Planting Taters

[greenmule]

I got a 22 mag that works real good on coons,they never come back.

 

[DUMBDOG]

here is my biggest question. Do the dang deer eat potato plants?

Not much of a problem with the potato plants, but if you dig the potatoes one day and pick them up the next the deer will eat some of the potatoes.

One spring I dumped about 10,000# of excess potatoes and the deer had a feast all summer.

 

[PineRidge]

I got a 22 mag that works real good on coons,they never come back.

Hey will your 22 mag go through this many phone books? This was done with a mini spud launcher that we made to shoot in the basement. It was firing wood plugs at the time. The barrel was placed through the hole to show the passage.

 

[greenmule]

No.But I don't need no tator.

 

[PineRidge]

No.But I don't need no tator.

That sir, made my day.....

 

[2manyrocks]

Can you plant taters with that spud launcher?

 

[PineRidge]

Yes actually pretty deeeep to!

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

those are a lot of fun, aren't they? one added little trick i used to do was take a large pipe reamer and ream the ID of the barrel, then, as most people do, grind a taper on the outside....it made the tater fit in VERY tight......i did cut my wrist once when loading one........

i haven't made one for years, i have some friends that hasn't evern seen one....."THE original salad shooter!"

i started an air one but never finished.....


good times!!!

Hey will your 22 mag go through this many phone books? This was done with a mini spud launcher that we made to shoot in the basement. It was firing wood plugs at the time. The barrel was placed through the hole to show the passage.

 

[PineRidge]

those are a lot of fun, aren't they? one added little trick i used to do was take a large pipe reamer and ream the ID of the barrel, then, as most people do, grind a taper on the outside....it made the tater fit in VERY tight......i did cut my wrist once when loading one........

i haven't made one for years, i have some friends that hasn't evern seen one....."THE original salad shooter!"

i started an air one but never finished.....


good times!!!

Some guys get real serious about their launchers......

We just have a LOT of fun with ours!

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

is that right one, one of your's?

pretty bad.....thread starts out planting and turns in to shooting!

sorry

Some guys get real serious about their launchers......

We just have a LOT of fun with ours!

 

[PineRidge]

is that right one, one of your's?

pretty bad.....thread starts out planting and turns in to shooting!

sorry

No that launcher is not mine. I believe that is Joel Surprise from SpudTech.com

We ARE still talking about taters. I can plant taters in my neighbors yard with our launchers if I like.

 

[2manyrocks]

When tater launchers are outlawed, only outlaws will have tater launchers.

Now its political.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

since we're talkin' taters......

i loaded one up one time, just like normal, then i put a handful of 57 gravel in on top of the tater in the barrel.....i stood off from a tree about 10yds and pulled the trigger!!! it was like a shotgun and literally tore the bark off the tree.....way more power than i realized....

No that launcher is not mine. I believe that is Joel Surprise from SpudTech.com

We ARE still talking about taters. I can plant taters in my neighbors yard with our launchers if I like.

 

[2manyrocks]

It's not just a spud launcher, it's an all purpose tree debarker, spud planter and mole eradicator.

 

[greenmule]

Pineridge,just bought seed potatoes today,18 dollars a 50 lb bag for both red and kennibec.Good solid potatoes.So thats about 42-43 dollars for 100 lbs of seed potatoes,with taxes.

You better stop shopping for seed potatoes in those places you mentioned?

 

[PineRidge]

Pineridge,just bought seed potatoes today,18 dollars a 50 lb bag for both red and kennibec.Good solid potatoes.So thats about 42-43 dollars for 100 lbs of seed potatoes,with taxes.

You better stop shopping for seed potatoes in those places you mentioned?

That's a good reason to save some of the spuds that you harvest to be used as seed for the following year.

 

[greenmule]

Well now I'll get back to my prior post saying I have done that a couple of times,and many did not come up. Never have that kinda problem with store bought seed potatoes.

And the fact that I don't care to spend 50 bucks for 8 months supply of potatoes,[think thats a pretty good food deal] and we eat potatoes every day,sometimes twice a day.

 

[PineRidge]

I like you am a "meat and potato" guy.

 

[greenmule]

Yep,50 bucks for 8 months supply of tators,is a good deal,but I got over a years supply of deer meat in my freezer now,and I probably got 20 dollars in it.

 

[marimus]

Certified disease free seed potatoes run about $1/lb here in small quantity - The have 100lb sacks and they weigh out. Probably cost around the same as greenmule to buy whole 50 or 100lb sack, but I don't think I can handle that many

We generally get around 10lb for every lb planted here. What sort of yeilds do you guys get?