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Post by gardensup on Nov 5, 2013 4:58:53 GMT -8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------May 5, 2011 at 10:58pm tatermater said:Growing Skagit Valley Gold potatoes and storing them....one must plant them late and harvest when the ground is quite cold...plunging the harvest straight into the coldest underground storage as possible. That means early planted potatoes are eaten within two months and the latter plantings kept for seed tubers. I hope to have a look alike/taste alike of SVG ready soon that keeps. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Read more: alanbishop.proboards.com/thread/5555/wagners-potato-tomato-seed-sale?page=7#ixzz2jm0UXulTom, I was just reviewing your posting from 2011 on alanbishop.proboards.com regarding Skagit Valley Gold. I have grown your SVG Hybrid for 2 years and it is definitely one of my favourites. The flavour and high levels of carotenoids alone are reasons to grow it. Unfortunately I live in a climate where I must dig my potatoes by the end of September. Varieties that have long storage are a necessity. You indicated that you hoped to have a look alike/taste alike of Skagit Valley Gold ready soon that keeps. Have you had any success?
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Post by cortona on Nov 26, 2013 12:10:27 GMT -8
i'm really intersted in similar potatoes too! i've to dig my in august..
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Post by Tom Wagner on Nov 27, 2013 0:09:03 GMT -8
The tetraploid cross of Skagit Valley Gold x unk tetraploid that was Skagit Plenty had good keeping qualities but,alas, it was not a Skagit Vally Gold type. The ensuing generations have give me near look alikes but they are tetraploid. There are a few customers of my TPS, especially of my Donna Marie x Skagit Valley Gold that have good gold types but even shorter dormancies. I hope to explore the stenotomum x SVG again this winter to find long dormancy types.
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Post by wmontanez on Dec 14, 2013 5:41:40 GMT -8
Gardensup, I am trying this year to store Skagit Valley Gold in the ground over the winter. The tuber seed plants I had to dig them in October but I started some plant pulls that were ready later ~late October. I took 5 tubers and bury them inside a plastic tub and covered with a layer of soil and then with 6in of mulch. I think is better to post a picture...those buckets around I filled with soil also to buffer the temperature a bit more. The idea is to take them out in early Spring and have for seed, I want to take one tuber to produce pull plants. I have 5 other tuber seeds indoors if they begin to dry out they will also be put to make pull plants during my Winter indoors.
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Post by gardensup on Dec 14, 2013 13:09:49 GMT -8
My experience with Skagit Valley Gold is that only the larger tubers will successfully store through the winter. They sprout a few weeks after harvest and are shrivelled by the time I replant them but at least they can be saved.
Over-wintering in the ground is an interesting idea and may keep them more sturdy. Any marble or mini sized tubers that I have saved in the past have turned to hardened "raisins" and just do not have the ability to wait 6 months to be replanted.
Wendy, I look forward to learning next year how successful your experiment has been. Obviously this is a special potato to many of us or we would not be investing all this effort!
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Post by wmontanez on Dec 14, 2013 14:21:44 GMT -8
gardensup I found a stray plant last year that was a marble size overlooked tuber when I move some soil then somehow it ended higher in the surface and it sprouted, so it was a pleasant surprise to have extra SVG plant, I dug around the base because at the time I thought it was a TPS self-seeded seedling but there it was a tiny seed tuber. It proved to me that storing in the ground was possible in my zone 5a/5b if they are deep enough the little tuber looked great.
I will post here next spring if this storage experiment does well for me.
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Post by wmontanez on Dec 14, 2013 14:29:19 GMT -8
gardensup I found a stray plant last year that was a marble size overlooked tuber when I move some soil then somehow it ended higher in the surface and it sprouted, so it was a pleasant surprise to have extra SVG plant, I dug around the base because at the time I thought it was a TPS self-seeded seedling but there it was a tiny seed tuber. It proved to me that storing in the ground was possible in my zone 5a/5b if they are deep enough the little tuber looked great.
I will post here next spring if this storage experiment does well for me.
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Post by sweetquietplace on Dec 14, 2013 14:35:34 GMT -8
I "pre-planted" some Mama Amarillo this fall, and since I have a rodent problem I sprinkled liberally with cayenne pepper which I bought in bulk. This is an experiment to see if it will discourage the blasted varmints. I planted on the high side of the sloped potato patch and mulched heavily. In the spring i will pull back the mulch and see what happens. I'm in the mountains of western NC at 3300ft elev.
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Post by wmontanez on Apr 11, 2014 15:19:32 GMT -8
About SVG storage in-situ. FAILed! I removed the mulch and dug to find the tubers. I found none. This winter in Massachusetts was colder I admit but I am not pleased at all. I got just few tubers inside as "seeds" as I ate most my Skagit Valley Golds, cant help it. I almost ate all my Ameys too since they are so tasty. Anyway back on track about SVG.... I will attempt to cross SVG to some of my other potatoes if I get to do it would be good. My SVG is loosing yield too.
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Post by thefuture on Apr 20, 2014 17:39:50 GMT -8
I also found a few mini tubers from a prior planting and planted them in the ground a few weeks ago. They are up and going. So far my tuber saving is doing ok. Outside the fridge in a paper bag or in the fridge, I am mostly getting then through the summer and ready for a fall planting.
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Post by Tom Wagner on Aug 18, 2014 23:51:26 GMT -8
i.imgur.com/b7Q7QWh.jpg shows me holding a hill of SVG potatoes from near the Canadian border this past Sunday. I picked some berries of it with the pollen parent coming from a single hill TPS plant from a full sub of SVG that had red skin. Can't wait to talk about this potato with a writer tomorrow from the Herald Business Journal.
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