I Grew Purple Potatoes!

[suenrob]

They are beautiful!!! My favorite color!

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

Woah, I aint never seen purple potatoes! Dang, those are flat out neat!

 

[TT]

wow - those are cool! Do they taste different than other potatoes?

 

[peapickinchicks]

Purple Chicken is gonna be sooo jealous!!

 

[jenjen]

They use to grow those where I lived in Washigton state. The school always did some sort of thing during the 4th of July with red, white and blue ( they use purple) potaoes. I've also made fried taters with the purple ones. They're pretty

 

[PurpleChicken]

Now that is impressive. Wow!!! Very NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PurpleChicken]

Quote:
You have good taste.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Yes, they are Purple Peruvian and they taste the same as a typical potato. Maybe a little richer since mine grew in rotted poop of all sorts topped with a nice layer of yellow straw.

There is a true blue variety and I am to add some of those next year. I know where to get 'em.

I have more to dig up yet but was happy with the amount just two eye divisions made. There are a lot more in the ground yet.

I'll tell you a secret. I picked some of these up as seed potatoes at Agway and decided to plant more but went back and they were sold out. So I bought some of those 'gourmet' purple ones at the grocery and also planted them. Same results except mine are larger, many are kind of finger like, oblong taters. Very neat.

 

[menageriemama]

I think Seed Savers has a purple variety. I am going to have to try them next spring- yours look so good!!!

 

[holliewould]

Oh wow how I envy you. I want to grow potatoes soooo bad. I'm in the South, would something like that grow here? What a beautiful harvest! Jealous. I haven't even seen anything like that in a grocery store. Must have a purpler tater tot.