Should I cut my potatoes before planting ?
This all depends on your seed size, if your seed potatoes are around golf ball size, we recommend leaving them whole and placing them in the ground. This is the healthiest option. However if your seed potatoes are baseball size and larger and you are needing to stretch your seed to produce more plants you can cut them.
There are a few things to remember when cutting your spuds, once you have cut your potato you now essentially have an open wound. It's important to wait until the flesh has calloused over or you need to use an organic ingredient called Fir bark dust, if you do not want to wait for the flesh to harden over.
Fir bark is an acidic dust that you can put on the open flesh, and this will prevent and kill any bacteria or virus in the soil that may harm or weaken your potato plant.
Remember potatoes are a starch and filled with carbohydrates, bacteria and viruses love to feed on sugar ! We must do what we can to protect that wound. You wouldn't cut your finger and stick it in ground would you!?
*always make sure you have one healthy eye per seed piece
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First sign of spring ☀️🌱
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🚨Exciting potato news ! 🚨
Recently Huckleberry Gold has been certified by the glycemic index foundation as a low GI food. It's finally been tested and given the GI of 52. Which is lower than sweet potatoes 🍠 and white russets at a high GI of 82 🥔
This is a great choice for diabetics who love potatoes but need food choices with a slower release of sugar into the bloodstream to help keep your blood sugars stable.
If you ask me huckleberry gold is the goldmine of all potatoes, it great for salads, baked potatoes and can even hold up to frying without getting soggy, staying crisp. This truly is the best all around potato out there. 💛💜
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🥔💕We don't do sales often, but we're really feeling the love for potatoes today!
Treat yourself to some spuds and spring shallots at 25% off !
💌Use code:VDAY25
*sale ends 2/17
#heartpotato #spudsale #valentinesday #organicseeds
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Determinate vs Indeterminate potatoes
What's the difference? In the potato world we have what is called: early, mid and late season potatoes.
Early potatoes set once then die off, just like determinate tomatoes. Their days to maturity are around 65+ days. Resulting in smaller yields than mid or late season varieties
Mid season potatoes will set a couple of times throughout the growing season and then die off, these take around 85+ days to maturity.
Late season potatoes, like indeterminate tomatoes will set many times throughout the growing season, and likely will die off when the frost kills them. This can be anywhere from 95-120 days to maturity, even though these take a lot longer to mature your yields will be outstanding!
So what type is right for you? Things to consider...
🥔 How do you eat your potatoes?
🥔 How long do you store your potatoes ?
🥔 How long is your growing season?
*Pro tip: Early potatoes don't store as long as late season potatoes, factor that in when you are storing your potatoes throughout the winter. Eat the early potatoes first, and your lates last.
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Why buy certified seed potatoes? 🥔 ☑️
🌱Quality seed
Certified seed potato growers are held to the highest standard of growing practices.
🌱Disease free
Certified seed potatoes are rigorously inspected and tested multiple times throughout the growing season making sure no disease is passed on to your garden to infect your soil.
🌱High yielding potatoes
Generation of your seed plays a big part in big harvests, certified seed potatoes are regulated by generation, the earlier generation you plant the larger your yields will be.
🥔Please for the love of the potato gods and health of your garden, NEVER ever plant grocery store potatoes.
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