Vegetable Planting Calendar
Potato
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 50 to 100 feet
- 10 pounds of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 30 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 42 inches
- 12 inches between plants in row
- Plant 4 inches deep
- 100 to 120 days from planting to eating stage
- 20 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 15 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Irish potato questions and
answers
- Recommended white skin varieties
- Irish Cobbler
- Kennebec
Late, excellent, resistant to late blight, skins easily
- Recommended red skin varieties
- Red Norland
Very early, smooth, shallow eyes, resistant to scab
- Dark Red Norland
Very early, good scab resistance; dark, deep red, smooth skin, shallow eyes
- Redsen
Early, attractive red, round, smooth potato
- Red Pontiac
Late, good quality and yield
- Recommended russet skin varieties
- Norgold Russet
Best russet, yield and quality good
- Russet Burbank
- Russet Norkotah
Early, good appearance with good baking quality
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
March 10 to 30
- Central Missouri
March 20 to April 10
- North Missouri
April 1 to 15
G6201, revised April 2000
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