Hell yes we will take it !
Send some rain this way !
Good morning, Bronze 
Rain is needed here also. There’s a little upcoming but not enough.
Rain is needed here also. There’s a little upcoming but not enough.
They do look good. What should your yield have been from that many plants?
I normally get six to eight, sometimes ten good sized potatoes from each hill.
But it was a hot, dry month of May here.
Let's see...
Nuke for four minutes to soften, pour olive oil (w/ garlic, lemon pepper and rosemary) and roast on the grill.
Slice longways into wedges, drop them in a fry daddy and season to taste
Slice thin and lightly brown in a frying pan with vegetable oil and seasoning.
Boil and mash, mixing in butter and bacon bits.
And that's just off the top of my head....
Nuke for four minutes to soften, pour olive oil (w/ garlic, lemon pepper and rosemary) and roast on the grill.
Slice longways into wedges, drop them in a fry daddy and season to taste
Slice thin and lightly brown in a frying pan with vegetable oil and seasoning.
Boil and mash, mixing in butter and bacon bits.
And that's just off the top of my head....
In Tennessee ? Probably.
I'm close to Charlotte NC. March 1st is my target date for potatoes, lettuce and radishes. They can handle temps down to freezing, but potatoes suffer in dry, hot conditions, while lettuce and radishes 'bolt', meaning they turn bitter, a large center stalk rises up out of the plant and goes to seed.
Temps of 85°F are too much for those crops.
Potatoes can grow in the fall. Check your first frost date in Oct/ Nov, and back up twelve weeks. Dug a six inch deep trench, loosen the soil in the bottom of the trench add Shake and Feed (or some other slow release fertilizer) and set your seed potatoes about a foot apart.
You cannot fertilize them once they are in the ground (hence Shake and Feed). But you will need to water regularly (rain is best). When the plants (actually vines) get close to a foot tall, "hill up" with additional soil to support the vines. And keep watering.
When the vines are DEAD, get a shovel or a garden fork and dig out the tubers. Come in from the sides of you hills, and be careful not to harm the yield.
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well, it finally happened.....
I broke the Big Thread
Not broken! We often go quiet especially early to midweek. I’ve copied your potato growing post for my notes! Thanks for that.
I forgot the part about once the seed potatoes in down in the trench, cover with 3- 4 inch of loose soil.
Then, once the vines start upwards, level oof the soil so the vines are still exposed.
Hill up from there when they get close to a foot tall.
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