Posted: 12/13/2012 5:49:54 AM EDT
| I heard from the local garden supplier that one of her customers plants his taters in the fall after Thanksgiving. He told her he gets the best crops from this practice. I know from past experience that some of the spuds I missed when I harvested them regrew. These "volunteers" usually had a very good crop under them in the late fall and following spring. I am thinking of planting a full crop to try it out. Has anyone done this? |
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I'm no expert, but, it seems like you are gambling on a dry Spring and no late frost. TRG I have raised beds so there is no issue with a wet spring. Frost on the other hand... I have hoops on each bed so I can cover but freezing temps might do them in. We'll see. I replanted last years spuds so I have no investment. |
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LOL, I plant potatoes in January. Most people around here do. I think that' pretty normal..... Interested to see how your sweet potatoes do. I have heard of orchard floor cover being sweet potato vines in the rows. I'd like to do that. I dunno. I was told to plant in March, or lose the potato vines to a frost. I am giving up on regular potatoes. We like sweet ones now. TRG |
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LOL, I plant potatoes in January. Most people around here do. I think that' pretty normal..... Interested to see how your sweet potatoes do. I have heard of orchard floor cover being sweet potato vines in the rows. I'd like to do that. I dunno. I was told to plant in March, or lose the potato vines to a frost. I am giving up on regular potatoes. We like sweet ones now. TRG can't grow sweet potatoes to save my life. took me a while to learn irish potatoes. We just do reds now as they turn white if you leave them in the groun dlong enough, and they actually go deeper than you trench where as kennebec and golds only go as deep as the seed. |