Second Potato Harvest (and some Garlic, too)!
Potatos are a staple of my family's diet in Fall, Winter, and Early Spring. I try and grow as many as I can, and put as much as I can into storage to make it thru to help cut down on my grocery bills. This is my second harvest for Potato this season and I hope it shows how I can save and grow some, as well.
What does it take to get a very nice return for your potato harvest? Find out how I do it. I show how I plant, and grow the best Potato, in my back yard garden. My Soil? My containers? What is the best Fertilizer to use for Potato?
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I cook with Blue, Yellow, and Red potato, so, I plant those, to get a decent harvest. This year, I got my seed potato in early February, to plant, from Wood Prairie Family Farms in Maine. I bought the Adirondack Blue, and a Dark Red Norland. The Yellow Potato was my own seed potato from last season's harvest: Yukon Gold.
My soil is thawed enough by early march to start working. I grow in 25 gallon Fabric Grow Bags, so, I make a mix of 1/3 Canadian Sphagnum Peat, one third my own compost, and 1/3 leftover soil from last growing season. I also refresh and fertilize with Bone Meal (from Espoma®) and Dr. Earth's with a 3-4-2 NPK (Nitogen, Phosphorous, Calcium). The Fertilizer is a granular organic, and takes a few weeks to break down with some soil biology. So, Fertilize AS SOON AS YOU CAN, and give it a couple weeks before you plant in the soil.
