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Starting Sweet Potatoes

Last post by JRinPA « Mon May 16, 2022 10:27 pm
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by GoDawgs » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 am

Buried in my inbox I found a great article on starting sweet potato slips. Three different methods. Thought I'd pass this along.

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Last post by JRinPA
Mon May 16, 2022 10:27 pm
Potato Patch

Last post by karstopography « Sun May 15, 2022 9:32 pm
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by karstopography » Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:28 pm
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Started and finished the frame today. 5’x10’, 50 square feet just for potatoes.
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Last post by karstopography
Sun May 15, 2022 9:32 pm
best tasting red potato?

Last post by Bower « Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:36 pm
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by jbclem » Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:56 pm

I like red potatoes, but the bagged organic ones I've been getting from Whole Foods have been fairly tasteless. In the past, I've bought red potatoes that tasted really good,...

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Last post by Bower
Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:36 pm
2021 sweet potato fail

Last post by eyegrotom « Sun Feb 27, 2022 2:55 pm
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by JRinPA » Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:53 am

I found my camera. Behind the truck seat. I thought I had lost it into the compost the day I dug these. It was Oct 1 last year.

Last year's sweet potato experiment was using...

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Last post by eyegrotom
Sun Feb 27, 2022 2:55 pm
Fedco potato orders are open...

Last post by karstopography « Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:25 pm
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by wykvlvr » Wed Nov 17, 2021 3:13 pm

DH and I both considered my potatoes as successes so I am looking over the offerings and trying to decide what to order. Things we learned late season don't have time so I...

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Last post by karstopography
Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:25 pm
TPS potatoes is it possible

Last post by Bower « Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:21 pm
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by AKgardener » Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:26 pm

I just saw this post and happy to find it did anyone start there potatoes from TPS? I just learned about it and ordered a bunch of different varieties from Russia. Not shure...

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Last post by Bower
Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:21 pm
Determinate and Indeterminate Potatoes

Last post by zendog « Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:41 pm
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by GoDawgs » Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:01 am

Recently I was reminded that like tomatoes, potatoes are also determinate and indeterminate, something I learned about only one or two years ago. Many of you probably know...

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Last post by zendog
Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:41 pm
Bush/Semi-Bush Sweet Potatoes

Last post by GoDawgs « Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am
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by Glitch » Mon Dec 28, 2020 1:45 pm

While hunting for somewhere to preorder sweet potato slips I noticed that there are actually bush varieties available. Anyone have any experience with these?

I am probably...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am
potatoes again!

Last post by JRinPA « Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:31 pm
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by Bower » Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:50 pm
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Today I spotted several tufts of potatoes coming up in the garlic bed where they were grown last year. So I pulled them up and rescued them, as I do believe they were some of...
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Last post by JRinPA
Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:31 pm
oops I got carried away

Last post by wykvlvr « Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:10 pm
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by wykvlvr » Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:17 pm

When Fedco shut down my seed order but allowed me to order from the potato page... I ordered 3 fingerling varieties: La Ratte, AmaRosa, and Austrian Crescent PLUS I got...

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Last post by wykvlvr
Sat Jul 03, 2021 3:10 pm
Carisma potatoes

Last post by Whwoz « Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:09 am

by Whwoz » Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:09 am

A variety of patato we have down Under is called Carisma. This is a low GI variety that was stuck in some seed bank until it was realised that low GI is good for diabetics. I...

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Last post by Whwoz
Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:09 am
Tons of fingerlings!

Last post by Uncle_Feist « Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:34 am
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by pmcgrady » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:37 pm
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And garlic! Soon as I figure photos...on a old iPad...
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Last post by Uncle_Feist
Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:34 am
Potato recommendations

Last post by Hatgirl « Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:32 pm
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by isuhunter » Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:59 pm

In Iowa here... what do you guys suggest for a white and red potato? Looking for long shelf life too.

