Getting our seed potatoes into the ground has many preparatory steps that you probably have never thought about. The photos above show our crew getting our seed potatoes ready for the potato planter:
Photo #1 Our seed potatoes are shipped to the farm by the tractor trailer load. You can see the box is tipped up to the very top to get every last seed potato out.
Photo #2 Juan and Octavio are inside the shed unloading the seed potatoes from the tractor trailer into storage boxes. Seed potatoes look like regular potatoes.
Photo #3 This is our full seed potato cutting line. Each seed potato will travel from the hopper into the cutter and then up the conveyor belt into the bulk truck.
Photo #4 Each seed potato is cut into several pieces. The cut seed potatoes are rolling up the belt into the bulk truck that will go to the field to fill the planter.
Photo #5 Darren and Juan are watching closely to make sure every seed potato is cut properly so we can grow as many plants as possible.
Photo #6 This is a close up shot of the cut seed potatoes. Each seed potato will ideally yield one plant that will produce roughly 10 potatoes.
Photo #7 And John’s off with the potato planter to get started planting.
Photo #8 An aerial view of our potato planter.
You can visit "Seed Potato Cutting Line" to see a drone video of our seed cutting line in action.
Photo #1 Our seed potatoes are shipped to the farm by the tractor trailer load. You can see the box is tipped up to the very top to get every last seed potato out.
Photo #2 Juan and Octavio are inside the shed unloading the seed potatoes from the tractor trailer into storage boxes. Seed potatoes look like regular potatoes.
Photo #3 This is our full seed potato cutting line. Each seed potato will travel from the hopper into the cutter and then up the conveyor belt into the bulk truck.
Photo #4 Each seed potato is cut into several pieces. The cut seed potatoes are rolling up the belt into the bulk truck that will go to the field to fill the planter.
Photo #5 Darren and Juan are watching closely to make sure every seed potato is cut properly so we can grow as many plants as possible.
Photo #6 This is a close up shot of the cut seed potatoes. Each seed potato will ideally yield one plant that will produce roughly 10 potatoes.
Photo #7 And John’s off with the potato planter to get started planting.
Photo #8 An aerial view of our potato planter.
You can visit "Seed Potato Cutting Line" to see a drone video of our seed cutting line in action.
