plant them in Feb.

Just for somethin' to read, here's the potato page from the University of Arizona's master gardening manual. It's a little dated as to addressing newer varieties, but is reliable still.

I guess the ones I planted two weeks ago are kinda doomed, but it was either the soil or the compost bin...

edit: mid Feb is for planting tomatoes in these parts so might that be a little late?

Here is a link that might be useful: Master Gardening Manual Potato stuff

This post was edited by grubby_me on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 2:02

I had almost no yield from my potato growing. Couldn't get anyone to ship me seed stock that early.

From my gardening guru (who traditionally plants potatoes (in Maricopa co.) on Jan. 1 and has tried Dec. 18...with no word on how that worked out):
Try early-season (maturing in 60 to 80 days) colorful varieties, such as âÂÂPurple Majestyâ (purple skin and flesh), âÂÂPurple Vikingâ (purple skin, white flesh) and âÂÂYukon Goldâ (yellow skin and flesh). Colorful fingerling potatoes (small tubers shaped like fat fingers that are good for roasting) include âÂÂPurple PeruvianâÂÂ, or âÂÂRose Finn AppleâÂÂ, which features rosy skin and yellow flesh. As a general guideline, one pound of seed potatoes will produce about 10 pounds of spuds. Find organic seed potatoes at groworganic.com or potatogarden.com.

Here is a link that might be useful: guru

This post was edited by Fascist_Nation on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 13:13

I ordered from potato garden a couple yrs ago and tried Purple Viking and La Ratte. I got potatoes but more like 2lbs yield for each variety. They don't ship until it's too late and though they grew beautifully, but I didn't get much. I followed the instructions on soil, hilling and fertilization too. La Ratte was delicious but I wish I had a 'lot of them. Any local sources. I'll going to try again if I can find them.

This post was edited by toucan on Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 15:29

I looked up the potatogarden.com suggestion and they let YOU pick your ship date and they encourage you to call them. That's a nice referral, but if they say one thing and do another???

Shipping in December through February
During the winter we can ship using insulated boxes going to southern or warmer maritime climates. During extreemly low temperatures we will ship from Arizona so that the seed potatoes stay on a southern route. Because of the logistics of putting this together, delays of up to one week may occur.

EDIT: that small PDF catalog is a nice little thing. Clean, clear, no BS, and a two page growing guide that gives hints and trends rather than hard rules.

This post was edited by grubby_me on Fri, Sep 26, 14 at 19:19