RE: Unidentified subject!

Carol,

  Thanks! I hoped it was normal for the leaves to yellow after a while.  I
am resisting the temptation to go out and root around for a few new potatoes
until I see some flowers....

Beth (MD zone 7)


-----Original Message-----
From: Young, Carol K E [c*@iupui.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 3:09 PM
To: 'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
Subject: RE: Unidentified subject!


PS
If I remember correctly, the leaves yellow at the bottom as more grow on
top, but they may be ready to harvest...we used to harvest in August after
April/May planting...I know 'cause that's when my nieces and nephews used to
visit.
	YES, you will eat a homegrown tato, if I have to send you some! (But
that means I'd better get planting!)
	No experience with Yukon gold...Desiree was the most exotic thing I
grew...I was satisfied with mundane flavors, because it was more for the fun
of harvest than the flavor...unlike homegrown corn or tomatoes which are
SOOOO different than store-bought!

Carol 
Indianapolis




> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grem, Beth A [SMTP:GremEA@navair.navy.mil]
> Sent:	Monday, June 14, 1999 1:40 PM
> To:	'veggie-list@eskimo.com'
> Subject:	RE: Unidentified subject!
> 
> Hi Carol,
> 
>   Yes, I do hill my taters.  When I (attempted) to grow them in a
> container,
> They grew, I hilled, they grew, I hilled.... until they were about 5 feet
> tall!  I added a trash can with no bottom to the container to keep
> hilling.
> I expected thousands of potatoes!  I confess I watered them with miracle
> grow 'bout every 2 days, so I suspect that too much fertilizer made pretty
> plants, no taters.  Now this year, I did the trench/hill thing in the
> ground.  Teeny bit of fertilizer.  My plants are about 2 1/2 feet tall.
> They've been in since mid march.  No signs of flowers, but the bottom
> leaves
> are yellowing.  Is this what they should look like?  When should they be
> ready??  Will I ever eat a homegrown tato??  Variety is Yukon gold. 
> 
> Thanks much!
> (Beth MD zone7)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Young, Carol K E [c*@iupui.edu]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 2:10 PM
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Unidentified subject!
> 
> 
> Hi, Beth, and all ''tater lovers!
> In filing some old posts, I reread your (Beth's) post about not growing
> potatoes successfully...great foliage, no potatoes. You mentioned growing
> them in tubs, and this leads me to believe that they were not hilled. 
> 	If I understand potatoes correctly (and I believe I have had great
> success), here's what happens: you dig a trench a foot or so deep, and
> place
> the 1/4 (more or less) potato with eye in the bottom of the trench. Cover
> it
> with dirt (eventually you'll have a hill instead of a trench, which is why
> it's called hilling them). Let them begin to send up shoots. Add a little
> more dirt (don't cover the leaves, just tuck the dirt under them). Shoots
> grow more. Add more dirt. And so on 'til harvest time when the leaves
> begin
> to turn yellow. The potatoes form along the stems in the cool dark earth;
> the more you hill, the more room for 'taters to grow! Evidently, if you
> don't hill, you just get a very pretty plant! 
> 	Even if you have luxuriant foliage now, and haven't hilled, I'd
> begin to heap dirt around them. I think there's plenty of time for
> potatoes
> to form.
> 	Any other thoughts, gang? Good luck, Beth!
> 
> Carol 
> Indianapolis
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