenO]

Captain lucky. Delicious .
Old barn site aught to grow beautiful tomatoes.
KarenO

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by MissS

Aunt Ginny's Purple
Barlow Jap
BKX
Dana's Dusky Rose
Daniel Burson
Limbaugh's Legacy Potato Top
Lucky Cross
Prudens Purple
Winsall

And they are all very good imo.

I see at least four on your list,that I have heard of, interesting!
Thanks for your recommendations!
What's BKX? I'm growing KBX...

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by TC_Manhattan

Black from Tula potato-leaf, AKA Spudatula

Like!

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by KarenO

Captain lucky. Delicious .
Old barn site aught to grow beautiful tomatoes.
KarenO

Like!
Captain Lucky, sounds like a tomato I should grow! I grew Delicious a few years ago and got a few tomatoes that were over 2#s, forgot about them.

[MissS]

BKX is a Purple/Black tomato offered by Secret Seed Cartel. It is a PL plant that is supposed to be an improvement over Black Krim. It was very good for me last year, but not the best. I will say that the fruits did not crack and remained smooth just as described. Not a bad plant at all.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

I tore down a red 100+ year old barn that was 80' x 20', of which I turned into red kitchen cabinets in my cabin...
I'm thinking of tilling the site up and planting only potato leafs...
Got Marianna's Peace, KBX, Red Oxheart,Red Rose (?)...
Most Brandywines don't do good around here, from my experience.
Any ideas for potato leaf varieties in Illinois?

I have many many tomato friends who garden in IL, one in particular who has been one of my bestseed producers for many years and I first knew Neil back in 1990 and he still lists about 400 varieties in the annual SSE yearbook.

Same as well for Indiana and on the other side and they can grow any variety they want to, so I'm a bit at sea about this b'c almost all of them,like the rest of most of us,have grown Brandywines,different strains/versions and they do very well, yes in the more northen climes, but not often so great in the deeper south.

Here's a list of PL varieties from Tania's site and I could pick out MANY that would work well for you if you want to continue looking for just non Brandywine PL's

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/C..._Leaf_Tomatoes

Carolyn

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I have many many tomato friends who garden in IL, one in particular who has been one of my bestseed producers for many years and I first knew Neil back in 1990 and he still lists about 400 varieties in the annual SSE yearbook.

Same as well for Indiana and on the other side and they can grow any variety they want to, so I'm a bit at sea about this b'c almost all of them,like the rest of most of us,have grown Brandywines,different strains/versions and they do very well, yes in the more northen climes, but not often so great in the deeper south.

Here's a list of PL varieties from Tania's site and I could pick out MANY that would work well for you if you want to continue looking for just non Brandywine PL's

http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/C..._Leaf_Tomatoes

Carolyn

Wow, never realized how many PLs there are thanks! Great link!

[pauldavid]

Not potato leaf but how about Red Barn. That is fitting considering the location.

[Worth1]

I'm glad you saved the wood from the old barn.
Off subject but can you tell me what kind of wood it was?
Our house barns and everything in Missouri was made out of Oak.

Worth