potatoes

I haven't planted taters in over 25 years and I can't remember if I planted them whole or if I planted them cut in quarters. I remember something about putting "dust" of some kind of powder but don't remember what it was or why. I will be planting baking potatoes from the store that sprouted...

Hey folks, I caught taters on sale for $0.88 for 5 lbs at the store yesterday. Here is my attempt. Do they at least look ok?

Hi Folks, I'm brand new here, just registered. I hope it isn't too early for me to jump right in with this type of post, but here goes... A good portion of my long-term storage is in place. I buy wheat, rice, beans, etc. from a local LDS home storage center and for things I can't get there...

I got my tater's outa the patch this evening and ended up with 11 bushel, purdy good compared to some patches this year. Very happy with that. :2thumb: 5 rows about 55' long, 0ne 50 lb. bag of seed taters and a half 5 gal. bucket of old taters from last year, two bags of 5-10-10 = Around $35 at...

These two raspberry twigs were part of tons of raspberries pruning I did last year. They have been sitting in the yard through sun and cold since Sept 2009. What is so special about them? Lets look closer. They are alive and growing. Break the twigs and they are green inside - despite being...

I thought I had posted this but I couldn't find it. :dunno: It's quick and easy with no digging at the end of the season. I'm thinking of doing it this year but (you knew there had to be a but ;)) each time I have planted this way the snakes moved in. :eek: (I don't care for snakes) Then again...

I've been wondering for a long time, is it ok to eat potatoes that have sprouted appendages?

I live in Western Washington, can I grow Potato's year round? I have a green house, would I need to use that in the Winter?

Besides the 'Cool, Dry Place' to preserve potatoes, you can also add an apple or two in a dish set on top of the crop. (so as the apple rots, it doesn't drip into the potatoes) This will accelerate decay of almost all other types of produce, But the gasses given off by a decomposing apple will...