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Post by RpR on Nov 14, 2014 13:29:08 GMT -5
I harvested my potatoes last week. I had a lot of surprise/volunteer plants that I hastily threw in some containers. (I was happy to find them because rats got to the ones was saving to plant during the winter.) I got a few that are good eating size, and a lot to save for seed taters. I am okay with that. I definitely need to plant them in the ground this next year though, because they really do not seem to be liking the containers. I have tried multiple varieties of non-standard potato planting but have found the way it was done for centuries still works best. |
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Post by steev on Nov 17, 2014 22:10:02 GMT -5
Walking through one if my weedy fallow lanes, I found a potato plant growing vigorously, only one of ~12 varieties, no sign of the others; expecting hard frost any time, anybody got an opinion how to guard this spud through Winter? Its Fall burgeoning hints at the possibility of an early start in Spring.
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Post by philagardener on Nov 18, 2014 7:02:45 GMT -5
I've had fingerlings resprout from an old bed the following Spring here in the midAtlantic, so I think a good mulch would protect the underground parts of the plant in your climate. You will lose the above ground parts, but small tubers on the roots will resprout next year. (This can be a problem for folks with blight problems as the pathogens apparently can overwinter with the live material.)
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Post by RpR on Nov 19, 2014 0:38:30 GMT -5
Even with day after day of sub-zero weather last winter, including sub-zero highs, I had volunteer potatoes pop up this spring.
Cover it and it may pop out again when weather gets better.
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Post by steev on Nov 19, 2014 0:48:20 GMT -5
It's so green and leafy, I guess I'll hill it up with ample oak leaves.
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