Growing potatoes, a questionnaire

majorcatfish

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being that this my first year growing potatoes, my input will be limited

1. What is your zone?
zone 7

2. What varieties of potatoes do you plant?
yukon gold
next year
early yukon gold
late cal white or nicola
3. Where do you get your seed potatoes?
feed store
4. What insect or disease pressures have you faced?
no pests. did have early blight

5. How do you combat those insect or disease pressures?
fungicide
6. When do you plant your potatoes?
early april
7. How deep do you plant them?
2-3 "
8. Do you cut your seed potatoes?
since all mine where small ..no
9. Do you treat the cut pieces? If so, what do you threat them with?
n/a
10. Do you hill your potatoes? If not, do you notice any crop loss?
yes 2-3 times
11. When do you harvest your potatoes?
early july
12. How or where do you store your harvested potatoes?
store them in a basket in a dark cool room
13. What particular challenges to growing potatoes do you face in your zone? And how do you overcome those challenges?
to much rain challenges still on a learning curve
14. Do you have any specific information that might help others successfully grow potatoes in your particular zone?
n/a rookie spud grower
15. What type of soil do you have?
carolina clay with lots of compost.
 

MontyJ

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So many replies from so many different zones! Thank you everyone! Keep it coming! With all the information being supplied, I may need a hand compiling it into a comprehensive article.
 
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