Potatoes in a Bag

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That is brilliant!!
But Do they deteriorate before the potatoes are ready?
Sorry can't find the link BUT I saw a program where they interviewed a nursery that sells 3 to 6' tree/bushes, sets of 4, sold to be a living fence. They ship it in a cardboard box.
UNDERGROUND the cardboard takes 60 days to break down. Above ground it takes much longer. I dropped a cardboard box last fall in the bed where I had a bad potato harvest. It is above ground.
Box is still there.
Fyi...
 

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Well they started to die off so I harvested today
 

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Well I'm pretty happy with the harvest. Quite a few small ones. But overall I have a decent amount. I'm going to do a little mini experiment and replant a couple of the small ones that still have roots and see if I can get at least one more Harvest before winter. If not I'll save some of these little ones for the spring. I'm pretty happy with the process overall I think I'm going to wait till next week to harvest the white potatoes next.
 

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You know what is really tasty with those small red potatoes? We like to cut them in half, soak in a mixture of freshly squeezed lemon, olive oil, salt n pepper. Then grill them to go along side of grilled salmon soaked in the same mixture with tartar sauce! Oh boy! 😋
Well I'm pretty happy with the harvest. Quite a few small ones. But overall I have a decent amount. I'm going to do a little mini experiment and replant a couple of the small ones that still have roots and see if I can get at least one more Harvest before winter. If not I'll save some of these little ones for the spring. I'm pretty happy with the process overall I think I'm going to wait till next week to harvest the white potatoes next.
 

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You know what is really tasty with those small red potatoes? We like to cut them in half, soak in a mixture of freshly squeezed lemon, olive oil, salt n pepper. Then grill them to go along side of grilled salmon soaked in the same mixture with tartar sauce! Oh boy! 😋
That sounds super yummy!! I will definitely be trying that this weekend!
 
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