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Forist NWMa

09-10-2006 18:04:06

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This year i planted some potatoes for winter use. i planted yucon gold and kennebeck, i just started digging the yucon golds.i dug 3 rows about 25 to 30 ft. long and only got about 3/4 of a 5 gal. bucket full. i put a ton of composted cow do-do on the garden this spring and used agway 10-10-10 fert. i planted them in may, and from the first week of june till the end of june it rained here in the north east. the kennebecks are still growing good. anybouy out their knwo what went wrong? this is not my first time growing taters!

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Colin King

09-11-2006 08:27:11

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

The excess moisture and cool weather you folks got this year is probably your answer. Your weather may have slowed their growth.

If you have heavy soil, and therefore drainage problems, plant them in raised beds next year.

If your vines are still green, leave them in the soil. They will continue to produce, and the tubers aren"t going anywhere (unless you have pocket gophers or june bug larvae). Dig the hills after the bush has died back to a nice brownish-yellow. Dig a good 1 foot radius around the plant, about a 8-12 inches deep.

If your tubers are all covered by soil and the plants are still green, leave them in until the killing frost. That will maximize your yield.

Good luck!
Colin, MN

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Bill(Wis)

09-11-2006 06:51:00

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Sounds like you're serious about potatoes! I recommend you join a potato growers association. Also, there has to be tons of info on the internet. I haven't grown potatoes in years but my friends to the west do. The land in Wis that seems to best support potato production is sandy with lots of water available through irrigation. They apply fertilizer liberally, irrigate and rotate the crop. In recent years they have turned to soybeans for the rotational crop. They routinely harvest around 500 bushels of potatoes per acre.

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Troybilt8

09-11-2006 05:12:01

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Do not use too much fertilizer!!!! Put Triple Super Phosphate in the row with the cuttings when you plant. Plant early - in Tn about Feb and no later than March. Plant deep - spuds make about the piece planted - keep hilling as the plant grows. Deeper planted, higher hilled, more potatoes produced.

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Leland

09-10-2006 20:07:24

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Potatoes are acid lovers is your PH to low I always use miracid from miricle grow and they also love potash which makes larger , and to much N on them just produces a lot of vines and no tubers as they are called in the fancy books

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regalbe

09-10-2006 20:00:57

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Some people (my dear old granny) go by moon signs. Like dark of moon for root crops and such.

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J Schwiebert

09-10-2006 18:58:24

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

I have the same problem. They are also Pontiacs I also planted some late last year and they did not come up because it was so dry. About 30% of them came up this year and they are just blooming now!.

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Hugh MacKay

09-10-2006 18:23:16

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Forist: Without a soil anyalsis, no one can tell you exactly what went wrong. I can tell you though, potatoes do not do well in heavy clay, especially in wet weather. Potatoes do like ample moisture, but not wet feet. They also do not do well near some deciduous trees, especially walnut.

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Matt from CT

09-10-2006 18:20:36

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Re: potatoes in reply to Forist NWMa, 09-10-2006 18:04:06

Not sure myself...

My Yukons got hit bad by slugs of all things. Once I figured that out, I saved most of the Red Pontiacs & Kennebecs.

The Pontiacs still have a ton of tiny potatoes; and I dug up a frankenstein giant of a Kennebec today...

I don't know why the Pontiacs just ain't putting out and growing decent size potatoes -- even the ones I'm digging at biggest are "new" potatoe size & thin skin.

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