I got several dozen seed potato varieties from an old farmer. I planted them all,thinking that this winter, I will eat lots of potatoes.
Not so quickly. The plants themselves grew OK, but there are very few bulbs underground. And intriguingly, almost half of the meagre harvest I reaped is blue. I mean an exotic blue variety that nobody has ever heard of. The various traditional yellow potatoes were either really tiny or there were just sporadic potatoes at all. This year has generally been bad for potatoes everywhere, so I am not alone.
Now I don't dare to eat these miracle survivors. I hope to use them as seed potatoes.
So, even though I planted 120 yards of potatoes, I will have to buy mine from the shop.
