Tulipa 'Elizabeth Arden'

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Planting Potatoes

When planting potatoes make sure to get certified seed potatoes. Check with your local garden center (i.e. Southern States) or order from Johnny's Select Seeds or Territorial Seed Company 

24hrs before planting, cut the potatoes making sure each piece has at least one "eye". The "eye" is the point where the new plant will grow. 

Lay the pieces out on newspaper to dry. This allows the potato to heal and prevent disease.

Potatoes produce best in full sun and must have a well drained soil. 

Once the potatoes are ready for planting dig a 2 to 4" deep trench and place the seed pieces cut side down every 10 to 12". Cover with 1" of soil. 

If you have multiple rows space them 24 to 36" apart. 

Watering potatoes is important. Using your finger check soil moisture weekly. If the soil feels dry water thoroughly. Avoid over-watering which will cause potatoes to rot. 

Once the stems are 8" high mound soil half way up the stems. Following the initial mounding add 1 to 2" of soil weekly. This is an important step in producing potatoes. 

2 to 3 weeks after flowering you may begin harvesting potatoes. At this point they will be small in size, but for larger potatoes simply leave in the ground for a longer period.