Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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Ours rotted in the ground it was so wet here no spuds for us.
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 04:58 PM
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I always would take my entire tater haul inside my pole barn and lay them out on the floor for a week or so to "harden", as the Old Timers would say. I never tried storing spuds that have been washed off.
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 05:23 PM
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i have washed , if you soak them in wheel barrows of water then transfer to someplace to dry like saw horses with planks on them , they need some time to "harden" when they get left in the sun or out to dry the outer skin drys some and gets tougher.
if they don't get a good dry outer layer they can mold much easier then they rot.
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 05:55 PM
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Dug Potatoes this weekend. It's been very wet here so the spuds are very muddy.
Anyone have a easy way to clean a 3-4 hundred pounds of potatoes for storage? In the past they have went in the cellar as is, but clean would be better. U have a harvester/puller one or two row puller or do you dig them by hand?
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 07:34 PM
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I bet that works pretty good. I have a few friends that have those old time potato harvesters. They are an awesome piece of equipment for a small potato field.
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 08:50 PM
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I planted mine differently this year by laying them on the ground and covering them up with straw. The theory is you just rack the straw back and pick them up. They didn't do too bad but this where still muddy with the monsoon here. I sprayed them off with a garden hose and set them in my shop to harden. Easier to pick but the mice seemed to have a heyday in the straw. May do things a bit differently next year.
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Re: Lots of Potatoes Lots of Mud
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10/05/19 10:27 PM
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For those who leave them out in the sun, have you had problems with them turning green? (Green potatoes can be toxic.)
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Why not wait to dig when conditions are better
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Old bed springs and a garden hose
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I HATE TO SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT LIKELY WAS OBVIOUS TO YOU BUT IF I WANTED TO WASH THEM ALL AT ONE TIME I WOULD PUT THEM IN A GILL NET SUSPENDED OFF THE GROUND AND PRESSURE WASH THEM. I AM PRETTY SURE THE PRESSURE WASHER WILL GET RID OF THE MUD AND SINCE THEY ARE POTATOES NOT TOMATOES THEY WILL HANDLE BEING WASHED.. IF YOU WANTED TO DO THEM IN SMALLER SAY 25 LB BATCHES USE A LARGE KOKANEE LANDING NET. 60+ YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER WE WASHED OUR SPUDS WITH A SPRAY NOZZLE ON A GARDEN HOSE BUT WE DIDN'T OWN A PRESSURE WASHER AND OUR IRRIGATION WATER PRESSURE WAS ABOUT 120 LB OUT OF THE FAUCET.
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