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Sourdough
02-18-2008, 05:15 PM
1.) Take 5 old tires and drill 10 one inch holes around the tread. fill tire half full of dirt, and stick 10 potato eyes out the 10 holes, and fill with soil. now add another tire on top fill with soil and stick 10 potato eyes out. repeat till all five tire are stacked on top of each other, and 50 eyes are sticking out.

The sun hits the black tire, heats the soil, and wa'la a mess'o'tattes.

To harvest flip over one tire off the stack, collect tatters. and just keep flippin tires, no digging.:p

2.) your turn

wareagle69
02-18-2008, 05:26 PM
go to food basics pick up 50 pounds of taters no getting hands dirty
ta da
thank you folks i'll be here all week

Sourdough
02-18-2008, 05:33 PM
OKIE' DOKIE that works.

3.) next

trax
02-18-2008, 05:34 PM
Go to back of WE's truck after he's been to food basics...ta da!

wareagle69
02-18-2008, 05:37 PM
well to borrow a line from ric doh(headslap) FORGOT TO PUT THE ATTACK RABBIT IN WITH THE TATERS

trax
02-18-2008, 05:47 PM
well to borrow a line from ric doh(headslap) FORGOT TO PUT THE ATTACK RABBIT IN WITH THE TATERS

*note to self* send more than one pygmie to "liberate" potatoes from WE's truck in case it's booby-trapped with attack rabbits....

wareagle69
02-18-2008, 05:53 PM
ok but it's got really sharp teeth

nell67
02-18-2008, 05:54 PM
LOL,guys thats hilarious!I actually had a rabbit that would attack you,she was good eatin:D and no Trax,it wasn't THAT rabbit either,lol.

I have heard of but never tried,digging a tranch,placing the seed potatoes in the trench,cover it with straw,as the plant grows,cover it with more straw,until it blooms,then just let the plant die off and pull all the straw off them and pick up the potatoes.

trax
02-18-2008, 06:03 PM
What are you doin' woman? Actually staying on topic when I'm trying to goof around about pygmies and attack rabbits. Yeeesh, next thing ya know, people will want to start talking about survival in here. what next?:mad:

nell67
02-18-2008, 06:05 PM
HEy now,I went both ways there (GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER:eek:)

see the rabbit stuff at the top of my post????? see,??? right there at the top??? ROTFLMAO!!!!!

wareagle69
02-18-2008, 06:06 PM
sheesh i typed in smartarse forum and rick and trax's name came up so i says self california the place to be so i packed up my kin folk and moved to the town of beverly hills that is...

wareagle69
02-18-2008, 06:08 PM
went boths ways did ya dangit got me all flustered taking me forever to type this keep hitting the wrong keys

nell67
02-18-2008, 06:11 PM
went boths ways did ya dangit got me all flustered taking me forever to type this keep hitting the wrong keys
(Rick imitation here:head slap: DOH!!!)

trax
02-18-2008, 06:13 PM
HEy now,I went both ways there

Baby, we need to talk...:rolleyes: ;)

trax
02-18-2008, 06:14 PM
sheesh i typed in smartarse forum and rick and trax's name came up so i says self california the place to be so i packed up my kin folk and moved to the town of beverly hills that is...

swimmin' pools....movie stars...

nell67
02-18-2008, 06:15 PM
Baby, we need to talk...:rolleyes: ;)

I told you I dont swing THAT way,gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

trax
02-18-2008, 06:18 PM
I told you I dont swing THAT way,gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I know but I love that growl:o

nell67
02-18-2008, 06:20 PM
I know but I love that growl:o

Thats a good thing,cause you're gonna have to get used to it:D

Rick
02-18-2008, 09:27 PM
Moving right along.....

WE - It's headslap Doh! You had it backwards.

Nell - I don't use imitation headslaps. Just the real thing.

