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Growing Potatoes in the Florida Home Garden
... nights are cool. Commercial farms supply much of the country in the winter and spring with what is commonly referred to as "new" potatoes ( Fig. 1 ). Figure 1. Red and white potatoes are grown ... Gold potatoes are well known for their yellow flesh and great taste. Figure 4. Yukon Gold Red-Skinned Potatoes Red LaSoda ( Fig. 5 ): This is the current standard red-skinned potato grown commercially ...
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Collecting Garden Seeds
... parent, and are often inferior in quality. Anther drawback of this technique is that some vegetables do not breed true to seed. Potatoes are a good example. This is primarily why potatoes are grown from tubers rather than seed. The small balls that form at the top of the plants contain thousands of seeds. If collected when mature and planted, the seeds will produce potatoes ...
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A Zone-6 Vegetable Garden
... is required to keep the soil "clean" of potato blight (and other solinacae diseases)--and potatoes are grown heavily in this region. The same need for rotation applies, with perhaps even greater force ... or eggplant parmigiana). About the only material exceptions that occur to us right off are salad makings, potatoes, melons, and summer squash. That being so, and we believe that it is, the ...
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Potato Pink Rot, Pythium Leak and Seed-Piece Decay, HYG-3104-95
... sometimes collectively called water rot, occur sporadically wherever potatoes are grown. These diseases are a problem of mature tubers at harvest and in storage. They are most serious when warm, wet soil conditions persist ... by Pythium as soon as they are planted. Management Select areas with well-drained soils for planting potatoes. Use a crop rotation away from potatoes for at least 4 years if ...
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Desirable Vegetable Varieties: Potatoes
... ll put that trial off a year. Planting and Growing Potatoes are always grown from cut-up bits of potato. In theory, one ... carry. Ideally, one prefers seed potatoes grown in certain climates, those in which the diseases to which potatoes are prone are rare; generally, that is ... is wanted for the number of plants to be grown, for seed potatoes are sold by weight, not count. A conservative figure might ...
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Strawberries are an Excellent Fruit for the Home Garden, HYG-1424-98
... grow and produce crops in several different types of soil. However, best results are obtained when the plants are grown in loose, fertile soils containing large quantities of organic matter. The soil ... the home garden can be avoided by selecting sites where sod, tomatoes, or potatoes have not been recently grown; planting disease-free and disease-resistant planting stock; and using good cultural ...
ohioline.osu.edu

variety
... , ALL Blue, POR01PG16-1, OR00068-11, OR00068-29, Defender, Premier Russet, AO96141-3) Russets Commonly Grown in the PNW See also Russet-skinned Varieties, WSU Crestone Russet -- Early fresh market russet ... -- Norland and Dark Red Norland are grown widely for early fresh market. Yields are low to medium with a high percentage of U.S. No. 1 tubers. Tubers are attractive, especially those of the ...
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Storage and Processing, Potato Information Exchange, Oregon State University
... grown, only general storage recommendations can be given here. Growing and harvesting conditions influence the behavior of potatoes in storage (See "Storing Problem Potatoes," below). Early harvested potatoes are ...
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Growing Potatoes In The Bay Area
... own fries! Certified Seed or Certified Organic Potatoes Certified Seed Potatoes are potatoes that have been certified by the state in which they are grown. While not necessarily disease free, they ... Certified seed is usually conventionally grown since most state requirements for disease control are not allowed by organic practices. Certified Organic Seed Potatoes are certified by a third party ...
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Growing Potatoes
... Potatoes Growing Potatoes Potatoes are one of the most popular, and certainly one of the most easily grown, of all the vegetables produced in the home garden. They are a rewarding and high producing ... little time or maintenance. Potatoes are not grown from seed like most other vegetables but from the smaller tubers left over from a previous crop. These are called “seed potatoes” and have small “ ...
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