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Old April 27, 2014   #1
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Default 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.

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Old April 27, 2014   #2
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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.
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Old April 27, 2014   #3
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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).

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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.
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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.

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My first go at growing organic french fingerling potatoes from the store
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Beautiful. That is what I want.
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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.
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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.
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