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Why do you "cut" potatoes? Does this give you more plants per potato?
How do you cut 1200# ? Special machine?
Just curious.
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
Why do you "cut" potatoes? Does this give you more plants per potato?
How do you cut 1200# ? Special machine?
Just curious.
You do get more potatoes to plant when you cut them. A potato has eyes and each eye will produce a plant. When you cut them with a machine, you do not know how many eyes will be in each piece.
This is a picture that I have of my potato cutter, which was taken before I purchased it from the widow of the former owner. It is not the best, but the potatoes go down the rollers, the smaller ones fall first and go right through the machine, as they get bigger they fall further down and get cut into either two to four pieces each.
The second picture shows one of the wheels that pushes the potatoes through the cutter.
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Thanks RedDog! I was thinking of doing a bigger potato patch this year and you now boosted my plant count.
Do potato's cross pollinate? Can you mix potato varieties in the same area?
Do potato's cross pollinate? Can you mix potato varieties in the same area?
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
Could you send some of that moisture this way? We are dry.
thcri
Gone But Not Forgotten
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
In the spring of 2005, I dumped about 20,000# of potatoes, 2004 was a good year for growing them, since then I have learned to leave them in the field if I cannot sell them.
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
It seems like potatoes are coming back as a food item, for a couple of years the sales were down on them, but are coming back, price may be one reason $15 for 50#, that and that one diet craze has gone.
Bobcat
Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
They never went away as a food item for me. I like 'em with just about everything, but a medium-rare prime rib is only half a meal without a baked potatoe. T-day isn't complete with turkey and none of the mashed stuff with brown gravy. Clam chowder or any stew is just soup without a few chunks of tater.
I have laid off the fries though. I used to really like McDs fries, so I'd get a burger from somewhere else and just get fries at McDs. For some reason I don't like McDs fries anymore. They must have changed the oil or something.
I have laid off the fries though. I used to really like McDs fries, so I'd get a burger from somewhere else and just get fries at McDs. For some reason I don't like McDs fries anymore. They must have changed the oil or something.
thcri
Gone But Not Forgotten
You can't get good fries anymore at any of the fast foods. I miss them little pixie crinkles. Most of the fast foods have changed their oil and products so we become more healthy.
Can't potatoes be turned into ethanol? Maybe you can get some government subsidies and tax incentives for growing "bio-fuels" .
You wonder if potatoes are coming back because the other stuff is getting more expensive?
thcri
Gone But Not Forgotten
Can't potatoes be turned into ethanol? Maybe you can get some government subsidies and tax incentives for growing "bio-fuels" .
You wonder if potatoes are coming back because the other stuff is getting more expensive?
Yes I am sure that is true but I think the big factor is the Atkins diet. People are moving away from it. Atkins also caused the meat prices to go up but now that Atkins is fading the prices have not gone back down.
murph
Cowboyjg
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RD2....Did a little lookin up on growin taters. Thinking I may plant me a few rows for personal comsumption.
Where do you get your seed potatos?
Certified vs non?
Are seed potatoes specifically grown to be seed potatoes or are they cast offs?
From the looks of things I can plant several types so as to keep'm coming most of the year?
How often do you rotate to other crops where you planted potatos?
just a few questions...
Where do you get your seed potatos?
Certified vs non?
Are seed potatoes specifically grown to be seed potatoes or are they cast offs?
From the looks of things I can plant several types so as to keep'm coming most of the year?
How often do you rotate to other crops where you planted potatos?
just a few questions...
fogtender
Now a Published Author
What? You aren't going to turn them into some kind of Bio-fuel?
How many acres do you turn over for planting?
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Pigtails
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I love baked potatoes with a GOOD prime rib.. yumm. And yukon gold is the best
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Pigtails
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MT dad loved potatoes. He would plant some just about every year. Interesting how you plant and grow them..
Bobcat
Je Suis Charlie Hebdo
A long time ago I had a GF in Albuquerque who had a bunch of old potatoes (you know, with the eyes going every-which-way) under the sink. She was going to throw them out, but I chopped them up and buried them in the front yard. Some time later she called me out to the front yard to dig up some strange weeds she'd seen. Ha!! Potatoes!!! Now some of them were moosh, but most made it to the pot/oven and then my belly. I hear it has something to do with grocery store taters not necessarily being disease free? RD2, what's up with that?
I hear it has something to do with grocery store taters not necessarily being disease free? RD2, what's up with that?
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
RD2....Did a little lookin up on growin taters. Thinking I may plant me a few rows for personal comsumption.
Where do you get your seed potatos?
Certified vs non?
Are seed potatoes specifically grown to be seed potatoes or are they cast offs?
From the looks of things I can plant several types so as to keep'm coming most of the year?
How often do you rotate to other crops where you planted potatos?
just a few questions...
The last time I purchased seed potatoes of any quantity was 2004. That year I purchased 7500#. Since then I have purchased 50# of Russets and 200# of Kennebec from a local farm supply store to start using these varieties. I have filled in a few hundred pounds from other vendors when I over sold my supply.
Up here in North Dakota, the most reasonable prices are from growers in the Red River Valley. This seed or seed potatoes from the local farm supply stores will be certified. This is the only type of seed that I have seen for sale here. These potatoes are what is left at the end of the season and certified as seed potatoes. They are not cast offs.
Potatoes grow well in cooler weather and will even tolerate a frost.
I never plant something two years in a row in the same spot. Everything is rotated. This is really important with potatoes as it helps with prevention of potato bugs. These little buggers can strip potato plants clean which will eliminate any production.
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
A long time ago I had a GF in Albuquerque who had a bunch of old potatoes (you know, with the eyes going every-which-way) under the sink. She was going to throw them out, but I chopped them up and buried them in the front yard. Some time later she called me out to the front yard to dig up some strange weeds she'd seen. Ha!! Potatoes!!! Now some of them were moosh, but most made it to the pot/oven and then my belly.
Some areas of the country are not the best for growing potatoes and that is probably the reason some were mushy. There is no way to avoid some disease in any potato crop.
If you really knew how commercial potatoes are grown, you might never eat a store potato again. A good portion of the potato is water, they need it to grow. However a lot of growers will water the plants more than necessary to increase production. This decreases the storage life of the potato. A lot of growers use a lot of chemicals to prevent some diseases and to protect against the little critters. They even use a chemical to kill the plant prior to harvest so that it easier to harvest the potatoes. Some of the potatoes are treated with chemicals to prevent sprouting.
Your best tasting potato will be home grown.
I do not use any chemicals in any of my crops but cannot call my self organic as I am not certified.
REDDOGTWO
Unemployed Veg. Peddler
What? You aren't going to turn them into some kind of Bio-fuel?
How many acres do you turn over for planting?
Roughly about five acres, I determine how many pounds I am going to plant, leave the planter with the same spacing as the year before and plant until the potatoes are gone.