Mr. Little’s Yetholm Gypsy Potato
Rebsie of Daughter of the Soil sent me a couple of tubers of this potato which I grew this year in a pot on my roof. What you see in the picture is my entire harvest! 9 potatoes in total, about 500g or a pound. All of the other potatoes I grew this year did better than this, most of them yielding 2-3 times more.
I just dug these up a few minutes ago. I planted them late, July or so if my memory serves me. They stopped blooming a month or two ago, but the foliage never died back like I would expect with a potato. It was finally time to just dig them up and see what I had.
They look great, and I think I’m going to save the tubers I have and try planting them at our new garden next year. Perhaps it’s just an issue with growing them in a pot that the yield was so low.
John of Spade Work also grew these this year.
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Your potatoes are much bigger than ours were. I think the trouble I had with growing garbage can potatoes was that my 16-year-old was too anxious for the harvest. Next time around we’ll wait an extra couple of months.
–Robin (Bumblebee)
They are an attractive tuber aren’t they. Not like anything you’d find in the shops – just not a commercial shape.
The real test will come of course after next year then when you see hao they taste. And whether or not they were worth the effort of growing.