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CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES
Price = approx. 2 lb. bag for $2.50
YUKON GOLD
One of the best selling early varieties.
Excellent flavor. Yukon Gold doesn’t set a lot of tubers, nor are the plants
huge, so space them a little closer together and you’ll get high production.
Makes great salads and is a fine steamer/boiler or baked potato. Excellent
yields, good keeping, drought-tolerant, but not highly disease resistant. Brown
skin, yellow flesh.
CAL WHITE
Very high yielding variety. Spacing between
plants should be close to avoid oversize tubers. Performs well in hot climates.
Good resistance to growth cracks. Good storability; short dormancy period.;
White skin and flesh.
RED LASODA
Another early potato, Red Lasoda sets lots
of small tubers early and then they slowly bulk out. A very good keeper and
grows just about anywhere, very adaptable and productive. Nice creamy texture.
Red skin, white flesh.
PURPLE MAJESTY
Mid season potato. Purple flesh inside
satiny purple skin beautifully describes this newly-released variety from
Colorado. All Blue crossed with a white fleshed chipping variety has produced a
royal potato exceptionally high in anthocyanins, an antioxidant. Oblong tubers
make stunning chips or fries. Resistant to most viruses, susceptible to fusarium
dry rot. Ideal for summer eating; good for short-term storage only.
DON’T USE STORE POTATOES FOR SEED!
Commercial potatoes are chemically treated
to delay sprouting. When they do sprout, the chemical inhibits growth which
results in low yields. Also, you may risk introducing diseases that will infect
your other potatoes.
HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED?
We figure 1 pound of cut-up seed will plant
8-10 feet of row when the seed pieces are spaced 1 foot apart in a trench about
6-8” deep in rows 3’ apart. 2 lbs. of seed potatoes can produce up to 50 lbs.
of potatoes depending on the variety. Let cut pieces skin over before planting
to prevent rotting. Large potatoes can be cut up but be sure to have an eye
with each piece. It is best to let them sprout before planting or cutting the
potato up.
HOW TO GROW POTATOES
Potatoes like a soil best with lots of
organic matter and regular water. Soil pH should be about 6.0 to 6.8 - so
somewhat acidic. When stems are about 8” high, gently hill the soil up from
both sides with a hoe leaving 4” exposed. Every 2-3 weeks, hill the potatoes
again. All tubers will form between your seed and the top. Make sure all
potatoes are covered with soil. Potatoes turn green when exposed to light and
are not good to eat. Once the plant is flowering, you may get some small
potatoes carefully. If you can wait for the tops to die down naturally, you
will get a much larger harvest. (If the gophers don’t get them first…) Think
about using cages, tires, and other above ground methods to foil the gophers.
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