Mr. Little’s Yetholm Gypsy Potato

October 10, 2007 · Filed Under Featured Plant, Garden 

Mr. Little's Yetholm Gypsy

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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3 Responses to “Mr. Little’s Yetholm Gypsy Potato”

  1. Robin (Bumblebee) on October 10th, 2007 15:48

    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)

  2. John Curtin on October 11th, 2007 8:27

    They are an attractive tuber aren’t they. Not like anything you’d find in the shops – just not a commercial shape.

  3. Bare Bones Gardener on October 16th, 2007 20:57

    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.

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