New Potato Harvest, about 80 days after planting

The Plant and Forget Method at 4-20-19, about 80 days after planting.

Well, today is the day that I found out if the “Plant and Forget Method” for potatoes really works, it does, and I am very pleased with the results!

This photo is the plant that was blown over from a recent wind storm. It’s still growing and is healthy enough to produce full-size potatoes at die-off harvesting. A couple of weeks ago it did have two flowers on it which typically indicate the time to harvest new potatoes.

Here is a view of the top with the vines cut-off and as you can see, none of the potatoes were at the surface avoiding green potatoes.

I turned the bucket upside-down and removed it. It clearly shows the roots were uniform and happy.

The soil was soft, fluffy and easily broken apart to find the little gems inside.

Here’s the yield = 3.0 lbs.

The larger potato is one of the seed potatoes and not included in the total weight. It’s probably good to eat as it is still firm.

For a size perspective here’s a few in my hand.

My thoughts:

How do they taste? Perfect, moist, crisp and crunchy!

This method was far too easy, and I like easy!

I feel potatoes are a must have food crop in any survival garden as they are good to eat, a comfort food, being used in many dishes. The plant and forget method is especially useful if you have a remote bug out property and can’t visit it often to maintain the crops.

Link to how and what I did to grow these potatoes:

https://livingprepared.blogspot.com/2019/01/growing-potatoes-no-hilling-method.html