Saturday 17 July 2021

Growing Potatoes

 

Don't potatoes need a cold climate?


At the end of last winter I had a large potato which had sprouted so I cut it into pieces, an eye a piece, and planted them around the garden, mainly in pots.  Then I forgot about them.  They have all sprouted and are growing, above ground at least.

I'm just leaving them alone till September at least.  This one is growing in the hydrangea pot.    I have no idea when they can be harvested.  Somewhere I think I read it is when the plants flower.

It's an experiment and who knows we may have a fresh potato or two some time.






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19 comments:

  1. northsider 17 July 2021 at 06:03

    I think your seasons are like the Algarve season Linda. They seem to grow potatoes over winter. Potatoes usually take twelve weeks from planting to flowering and ready to harvest.

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:02

      Thanks Dave. 12 weeks. Good that's perfect

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  2. JayCee17 July 2021 at 11:43

    Look forward to hearing about your progress.

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:02

      Oh you'll get lots of boring potato, or not, photos I'm sure

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  3. It's.a.crazy.world17 July 2021 at 12:22

    A friend gave me some tomato seedlings ~ those died, but this huge vine grew, which she thinks may be pumpkin. I'm just letting it grow!

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:03

      I've got pumpkin vines all over the garden too. Can't see any pumpkins but who knows what's hiding there

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  4. Amy17 July 2021 at 13:01

    I've heard they are really easy to grow, I've never grown them.

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:04

      We did once before and got a few kilos but they were properly planted. It will be interesting to see these

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  5. angela17 July 2021 at 15:57

    When I had hungry children living here I grew potatoes
    You can harvest anytime and if you do it carefully you can have new potatoes eqrly in the season and later when the foliage dies down you have potatoes to store
    Just make sure to keep the soil level over the bulbs so they don’t see any sunshine

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:05

      Thanks for the advice Angela. I'll try planting some more later , after September, and see what happens

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  6. Cro Magnon17 July 2021 at 20:57

    Someone advised me (many years ago) to plant a few sprouting Pots in September and that I'd have lovely New Potatoes for Christmas. So I filled a bucket with bought compost, planted the Pots, and waited. They were so tiny I threw them away!

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    1. local alien18 July 2021 at 23:06

      I'm surprised yours didn't grow like mad. I wonder what the secret is

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  7. Tigger's Mum17 July 2021 at 21:53

    Bandicoots. Apparently they are a small animal in Aus that burrows. They can gburrow around under your spud crop eating the tubers and leave the roots alone so from the top you see no evidence of the theft. When we wanted to test spud size we'd make like bandicoots - scrape a small hole beside and under the plant and if you found a decent sized spud pull it out and fill in the hole leaving the plant to grow more or fill out sny too small to steal.

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  8. Tigger's Mum17 July 2021 at 21:57

    https://fairywrencottage.com/2020/01/09/bandicooting-potatoes/

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  9. kiwikid18 July 2021 at 22:22

    Good luck with your potatoes.

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  10. Yael19 July 2021 at 09:09

    You gave me an idea. I will try it too.

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