time frame for planting potatoes - Page 2

ChiliPeppa · April 7, 2016

I've tried twice to grow potatoes and both times NADA. I'm going to try fall planting them this year.

Tormato · April 13, 2016

After about a 10 year wait, I finally have some Green Mountains. Now I wait for the eyes to sprout and the weather to warm.

Rajun Gardener · April 16, 2016

I planted in containers this year and they are doing great. I started these the 1st of March, the 1st 3 half barrels are Yukon Gold & the last one is Russet from the grocery store. The Russets grew slower than YG but they almost caught up and they just started to flower. From the looks of things, I say it's so much easier in containers. I'll know when I harvest but if I can get 10-15 pounds from a container then I'll just start them at different times.

loulac · April 16, 2016

I start planting potatoes when lilacs start blooming. Does it work everywhere ? I really don't know.

Fred Westcott · April 19, 2016

Long range forecasts for here, zone 6, show good weather from now to June. It was 80 yesterday !
I figure I'll plant this week. I have German Butterball, late season, be nice to get a jump on it.

barefootgardener · April 20, 2016

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Originally Posted by Rajun Gardener

I planted in containers this year and they are doing great. I started these the 1st of March, the 1st 3 half barrels are Yukon Gold & the last one is Russet from the grocery store. The Russets grew slower than YG but they almost caught up and they just started to flower. From the looks of things, I say it's so much easier in containers. I'll know when I harvest but if I can get 10-15 pounds from a container then I'll just start them at different times.

Wow! Nice set up! Your potatoes are looking good!

Ginny

Lindalana · May 15, 2016

Ok, so some potatoes took a hit last night. It was supps to be 38 but apparently went down more

Rajun Gardener · May 15, 2016

I think more than potatoes took a hit for a few people, the temps up there are crazy low and down here it's been a very hot humid 87 for about a week. My poor plants are getting stressed from the heat.

MarianneW · May 15, 2016

It's been hitting 100 here, the potatoes and onions are starting to call it quits. Can't wait to dig them & see what I got!

twillis2252 · May 15, 2016

Lindalana,
I posted shortly after you started this thread. As mentioned earlier my potato planting was the last week of March. In the NC mountains zone 6, since the last week of March we have had temps as low as the mid 20's and one Saturday with an inch of snow. I travel between the SC coast and the mountains so I was away from the garden from March 27 (when I started my tomato seeding) and April 20th. When I returned in April I noted only a few of my potatoes had germinated. On my next trip to NC last Thursday almost all of my potatoes had germinated and were very prolific. I am still in NC planting my vegetables and tomatoes. I took a few photos today and have a couple more pics to complete as I finish planting my tomatoes. Will post them late tomorrow. Good luck with your potatoes, weather should not be an issue, IMO...

pmcgrady · May 15, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lindalana

Ok, so some potatoes took a hit last night. It was supps to be 38 but apparently went down more

39 for the low last night here..potatoes look good,lost a lot of blooms on tomatoes and peppers, plants look good though.

Lindalana · May 31, 2016

Potatoes did overgrew most of the damage, pic from last week. For last couple of warm days we are going... need to hill again.

MrSalvage · June 4, 2016

I remember planting potatoes on St Patrick's Day in Southern Maryland as a kid. My dad would take care of the horses while our cousin Robert had us kids planting the fields.

PhilaGardener · June 4, 2016

I actually did plant some last Fall (outside of Philly, PA); about half made it through and are doing better than my Spring planted stock. (Noticed today some of those fingerlings are setting buds.)

Anyone here raise two crops per season? Do you do anything special before you replant? (Like chill the tubers for a few days, or anything.)

Nematode · June 6, 2016

2 crops is doable even far north of you.
You can't use seed potato from the spring for the summer planting, sourcing summer tubers is a challenge, you may need to hold over some of your disease free tubers and keep them cool.
If they get "physiologically old" they will just grow tops.

April 7, 2016	#16
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	I've tried twice to grow potatoes and both times NADA. I'm going to try fall planting them this year.

April 13, 2016	#17
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	After about a 10 year wait, I finally have some Green Mountains. Now I wait for the eyes to sprout and the weather to warm.

April 16, 2016	#18
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	I planted in containers this year and they are doing great. I started these the 1st of March, the 1st 3 half barrels are Yukon Gold & the last one is Russet from the grocery store. The Russets grew slower than YG but they almost caught up and they just started to flower. From the looks of things, I say it's so much easier in containers. I'll know when I harvest but if I can get 10-15 pounds from a container then I'll just start them at different times.

April 16, 2016	#19
loulac Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: France Posts: 554	I start planting potatoes when lilacs start blooming. Does it work everywhere ? I really don't know.

April 19, 2016	#20
Fred Westcott Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: New Jersey Posts: 17	Long range forecasts for here, zone 6, show good weather from now to June. It was 80 yesterday ! I figure I'll plant this week. I have German Butterball, late season, be nice to get a jump on it.

May 15, 2016	#22
Lindalana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 857	Ok, so some potatoes took a hit last night. It was supps to be 38 but apparently went down more

May 15, 2016	#24
MarianneW Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Arizona Posts: 153	It's been hitting 100 here, the potatoes and onions are starting to call it quits. Can't wait to dig them & see what I got!

May 15, 2016	#25
twillis2252 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: SC & NC Posts: 258	Lindalana, I posted shortly after you started this thread. As mentioned earlier my potato planting was the last week of March. In the NC mountains zone 6, since the last week of March we have had temps as low as the mid 20's and one Saturday with an inch of snow. I travel between the SC coast and the mountains so I was away from the garden from March 27 (when I started my tomato seeding) and April 20th. When I returned in April I noted only a few of my potatoes had germinated. On my next trip to NC last Thursday almost all of my potatoes had germinated and were very prolific. I am still in NC planting my vegetables and tomatoes. I took a few photos today and have a couple more pics to complete as I finish planting my tomatoes. Will post them late tomorrow. Good luck with your potatoes, weather should not be an issue, IMO...

June 4, 2016	#28
MrSalvage Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: VA - Zone 7A Posts: 344	I remember planting potatoes on St Patrick's Day in Southern Maryland as a kid. My dad would take care of the horses while our cousin Robert had us kids planting the fields.

June 4, 2016	#29
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	I actually did plant some last Fall (outside of Philly, PA); about half made it through and are doing better than my Spring planted stock. (Noticed today some of those fingerlings are setting buds.) Anyone here raise two crops per season? Do you do anything special before you replant? (Like chill the tubers for a few days, or anything.)

June 6, 2016	#30
Nematode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: massachusetts Posts: 1,710	2 crops is doable even far north of you. You can't use seed potato from the spring for the summer planting, sourcing summer tubers is a challenge, you may need to hold over some of your disease free tubers and keep them cool. If they get "physiologically old" they will just grow tops.