After every harvest comes planting, it’s all part of a farmer’s life and I'm proud to be one!
Hello! Greetings to all hardworking and amazing fellow farmers and gardeners here on hive, most especially here @hivegarden community. It's been a while and I'm back to share another glimpse of our farming life. And this time is all about our POTATO SEEDLINGS.
Since we’ll be planting potatoes soon, I visited our seed storage area just at the back of our house, and as expected, some of the seed potatoes have already sprouted, while others are just starting to grow. Some even have small roots already, which means they really need to be planted very soon. Otherwise, the potato will age, and the yield might be smaller or fewer in number.
Our storage setup is just improvised, made of wood that is laid on the hallow blocks. It is located right here in our backyard, particularly at the back. The ones stored in crates/crits were just recently harvested and it will be place here once we plant these sprouted seed potatoes.
We usually select our potatoes seedlings from our own harvest, especially the first-generation ones, because they tend to produce better yields in the second generation. Most of our seedlings are the extra size ones which is slightly larger than marble-sized potatoes since the large, jumbo, and marble sizes are being sold on the market. Sometimes, when we don’t have enough extra size potatoes, sometimes we also get some of the bigger ones to be our seedlings because, we need plenty of seeds, especially when we are planting over a wide area.
From time to time, we also buy new seedlings to replace our old ones. Specially those old ones. After about the fourth generation, we usually sell all the yield including the xtra instead, because the harvest becomes smaller, and some potatoes even start to rot.
We currently grow three potato varieties here: on our are and these are LBR, Granula, and Arizona. I’m not sure if farmers from other areas or countries grow the same or different varieties, but if you do, please share them in the comments so we can exchange ideas about potato farming. I'm open and happy to share and learn new faming ideas, especially potatoes and other crops.
That’s all for now, thank you so much for your continuous support to my farming blog here on hive, especially this community, @hivegarden! I truly appreciate your time and support. As I always remind you all to keep smiling and stay safe!
Mabuhay!
*Photos are mine, edited in canva.