How to Grow and Harvest Gourmet Potatoes!
Can't afford supermarket prices for purple, red and blue potatoes? Try growing them yourself! It is easier than you might think!
Simply save the scraps of your potatoes when prepping and plant them (even this late in July!) for a second crop of potatoes this fall!
http://www.anestforallseasons.com/2012/07/gathering-all-those-potatoes.html
Simply save the scraps of your potatoes when prepping and plant them (even this late in July!) for a second crop of potatoes this fall!
http://www.anestforallseasons.com/2012/07/gathering-all-those-potatoes.html
Gathering Potatoes
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@Dee What A Nest said....I would think you've got time...don't forget the drain holes...you don't want them to rot.... Here there was a big trend for a while of growing them in stacked tires....so you could harvest one tires worth at a time...but since tires contain so many chemicals I never thought that was a good idea...especially since I know they use potatoes to clean up environmental hazard spills....Still the layering principle is worthwhile....a layer of potato starts and a layer of dirt, as soon as you see leaves come through the soil, another layer of potato and another layer of dirt and repeat until the container is full, and then harvest what you need taking out some of the dirt so the next layer will be closer to the top....or harvest all at once by dumping the container...
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@A Nest- Rock Creek is about 25 miles from Lake Erie (very north.) I am thinking I am still going to try it-my neighblor has a potatoe with eyes, she laughed when I asked for it. @ Sharron- I think I will stick with the garbage can and thanks for mentioning the drainage holes-wouldn't have thought of that. I've cut off the eyes today so should be ready to plant by the weekend-- fingers crossed!
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