but where can I buy GOOD seed potatoes? over the years ive tried all the hardware and grocery store seed potatoes, and never had any lock at all.
Have you tried Menards? We always have good luck with theirsI just ordered 400 onion sets from Dixondale farms 1-830 876 2430 best place to get onion sets, 99% grow,
but where can I buy GOOD seed potatoes? over the years ive tried all the hardware and grocery store seed potatoes, and never had any lock at all.
Holy ****! Fifteen bucks a pound!? I plant 100# a year.... ain't happening!I too get onion from Dixon.
For seed pots, I like Stark Bro's. Organic Seed Potatoes from Stark Bro’s
lol - yep - you need a wholesalerHoly ****! Fifteen bucks a pound!? I plant 100# a year.... ain't happening!
Summerthyme
Yes, these guys. Amazing and very very good folks!Wood Prairie Farm, been ordering from them for years:
Certified Organic Maine Certified Seed Potatoes Archives - Wood Prairie Family Farm
I second Wood Prairie! Fantastic service, selection, price. Have always had good results from them!Wood Praire or Fedco. Have used both and they are great.
Are they starting to sprout? If so, if you put them in decent light, it will keep the sprouts from getting too long and pale. I'd just out them in open baskets and keep them cool and bright.A little thread drift...
Yesterday I got 10lbs kennabec
and 10lbs yukons...
My potato question is, I’m storing them for roughly a month, I have put them in two potting soil bags, the bags have small vent holes.
I lightly misted the potatoes in the bag, folded the flap and set off to the side in our seed room with indirect sunlight...
I’ll keep an “eye”on them...
Sound about right?
Thanks
IMO kennebecks produce more than yukons.summer is 110% correct - on all of that. further you will find that your kennabecs are MUCH better "keepers" than the youkons are
dig your self a "tater hole" if you don't have a good cellar to keep them in . . . carefully stored and kept from getting wet or too cold and they will winter over very well for you. we dig them in the last week of september or first week of october (depending on weather) and tehy routinely keep until I'm ready to plant (from that seed) in late march to mid april here in WNC.
don't worry if the frost tips your vines - they will bounce right back
IMO kennebecks produce more than yukons.
And red potatoes produce more than whites - but their shelf life is not as long.
I would chit them instead. That means to put them on a tray in a cool area with some light, no water. small, tight buds will form which grow quickly when planted out, without wasting the strength of the set.A little thread drift...
Yesterday I got 10lbs kennabec
and 10lbs yukons...
My potato question is, I’m storing them for roughly a month, I have put them in two potting soil bags, the bags have small vent holes.
I lightly misted the potatoes in the bag, folded the flap and set off to the side in our seed room with indirect sunlight...
I’ll keep an “eye”on them...
Sound about right?
Thanks
IMO kennebecks produce more than yukons.
And red potatoes produce more than whites - but their shelf life is not as long.
So much is soil/climate/weather dependent. Kennebecs have never grown well for us. Yukon Golds, however, did. They weren't the heaviest producers, true, but the quality and flavor was incredible, and they kept longer than any other variety underw good root cellar conditions. In fact, we had to pull them out of the cellar in mid April if we wanted then to sprout in time for planting!Yukon Golds are not particularly good producers. I grew them once, but didn't like the low yields so have never planted them again. There are other yellow potatoes that taste just as good and are much better producers, Yukon Golds just got a marketing push so everyone knows their name.
Kathleen
ThanksSo much is soil/climate/weather dependent. Kennebecs have never grown well for us. Yukon Golds, however, did. They weren't the heaviest producers, true, but the quality and flavor was incredible, and they kept longer than any other variety underw good root cellar conditions. In fact, we had to pull them out of the cellar in mid April if we wanted then to sprout in time for planting!
I switched to Keuka Gold when they came out... similar potatoes, but much better yields.
Purple Vikings are my earliest variety... they are a white flesh tuber with magenta splashed purple skins. 5asty and beautiful! But you can't space them too far apart in the rows, or you'll have huge tubers.
Red Norlands is our preferred salad potato for summer eating. They are short keepers, though, especially under less than ideal conditions ...
Summerthyme