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Bookmark or Share- Explaining Vegetable Families: Tomatoes, Eggplants, Potatoes and ...A temperature preference separates the potato from its three cousins here. Potatoes need a cooler soil, hence their association with Idaho and Maine, and not, say, Florida and Texas. On the other hand, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants must only be planted when the soil is warm, and enjoy hot weather for the most part.
- Ronniger Potato Farm LLC - Dave's GardenRonniger's has actually merged with another potato vendor and is now known as Potato Garden. Located in Colorado, they offer early, main crop, late crop and fingerling potatoes as well as garlic; and plenty of advice on how to choose, plant, and care for your potatoes to ensure a successful crop.
- The Sweet Potato History, Uses, and Culture - Dave's GardenGrowing sweet potatoes. Those living in warmer climates can grow their own sweet potatoes. They need between 80 and 120 days to mature, depending on the variety. Long, hot, dry summers are preferred and they need to be harvested before first frost. Sweet potatoes are not grown from seeds or from chunks with ‘eyes’ like the white potato.
- Tater Chitting: Preparing Your Seed Potatoes for Planting - Dave's GardenFingerling potatoes are an exception to the late season potato rule of thumb, benefiting from larger tubers when chitted. Certified seed potatoes are preferred, as they have been inspected and/or tested for disease. Select potatoes in good condition, discarding any rotten, damaged, black, or dark-green potatoes.
- New Potatoes or Fingerlings? - Dave's GardenTo harvest new potatoes, it is important to know how the potato plant grows. There are many different methods of planting potatoes, but in all cases the seed potato produces sprouts which grow into steams one or more feet high, and the new potato tubers develop from the sprouts, either underground or under a thick layer of mulch.
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