I am going to use some of my soon to be harvested potatoes for seed potatoes for a fall crop. I would rather use commercial potatoes but I've never seen any for sale this time of year. What do I need to do to prepare the potatoes for planting?
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Submitted by tonynevada on June 30, 2009 - 8:27am.
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Fall Crop of Potatoes
You have found the problem with fall potatoes, no seed potatoes. We highly recommend purchased seed potatoes as they are higher quality and less disease prone. But what are you to do if not available.
Saving your freshly dug and replanting may not work because potatoes have some internal dormancy so that they do not sprout right after harvest.
I would go ahead and give it a try - have fun.
Dennis - Johnson County Extension