Yukon Gold potato harvest

[wsmoak]

So... I planted 2 lbs of Yukon Gold seed potatoes in a 4x8 bed, and the harvest came in right at 10 lbs.

There were 2-3 decent sized potatoes per vine, plus some tiny ones here and there. No pest problems at all -- well, somebody chewed a small hole in *one* of them, I suspect (what I think are) cutworms, which I find all throughout the garden. But otherwise nothing bothered them.

I can't find the order confirmation to see how much I paid for the seed potatoes, but I probably don't want to know.

Next year I may try growing them in big Aero Soft containers... http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/prod1;ft1_lawn_garden-ft1_pots_trays;pg109731.html

-Wendy

 

[4grandbabies]

This is my first year for yucon gold potatoes. I did not know what to expect, they just kept getting taller, I thought maybe they were going to top, but Digets said they can be taller than the ones I usually grow. They have bloomed, I did have early potato bugs, but sprayed with a little pyola and soapy water, and also hand picked. they seem to be doing fine. I have not "noodled" yet to see if they are setting on, but I am hopeful!!

 

[Greenthumb18]

Wow already a potato harvest

That does seem like a good harvest!, wsmoak
Especially when you get more potatoes then you planted its worth it.
Those Aero containers look pretty good, their not that expensive either which I thought they would.

My potatoes are just starting to bloom right now, maybe a few more months for my harvest.

 

[wsmoak]

Wow already a potato harvest

They went in in early March, so right at 90 days. I'm very happy with them!

They shot up and overpowered the poor little snow peas I had planted down the center of their raised bed, bloomed, sprawled all over, (got blown around by a storm I think,) and died back, right on schedule.

I had read this variety does not need to be hilled, and I didn't. Maybe I will try that next year and see if they produce more -- I'm short on dirt this year, but the horse, chickens and rabbits are working on it.

-Wendy

 

[wifezilla]

I have some growing in a garbage can. Do you harvest after they bloom??

 

[HappyHomestead]

wsmoak, I never bother with buying seed potatoes, I buy a variety from our local co-op and let them go to seed over the winter. They're sure fun to grow - good job!

 

[wsmoak]

I have some growing in a garbage can. Do you harvest after they bloom??

I waited until the vines died back on their own (after blooming) and then left them another week.

YG's don't seem to follow "the rules" though -- hilling doesn't do anything for them from what I read, and they don't have much of a skin, so I suppose it doesn't need to toughen for storage the way a russet does.

Are you hilling yours up in the garbage can? Let us know if they produce potatoes up along the stem, or only at the bottom.

--
Wendy

 

[wifezilla]

Yeah, I am adding straw and compost as it grows. They are almost at the top of the garbage can already. No flowers yet. I also planted some purple potatoes so I should be able to compare and contrast.