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I haven't received my potato order yet. I ordered on January 7th. Still waiting. Thank goodness I had potato seed from last year to get mine in the ground last week for my zone. Hopefully, it will ship soon🤞🫶
I have watch your potato videos before but this is always a great reminder. Now, if I am in Grand Rapids MI, will I still have time to chit them and plant them this season?
Is there a way to tell when they are dry enough to go in the ground?
This video is definitely very helpful for me. I planted whole potatoes last year and did run into some issues of rot and overall not a very good harvest. Looking forward to trying this!
I have heard farmers use ash when chitting potatoes. Has any body tried ash?
I usually do buy seed potatoes and plant them as they come. I do rub extra eyes off so not get too much top growth. Tho I only have a small garden and limited space for growing potatoes.
@MIgardener . Can you re-post the chart or a link to the planting times -zones . I think there was also some shipping info on pre-orders?? Cant find it .. TIA
How early can I plant the chitted potatoes in SE MI?
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Why can’t you just use store-bought?
Oh chit! My potatoes aren't here yet!
Adding a sprinkle of mycorrhizal fungi on the potatoes will also go a long way in most cases
can I grow potato in containers? How big a container should I use?
By the way, the strawberry syarts arrived in perfect condition. So happy, thank you.😊
My potatoes are exploding with growth! All of my grow bags have been hilled once and less than a week later they already need to be hilled again. 20, 20gallon grow bags!
Very informative !
Thank You!
@MiGardener 🙋♀️ PLEASE fix your free printout on painting potatoes. First page says to plant them 1-2” deep (under how to cut seed pot.), the 2nd page says to plant them 4-6” deep. How deep do I plant them?
Can you do this with store bought Potatoes?
I saved my smaller potatoes from last year and stored them in a cardboard box. They apparently were very happy with their storage because the eyes have grown 6+" long. Should I bury the complete runners or leave the ends above ground?
I always grow potatoes in containers and had lots of problems with scab until I started adding sulfur. I also will gouge out all but two eyes so I don't overcrowd.
I have a few Russet potato plants growing in my garden. There were two old potatoes that I left alone long enough for them to get soft and develop eyes, and then I buried them in the ground whole to see what happens. When I recently pulled them out of the ground to separate and then move them at other places in my garden, they were already growing new potatoes! Since they're about two months old and a few inches tall, I figured they needed more time to mature. Eventually, I'll pull them out again to harvest.
Would you do this to sweet potatoes also ?
How do you know when they are ready to plant after chitting?
Just in time!! I got my order from you and i am highly impressed. The paper you send with the order is amazing! Perfect!
Okay, so the box of potato seed from you all hasnt really begun to eye up. So they need to go into a dark humid place, right?
And once they do, then dark dry and warm place to chit?
So will it still be okay to plant them in the garden in two weeks feom now for zone 7b?