potatoes tag
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Black Potatoes well,more specifically ,deep purple are they worth cooking? |
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Where to buy seed potatoes now We live in the Far North and never get frosts(on a hill on the coast) so want to grow potatoes over winter, apparently it is viable up here. Anyone know where we could get seed potatoes from? |
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Potatoes. had a lovely crop of potatoes this year, dug them, dried them and placed in old "sugar bags" and then stored them in the darkest place I could find. Well what's happened is,,,, they have grown shoots as long as your arm! and some of them have gone s |
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Frost got my potatoes! My potatoes have just burst through the ground and got frazzled by a heavy frost this morning. Are they ruined or will they bounce back? TIA. |
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Cutting seed potatoes in half? Several people have told me to cut seed potatoes in half. Does any one do this? I was worried about disease. |
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Potatoes. What times of the year can you plant them Anytime in the Summer, as long as they will be ready before the frosts come.Spuds usually take three months, depending on wether they are sprouting already, and or have been left out earlier to harden off. Some here in much earlier threads, said the |
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Beginner Gardener - advice pls on potatoes/garlic a)Put in a garden for the first time.Aerated soil, sprinkled fertilizer, planted onion, broccoli, spinach, cabbage seedlings as per packet instructions.Watered with blood and bone solution.Derris dusted.Sound okay!Next steps! b) Found previous owner |
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Potatoes. I have a lot of potatoes any ideas on how to store them so they do not turn green or sprout I have a lot of potatoes, -any ideas on how to store them so they do not turn green or sprout |
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The Potatoes Are Out of the ground in the tunnel house now; what can I put in their place! It is a short area(there were only 3) I don't need any more lettuces, capsicums or chillis. I'm quite happy to even grow some flowers. My tomato plants are beginning to bear fru... |
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Sick potatoes blurry pic, but could be psyllid - it can cause brown bits in spuds. |
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Potatoes. Is it alright to plant them now not to late i am in tauranga is it alright to plant them now .not to late! i am in tauranga |
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Potatoes.how to plant. I have one of those green plastic potato bag. do I fill it right to the top and put the seed potato in, or do I just put say about 1/3 soil, then the potato, then when it sprouts, add more soil.A person told me this is how to do it, but when my late |
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Forgotten perla potatoes sprouting shoots Can and I plant them and how deep? Do I leave the (about 20-25 cm) long shoots on? The potatoes were forgotten in a box in a dark pantry. |
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What causes glassy potatoes please? We thought we would have a go at growing an old heirloom variety of potato. They yielded a good crop despite the climate extremes we experienced over the last few months, however there are quite a few that are hard, glassy and yuck when cooked. It is the ... |
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Planting Potatoes Don't laugh, but have forgotten which way you plant the seed potatoes. Do you put the sprout bit in first, or the potato, with the sprout at the top or bottom. Last year, just threw some old wrinkled up ones in the garden, they grew and we ate them for a ... |
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Freckles on potatoes? i have just dug up my self sown potatoe crop and found freckle like spots on them, my neighbour tells me its blight how do i get rid of this? |
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Tiny worms in my Potatoes. I am just digging a new row of potatoes and am finding the big potatoes have got lots of tiny holes in them. One even had a tiny worm. Can anyone tell me what to do to stop this infestation in future. I know I will just have to wear it this year. |
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Are green potatoes edible if you recover them? Howdy guys, Watering my potatoes I noticed a few that had poked thru the surface and had gone green with sunlight exposure. I recovered the spuds with dirt, by the time I go to harvest them (in a few weeks maybe) would they have lost their gre |
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