Fingerlings anyone?

zeroma · April 27, 2014

Fingerlings seem to be what some at our shared garden want this year. I've only just started to get interested in finding seed for some. Local stores don't seem to have them. That leaves mail order or rather the web...

Help me with any info you guys know about them. Things like
Which are best for SW Ohio?
Most productive variety?
Smoothest variety, without deep eye buds/holes?

For growing in contain rather than traditionally?
Short and long season types?
Where to find them close to me. Ohio zone 6

Any information you have and would share will be kindly appreciated.

zeroma

heirloomtomaguy · April 27, 2014

I just dumped a container full of french fingerling and they are really good. I still have austrian crescents and russian bananas growing as of now. I used organic fingerling potatoes from the grocery store so they have not been sprayed with the anti sprouting agent. I had no problems with disease and all of them grew fine.

zeroma · April 27, 2014

TY for your comments. I was thinking of buying some from a grocery store as well. I'll need to check at one of our popular health food stores if I can't find a different source9s).

zeroma

clkeiper · April 28, 2014

I have bought them from Aldi's before and planted them. They grew fine. The last ones I bought were from Save a Lot. they are beautiful and I am waiting on the soil to dry out again to get them in. I also saw a 50# bag of them today at Yoders Greenhouse supply in Fredricksburg, Oh for 62.00. I don't have the space to plant that many, so I usually watch for them at the grocery store.

kath · April 29, 2014

Don't know if you have an Agway nearby but they seem to carry the varieties that do best locally. Ours has at least 5 types of fingerlings this year. They cost a lot more per pound than the others, though. I've tried several but had less than stellar results for production and I'm not a fan of the knobbiness, etc.

kath

heirloomtomaguy · April 30, 2014

My first go at growing organic french fingerling potatoes from the store

zeroma · April 30, 2014

Beautiful. That is what I want.

ohiofem · May 3, 2014

I'm in SW Ohio and started potatoes in containers on April 1. I have grown organic Russian banana fingerlings from the grocery store in 20-gallon tubs and found them to be very productive. Are you familiar with the Kenosha Potato Project? There's a website here:
http://www.kenoshapotato.com
And a Facebook page. They are growing potatoes in fabric containers looking for the ones that do the best. Banana fingerlings have great potential.

zeroma · May 9, 2014

Thanks for the info on The Kenosha Potato Project. I checked it out and it is way too serious ... for breeders more so than what I want to grow. But I joined to find out more potato research.

April 27, 2014	#1
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	Fingerlings anyone? Fingerlings seem to be what some at our shared garden want this year. I've only just started to get interested in finding seed for some. Local stores don't seem to have them. That leaves mail order or rather the web... Help me with any info you guys know about them. Things like Which are best for SW Ohio? Most productive variety? Smoothest variety, without deep eye buds/holes? For growing in contain rather than traditionally? Short and long season types? Where to find them close to me. Ohio zone 6 Any information you have and would share will be kindly appreciated. zeroma

April 27, 2014	#3
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	Thank you TY for your comments. I was thinking of buying some from a grocery store as well. I'll need to check at one of our popular health food stores if I can't find a different source9s). zeroma

April 28, 2014	#4
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	I have bought them from Aldi's before and planted them. They grew fine. The last ones I bought were from Save a Lot. they are beautiful and I am waiting on the soil to dry out again to get them in. I also saw a 50# bag of them today at Yoders Greenhouse supply in Fredricksburg, Oh for 62.00. I don't have the space to plant that many, so I usually watch for them at the grocery store. __________________ carolyn k

April 30, 2014	#7
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	wow Beautiful. That is what I want.

May 9, 2014	#9
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	fingerling Thanks for the info on The Kenosha Potato Project. I checked it out and it is way too serious ... for breeders more so than what I want to grow. But I joined to find out more potato research.

April 27, 2014	#2
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	I just dumped a container full of french fingerling and they are really good. I still have austrian crescents and russian bananas growing as of now. I used organic fingerling potatoes from the grocery store so they have not been sprayed with the anti sprouting agent. I had no problems with disease and all of them grew fine.

April 29, 2014	#5
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Don't know if you have an Agway nearby but they seem to carry the varieties that do best locally. Ours has at least 5 types of fingerlings this year. They cost a lot more per pound than the others, though. I've tried several but had less than stellar results for production and I'm not a fan of the knobbiness, etc. kath

May 3, 2014	#8
ohiofem Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: dayton ohio Posts: 17	I'm in SW Ohio and started potatoes in containers on April 1. I have grown organic Russian banana fingerlings from the grocery store in 20-gallon tubs and found them to be very productive. Are you familiar with the Kenosha Potato Project? There's a website here: http://www.kenoshapotato.com And a Facebook page. They are growing potatoes in fabric containers looking for the ones that do the best. Banana fingerlings have great potential.