RE: Unidentified subject!/Yukon Gold

I'm a potato novice, so I can't answer your question, but I have one of my
own for you- How many days did it take for your Yukon gold to mature and die
back?  I have a "mid-early" Yukon gold but I don't know what that translates
into days!

Thanks,
Beth (MD zone 7)

-----Original Message-----
From: Meconella@aol.com [M*@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 10:33 PM
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!/Yukon Gold


In a message dated 6/15/99 5:50:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mmiller@nemontel.net writes:

<< Last year I grew potatoes for the first time in several years, thinking
 that they hadn't really been worth the space. But I heard good things about
 Yukon Gold, so decided to try them. Like you, Martha, I didn't think there
 could be any potatoes so early, but started feeling around, and found lots
 of fairly large ones. And delicious spuds they are...absolutely the best
 I've ever eaten. 
  >>

I just harvested my potatoes today.  I grew only two varieties,  yukon gold 
(my absolute favorite potato) and some sort of red.  Neither of mine had 
bloomed,  yet the vines had already died back.  I got a fair return but not 
as good as some years.  I think I had prepared my soil too well --
fertilizer 
and lots of compost.  I am looking forward to trying poor soil.

When I plant my next patch,  can I plant some of those really tiny ones 
(about half inch in diameter) and get any results?   And can I just plant
the 
freshly dug ones now?  If I cut some into pieces is it best to dip them into

sulfur?  Thanks for any information.

Janet.
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