More Potato Starts. 03.08.2021

 At Winco, there were some potato starts.  I just bought one box,  I have more coming from Fedco in Maine in a few weeks.  These are my most favorite of all potatoes, Kennebecs.  I sliced a couple in half to get more plants.  It's enough for a row.  I will let them dry and grow a little bigger in the sunroom for a week or two before planting.

First Potato Harvest. Jul 7, 2019

Kennebeck Potatoes.  7.7.19

Kennebeck Potatoes.  7.7.19

 Some of the potato tops are dying off. so I  dug them up.  Nice crop for Kennebec and Red Norland so far.  Ready to make potato salad.

The first of the Russets didn't look like much.  There may be some in the rows yet to harvest.

Red Norland Potatoes.  7.7.19

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I made potato salad using Kennebecs.  I didn't it, too dry.  I have using the daily for baked potatoes.  For that purpose, they are truly delicious.  I puncture multiple times with a fork, brush with olive oil, back on a piece of aluminum foil at 400 F for 30 min, turn, bake another 30 min.

Potatoes Update. Final Planting, and Filling In Trenches. 4.23.19

Potato Bed.  4.23.19

Yesterday I planted the last of the chitted potatoes.  One package of Kennebec, one of Idaho Russet, and a few remaining overwintered Russets, probably, from the garage.

It is interesting, these did not grow long stems.  They were in the sunroom.  About 1/4 inch growth.  I wonder if they are alive.

Of the potatoes that I planted on 3.1.19, all are alive and very lush.  As are the ones that I planted later.
That is despite some frosts and the soil being chilly.  There are also potatoes growing in some of the garden beds that  missed when  digging potatoes last year and some that have overwintered for 2 or 3 consecutive winters.

For those rows where the potato plants are taller than their trenches, I filled in soil so there are several inches of stem below soil level now.  I mixed in some organic MoreCrop vegetable fertilizer.  This is the first year I have done that.  I had also mixed in some at planting time, which might be why they are so lush.

There are more than planned.  I go overboard, plus there were those that I saved from overwintering in the garage.  Those had long sprouts, 1 or 2 feet long, that I broke off, then allowed new sprouts to form before planting.  Those are doing just as well as the new ones.

Chitting Potatoes. 2.20.19

Seed Potatoes, Kinnebec.  2.19.19

Seed Potato Labels.  2.19.19

These are the first batches of potatoes that I plan to plant.   I bought 2 packages at the hardware store, Kinnebec and Russian Banana.  Not having grown either variety before, it's nice to try.

I had lots of the smaller size russets in the garage over the winter, with 6 inch or longer sprouts.  I broke off the sprouts, and am chitting them in a sunny window so new, stouter sprouts with shorter interstems will grow.  

Russet Seed Potatoes from Garage, Overwinter.  2.19.19

More Russets from Garage.  2.19.19

Russian Banana Seed Potatoes.  2.19.19

I still have packages of Yukon Gold, Red Norland, and I think some fresh Idaho Russet seed potatoes.  That's enough.  I don't know if the overwintered ones will work, or produce as much.  I'll wait a couple of weeks before chitting the other batches.  Too much to plant, otherwise.