Harvesting and Storing Potatoes in California
In coastal and Southern California there is no fall frost to plan around at all: NOAA records show zero days at or below 32°F in thirty years at the Los…
Potato Varieties That Suit California
Potatoes that suit California are early and mid-season varieties grown as a spring crop and timed to soil temperature rather than a frost date.
When to Plant Potatoes in British Columbia: Counting Back From Your Last Frost
The average last spring frost at Vancouver Int’l A is March 18, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Climate Normals (1981-2010).
Harvesting and Storing Potatoes in British Columbia
Coastal British Columbia’s mild, wet fall gives growers a wide harvest window, but the same mild winter that protects crops outdoors can leave an…
Potato Varieties That Suit British Columbia
British Columbia doesn’t have one potato climate, it has several, but the number that governs almost all of them is the average last spring frost of…
When to Plant Potatoes in Arkansas: Counting Back From Your Last Frost
Plant potatoes in Little Rock, Arkansas, 14 to 21 days before the last spring frost, which falls between March 12 and March 28 according to NOAA’s…
Harvesting and Storing Potatoes in Arkansas
Arkansas gardeners dig their potatoes before the first fall frost, which arrives statewide between November 7 and November 20.
Potato Varieties That Suit Arkansas
Arkansas gardeners who want potatoes worth digging up should lean toward early to mid-season varieties chosen for baking or boiling, planted as a spring…
When to Plant Potatoes in Arizona: Counting Back From Your Last Frost
For most of Arizona’s low desert, including Phoenix, there’s no last frost date worth counting back from.
Harvesting and Storing Potatoes in Arizona
In low-desert Arizona, potatoes come out of the ground in late spring, before summer heat shuts the plant down, not in fall after a frost.