when to plant potatoes?

[arabianights]

i planted some potatoes back in May and just digged them out yesterday. all of them are small fingerlings, i'm wondering whether i planted in the wrong time of the year.

when is the time to plant potatoes?

I'm in Zone 6.

[bhpigeon2]

I also planted potatoes in May and dug up fingerlings today. Of course, they were supposed to be fingerlings! Regular potatoes were much smaller than normal but it was due to a combination of drought and heat. Although the plants looked when they were growing, they did not get enough water to fill the tubers which they had formed early on. Most are too small to peel so they'll just be scrubbed and used as boilers.

bhp2

[Darth Slater]

I plant mine in may, I dug these 3 weeks ago.

[Kyleron]

Potatoes are convenient to grow without much effort. Only one thing we need to keep in mind the weather which should not be dry and hot. Otherwise heat burns the seed. Even not any extra effort is required during growing period. provide a well digged field to the seeds and get good crop of potato..

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[Heather Ohio]

I'm in zone 6b and planted mine late May. I dug some up 2 weeks ago and they did great. I agree with little maintenance. I put good organic fert in the trench, watered in and basically only really watered a few times after that. I had 3-4 nice size ones per tuber.

[Gemini Jim]

When I've planted in May, I've gotten fewer potatoes out than I put in. By the time they emerge it's already too hot and humid for them.

The last two years I planted in early March and got good results. Last year was better; I got at least a 12:1 return. Shallow trench, place tubers and cover with a few inches of soil, straw, and compost. Hill up with same as plants grow. Harvested in July or early August (earlier this year due to heat and drought).

Given that a) the soil can be hard to work that early, and b) I always get some overwintered "volunteers", I'm going to try some in the late fall this year. Maybe some scheme of interplanting with garlic and potato onions, since they harvest around the same time in the summer.

[Little Minnie]

Potatoes should be planted with the first flush of dandelion blooms.

I had a terrible potato year so far. I don't think the drip lines ever gave them enough in that spot.