One potato, two potatoes
@GardenGerty (157481)
United States
October 24, 2016 9:30pm CST
One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes four. I grew blue potatoes and now I will grow more.
I seem to have missed some blue potatoes and now I have four plants growing from whatever I did not get dug up. I will leave them until the frost kills the top of the plant.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
25 Oct 16
Neat that you used to grow them. These four plants have come back. I will probably order some seed potatoes from a catalog this year. The few I got are relatively pricey at Wal Mart.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Oct 16
I have never eaten any blue ones but have had some Yukon Golds. Very tasty.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
Yukon Golds are great. I understand that they are supposed to need less butter. Potatoes can be an amazing food.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
29 Oct 16
@celticeagle Yukon Golds are my favorite by far.
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@celticeagle (158680)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Oct 16
@GardenGerty .....I'm a spud from Idaho. Love the Russets, Yukon s and Blues. All have a distinctive flavor and all. I love potatoes fixed most any way. No salt please.
@marlina (154166)
• Canada
25 Oct 16
Never tried a blue potato, is there a big difference in taste?
Ever seen that movie "One potato, two potatoes"?
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
25 Oct 16
I will have to check out that clip after work. There is not a big difference in taste, although I believe they are less starchy.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
@marlina yes, it does, in a way. I have heard that there are purple and yellow carrots. i know that there is blue corn and they make blue corn chips.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
25 Oct 16
@GardenGerty It sure does sound weird to eat blue potatoes.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
25 Oct 16
I like blue potatoes but they are hard to find. We really shouldn't grow potatoes in our small garden - they take up too much space, did one sweet potato this year and got tons of vines and only one potato - but it was the size of a footbal LOL
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
I am going to put up a post about the sweet potato I am sprouting in a vase. It was an organic white sweet potato from the grocers and I could not resist starting plants.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
25 Oct 16
@marlina They taste totally different from store bought.
@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
25 Oct 16
I've only seen blue potatoes on cooking shows. Do they taste like regular white potatoes?
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
To me they do. They are the same texture as the red ones we grow.
@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
I added some pictures to this post of the ones I harvested before. They look purple more than blue to me.
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@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Oct 16
@GardenGerty Actually I just realized that I haven't seen the potato leaves before...
@changjiangzhibin89 (16517)
• China
25 Oct 16
I Have not known of the blue potato.Is it a new variety?
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
25 Oct 16
I do not think it is new. It is native to South America, and may be one of the older types.It is new to the US.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
25 Oct 16
Yes they do. There is very little difference in taste, but I believe that they are less starchy.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Oct 16
sneaky potatoes, ah well, later foods!
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
These have been fun this year. I am going to grow white sweet potatoes next year.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
28 Oct 16
@GardenGerty I will forever and always be jealous of that community garden
@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
28 Oct 16
I am not sure. I usually plant potatoes in March and dig them in June. These have been there since June or July, so they should be ready before Thanksgiving. Potatoes prefer cool weather. I think I need to water them some more.
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@GardenGerty (157481)
• United States
25 Oct 16
Haha. No I think they originated in South America. I just did not dig well enough to find them all last June or July.
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