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Post by Kathy on Jun 11, 2008 10:42:09 GMT -5
I got a 5# bag of Yukon Gold seed potatoes for 50 cents. Is it too late to plant them in zone 7a? I don't mind planting them even for baby potatoes but don't want to waste the space if it's way too late for them to even grow.  |
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Post by kyosa on Jun 11, 2008 20:05:12 GMT -5
I don't know for sure, but I'd go ahead and plant them. As you say, even if they don't have time to fully mature you could use the immature potatoes like 'new potatoes. The easiest potatoes I ever grew were done by tilling up some ground and then just pressing the cut eyes level or slightly below ground level and then spreading about 8 inches of straw over the whole thing. The stems and leaves grew up through the straw and when it was time to harvest all I had to do was pull the straw back and the potatoes were laying on top of the ground. I think you sacrifice some size and maybe a bit of quantity, but the ease of growing this way makes up for it. I like easy!
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Post by Kathy on Jun 11, 2008 20:10:14 GMT -5
. The easiest potatoes I ever grew were done by tilling up some ground and then just pressing the cut eyes level or slightly below below ground level and then spreading about 8 inches of straw over the whole thing. The stems and leaves grew up through the straw and when it was time to harvest all I had to do was pull the straw back and the potatoes were laying on top of the ground. I think you sacrifice some size and maybe a bit of quantity, but the ease of growing this way makes up for it. I like easy! Darryl so do I! In this heat, the easier the better.  Tomorrow, the spuds will go in, I love baby potatoes on the grill.  |
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Post by momo on Jun 12, 2008 15:53:53 GMT -5
Go ahead. Today we picked some of our white spuds that were planted 2 months ago. They weren't huge but they are definitely big enough to fool with. They were bigger than new potatoes.
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