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Posted: 9/19/2017 10:57:49 PM EDT
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I grow purple potatoes; getting ready to dig another hill up with the grandkids, actually.
The thing is, what I stuck in the ground this spring was purple too. I expected purple potatoes and got them. |
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Posted: 10/11/2017 2:40:47 PM EDT
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Figured out why the Idaho among the purple. Last year I planted an Idaho potato in the area. Plant did not take but apparently survived and the sole Idaho is from it. I'll see if it sprouts so I can grow Idaho next year.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 5:25:45 PM EDT
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Mom dug the largest sweet tater I ever seen yesterday. It's bigger than a softball. I'll try and remember to get a pic tomorrow.
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Posted: 10/11/2017 11:47:18 PM EDT
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Yes to Sweet Potato pics. I tried to grow them one year and got these green bean length and shaped ones. No big fat sweet potatoes.
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Posted: 10/12/2017 12:14:19 AM EDT
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Did someone say sweet potatoes? I grew Beauregard and Purple Passion this year. I'm not sure if I will bother with the Purple Passions again next year. They grew well but the tubers grow long instead of ovalish which makes them really hard to get out of the ground without breaking them once they get large.
The medium sized tubers get eaten first and the big ones are stored for later. The little ones won't store very long but they get used for making dog food.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/12/2017 7:10:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Did someone say sweet potatoes? I grew Beauregard and Purple Passion this year. I'm not sure if I will bother with the Purple Passions again next year. They grew well but the tubers grow long instead of ovalish which makes them really hard to get out of the ground without breaking them once they get large. The medium sized tubers get eaten first and the big ones are stored for later. The little ones won't store very long but they get used for making dog food. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/23635/20170920_132050-331237.JPG |
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Posted: 10/12/2017 9:36:06 AM EDT
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We planted Beauregard around May 20th
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileI think we planted 24 set's sprouted from last year's crop. We were just a little late digging. |
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Posted: 10/13/2017 8:46:49 AM EDT
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That's nice to have sandy loam soil. I have clay loam and many of my potatoes are finger potatoes or egg sized. Some do get better, but most don't. I've broke up the soil 2 feet down before I planted too. Now, the stuff in the planter box comes out big (fist sized plus).
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Posted: 10/13/2017 12:30:59 PM EDT
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That's nice to have sandy loam soil. I have clay loam and many of my potatoes are finger potatoes or egg sized. Some do get better, but most don't. I've broke up the soil 2 feet down before I planted too. Now, the stuff in the planter box comes out big (fist sized plus). |
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Posted: 10/13/2017 8:14:05 PM EDT
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Thanks SparkyD. I'll have to try that next year. I've got three planter boxes (2 are 3 x 3 and one is 3 x 6) ready for next year. I'll put squash in one small one and potatoes in the others.
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Posted: 10/13/2017 8:32:35 PM EDT
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Dug all mine out this afternoon with the help of my granddaughters. Yield was on the small side; it was a newish area where the soil is still a bit too heavy (lots of clay here).
They have a potato song they sing when they find a potato. Two singsongy words, over and over again: poTAYto poTAHto. 
They were having fun. |
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Posted: 10/13/2017 9:56:38 PM EDT
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I grow mine in a raised bed that is a 50/50 mix of native soil and compost. Over the 4 or 5 months that I had the sweet potatoes in the ground the soil compacted quite a bit compared to how it was when I started (double dug bed). It is a first year bed though so it will only get loamier as time goes on.
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