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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE => Topic started by: Ben Framed on October 26, 2023, 02:10:49 AM

Title: Those Red Potatoes!
Post by: Ben Framed on October 26, 2023, 02:10:49 AM

How do those red potatoes get so red?

https://youtube.com/shorts/0IMBsZsaeZM?si=olsJMnamDkWi4tuo
Title: Re: Those Red Potatoes!
Post by: Terri Yaki on October 26, 2023, 08:53:37 AM
Say whaaaattttt???? I have heard that they dye oranges but hadn't heard this one before.
Title: Re: Those Red Potatoes!
Post by: Jim134 on October 26, 2023, 10:45:18 AM
   When I had a garden in the USA.. Which was about two hundred feet by two hundred feet.. The potatoes I grew was as red. As the ones painted. In this movie.. LOL

     BEE HAPPY  Jim134   :smile:
Title: Re: Those Red Potatoes!
Post by: Lesgold on October 26, 2023, 04:35:41 PM
I remember visiting a potato farm about 30 years ago. The farmer was growing them in rich, black soil. After harvest, the potatoes were run  through a machine that was filled with red volcanic soil. The potatoes were lightly coated in this soil which apparently increased their value at market as potatoes grown in red soil were desirable. I also heard a comment that the potatoes kept better when coated in red soil. Not sure that I would buy those potatoes in the video purely based on principle.
Title: Re: Those Red Potatoes!
Post by: Kathyp on October 26, 2023, 05:52:43 PM
Lol.  They might be worth even more if you leave the dirt on.  I used to buy dirty potatoes all the time.