O/T taters

Case Nutty 1660 · May 21, 2014

just wondering how many of your garden taters are coming up slow this year? seems like I have had some up for almost two weeks and many are not even started yet here. Cold weather I am sure is affecting them some but they really seem to be taking a long time to come up this year, I bought seed taters and used last years left overs no real diff yet in germination between them so I do not think its seed related, my onions are doing very well that were planted the same day as the first taters

Anonymous-0 · May 21, 2014

Mine are doing really good

Only problem is space where I switched varieties JD planter needs a certian amount of seed to plant accurately

Thinking about hilling them up this weekend

pete black · May 21, 2014

in nw alabama mine are doing great, 12-20 in. tall and not a skip in them. not blooming or ready for graveling yet.

Bret4207 · May 21, 2014

Coming up?!!! Holy smokes, mine are still in the bag waiting for the dirt to dry out enough to plant! :shock:

Lou from Wi. · May 21, 2014

Son planted ours 10 & 11th some are up and looks good, but we had a ground hog that was digging them up. Had no more trouble with him, as I think he's moved. We're using last years potato's that turned to seed,even shared some with daughter and SIL. We use a lot of them and give some away,their one of our main staples. With the rain we've had and the warm weather they should all come up great. Last year deer pruned some of the plants back for us. Sure wish they would hurry up and mature so I can have some decent spuds. Wife fixed store bought potato's, fried, and I got to eat them without my teeth.
Just keep looking, they'll be there.
Regards,
LOU

LP-Always · May 21, 2014

planted 2/22/14 red skins, they are knee high now

LP-Always · May 21, 2014

I am near columbia,sc

Anonymous-0 · May 21, 2014

Bret.
Just stuff them in that old wet ground. They will grow. Planted my old stock a coupple weeks ago and all are out of the ground, looking green and healthy. Planted some new stock the same time and as of today they are peeking out of the ground with a few green leaves. All are in raised beds.
Loren

Donald Lehman · May 21, 2014

Jsut planted mine this week so I can't tell yet. But I always seem to have some come up quickly and then other hills don't come up for a week or two.

El Toro · May 21, 2014

I planted a few last week. Suppose to hit 80 tomorrow. My beets and bush beans are up. Hal

Fergienewbee · May 21, 2014

I planted mine a bout two weeks ago. I'm just starting to see green buds. I had some corn mixed in with my oats. I planted three weeks ago and haven't seen any sign of corn. Oats are around four inches. Cold, late spring.

Larry

Dutchman · May 21, 2014

mind our up and I hilled them last sat...made this hiller { what I call it } and it worked great ....
Guess as I'm getting older , I look for easier ways to do things ..

............ mark

BAnNC · May 21, 2014

Corn just down the road is 4to 6 in high. Planted about 2 weeks ago. No potatos showing yet.

Richard G. · May 21, 2014

Mine are knee high and blooming. I plan to hill them one last time tomorrow. My son and I planted 150 pounds of Kennebecks back in early March which is late planting, but it was a wet late winter.
Corn is also knee high and green beans are about 6 inches high. Indian corn for meal is just popping through as I had to replant due to bird damage. Got my bird patrol out now.
Richard in NW SC

Fullers Farmalls · May 21, 2014

We put ours in about 2 weeks ago, none were up as of a few days ago. We had a lot of rain about a week after they went in. hoping they didn't rot in the ground

rusty6 · May 21, 2014

I usually spread my planting out over a month . Try to get a row in the ground last week of April so I have some early potatoes, then plant another row or so over the next three weeks. Later this year as it was just cold and mud til recently. First row went in May 7 and they are not up yet.
I saw an interesting McCormick potato planter at the last auction sale I went to.

Bret4207 · May 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:55:43 05/21/14) Bret.
Just stuff them in that old wet ground. They will grow. Planted my old stock a coupple weeks ago and all are out of the ground, looking green and healthy. Planted some new stock the same time and as of today they are peeking out of the ground with a few green leaves. All are in raised beds.
Loren

Loren, ever try to walk over tilled clay ground, much less plant anything in it when it's soaked? Can't be done.

NNP · May 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 03:36:42 05/22/14)

(quoted from post at 15:55:43 05/21/14) Bret.
Just stuff them in that old wet ground. They will grow. Planted my old stock a coupple weeks ago and all are out of the ground, looking green and healthy. Planted some new stock the same time and as of today they are peeking out of the ground with a few green leaves. All are in raised beds.
Loren

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Loren, ever try to walk over tilled clay ground, much less plant anything in it when it's soaked? Can't be done.

LOL, not if you want to keep your boots on.
wet clay is amazing stuff, the glue industry should try to use it for something!

we gotta move
another week before the main garden with live plants goes in because of the frost danger.
My small 'early' plot is doing ok, but it's a pain to cover it every night...just in case.

pburg · May 22, 2014

Question---What is the purpose of "hilling" potatoes?? I had never heard of it until I've read these gardening posts. I've planted lots of potatoes, and if the weather is suitable, they seem to do alright. I live in SE Nebraska and have good black soil in the garden. My potatoes right now range from four to eight inches. They look a little ragged on top because of the 31 degrees we had a while back.

Adirondack case guy · May 22, 2014

Bret,
I hear that that that St. Laurance Valley clay makes good pottery. Maybe you will have to explore your artistic talents. I bet you would fit rite in at a craft show as a vendor selling your creations to a bunch of city people. LOL
Loren

Richard G. · May 22, 2014

Hilling gives more soil for the taters to grow in.
The plants will produce taters on up the stalk if it is covered. I have heard of folks that plant in an old tire and add soil or just straw as they place more tires on as they grow taller. Never tried that myself.
Richard

pburg · May 22, 2014

Question #2---Richard---If my potatoes are up 4 to 8 inches, do I "cover" them completely, or just let the tops "peak" out? Or is it too late to do the covering?

farmer near Lynnville · May 22, 2014

Reply to why hilling potatoes - also to keep the ones that grow near the surface from turning green from exposure to sunlight.

farmer near Lynnville · May 22, 2014

Throw 4-6" of dirt around the stalks if this is the first cultivation.

Nancy Howell · May 22, 2014

I lived in Houston for a while and had that awful clay soil called gumbo.

If you walked across that stuff when it was wet, it would build up on your shoes until they weighed about 10+lbs each. Made walking loads of fun.

Richard G. · May 22, 2014

I asked that same question a few weeks ago. I was told if you cover a few, They will poke on through.
I usually just hill up on the plant a few inches each of the 2 or 3 times I hill them.
Course I have only been growing them 40 + years.
I am still learning.
Richard

Bret4207 · May 23, 2014

(quoted from post at 05:11:24 05/22/14) Bret,
I hear that that that St. Laurance Valley clay makes good pottery. Maybe you will have to explore your artistic talents. I bet you would fit rite in at a craft show as a vendor selling your creations to a bunch of city people. LOL
Loren

Yeah, good idea. Me, an art show and city people. A can't miss combination!!! :lol:

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