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Post by daylilydude on May 3, 2011 19:37:11 GMT -5
Do you "cure" taters like you do with garlic and onions, if so, in the sun or shade, and for how long?
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2011 20:55:22 GMT -5
Not really, they need a couple of weeks in the ground after the plants die back for the skin to thicken. Also, do not wash them. They store better dirty.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2011 14:38:06 GMT -5
Do you "cure" taters like you do with garlic and onions, if so, in the sun or shade, and for how long? When we dig our potatoes we let them air dry for three days under the carport out of direct sun light.The 2nd day we turn each potato looking for wet spots.On the 3rd day we store them up for the winter checking again for wet spots.All the potatoes we find that have wet spots are set aside and eaten first.Like tz said...do not wash the the dirt off.
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Post by coppice on May 21, 2011 4:59:45 GMT -5
Out of direct sunlight, once dug up.
Mine get et pretty fast. Storage is rarely an issue. I suppose I should grow more of them.
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Post by krikit on Jan 2, 2012 16:29:05 GMT -5
With potatoes, when they begin to sprout, what do you do? Do you plant the whole thing or just cut out around the eye that has the sprout or what? I have so much to learn & it'll be baby steps at first.
Also, when is the best time to plant? Do they winter well?
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Post by paquebot on Jan 2, 2012 19:07:15 GMT -5
When they sprout now, break the sprout off and either eat the potato or make it grow a new one. Ain't going to do any good to have a long sprout. I won't plant anything with a sprout much longer than an inch.
Martin
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Post by paquebot on Jan 2, 2012 19:10:27 GMT -5
As for curing, best place to cure them is right where they grew. As long as the soil remains dry, every day in the ground is 2 more days in storage. If the plants were dead for about a month, the tubers will have been sufficiently cured underground. But, all bets off in heavy wet soil.
Martin
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Post by krikit on Oct 19, 2013 11:32:18 GMT -5
Thank you for the information - I hunted around for a long time to find a decent place to move to & now have moved & it's 4 seasons in this new place - I finally have a little garden area so I want to try many things - guess the best thing to do is to wait until spring & then try my hand at growing various things & hoping for the best - it'll be trial & error I think. I've waited a long time to get a place where I can garden & can`t wait for the nicer weather to try just that ...
If I buy organic potatoes & plant them in the spring after the chance of any frost - say in May or early June - would that work? I live in B.C. but the climate is still relatively moderate compared to most other places. Not sure but think the area may be classed as a 7 - that's what the Fraser Valley was classed at, I think - this is hotter & drier in the summer (semi-arid area) & abit colder in the winter but still relatively moderate (Fraser Valley & Seattle climates would be similar I think). Any suggestions or recommendations - if there's a good site for me to go to where I can learn more - please post the link - thanks very much.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 26, 2013 1:32:38 GMT -5
Krikit, you'd be fine buying organic potatoes and planting them in the spring. Any time in May would be fine even if you have a few more weeks of potential frost. It takes awhile for them to come up so no problem. Problem may be to find such potatoes for sale at that time. By May, it's usually only the supermarkets or seed potato companies who would have them. With the first, varieties may not be known to tell if they are an early or late type. With the second, going to be expensive.
Martin
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Post by stratcat on Oct 27, 2013 11:02:47 GMT -5
Hi, Krikit. Congratulations on your new place. Good luck!
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 27, 2013 21:12:47 GMT -5
Any other tips for storing potatoes for seed? Mine tend to get too dry in my house.
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Post by izitmidnight on Oct 28, 2013 11:50:14 GMT -5
My grandfather always stored his under the house on the ground. Of course he lived in ky, not down here in the Carolina's.
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