Huge volunteer potato

[jojo54]

I was pulling out some lettuce for my chickens when I came across this volunteer potato growing in the beans and corn. It was spread all over so I decided to pull it out. It had 9 small potatoes, 4 medium sized and these two huge ones!

 

[Greenthumb18]

WOW jojo!! thats a huge potato That's a baked potato for the whole family...

I wonder what made it get so big, I hope my potatoes will reach that size this season.

 

[journey11]

Bring on the butter!

That is a big one! Very nice surprise for a volunteer.

 

[Sunsaver]

That's a huge spud! And sour cream, bacon, and chives!

 

[digitS']

Beans, corn . . . and potatoes!

Companion plants? You may have proof, JoJo!



Steve

 

[lesa]

How funny is that?? I can imagine your surprise! So far we have only dug volunteers- but they were average...I am anxious to see the difference in quantity without hilling. That is definitely a family sized potato!

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Whooo Hooo! Those are some nice spuds! I dug around one of my potato plants last night. The foliage had bent and broke, so it gave me a good excuse to dig around. I got two normal size potatoes and 3 little ones. I could see that there were still some more tiny ones in the ground. I left them to see what they would do. I hosed off the other ones and the skin all but washed off them too! Can't wait to eat them tonight. I hope you and your neighborhood enjoy yours!

 

[Jared77]

Oh man that looks good!!!

 

[cityfarmer]

Nice job! This is the first year I didn't get volunteer potatoes and mine never got that big.

 

[thistlebloom]

If that's your volunteer I can't wait to see the ones you planted on purpose!