12 August 2021 Yukon Gold Potatoes (Harvest)

[Durgan]

12 August 2021 Yukon Gold Potatoes​

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Durgan
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A row of 14 Yukon Gold Potatoes were harvested. Total of 22 pounds an average weight of 1.6 pounds per plant. My expectations were to have 3 to 5 pounds per plant, but they were planted late and weather was cooler than normal. The potato quality is excellent.

 

[headfullofbees]

They look like good potatoes.
What size were your seed?
If, like here, you think of approx 12 to the KG, & you have 10 kg, then you're only 1.5kg down on a really decent crop.
Further, the high quality means little wasted, especially if you eat them skin-on.

 

[Durgan]

I bought a 5 pound bag of seed potatoes and used about half for 15 plants. Never cut any, they were about golf ball size.

 

[headfullofbees]

That works out at 1.15kg returning 10kg IF you didn't eat the biggest ones, in which case the return would have been even better.
If that's what you term a poor crop, then talk to some of the other folks on here who reckon a 10:1 return by weight as a good crop.