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| Potato Harvest, Wishing Well #1. 8.31.14 |
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| Potato Harvest. Wishing Well #2. 8.31.14 |
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| Planting potatoes. Wishing Well #1. 3.7.14 |
Here is today's potato harvest, from wishing well #1 and #2. I already harvested wishing well #3 maybe a month ago, and one more remains.
Pretty good yield. I wondered if I could do better. One is a mix of red and white, the other is all red.
I'm happy with the yield, and quality. A few small ones might be good for next year's seed potatoes, or I could buy new ones.
The wishing wells tended to dry out on hot days. They might do better if I paint the outside white, or add reflective material, or have deeper soil. I think the deeper soil will be a good start.
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| Potato Wishing Well #1. 4.27.14 |
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| Potato Wishing Well #1. 6.21.14 |
These are Pontiac Red and White Superior.
There is not enough space for my potato. I think the white and red ones have pretty good yield. Have you tried the purple ones? They are great except very low yield compared to the rest.
ReplyDeleteI have not tried the purple ones. I like the white and red so much, I am reluctant to try the purple! This method only takes a few square feet. It's almost the same as growing in a container. Maybe some day you will have room.
ReplyDeleteHundreds of orchids in containers. Not counting the 50+ rose cuttings in small pots. I eat more potatoes then I can grow them fast enough.
ReplyDeleteThe yellow fingerings is really creamy too like eating butter. I've gone verticals, anything that can do nicely in a shelf I've already stack them high. I do have some potatoes lying around they fend for themselves and self-sow. The only work I do is harvest them.
Potatoes are surprisingly rewarding that way! We have some areas that have not been planted in several years, but always miss a couple and the next year, more potatoes.
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