November 12, 2021
Russet Norkotah $1.50lb. Small to medium size. No pesticide, herbicide. Use of natural fertilizer. Potatoes are not washed for delivery.
Growing process Hand weeding. Small tractor tills and makes rows. Seed potatoes are spaced in rows, then covered. Nature does its thing and sprouts emerge. Hilled plants with tractor and disks. Last year, as a result of a really dry season, we watered once, soaking plants with a hose by hand. Walked through rows a few times to pull big weeds by hand. Other time, small tractor drags implement to disturb weeds between rows. Eventually, potato plants died back. We pulled withered vines and harvest with small, Italian made potato digging machine. Produced about 1,500 pounds for 2021 season.
In image above, potatoes have been placed, by hand, and covered.
Potato plants blooming, welcoming pollinators
Grown by Novoselić family in Deep River WA.