What to expect when you're expecting tubers.

These cute potatoes, as we call them in our home, can be hideous. Much like Krumm, they aren't much to look at, but they sure provide a decent amount of happiness when it matters most.

Tubers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some big fat fellas, some tiny thin fellas, some lumpy, mean lookin' fellas, some bulbous and perfectly round fellas with barely any necks. We call those the meatballs.

Either way, as long as we have our main components- these fellas will turn into some absolute beauties! 

This bunch below is Cafe Au Lait

See that bottom tuber? Sometimes it's easier to leave them attached like that, to ensure there will be an eye. Some folks are pretty lucky when they open their shipment and find 2 sprouts growing from these! You can typically slice right down the center, leaving an eye on each full tuber- for 2 plants instead of one! :

See that cute little eye on that Karma Prospero above? That one is pretty obvious. 

Let's try another- 

It's pretty easy to tell where that one is, too! 

 

What about a less obvious one?

Here you can see Bloomquist Jean, the Orange Queen herself- with a tiny eye peeking through.

Are they all shaped the same?

Absolutely NOT!

Sometimes we get thrown a curveball that looks something like these below!

(All of which are completely viable tubers!)

Another Karma Prospero Above

This one is Alpen Diamond and he's pretty odd. All of his tubers were pretty odd, if I'm being totally honest. 

This one is Raspberry Punch. This is an example of a tuber I personally wouldn't ship, but would absolutely keep for my own stock!

This tuber may be thin and tiny, but she will absolutely grow into a beautiful plant with loads of blooms. 

We really love this next one- this is one of my Black Monarch tubers. 

To think that this tuber will generate a 5ft+ tall plant with MASSIVE blooms almost seems unlikely. But we plant this size every year and get the same plant, over and over. :) 

These ones above have some slight indents and minimal wrinkling going on. Some have skinnier necks, some more profound and bulbous. All of which will grow into a beautiful Lee's Chloe.

This last one is another Bloomquist Jean. She's a good example of what it looks like after storage. Is there a bit of wrinkling going on? Yes. Is she still viable? ABSOLUTELY! The photo was taken as a screenshot through a video I had, so it may be too blurry to see the eye, but it's there!