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Post by tatermater on Jun 13, 2011 22:11:37 GMT -5
Very Good.
I will comment here on their condition.
Tom Wagner
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 14, 2011 7:11:02 GMT -5
That will be awesome. I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say even if it isn't good. ;o)
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Post by tatermater on Jun 22, 2011 14:32:18 GMT -5
Regarding the condition of the potato berries Jo sent me. The berries seemed to have been stressed and were somewhat immature. I extracted the seed from the berries today. Fripapa about 50 viable seed La Ratte about 25 viable seed Boyd Dude, Kinigi, Skagit Vally Gold..all about 10 seed each. The seed ...TPS...were small and I separated the tiniest from the larger ones since that is the best test for which will grow. A couple of the lines had berries beginning to rot...ferment....but that did not affect the seed. I was sad to not get seed from Inked Ox or from what I think is Tommy Kaighin?? Thanks, Jo, for the opportunity to inventory some TPS for growing out in some future date Tom Wagner Snarky Snake really is somewhat snarky
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 22, 2011 18:48:35 GMT -5
That is Tommy Kaighin.
My pleasure! Thanks for providing the opportunity!
I want to do a tasting of the ones that have more than 500 gm of tubers. All the rest I'll be replanting for seed increase this fall to plant next spring. Hopefully we'll be past the worst of our drought.
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Post by 1066 on Jul 15, 2011 7:02:46 GMT -5
Hi Tom Just to let you know mine have started to flower. When the time comes would you like me to send you some of the berries / seeds?
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Post by tatermater on Jul 17, 2011 23:38:33 GMT -5
Yes, 1066, please send me at least a sampling of your TPS. If I get anything out of your seeds I will use a prefix of Promenade for each clone!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 18, 2011 6:01:30 GMT -5
Collateral Protection has been harvested. It didn't do well in our soil and zone. There was some sort of bug that liquified the stem at the soil line. It produced only a single tuber. Then again, there wasn't much plant to it either. Hopefully, we will get the fall crop planted out today or tomorrow.
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Post by 1066 on Jul 18, 2011 9:35:54 GMT -5
Yes, 1066, please send me at least a sampling of your TPS. If I get anything out of your seeds I will use a prefix of Promenade for each clone! Excellent, hopefully I'll get a decent crop for you and me! Love the idea of a prefix of promenade, that's truly raised a smile here ;D
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Post by 1066 on Aug 19, 2011 8:30:02 GMT -5
well the first TPS have been dug. The rest are still in the ground waiting for the berries Attachments:
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 20, 2012 14:07:41 GMT -5
We are well into our growing season at this point. We have 3 areas where we are planting potatoes. This is partially a strategy against CPB, and partially to make sure we have enough potatoes to last at least a few months.
The strategy is to plant the "main" field first with commercial tatties. This field has had tatties for 4 years running so it is most "seeded" with over wintering CPB. About 2 weeks later we planted Tom Wagner's potatoes in the 2 auxiliary fields. This worked really well last year when the aux fields were brand new. This year it was not as great, probably because we have CPB saturation by now.
Based on the CPB ability to adapt to any chemical warfare within 2 generations, I've never willingly used any chemicals on our potatoes. We did have a dear friend try to help us by dumping Sevin dust all over them about 3 years ago. I nearly had a heart attack. She never tried that again particularly since her potatoes were eaten to the nubs while mine were still growing strong.
So, yesterday I was doing my rounds knocking the bugs into my jug of soapy water and at the very end of the last row I spied a most amazing thing. A beetle with a blue metallic head and a sort of decorated rectangle on its top wings. Impaled on it's curving proboscis a 2nd instar CPB, quite dead and apparently having it's innards sucked out. I gently placed the leaf back on the plant and wished my new found friend well. Does anyone have an idea what this creature is? What do it's eggs look like?
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Post by Drahkk on May 20, 2012 16:08:42 GMT -5
So, yesterday I was doing my rounds knocking the bugs into my jug of soapy water and at the very end of the last row I spied a most amazing thing. A beetle with a blue metallic head and a sort of decorated rectangle on its top wings. Impaled on it's curving proboscis a 2nd instar CPB, quite dead and apparently having it's innards sucked out. I gently placed the leaf back on the plant and wished my new found friend well. Does anyone have an idea what this creature is? What do it's eggs look like? Surely a ground beetle of some type. Possibly a caterpillar hunter; they don't mind other soft larvae when they can find them. Did he look like this? www.hlasek.com/foto/calosoma_sycophanta_ae6204.jpg
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 20, 2012 20:33:10 GMT -5
Na... that guy is metallic all over. This guy had a blue (REALLY blue) head and the wings were black EXCEPT where they met... On that edge was a rectangle with some sort of "decoration". I can't remember the colors of the decoration or the lines of the rectangle. I've never seen one like this before and I kinda know my bugs these days.
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Post by wmontanez on Jul 28, 2012 14:39:19 GMT -5
I read today in my Mother Earth News magazine that horseradish deters Colorado Potato Beattle...I have been lucky that CPB have not found my plants yet. Also only have seen 1 of those tomato hornworms in a pepper plant once last year. So I guess is either I am lucky or the rotations/companion planting are working or both.
I found that the beds that had brassicas before potatoes in my rotation had no wireworm damage and later I found some publications that the brassicas releases some compounds into the soil that wireworms don't like. I try to do companion planting and rotation but I am very much interested in Allelopathy to help me since I use organic growing methods.
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Post by gardensup on Nov 3, 2013 18:55:21 GMT -5
Growing Skagit Valley Gold potatoes and storing them....one must plant them late and harvest when the ground is quite cold...plunging the harvest straight into the coldest underground storage as possible. That means early planted potatoes are eaten within two months and the latter plantings kept for seed tubers. I hope to have a look alike/taste alike of SVG ready soon that keeps. Tom, was just reviewing this posting from 2011 regarding Skagit Valley Gold. I have grown your SVG Hybrid for 2 years and it is definitely one of my favourites. Unfortunately I live in a climate where I must dig my potatoes by the end of September. Varieties that have a long storage ability are a necessity. You indicated that you hoped to have a look alike/taste alike of SVG ready soon that keeps. Have you had any success?
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Post by trixtrax on Nov 5, 2013 3:32:57 GMT -5
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