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Last post by Hatgirl
Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:32 pm
Sweet Potatoes - ready to harvest?

Last post by stone « Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:53 pm
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by JRinPA » Sun Oct 04, 2020 9:45 am
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This is my second year with sweet potatoes. Last year I planted them at the comm garden and let them go too long, they were died back completely and some rotted. Got busy and...
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Last post by stone
Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:53 pm
TPS Skagit Valley Gold

Last post by MrBig46 « Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:25 am
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by MrBig46 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:45 am

I read a lot about Skagit Valley Gold potatoes. I would also like to try growing them, but the only way for me to get to them is to see them grown from TPS. I would also like...

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Last post by MrBig46
Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:25 am
TPS Skagit Valley Gold

Last post by farmersteve « Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:18 pm
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by MrBig46 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:42 am

I I would also like to try growing these potatoes (just as an experiment for my own use), but I have not found a source of TPS Skagit Valley Gold anywhere. Tom Wagner no...

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Last post by farmersteve
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:18 pm
Fall Planted Potatoes

Last post by GoDawgs « Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:59 am
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by GoDawgs » Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:34 pm

Having read a few articles about fall planted potatoes I decided to plant just three hills mid October as an experiment. The theory in the articles was that you plant in the...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:59 am
Mike's sweet potatoes

Last post by eyegrotom « Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:29 pm
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by eyegrotom » Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:28 pm

This is my first time growing sweet potatoes. So I was curious how they were doing, I decided to harvest my smallest container with only one slip in it
This is what I got...

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Last post by eyegrotom
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:29 pm
Scab in container - can I grow other stuff in there or should I trash the soil?

Last post by LK2020 « Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:09 pm
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by LK2020 » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:56 pm

This was my second year growing potatoes, in 5-gallon and 7-gallon fabric pot containers. Results have been good and delicious. Next year I might use some 18-gallon plastic...

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Last post by LK2020
Wed Sep 30, 2020 5:09 pm
Some bad tips on my travel weary seed potatoes - cut off?

Last post by Bower « Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:00 pm
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by Bower » Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:29 am

So my poor long suffering seed potatoes which are a full month late in arriving thanks to Canada Post :evil: are finally here.
On opening the package I see most of them are...

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Last post by Bower
Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:00 pm
Planting Potatoes in Straw

Last post by ponyexpress « Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:59 am
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by brownrexx » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:38 pm

My potato harvest is complete. I planted 5 lbs. each of Lehigh Yellow and Kennebec and I just harvested 21 lbs of Lehigh Yellow and 26 lbs of Kennebec.

I plant my seed...

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Last post by ponyexpress
Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:59 am
volunteers

Last post by slugworth « Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:33 pm
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by slugworth » Sun May 24, 2020 8:04 pm

Went to rototill today and noticed potatoes popped up I had in the ground last summer and never dug up.
Went around them to give them a chance to grow.
Regular depth,we had a...

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Last post by slugworth
Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:33 pm
leaf issue on seed potatoes

Last post by brownrexx « Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:59 pm
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by rxkeith » Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:27 am

i have TPS potatoes growing in solo cups in an east facing upstairs window.
the problem is the leaf tips are slowly turning brown which spreads to the entire leaf with what i...

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Last post by brownrexx
Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:59 pm
Sweet Potato

Last post by brownrexx « Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:22 am
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by SQWIB » Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:15 am

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Yay my first real post, this is actually a test post to get familiar with the site. Got everything covered, photos, video, hyperlinks, HTML.

November 3rd, 2019...

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Last post by brownrexx
Sun Apr 19, 2020 8:22 am
Dowding’s No Dig Potatoes

Last post by Paquebot « Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:26 pm
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by MsCowpea » Sun Dec 29, 2019 8:12 am
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I love Dowding’s videos on YouTube. He is an actual experienced market grower and author out of the UK. Alot of the videos are from planting to harvesting-all in one video....
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Last post by Paquebot
Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:26 pm

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