Fall Potatoes

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Posted by Dave2945 6/7 (My Page) on

Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 20:27

Hi,

I planted red potatoes last fall using some of the smaller potatoes from my spring crop. These potatoes were about the size of a large chicken egg.Unfortunately, they never sprouted. Any suggestions for what I should do differently this year? There aren't any certified seed potatoes available around here in the fall.

Dave

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Posted by seysonn 7b WA/HZ 1 (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 0:40

Try greening them before planting.

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Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 8:00

Concur. In my childhood, lots of folks planted fall potatoes after summer harvest (July). They simply left small potatoes in the row exposed to the sun untill the skins turned green and then planted them for the fall crop.

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Posted by pnbrown z6.5 MA (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 9, 14 at 8:36

I just planted a bunch of old seed that I happened to have around. Testing out a story that I heard where traditionally in the Wisconsin region people planted their main storage crop on Independence Day. Seems incredible for a region with such a short growing season, so I've always wanted to test it.

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Posted by Dave2945 10 (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 14:28

Thanks! I'll give that greening method a try.

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Posted by planatus 6 (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 8:09

Yesterday I planted a handful of potatoes I'd had greening up since May, waiting for midsummer space to open up. I use the little reds for this because they are such willing producers under all kinds of conditions. In rainy years late blight will melt down the fall potatoes, which is a substantial risk in my area so I keep the planting small.

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Posted by elisa_Z5 none (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 11, 14 at 11:28

Thanks for the ideas on late plantings.
I just dug up a row of early red potatoes, only to find that the voles had eaten lots of them. They had also produced leafing green seed potatoes on their stems (maybe in response to the vole damage?) They are 60 day potatoes, so I'm excited about planting a bed of them again now. Good way to (hopefully) get my money's worth from the expensive early seed potatoes!

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