Ep. 135 - Growing Potatoes

Potatoes are a staple in many areas of the world, and they can be grown just about anywhere. Your yield definitely improves if you follow a few techniques, but there are so many options: from big long in-ground rows, to raised planters, old bathtubs or wash basins, buckets, grow bags, even pots on your patio. So, even if you don’t have hundreds of row feet of space to grow potatoes for your entire family for a year, most everybody has space to maybe do some fingerling potatoes or some small boiling potatoes for at least a few meals.

Of course, there’s a great sense of satisfaction dumping the dirt out of a pot or digging into the soil and pulling up a potato plant and seeing all those potatoes hanging from the root system. And the flavor and texture of new potatoes are just fantastic and really can't be found in the grocery.

Ready to grow some spuds? Let’s dig in!

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Resources:

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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes (2005)

Potato Production and Consumption

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Potato: Nutrition facts, recipes, benefits, side effects, and more (msn.com)

Soil Temparature Maps | GreenCast | Syngenta (greencastonline.com)

Growing potatoes in home gardens | UMN Extension

ORGANIC POTATO GROWING GUIDE (woodprairie.com)