Viewing post #1348122 by RpR

Weedwhacker said:That sounds like a pretty disappointing harvest, RpR !

Do you buy new seed potatoes every year? I've just been planting some of my smaller potatoes that are left at the end of the winter, without any problems that I could see. In fact, this year I just grew a couple of short (8') rows, one of Red Gold and one of German Butterball, mostly just to get seed in case I decide I want to grow them next year -- because I've been thinking that for the work involved with them, and how cheap potatoes are in my area (several local potato farmers, pretty common to find 10-pound bags of them in the store for $1.99 and sometimes even less), along with the amount of room they take up in my garden, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to grow them. Except, of course, for the fact that I like being able to grow varieties that aren't found in the grocery store...

At any rate, still need to dig mine and see what's there.

A late reply.

Yes I usually buy a few pounds of new seed every year mainly for the sake of trying a type I have not tried before.
The end result this year was actually terribly poor as approx. the same number of plants as last year produced only three tote boxes where last year I had well over five.

This was the first year I can ever remember not buying new seed as I had so much left over from last year. Last year just the left overs from in one row gave me over one tote box full; this year the best two rows gave me only one tote box full.
I am either going to have to put a lot of something on that bad side of the garden or due to the fact that decades ago dad put all the dirt from the old horse barn floor, before it was turned into a paved garage, into the side of the garden that does so well its chemical composition is simply unique.