Potato Magic Notes remix

Potato Notes 

These notes are about the mounding method and making your potato garden a perennial success. There are many ways to plant potatoes and I would love to hear how you grow and maintain your beds.

Potato Facts and Processes:

One plant yields approximately 3 to 4 pounds / One seed potato can produce 4 to5 Plants. Use your own potatoes and grow them - this is a very sustainable crop !

    

Ideal Planting is March, April, May (latest time to plant is July 1st) / Harvest the earliest in July - August/ Last harvest is August - October. 

4'x4' sq ft bed can support 16 potato plants

You can leave the potatoes in the ground over winter to start a perennial garden.

Growth time for the potato plants 2-3 weeks, Hill them material over them at this time. Plants should be about 6-8" tall. 

Flowering begins around June 8-12 weeks, but if you pinch them off it will promote the tubers to grow. 

To prepare the beds  

Mound the dirt and lay the seed potato down about 14-16" (35-40cm) apart and cover with any of the following materials. 

****Grass clippings, straw, hay, saw dust, mulch, leaves, and or any other materials that are not wet and heavy. 

When you place the Potatoes in the rows make sure you have space between them, and lose soil under them. 

Use your choice of materials to mount around the potatoes at 2-3 weeks, and again at minimum of 2 times before harvest (potatoes should never see sunlight) They will turn green. 

When the potato plants are ready to harvest the foliage will die completely. Also make sure you save the super small tubers they can be replanted for a over winter garden.

When storing your potatoes you can use a variety of things and use a lot of materials. Some of the most popular are mesh sacks , crates and then burlap bags. Cardboard is good but it must be a cool dark place. Here is a great deal - Mesh sacks

I hope that the information and the pictures I chose will help you and as I start my potato bed at "Abundant Roots Homestead" in the next few months I will post and walk you thru more. 

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