Growing Potatoes in Rhode Island: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Rhode Island potato growers get a rare break: the state barely brushes 90 F heat, so tuber sizing rarely shuts down mid-summer.
Growing Potatoes in Quebec: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
In Quebec, summer heat is not the enemy of the potato patch. The Montreal reference station averages 0.0 days a year at 90°F or above, according to…
Growing Potatoes in Prince Edward Island: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Prince Edward Island’s summer never gets hot enough to stop a potato crop from sizing up.
Growing Potatoes in Pennsylvania: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Pennsylvania sits in a comfortable middle ground for potatoes: summer heat rarely shuts tuber growth down for long, and the state’s frost calendar gives…
Growing Potatoes in Oregon: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
West of the Cascades, Oregon rarely gets hot enough to shut down a potato crop.
Growing Potatoes in Ontario: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Ontario growers get a rare break: the Toronto reference station logs an average of 0.0 days a year at 90 F or above, according to Environment and Climate…
Growing Potatoes in Oklahoma: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Plant your Oklahoma potatoes as a spring crop, not a summer one. Get seed potatoes in the ground 14 to 21 days before your area’s last frost, then plan…
Growing Potatoes in Ohio: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Ohio gardeners can count on a full potato season most years: Columbus averages just 15.3 days a year at 90 F or hotter, well under the threshold that…
Growing Potatoes in Nunavut: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Nunavut never gets hot enough to hurt a potato crop. At the reference station, Rankin Inlet, the mean count of days reaching 90°F or higher is 0.0 a year.
Growing Potatoes in Nova Scotia: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Nova Scotia’s summers almost never cross the threshold that stops potatoes from sizing up, so the growing question here isn’t heat, it’s timing around a…