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Gardening

mog75

(109 posts)

10. Try the purple

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Wed May 7, 2014, 07:50 AM

May 2014

I have grown the purple majesty(as did my great grandma), they are supposed to have higher antioxidants, and they have a slightly different taste. My kids really liked the purple mashed potatoes and purple fries. I would recommended anyone who raises potatoes try them once. I bought the seed potatoes on eBay, I believe they are heirloom.

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Spud garden [View all] uppityperson May 2014 OP

Good luck, and watch out for hungry critters! Scuba May 2014 #1

Nuts, I was going to skip potatoes this year, but seeing that list enough May 2014 #2

That would be my garden. Huge beautiful plants one day and stems the next. Thor_MN May 2014 #3

Don't be ashamed Aerows May 2014 #5

I'm in Minnesota. Not the Red River Valley where my ancestors grew wonderful potatoes, but... Thor_MN May 2014 #6

It has to be the aphids Aerows May 2014 #7

The beasty things up here are much bigger than aphids and hungry. Thor_MN May 2014 #8

Awful! Aerows May 2014 #9

That is awful and, in a way, makes me feel better as this is one thing my critters/bugs ignore uppityperson May 2014 #11

No, not critters, although I wouldn't mind an owl taking up residence nearby. Thor_MN May 2014 #13

That sounds fantastic! Aerows May 2014 #4

Try the purple mog75 May 2014 #10

I grew them one year and didn't like them, as well as being very difficult to harvest since this is uppityperson May 2014 #12

Ah, potatoes - I've had mixed luck through the years due to less than optimum conditions. NRaleighLiberal May 2014 #14

Yukon gold, tastes amazing. lululu May 2014 #15