Information and discussion for successfully cultivating potatoes, the world's fourth largest crop.
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June 4, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Virginia
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and the potato harvest begins...
I'm showing everybody my pretty Cranberry Red Potatoes today - these were very yummy!
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June 4, 2007 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Va. Beach, VA
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Nice..mine are still growing. Hope they look as pretty!
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June 5, 2007 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: perth, western australia
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whoa.
those are gorgeous! |
June 5, 2007 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9
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indeed, they are gorgeous.
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June 5, 2007 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Houston, TX
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Congrats! They are so pretty!
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June 7, 2007 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SW Ohio
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Very nice, hope that's not your total harvest?
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June 7, 2007 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Virginia
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Heh heh heh Earl - that was just what was along the grass line - the bed is up against the lawn. I wanted to make sure I didn't mower any potatoes, so I checked along the soil line. Since this pic, I've taken in about a bushel of cranberry reds. I still have the all-blue, the king harry and the russian banana fingerlings that I haven't even looked at. Plus another couple rows of the reds. We like potatoes....
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June 8, 2007 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
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pulled some King Harry out today, and didn't even get a chance to photograph them before they got cooked and eaten - very good potatoes!
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June 8, 2007 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: perth, western australia
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so...how many plants are you getting all those spuds from?
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June 8, 2007 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Virginia
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Tessa - I planted about a pound each of seed potato - all chitted except the fingerlings, which are small to begin with. I'd say I have +/- 10 plants of each variety, maybe a dozen king harry...
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