Awesome Potato Harvest!

This video captures the last of my spring potato harvest. It is a long video, but I think there are plenty of tidbits that can be gleaned from my experience. I felt like I had a very nice spring potato crop. My plan to get it planted VERY early paid off. I know it’s a gamble to dare the weather, but this year I cashed in.

As always, I learned quite a few things from my potato crop this spring. One of the biggest lessons I’m taking away is that I have to find a way to support the foliage of my potato plants. I’m sure this will involve some trial and error, but I’m confident I will find something effective.

I am also honing in on what I feel are the best producing potatoes for my zone (9a) and my region of the country (SE Texas, just NW of Houston). Red Norland will always be a staple in my garden. It produces well in both containers and raised beds. Additionally, they are great table fare.

I was extremely pleased with the Yukon Gold I grew in my raised bed. The store bought potatoes I planted grew potatoes, but nothing like the certified seed potatoes produced. I did not plant any certified seed Yukon Gold in containers so I’m not sure how they perform there.

The Carola I grew were very prolific but I learned an important lesson with them. They don’t seem to like small containers - translate 5 gallon buckets. Larger tubers were grown in bigger containers. I would be curious to know how they perform in a raised bed. They are very tasty on the plate though!

Of all the new varieties I tried this spring, I was most surprised by Baltic Rose. They were VERY prolific and produced very attractive potatoes. Again, given how many tubers were produced, I would be curious to know how they would produce planted in a raised bed. I can’t wait to include these with a meal - which will happen this weekend!

If there was a potato I felt like underperformed, it was the Caribe. Maybe I had set my expectations too high. Maybe I did something wrong. Maybe it performed just as it is supposed to. I had the impression it was going to be a better producer. I still have yet to try this one with a meal. I will find a way to get them on a plate this next week.

This was my best harvest in total for potatoes. I tallied over 110 lbs of potatoes from one 4’x8’ raised bed and 18 containers of various sizes. A few of the containers were mostly busts, like the store bought Yukon Gold I planted. They produced a little, but nothing when compared to the organic seed potato from Wood Prairie Family Farms. Towards the end of this video I predicted that I had harvested 25-30 lbs of potatoes during the final harvest I videoed. Good grief did I miss the mark! In this video I actually harvested almost 56 lbs of potatoes! I’m going to throw this out there now…my goal for next spring is 150 lbs!

Let me know in the comments if you planted potatoes in your garden this season. I love hearing about what others are doing. Share your zone and which varieties of potatoes you grew/are growing. I also like discovering new varieties I may want to try myself!


Here is the link to Wood Prairie Family Farms we’re I get my certified organic seed potatoes:

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=D...

Please note, I have NO affiliation with Wood Prairie Family Farms. I have just been pleased with their product and their service.