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Grabbling Potatoes

Last post by Jeannine Anne « Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:49 am
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by GoDawgs » Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:50 am

The Blind Pig and The Acorn blog is something in my inbox every morning. It's done by a lady up in the mountains of NC and is about life in Appalachia now and back then. This...

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Last post by Jeannine Anne
Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:49 am
Potato Patch

Last post by karstopography « Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:49 am
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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
Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:49 am
TPS potatoes is it possible

Last post by wykvlvr « Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:43 am
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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 wykvlvr
Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:43 am
using small potatoes - 1" or so

Last post by Ken4230 « Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:12 pm
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by JRinPA » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:38 pm

I meant to ask a couple weeks back.
Can I use the little tiny things, an inch and half or less, as seed? I had this idea to stick them back in the ground somewhere for this...

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Last post by Ken4230
Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:12 pm
layered potato bed idea

Last post by rdback « Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:39 am
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by JRinPA » Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:59 pm

Okay so I have tried lined wash baskets and big plastic towers and a built up walled hill 20 high and 10 raised bed and in-ground with or without hilling and some in grow...

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Last post by rdback
Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:39 am
Sarpo Mira and French Charlotte

Last post by svalli « Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:45 pm
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by PoisonApple » Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:40 pm

Anyone else grown either of these cultivars? This is my first year growing both. I Have heard amazing things about the disease resistance and storability of Sarpo Mira. I’m...

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Last post by svalli
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:45 pm
Sweet Potato Digging Day!

Last post by JRinPA « Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:48 pm
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by GoDawgs » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:43 am
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Today is sweet potato digging day! There were 27 lbs from nine hills. Almost as much as last year's 30 lbs but uniformly larger and not as many little ones. I think they're...
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Last post by JRinPA
Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:48 pm
Potato harvest 2023

Last post by JayneR13 « Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:35 am
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by JRinPA » Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:38 pm
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My early patch is ready, I guess. I dug up the first plant the other day, got 6 plus the seed potato back. It has some soft spots but still mostly firm. They caught some...
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Last post by JayneR13
Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:35 am
POTATO TOWERS

Last post by AKgardener « Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:48 pm
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by Old chef » Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:44 pm

Hello All

I have read a lot about potato towers. Does anyone have any advise?

Old Chef

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Last post by AKgardener
Sun Jul 30, 2023 6:48 pm
Starting Sweet Potatoes

Last post by JRinPA « Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:24 pm
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by GoDawgs » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:48 am
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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 Jul 10, 2023 9:24 pm
Tater Diggin' Day

Last post by Danny « Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:39 pm
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by GoDawgs » Wed May 31, 2023 5:25 pm

Last week Pickles dug up her Yukon Gold bed and got 16 lbs of those. For whatever reason I didn't get any pics. I think I was busy taking down the pea vines and trellises and...

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Last post by Danny
Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:39 pm
Trouble In Potato Paradise

Last post by GoDawgs « Sat Apr 29, 2023 7:36 am
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by GoDawgs » Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:28 am

There's trouble in potato paradise. Last week one of the Kennebec plants got dug out as it was dying at a pretty good clip. And now a second one has succumbed a few plants...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Sat Apr 29, 2023 7:36 am
Any Reason Not To Grow Potatoes From the Grocery Store

Last post by worth1 « Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:39 am
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by karstopography » Tue Dec 27, 2022 5:38 am
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Son brought home a bag of smaller Russets from the food bank. The reason he brought them home is they had a massive surplus and these were on the edge of going bad or simply...
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Last post by worth1
Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:39 am
I thought it was spinach!!!

Last post by Rockporter « Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:25 pm
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by Rockporter » Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:04 pm

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So, I have a funny story but it is also...

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Last post by Rockporter
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:25 pm
choosing potatoes to order

Last post by worth1 « Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:34 am
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by rxkeith » Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:08 pm

i have a fedco catalog, and maine potato lady catalog comparing taters, and prices.
i didn't realize it cost so much to ship potatoes.
so i am looking at peter wilcox aka...

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Last post by worth1
Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:34 am
Freezing Potatoes

Last post by GoDawgs « Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:43 am
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by brownrexx » Sun Jan 08, 2023 4:07 pm
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My stored potatoes were sprouting so today DH and I cut a lot of them into cubes, blanched them for 2 minutes and froze 17 bags of them. We did this last year and it worked...
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Last post by GoDawgs
Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:43 am
Potato harvest 2022

Last post by Uncle_Feist « Mon Nov 28, 2022 2:15 pm
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by JRinPA » Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:58 am
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I'm wondering how everyone is doing on potatoes in the heat this year?

My first row of potatoes came out on Sunday Aug 14th.

My potatoes died back...well sort of early...
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Last post by Uncle_Feist
Mon Nov 28, 2022 2:15 pm
Sweet potato Harvest!

Last post by Danny « Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:29 pm
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by GoDawgs » Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:42 pm

At least something went right this year! These are the sweet potatoes from the nine hills we dug yesterday. Thirty pounds. Yay!

They were put into two baskets and the...

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Last post by Danny
Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:29 pm
Do we have a Sweet Potato fancier in residence here?

Last post by GoDawgs « Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:13 pm
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by Shortcut Slim » Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:44 pm
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I'm hoping for some sweet potato guidance with regards to variety selection. The only exposure I am getting is mainly from websites and a few youtube videos.I have developed...
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Last post by GoDawgs
Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:13 pm
Grow Bags For Potatoes

Last post by wykvlvr « Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:22 pm
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by karstopography » Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:33 am

Any recommendations on sizes, brands, features? Thinking of going to grow bags next season for potatoes. So many sizes, materials, features to consider. What size, materials...

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Last post by wykvlvr
Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:22 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
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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Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am

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