All About Growing Potatoes: Early, Midseason and Late Varieties

Choosing to grow delicious potatoes of unique varieties in spring can lead to great nutritious eating right from your backyard.

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Learn the basics of growing potatoes (early, midseason and late varieties) and other handy hints such as saving seeds for your next harvest, and pest and disease prevention tips.
Learn the basics of growing potatoes (early, midseason and late varieties) and other handy hints such as saving seeds for your next harvest, and pest and disease prevention tips.
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Potatoes can be a great addition to any meal. An excellent source of vitamin C and iron, they provide great health benefits too.
Potatoes can be a great addition to any meal. An excellent source of vitamin C and iron, they provide great health benefits too.

Growing potatoes: early, midseason and late varieties. Native to the mountains of South America, potatoes should be planted first thing in spring, when the soil is still cool. Gardeners can tap into a deliciously diverse selection of varieties, and it’s easy to save and replant your favorite varieties from one year to the next.

Growing Potatoes: Early, Midseason and Late Varieties

Potatoes vary in size, shape, color, texture and time to maturity. Maturation time is the most important variable, because potato tubers grow best when soil temperatures range between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Try to get your crop harvested before hot summer temperatures arrive.

Types of Potatoes to Try Planting

Early varieties that mature in less than 90 days are good fits for any garden. Creamy, round ‘Irish Cobbler,’ purple-skinned ‘Caribe,’ and prolific ‘Red Norland’ fall into this group, along with ‘King Harry,’ which is resistant to Colorado potato beetles.

  • Updated on Jan 16, 2022
  • Originally Published on Oct 29, 2008
Tagged with: growing potatoes, potatoe varieties
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