This blog is providing an update on the prior one titled “Grow Bags for Potatoes”.  I usually store the seed potatoes that I purchase in a brown bags so they don’t touch each other and put them on a shelf in my garage.  I check on them every week to see if the eyes are forming […]
Author: crazyforgardening
More on Potatoes
As a follow up to the blog titled “Unusual Colors for Potatoes”,  I am also growing Ozette  and Maris Piper potatoes which I purchased from www.landrethseeds.com. Ozette potatoes (see picture above) are fingerlings which grow small and narrow.  Ozettes have yellow skin and flesh.  Legend has it that this potato is an ancient Peruvian variety […]
Unusual Colors for Potatoes
I am going a bit exotic in my gourmet potato selection this year.  I ordered four different kinds of potatoes from Landreth Seeds (see www.landrethseeds.com) this year. The two with unusual colors are Purple Majesty and Mountain Rose Potatoes.   We will talk about the other potatoes tomorrow. Purple Majesty: The potatoes have purple skin & flesh and the plant […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.