BIG Potato Harvest

OtterJon · October 18, 2011

So I started a potato plant about a month and a half ago because I had a golden fingering that didn't get eaten spout in the house. Plant grew fast in a 5 gallon pot, but died the other day after a windstorm. I dumped out the pot yesterday and and had this massive harvest waiting for me... it was just for a bit of fun, (I grow tomatoes not potatoes) but just may grow a few plants in the garden next spring. I came home from work today, and my wonderful wife had them all set to go with dinner

tasted darn good, what little I had!

Jon

Elizabeth · October 18, 2011

LOL - Looks like my harvest of a couple of days ago from the edge of the compost pile. Apparently I tossed a tater in there and it rolled off the side and it never cooked. Moving the stack I found this scraggly potato plant with some decent little spuds under it - about 1.5 cups worth cut up when they got tossed in last night's soup.

They were pretty yummy. Hubbie took it the wrong way though when I told him they were from the compost pile...

Medbury Gardens · October 19, 2011

whooo,i hope you had a pot big enough Jon.

wmontanez · October 19, 2011

Hey Jon, small or big harvest doesn't matter much but is the best flavor once you eat it right away. I must warn you that once you get started with potatoes, particularly GOOD potatoes then you keep adding more and more and more...

Medbury Gardens · October 19, 2011

She's right Jon,i sure you wont be able to contain yourself

OtterJon · October 20, 2011

I must say, they did taste very good. I will be giving the potatoes some space in my garden in the spring. I also thought the plants themselves looked nice.

Yay!

October 18, 2011	#2
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	LOL - Looks like my harvest of a couple of days ago from the edge of the compost pile. Apparently I tossed a tater in there and it rolled off the side and it never cooked. Moving the stack I found this scraggly potato plant with some decent little spuds under it - about 1.5 cups worth cut up when they got tossed in last night's soup. They were pretty yummy. Hubbie took it the wrong way though when I told him they were from the compost pile... __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

October 19, 2011	#4
wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	Hey Jon, small or big harvest doesn't matter much but is the best flavor once you eat it right away. I must warn you that once you get started with potatoes, particularly GOOD potatoes then you keep adding more and more and more... __________________ Wendy

October 19, 2011	#3
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	whooo,i hope you had a pot big enough Jon.

October 20, 2011	#6
OtterJon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 218	I must say, they did taste very good. I will be giving the potatoes some space in my garden in the spring. I also thought the plants themselves looked nice. Yay!