My good friend grows potatoes in the fall and has had great success. He is in Ruskin. I am going to give it a try as well. I've got some I recently purchased from a farmers market that just formed eyes and will be putting them in the ground in a week or so.

Sorry I can't give you more personal experience. Hopefully someone that knows something will chime in.

Good luck!

Dave

I saw that on the calendar too and was going to give it a try this fall. Wanted to ask the same question and am curious what people say.

If you have a feed store near by, find out when they get the seed potatoes. They usually carry them at the right time for planting and only two varieties that do best for Florida the early Yukon gold and a red variety.

I planted mine around October from varieties that I got in a potato farm seed company, planted them in fabric potato grow bags. I would probably would have more production if I planted them in well amended soil and in the ground. But in my experience sweet potatoes do better in the South...

This is a December picture

And the harvest

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Silvia

I always started mine in Jan. Last year I planted some at the end of Sept that were left over from the spring. I had very good results. I'm trying to find some to plant now. I'm going to try a health food store next,as my usual place can't get them until Jan. I'm east of Daytona and probably colder than you in the winter. Red Pontiac does very well.

Oops. West of Daytona. I don't have an oceanic garden except in my reef tank.