Potatoes
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:12 pm
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?JPNSD 14 April 2012 Planting Potatoes.
Four rows were prepared for planting potatoes. The variety selected was Russian Blue (purple flesh), Alaskan Sweetheart (Red tinged flesh), and Russet Burbank (Red skin and white flesh). A total of 68 potatoes are to be planted, two rows were planted today, since the remainder are not ready for planting. The cut wounds are not sufficiently dry. The rows are two feet apart, about six inches deep and the potato spacing is such that each plant has a square foot of root area for growing. The seed potato is marked with a stake to facilitate location when digging, since the vegetation is not visible at harvest. I expect around four pounds of new tubers per plant for a total of over 200 pounds.
Four rows were prepared for planting potatoes. The variety selected was Russian Blue (purple flesh), Alaskan Sweetheart (Red tinged flesh), and Russet Burbank (Red skin and white flesh). A total of 68 potatoes are to be planted, two rows were planted today, since the remainder are not ready for planting. The cut wounds are not sufficiently dry. The rows are two feet apart, about six inches deep and the potato spacing is such that each plant has a square foot of root area for growing. The seed potato is marked with a stake to facilitate location when digging, since the vegetation is not visible at harvest. I expect around four pounds of new tubers per plant for a total of over 200 pounds.