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Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

ok I know some of you grow potatoes and I was wondering what kind you like growing the best.

I love growing Red Pontiac it is a mid season red potato that can get bigger than a softball and is a great tasting tuber.lightly pale red but nice to grow.

All blue is nice but the judges at the fairs go for pretty and the all blue variety has had scabes(this might be from too much calicum i put on in the spring) :(

So what do you guys think is agreat growing potato?

11/11/2008 9:24:59 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Kestrel,looks good,tastes good,fairly early,more blight resistant than Catriona my previous favourite.Its white with purple/blue eyes if you save your own from the most coloured you can get 33% or so of blue on it with good skin quality.

11/11/2008 10:32:33 AM

Western NY

I have been doing Red Pontiac or Red Norland here the last few years. usually whatever we have left over from the previous year.

Kennebec is a decent one here, but being a white potato, the flaws might be more apparent.

11/11/2008 11:16:54 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Good potatoes need and acidic soil...Yukon Gold..is the only potato worth growing :)

11/11/2008 12:36:34 PM

Reed Point Montana

red spuds are about the only variety that can get big enough without alot of attention or perfect soil

11/11/2008 4:36:05 PM

Minnesota

The lady who had a garden next to mine this year grew Yukon Gold & they where the best looking potato plants I have ever seen, it was amazing.

11/11/2008 7:21:29 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I have had Yukon gold my mom loves the flavor, but couldnt find it at any nursery last yr.

I did try russian banana and it was good.

I tried Red Durango its a colorado potatoe for high elevation over 6500 but i didnt get as good of yields as Red Pontiac.

Did u know Colorado has a potato farm that sells drop potatos to seed stores? true

11/11/2008 8:03:53 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Yukon Gold

11/12/2008 6:33:57 AM

Bethlehem CT

I really like 'Green Mountains'. A really nice potato flavor. Makes the best mashed potatoes!

11/12/2008 9:05:21 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Oh come on you guys like I would be wrong

11/12/2008 1:51:48 PM

Reed Point Montana

if only the size of the plant had a bearing on the size of the potato i would have spuds the size of footballs

11/12/2008 4:48:08 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

I like Kennebecs myself. I've grown it for the last 6 years. I usually get a great yeild with good taste.

11/12/2008 7:39:04 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Anyone ever try fingerling potatos?

11/17/2008 8:59:34 AM

Walton N.y.

yukon gold and red pontiacs reds for tater salad and yukons for homemade fries

11/17/2008 9:43:52 AM

Alaska

Yukon Gold and Chieftan. IMHO.

11/21/2008 1:08:21 AM

Eastern Washington State

Another vote for Yukon Gold. Best potato there is. Now if someone could breed in keep-ability without messing with the flavor then it would be absolutely perfect.

besides it's almost orange like a mini-AG!

12/16/2008 8:17:47 PM