Finally found some Yukon Gold seed potatoes. I can’t be bothered growing a russet type as those are so cheap and we’re not big on red potatoes so I grow Yukons. Got the only 5 lb bag at the grocery store. Feed store and other grocery stores only had Kennesaw which is a russet and Red Pontiac.
5lbs will be easy enough to do in three open bottomed sections of a plastic 55 gallon drum. I’ll remove sod, loosen the topsoil, add a little compost but not too much, stick seed potatoes in and use leaves chopped up by the mower as cover.
There are 9 seed potatoes of varying size but all only have sprouts on one end so I’m using the bigger ones whole and do three in each container. One of the three biggest, one of the three smallest and one in between size in each container.
They say 7 lbs of taters from 1 lb of seed taters is a good harvest so if I get 25-30 lbs, I’ll be happy. If I get 35 lbs, all the better.
woke to snow on the ground this morning....:(
For potatoes I like the Kennebec and Red Pontiac.
They do VERY well in this area, or at least in my garden.
I’ll have to take some pictures and figure out how to post them.