holy chit...

what else should i have expected? rummaging around in a corner of my room i found four spuds ( three german butterballs and an all red top photo ) seriously chitting away...one had sprouts five inches long ( second photo ) and the tuber was seriously shriveled...the others were still in fair shape but the one demanded immediate action ( actually so did the all red in the fifth photo...i wasn't developing all those stolons because it wasn't ready to go into some soil )...so i planted them in containers and that is what then next post is all about. 4:34 p.m. 4-26-2015 i just had a closer look at the photo of that all red and i do believe i see a couple of nascent tubers on the stolons on the left side...planted just in time.

spuds away

i was supposed to meet parker! this evening at the garden but she is feeling a bit under the weather so we rescheduled for next week ( feel better soon parker! )...i has some potato plant i was planning on putting in the bed i am running in the community garden this year ( which already has jerusalem artichokes up and running...see the next post for that adventure...and which...i believe..will see mashua and yacon as well ) so i went out there and put them in before is curried home for other obligations...they are ( top to bottom ) german butter ball, ollala. early blue, and all red ) had a nice chat with a member of the library staff who said she was uncertain of being able to attend planting day...i told her if push comes to shove i would build her a bed she could plant hen she found time..we'll see what transpires...found earthworms as i dug up numerous rouges and such...always a good sign

...and rooting

if some of the spuds downstairs are beginning to look impatient others have declared the season open and begun to throw out roots..the purple valley in the first two photos and the ollala in the third communicated this graphically this evening...the two all reds in the bottom two photos are evincing no roots yet they are not far behind in their demands...so all four are in pots under the lights where they will develop until they can be hardened off and planted outdoors in april...there are still thirty odd plants that should produce seed potatoes for the garden and fifteen plants form seed down there as well...the plant room is getting crowded and my feeling is the population won't be shrinking soon.