How to use a Potato Plow to Harvest Potatos

[longlakeshore]

Beautiful red clay -- looks like Tennessee.

[timg783]

the operater wasnt very good haha



[norcoca]

Up peanut!!!

[smyers820gm]

Hey Ted...why do some potato plows have forks coming out of the back and this one doesn't? Not sure how to describe it but I've seen some with small bars sticking straight out the back of the plow.

[Unguidedone]

you have good dirt

[semco72057]

I have never done that with a tractor before, but it is much simpler than the technique we used while growing up using a horse and plow. Now that I'm retired my thought was of growing my own country garden since we have plenty of space to do it.

[perki1952]

In theory; it might work ! Interesting soil, however !

[depsterboy]

not 18 inches

[shelmarie87]

If you HAD been actually harvesting potatoes, would you remove the greens first and then plow? Or bring it all up at once and remove the greens later?

[EverythingAttachment]

@shelmarie87 - when the potatos are ready to be harvested, the greens will be turning yellow. You could bushhog them before you harvested, but you better be sure to remember where your row was, and my recommendation would be to leave the greens so you can tell where exactly to put the center of your potato plow.

[semco72057]

@shelmarie87 My grandfather always planted potatoes separately from the rest of the crops.

[MrjackieG]

@shelmarie87  In northern climates you spray the potatoes with acid killing the tops then leave them in the ground for 10 to 14 days.

This toughens the skin and provides you with a more uniform potato crop..

[EverythingAttachment]

Unfortunately, we were digging up imaginary potatos. Maybe we will plant a crop of them this year . . .

[Z71Ranger]

looks like your potatoes did not produce any, they don't grow good in red clay soil.. Did you use fertilizer and keep them watered? Also you may have used to much nitrogen. Or did you plant them to deep? Or did that plow not ever get deep enough to get them to the top of the ground. I sure would like to see how big the potatoes where.

[bofts]

@Z71Ranger My soil is red clay and I grow alot of potatoes in my garden

[pantera013]

Peanut!! hahaha

[MarcoAtlarge]

should have slats or rods for taters to flow over

[Mackeson3]

@MarcoAtlarge  Yes I thought that too.