Dug The Potatoes

GoDawgs · June 23, 2018

Yesterday morning we dug the potatoes before it got really hot out there. My sister Pickles is the the Tatie Tender and she grew two 11' rows, one of Red Pontiac and one of Yukon Gold. It's what the local feed 'n seed was selling this spring. It’s just her second year growing them.

She guessed 45 lbs and I guessed 58 lbs. We ended up with 24 lbs of Yukons and 30 lbs of Red Pontiac for a total weight of 54 lbs. That beats last year's combined 40 lbs from those two rows.

We laid the potatoes on a table in the shade to dry and late this afternoon I brushed them off, put them in nursery flats and brought them in the house. There were some pretty big Yukons.

They're now the in a closet where the garlic is hanging and where they stored pretty good last year. There's no cellar here, root or otherwise so we're making do. So far, it works.

Pickles is going to can some as they're easy additions to a quick lunch or supper. When she experimented with canning some last year, I was totally surprised how good home-canned potatoes are. Guess we got enough now to last a while!

Worth1 · June 23, 2018

They look great.
Worth

brownrexx · June 23, 2018

Very nice. How many pounds of each did you start with?

imp · June 23, 2018

Great job, I am going to try some fall potatoes I think, this year.

GoDawgs · June 24, 2018

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Originally Posted by brownrexx

Very nice. How many pounds of each did you start with?

Maybe 2 or 3 lbs. I bought ten little seed potatoes of each. They were maybe 1.5" each so that I could just plant them whole after chitting and not cut them. Total cost was $1.80. Can't remember how much a pound.

brownrexx · June 24, 2018

That's a very nice return on your investment

Old School · June 24, 2018

Very nice harvest

Groundhog · June 24, 2018

I always wanted to try one of these but never grew enough to make it worthwhile.

http://www.growrealfood.com/gardenin...es-vegetables/

pmcgrady · June 24, 2018

I just dug a few potatoes to enter in the county fair, along with a couple other things...
Red Potato: French Fingerling (6)
Yellow Potato: Yukon Gold (6)
Most Freakish Vegatable: either Magic Molly or Rose Finn Apple fingerlings... I could make ink from Magic Molly and the Rose Finn's grew like ginger root
Green Pepper: Gypsy Hybrid (only thing that's ripe in a semi bell and I'm not going to waste 6 Oranjevo Chudos as green peppers)
Jalapeño: Purple Jalapeno (6)

There is only one tomato category because it's so early here Large Red Tomato.... Someone goes to WM and buys 6 perfect Arkansas tomatoes enters them and wins every year...

pmcgrady · June 28, 2018

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread!

Meanwhile back to potatoes...

I dug a few Magic Molly's and my fingerling Patriotic Mix (Red White and Blue)

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PhilaGardener · June 28, 2018

Nice looking taters, folks!

pmcgrady · June 29, 2018

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Originally Posted by PhilaGardener

Nice looking taters, folks!

Just made some Forth of July Potato Salad, darn good!

Worth1 · June 29, 2018

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Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Just made some Forth of July Potato Salad, darn good!

Looks like both of us were making practice runs.

Worth

GoDawgs · June 29, 2018

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Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread!

Meanwhile back to potatoes...

That's OK. Those are fine potatoes! So pretty. That's an amazing color in those Mollys. Is the potato salad purple?

taboule · June 29, 2018

Beautiful all. Looking forward to mine, a mix of gold and purple, still too early for us here in the NE.
taters-23jun18.jpg

June 23, 2018	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Dug The Potatoes Yesterday morning we dug the potatoes before it got really hot out there. My sister Pickles is the the Tatie Tender and she grew two 11' rows, one of Red Pontiac and one of Yukon Gold. It's what the local feed 'n seed was selling this spring. It’s just her second year growing them. She guessed 45 lbs and I guessed 58 lbs. We ended up with 24 lbs of Yukons and 30 lbs of Red Pontiac for a total weight of 54 lbs. That beats last year's combined 40 lbs from those two rows. We laid the potatoes on a table in the shade to dry and late this afternoon I brushed them off, put them in nursery flats and brought them in the house. There were some pretty big Yukons. They're now the in a closet where the garlic is hanging and where they stored pretty good last year. There's no cellar here, root or otherwise so we're making do. So far, it works. Pickles is going to can some as they're easy additions to a quick lunch or supper. When she experimented with canning some last year, I was totally surprised how good home-canned potatoes are. Guess we got enough now to last a while!

June 24, 2018	#7
Old School Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Central PA, Zone 6 Posts: 93	Very nice harvest __________________ -Frank

June 23, 2018	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	They look great. Worth

June 23, 2018	#3
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Very nice. How many pounds of each did you start with?

June 23, 2018	#4
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	Great job, I am going to try some fall potatoes I think, this year.

June 24, 2018	#8
Groundhog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Western Tn. Posts: 39	I always wanted to try one of these but never grew enough to make it worthwhile. http://www.growrealfood.com/gardenin...es-vegetables/

June 24, 2018	#9
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	I just dug a few potatoes to enter in the county fair, along with a couple other things... Red Potato: French Fingerling (6) Yellow Potato: Yukon Gold (6) Most Freakish Vegatable: either Magic Molly or Rose Finn Apple fingerlings... I could make ink from Magic Molly and the Rose Finn's grew like ginger root Green Pepper: Gypsy Hybrid (only thing that's ripe in a semi bell and I'm not going to waste 6 Oranjevo Chudos as green peppers) Jalapeño: Purple Jalapeno (6) There is only one tomato category because it's so early here Large Red Tomato.... Someone goes to WM and buys 6 perfect Arkansas tomatoes enters them and wins every year...

June 28, 2018	#10
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread! Meanwhile back to potatoes... I dug a few Magic Molly's and my fingerling Patriotic Mix (Red White and Blue) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

June 28, 2018	#11
PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Nice looking taters, folks!

June 29, 2018	#15
taboule Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: MA Posts: 903	Beautiful all. Looking forward to mine, a mix of gold and purple, still too early for us here in the NE. taters-23jun18.jpg