early blue

all of the early blue tubers i planted twelve days ago are up and running and the stems have begun to develop leaves of shades of blue and green...eventually the blue will fade to a uniform solanum green and, if things go well, there will be flourishing plants with colorful blooms under the lights...about seventy days of plant growth before the roots start to set tubers...i planted the spuds fairly deep in the baskets leaving room to "hill" the potatoes as they grow to stimulate tuber growth...no potatoes will grow lower than the depth the parent tuber was planted so literally the only way to go is up...that puts us at nearly the first day of spring before the tubers start to set and another thirty days get us to about easter..still...potatoes should go in in april and even may isn't too late ( in fact the yukon golds will wait for may because they are a bit more cold sensitive )...there are five yema de huevos up down there too...a second indoor generation...those should be done by april as well so the potato storage project has morphed into the local seed potato production project..either way they are still in the basement...more as it develops.