Growing Potatoes

Potatoes can be grown successfully in Pennsylvania gardens without requiring any more care and attention than other vegetables. Potatoes do, however, have specific soil requirements and need thorough insect and disease control. An average potato yield is 10 pounds of usable tubers from each pound of seed pieces planted, but a good yield is 20 pounds of usable tubers. The practices suggested below can be used to help you obtain high yields of quality potatoes.

For more information, please see this Penn State Fact Sheet.

Penn State Horticulture Department

For more information on this subject, Please visit the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Web site.

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