How do you deal with early sprouts?
I have had 3 day of (50f /10c) outside temperature. I was keeping the tubers in a cool unheated room. Most sunlight was blocked for a few weeks. But with that temp increase outside. Inside temps rose. So the Red Pontiac (Harvested July 08) & Kennebec (harvested end of Aug), have started to sprout too early.
I moved them to an area that gets indirect light. I hope to green up the sprouts and stop growth. The Yukon gold (Harvested Aug 08) is the only one not affected. I have been looking for info on Length of dormancy for them,
I will be adding some of the ones with really tall sprouts, to a mixture of cocoa core & organic potting soil. I will try to grow them indoors,for the winter. This is my first attempt to grow potatoes in the house I may try some in straight core. See what happens.
I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning.
Showing posts with label Red Pontiac potatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Pontiac potatoes. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Potatoes in the garden
This year I grew Yukon gold and Red Pontiac potatoes. I used the raised hugalkuture bed, topsoil bags and grow bags of sorts. The Yukon gold did not do well with all the rain we had. The red did well. I learned you get larger tubers and health was good in the ground verses the bags.
But I will try some different types of bags next year.
But I will try some different types of bags next year.
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