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mazemeister · Apr 9, 2013

Are all planted. Here's how we do it.

MarkWV · Apr 9, 2013

how many pounds did you plant, those look like very long rows

pete black · Apr 9, 2013

very nice. what is the purpose of so many taters? what variety?

mazemeister · Apr 9, 2013

that is a little more than an acre, grown to sell at the farm stand all summer and fall. Yukon Gold, French Fingerling (red skin) and a purple-fleshed variety whose name I don't know. But it makes really neat looking chips!

Not sure exactly what the seed weighed, but it should have been somewhere around 1.5 ton.

pete black · Apr 9, 2013

i have eaten all of those except for the purple ones. yukon gold is the best.

Roy in UK · Apr 10, 2013

I have grown Yukon Gold, they are great for mashed potatoes or jackets as they hardly need any butter they are so flavoursome. A friend of mine grew Russet Burbank for McCains . However this year they gave me a bag of a variety called 'Markies' to try ( maybe unknown on the other side of the pond? ) and truly they made the best french fries I have ever tasted.

samn40 · Apr 10, 2013

Nice looking soil, but a lot drier than what we are used to!
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