Potatos 2017
It looks like I forgot to post back May the type and numbers of potatos we planted. Since I am about to talk about what we harvested, it would be a good idea to do that first!
Potatos Veg4 planted Saturday 2017 May 27th
Start at Western end, the row runs north south
yukon gold x12
kennebec x6 norland 2 rows x3
green mountain x6
warba x6
blue victor x6
white rose x6
irish cobbler x6
morning glory x6
9 types in total, 60 hills in total
Harvested on Saturday 2017 Sept 30.
These have been in bins for a week now, drying down a bit before we clean, weigh and store them.
 Warba Warba, not a bad harvest but most are mutant shaped. We will not be growing these out next year. |
 Green Mountain Green Mountain, very poor harvest. Will not be growing these next year. |
 Kennebec Kennebec, not bad harvest |
 White Rose White Rose, poor harvest but we will try one more year with these. |
 Norland |
 Norland, average harvest |
 Blue Victor Blue Victor, good harvest |
 Morning Glory Morning Glory, average harvest |
 Yukon Gold |
 Yukon Gold |
 Yukon Gold Yukon Gold – excellent harvest |
 Irish Cobbler Irish Cobbler – excellent harvest |
After the fact, after the cleaning, we weighed them and divided by the number of hills to get an average yield.
From best to worst.
1. Morning Glory 6 hills, 22 lbs, 3.7 lbs/hill
2. Irish Cobbler 6 hills, 21 lbs, 3.5 lbs/hill
3. Blue Victor 6 hills, 18.5lbs, 3.1 lbs/hill
4. Yukon Gold 12 hills, 24 lbs, 2.0 lbs/hill
5. Norland 6 hills, 10 lbs, 1.6 lbs/hill
6. Warba 6 hills, 5.5 lbs, 0.9 lbs/hill
7. kennebec 6 hills, 5.0 lbs, 0.8 lbs/hill
8. white rose 6 hills, 2.0 lbs, 0.35 lbs/hill
9. green mountain 6 hills, 1.5 lbs, 0.25 lbs/hill