Tags: Heirloom
Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers
Latin Name: Solanum tuberosum
Days to Maturity: 110
Description:
Papa Cachos are Andean potatoes: the name means "Potato Horn" in Quechuan. Stunning foot long, red skinned and pink fleshed spuds are fun to harvest. Insect and disease resistant, they set their tubers late. They stand tall at around one meter/three feet. They make good salad and chipping potatoes, are incredibly firm and keep very well.
The seeds available this year are MINITUBERS - tiny spuds with great returns, but not the size you'll be expecting. I over-ordered from Sklarczyck Seed Farm and want to share what I have left. PLEASE NOTE that one pound is 126 spuds - read before you order, and respect the price.
Story of this Seed:
I found Papa Cachos when I was looking around at local potato farms and thought, "Gee, these look fun!". So, many thanks to Ken White at Saranac Valley Farm for getting me started on them. They grow well in my clay soil and this year hosted not a single Colorado Potato Beetle. They seem drought resilient, although they love a good soaking in the first week or two of planting. My customers love the yields and the fact that they grow like carrots - vertically. These spuds have become very difficult to find.
Growing Tips:
Soak them in before covering with soil, it will help with germination. I employ hay mulch to keep weeds down and help them stand.
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Hi there, I ordered Papa Cacho and Purple Peruvian seed potatoes from you on March 30th, 2024. When might I expect them to be shipped? Thanks
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Your potatoes were shipped on April 23; your tracking number is 9534 6110 0171 4114 2592 24.
I included with your package a refund for the Purple Peruvians, as we had a storage failure in that variety and did not realize it until after they were listed for sale. I still have Upstate Abundance and more Papa Cachos available, if you are interested in receiving those instead.
Posted by Kia-Beth Bennett on 05/02/2024
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Ok now are your Papa Cacho available? If they aren’t when will you have them available? Your question and answer category is hard to follow..
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Hello,
The Q and A setup is not my design, it is the design of SeedWise. Yes, the Papa Cachos are ready. I will update the listing so that you can order what you like. Let me know if you have any further questions.
Posted by Kia-Beth Bennett on 04/04/2024
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Hi,
I'm very sorry about this, but I inspected the last of my stored seeds yesterday. Given the fluctuating humidity levels of my root cellar this year, I no longer feel comfortable sending them out to fellow growers. I am happy to put you on the emailing list for next Spring, when the potatoes are just coming out of storage. Again, I apologize, as I really should have removed this listing in June, when most of my shipping is done.
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Hi,
If you want to try growing them now, I will ship them out!! I'll send along a planting tips sheet, but briefly: I don't often cut my spuds, but occasionally Cachos are so big that I figure, what the heck, why not?
Hilling is helpful, or at least heavy mulching, simply because the tips of the spuds poke up out of the ground frequently.
So sorry it took me so long to get back to you!Answers 0
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Got some ordered, going to try growing them in N Florida.
pre sprout or plant as is?
cut them into pieces or plant whole?
I see shipping in March, but any chance to get them now for fall
planting? If no, March is good.
Do they require hilling like indeterminates?
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