Posted: 8/24/2014 5:41:50 PM EDT
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Helped my parents dig a row of potatoes tonight. Been doing this since I was a kid, excluding the years I was away in the Army. Not a bad year for them. I personally didn't think they were as plentiful as the past few years, but they were big. The plants were still green, but they were getting big enough.
This was one row, they have another we'll do another night. There are 4-5 other rows that friends planted who don't have the space for them. The rows are about 115 yards long. 
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What's a good way for long term storage? One year after digging some we dug a big hole in the garden, lined it with hay added potatoes (about 2 bushels), threw some more hay on top and covered with dirt. If I remember correctly we dug it up in early spring and the potatoes were still good and hard. That was the only time I remember us doing this. OP my row of potatoes is only 40 feet long. 
We will probably did them on Wednesday if it stays nice. |
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What's a good way for long term storage? They will usually just sort them, let them dry a bit, and store them on a shelf covered with burlap or newspaper; basically a cool, dry, dark place. Just not so cool that they will freeze in the winter. They eat them pretty much year round, usually running out and having to buy some store-bought potatoes in early summer I believe. |
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Came to post this. My uncle had one. They are cool little tractors. I like the Deere better, 1070? What variety of potato? Quoted:
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Nice Beaver. TRG Came to post this. My uncle had one. They are cool little tractors. I like the Deere better, 1070? What variety of potato? I believe they're Kennebec, but I'm not 100% sure. The John Deere I believe is a 990. It's a newer tractor, maybe 8 years old now I believe. They also have a 1050 bought in 1980. It used to be used for everything, now it's pretty much strictly for mowing the grass. |
| I store potatoes in feed sacks in my basement. I usually lill the sack with just enough room to tie off the top. About 60 -70 pounds of potatoes per bag. I had good potatoes until mid july this year. Dumped three sacs in my composter once I could dig new potatoes. I like to grow atleast 600 pounds for storage. 400 to eat 200 for seed. |