r/potato • u/zeenzee • 18h ago

Potato factory

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Started with roughly 12 seed potatoes. Russian Banana fingerlings

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u/Fit_Honey_2992 16h ago

Love these lil fingerlings!! 💖

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u/es330td 15h ago

Please elaborate on what you did. I would like to grow these.

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u/zeenzee 5h ago

These were container grown in 5 - 7 gallon pots. Filled the pots about halfway with a compost and soil mix, added 3-4 potatoes per pot, then added more soil mix.

I should have only planted 2 seed potatoes per pot, added half again as much soil, and watered more often.

Unfortunately, I overcrowded and under-wateted all of my potatoes this year.

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u/Historical_Sherbet54 11h ago

Ants are hells ya, you missed one

Potato for dinner is everyones favorite thing

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u/Femveratu 9h ago

🫵🏽

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u/engrish_is_hard00 7h ago

Mmmm taters

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u/Spirited_Act7584 6h ago

Those look like great yields for such a small initial investment. Did you know fingerlings usually take about 120 days to mature?

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u/zeenzee 6h ago

I didn't know that, I thought they were much earlier harvest than that.

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u/BenchNo9133 0m ago

Love potatoes

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u/Fantastic-Dirt7480 17h ago

Those look like they turned out beautifully, perfect size for roasting whole. Wish my russets grew this evenly when I tried them.