Volunteer potatoes
Jun 28, 2009 garlic, onions, potatoes
Well I wasn’t planning on growing potatoes this year but looks like I have a couple of volunteers from last year. This could turn out to be a fortunately accident since they are currently growing under my onions and garlic. If they happen to stay low enough might actually get two decent crops in the same square footage.
Any predictions?
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June 28th, 2009 at 9:11 AM
This happened to me and was a nice surprise…you will get potatoes!
June 28th, 2009 at 10:51 AM
It looks like you are lucky, as those are not incompatible plants, but they aren't companion plants either, there is no special benefit to this combination, but no drawback, too. So I'd say a nice surprise!
June 28th, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Another blog I read just posted something similar. You can read her post at In My Kitchen Garden.She was able to harvest the potatoes with the garlic
June 30th, 2009 at 12:19 AM
I have volunteers growing up everywhere. They do produce small potatoes, so if you don't mind them taking up space and light then leave them!
July 1st, 2009 at 7:47 AM
Well glad to hear my original prediction appears to be correct. Though even if I wanted to remove them, not much I could do unless I pull all my garlic and onions as well.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:21 PM
This was a great article and I would have written it myself if I’d thought of it. I love garden art.