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| Yukon Gold Potato Harvest |
Harvested
our Yukon Gold Potato crop today! They are worth their weight in GOLD! This year’s
crop was one of my best! Planting early paid off and the last few weeks of warm
summer yielded a large healthy crop.
Our first day of harvest
is followed by our traditional "Potato Fry". YUMMY!
Here is a tip when
harvesting your potatoes!
Cut back the foliage
when they die back. I cut foliage a week before I harvest the crop. I also make
sure the soil is dry or slightly moist. Dig them up carefully not to cut with shovel or pitch fork. Place your potatoes on a flat surface
to dry. The skin is very thin when you first dig
them up, so handle carefully! DO NOT WASH THEM. Cure about 2 weeks at 55 degrees
in humid conditions, and then store in a root cellar, or cool dark place. Do
NOT store with apples, they give off a gas that initiates potato sprouting!
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