It's time to stop dibbling and actually dig our potatoes! We are hoping for a good harvest, but won't know until we get them above ground. If it's good, there will be photos. If not, silence from Texas . . . .
I planted mine a couple of weeks later than you did, I have been afraid to dig around in them for fear of not finding anything Good luck with the harvest.
May 10 potato harvest, 2014 ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden ) We have roughly 30 pounds of Red LaSoda potatoes, and that doesn't count the ones we've already eaten!
Oh my goodness gracious me! ... What a load. I am so jealous that I just can't stand it. hahaha You are harvesting new spuds, and three days ago my spud foliage got frost-burnt. :-? Well miss, the only thing that I can say is, "Bon appétit". I'll just go sulk awhile.--chortle
Let us know how you like the Red LaSoda. I've been tempted to plant that one instead of the Irish Cobbler.
Sjoerd, if it weren't for the exorbitant shipping costs, I'd send you a few pounds of potatoes! Ours were frost nipped last year, and we had a very poor harvest (which is why you didn't hear me boasting last spring!). Eileen, I'm sure you'll have a very good crop. Merlin can help dig! FBG, we have planted Red LaSodas for four years. It is reliable, tasty, and not prone to diseases. The only year we didn't get a good crop was last year, and that was due to weather conditions, not the potato. Ten pounds of seed potatoes yielded over 30 pounds of potatoes (we are estimating that we dibbled and ate about five pounds, so the total may have been 35 pounds). The only draw-back is that they are not long-keepers.
Will be a few more weeks for me. Don`t know how you get yours out so early. Mine are just starting to bloom. The Lasoda`s are good producers. Much better than Kennebec but not quite as good as Burbank russets. The russets keep a little better than Lasoda`s but I still had potatoes most of the winter.
That's an impressive yield! I only planted 8 seed potatoes back in March for the first time. Fingers crossed
8 potatoes after you cut the eyes should plant quite a bit of garden space. You should have a pretty good yield even figuring 4 eyes per potato. That's 32 plants, and each plant has 4 to 6 potatoes of various size (just figuring minimum). That's a lot of spuds! :-D
Good for you Jane. they look wonderful. They also taste so much better than store ones. I am hoping to get mine in the garden this week. We just haven't had weather to get the ground tilled and the potatoes planted...except where my dear husband put the new strawberry bed which is where I was going to do the potatoes again this year, but I guess not now. Oh well.
Carolyn...I always plant my new strawb bed where the spuds were the preceding season. I can leave the strawb bed for two years before the spuds have to once again be planted where the strawb bed was. That comes out perfectly for me, as I do not keep strawb plants more than two seasons. Sorry for you that your plan did not come out to your liking though.
KK Ng, NO,NO,NO! One does not mash these potatoes. One steams them lightly, gives them a swath of butter and a dusting of sea salt, and has a feast. Or one can cut them in half and place them cut side down in a baking dish with some olive oil and a few chopped fresh herbs like parsley or oregano, and roast them in the oven. Mashing?
