Starting My 2024 Potato

[bluefinstudios]

Starting My 2024 Potato
Potato are a big part of my family's diet, and growing fresh potato on our own is not only healthier for us, but also, saves us a LOT of money on groceries. My goal, with my gardens, is to provide fresh and healthy food for my family and friends. Potato is a big part of trying to be as close to self sufficient as I can.

How DO I Plant My 2024 Potato
Early each spring, I start by prepping my soil, for use in my Potato Grow Bags. I have Five 25 gallon (95 Liter) Fabric Grow Bags. I start by mixing 1/3 soil from last year's grow bags, 1/3 compost, and 1/3 Sphagnum Peat Moss, from Canada. Not picking on UK, but, Canadian Peat Moss is grown and harvested in an extremely sustainable way. The UK has a LONG way to go before they are even remotely close to environmentally sustainable in the Peat harvesting.

To this, I add a handful of Bone Meal, a granular organic fertilizer. This stuff takes about 2 -6 weeks to break down, so I do this a good solid month before I need to plant my SEED Potato.

Are you growing POTATO?? Let me know below, in the comments.

My gardens are in Zone 7a/7b New England.

I used Wood Prairie Farm for my Seed Potato again, this year. Great family farm, not far from me in Maine. I planted Adirondack Blue, and Dark Red Norland, as well as seed potato from my own Yukon Gold Potato, grown last year. The Adirondack Blue has a blue flesh inside, and darker skin. The Red Norland is a classic Red. Yukon Gold is a yellow flesh, and one of the two most popular grown potato in the US (The other is Russet).

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Most of you know, I prefer to grow my own food, locally. It's healthier for my family, and for the planet. I know what goes into my foods, and what chemicals are NOT in my food. Also, It cuts down on carbon emissions, less trucking, planes, trains, and boats, to get fresh foods to my table.

And that makes me smile... better for the planet, better for my own family.

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Comments

[afterglow]

Planting potatoes is one of my dreams. My problem is that the weather here in our region is not suitable for potatoes.

[bluefinstudios]

they do struggle if the day gets too hot.

[afterglow]

I see, I can't plant them then.

[pravesh0]

I get amazed every time I see those bright red potatoes. Good luck with 2024!

[bluefinstudios]

wait till july, when I harvest the blue ones!

[pravesh0]

Wow...lol

[steven-patrick]

I am not growing potatoes. I am in pretty shallow beds and would need to bring in some potato grow bags which I haven't ever used. I like the combo of colors you grow. I like that for cooking. Nice to see some greens up at the end.

[bluefinstudios]

Of course, I also grow Blue Skin/Blue Flesh (Adirondack Blue)

[thelowededwookie]

I am wanting to start my potato growing. Here where I live potatoes grow so easily due to our volcanic soil so luckily we don’t really have to do much to them.

I work next door to a tyre retailer and they have heaps of old tyres out back that they’ve said we can grab if we want them.

I plan to use tyres to grow my potatoes.

Here’s how I plan to do it:

• cut a split in the tyre with a reciprocating saw
• place tyre on ground and plant potato as you normally would, building up the dirt mound as they grow
• when one tyre is full add another one
• repeat for growing season

The reason for the split is that it makes it easier to remove the layers.

This method has worked well for our family when we were kids and I’m picking it will still work well today.

The advantage is greater yield without needing a heap of space.

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[bipolar95]

I wish I was close by to be counted amongst the friends to receive this babies 😍.

I am curious, does the Pink/Red potatoes taste sugary while the other bland?

[bluefinstudios]

the red, I make mashed with the skin on. Softer skin and taste more flavourful, in my opinion. The yellow is more bland. I wish I could feed my many Hive Friends. Some day I will cook for you ALL!!!

[bipolar95]

The red we have here is the sugary one, but we don't consume with the skin as its hard. We either fry, roast or boil 😋

Looking forward to the hive friends cook out 😃

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