Hopeak - 6 to 12 inches of straw or leaves that have been through the shredder. Just shove the little taterettes down into the bedding. If the material is loose then they will have all the air they need. Once it's time to harvest just reach inside the straw and viola! tater dudes.

wareagle69
02-19-2008, 06:52 AM
man time to duck and cover what do ya mean you l*ve the grrrrr
you need professional help paging dr remy

nell67
02-19-2008, 03:40 PM
man time to duck and cover what do ya mean you l*ve the grrrrr
you need professional help paging dr remy


Hey whats wrong with the L word (or bomb as you put it??)

wareagle69
02-19-2008, 07:05 PM
nope ain't gonna open the rest of that can no sirre not me

Rick
02-19-2008, 08:35 PM
Take a large garbage bag and fold it open in half. Fill the bottom half with potting soil, punch some holes in the bottom for drainage and plant one half seed spud. Viola! Container gardening.

nell67
02-20-2008, 11:09 AM
nope ain't gonna open the rest of that can no sirre not me
You've already opened it,now ya gotta elaborate!:p

Tony uk
02-20-2008, 01:53 PM
Get a large piece of ground

Plant seeds

Wait .................

Dig up potatos

Eat Potatos

Chris
02-20-2008, 05:27 PM
I've seen the tire way on TV before... but it was like on this link where you keep adding tires on top as the spuds grow, and not with drilling holes in the tires.

http://www.humeseeds.com/potato.htm

canid
02-28-2008, 06:33 PM
you forgot a step between 1 and 2, Dig up ground

trax
02-29-2008, 07:28 PM
I have a new potato harvesting plan, you may all have noted I've avoided the subject thus far.

1. Unleash hordes of pygmy cavalry on Spudsville, USA.
2. Wait at command center for reports from Pygmy 1 that the attack was successful
3. Kill off remaining adult males, enslave females and children (time honored tradition)
4. Claim territory as part of Free Traxistan
5. Bring in the trucks!
6. Force newly acquired slaves, under the direction of loyal pygmy overseers, to harvest all those wonderful Idaho spuds and load up the trucks.

canid
02-29-2008, 08:38 PM
step 7: stop off in McCall for a nice celebratory dinner on the lake, enslave population there for good measure.

smwon
05-21-2008, 12:13 AM
Ok, I am going to be on topic... Sorry! :rolleyes:

Why drill the holes for the spuds? I've always heard that the potato keeps adding roots and tubers all the up the stem and that is why you keep adding tires. When the potato shows its face, you add a tire and cover with soil or mulch. You keep doing his until it flowers and then you just let it grow... then to harvest, you just remove tires, one at a time. Supposed to get a decent sized crop this way. I haven’t tried, but am thinking about it next year with maybe 4 containers. Also they say one reason the tires are good is because the leaves get sunshine (for a bit until you cover them up again) and it is better for the potato. Definitely easier to harvest I would think.

Sam Reeves
05-21-2008, 12:36 AM
Grow them in a five gallon bucket. They are easy to move around and instead of digging you can just fill around inside the bucket with yer hand.

Rick
05-21-2008, 07:03 AM
And you won't have a bunch of tires to deal with in the off season unless you pulled them off the car to grow the spuds.

"Dude, how long is your van gonna be on blocks"
"Until the harvest."
"Cool."

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/4544828_06df9bbbd7.jpg

smwon
05-21-2008, 10:25 AM
I don't think you would get much of a harvest in 5 gallon buckets or you would have to have an aweful lot of buckets! :rolleyes:

With the cost of gas, using the tires from your car may be the best way to go! http://bb.bbboy.net/emoticons/sets/yellow/lyellow.gif

Sam Reeves
05-23-2008, 04:57 AM
I don't think you would get much of a harvest in 5 gallon buckets or you would have to have an aweful lot of buckets! :rolleyes:

With the cost of gas, using the tires from your car may be the best way to go! http://bb.bbboy.net/emoticons/sets/yellow/lyellow.gif

You can get about 3 pounds per bucket and grow them any time of the year.

smwon
05-23-2008, 11:20 AM
Now that sounds like a deal! And being able to grow them anytime is a real bonus!