Things Needed
Red Pontiac potatoes are rotund , lean - skinned violent potatoes with deep - set optic . grow for their delicate flavor as a " new potato , " Pontiacs maintain their shape when churn in the peel and rarely break open or crumble . Their steady texture form them ideal for " newfangled Solanum tuberosum hash"–the New England equivalent of home kid . implant in early leap , " Modern potatoes " are quick in July and matured potatoes are quick to glean in late summer or early descent .
Step 1
Select a sunny location that encounter 6 to 8 hour of direct sun a day .
Step 2
Till the grease in early give , as soon as the land can be work , to a depth of 8 to 10 in . Remove rock , origin and other rubble from the soil . Break up clods of grime with the hoe or blood , and rake the orbit fluid .
Step 3
Step 4
Spread a 2- to 3 - inch layer of compost or well - rotted manure over the area . Work it into the existing dirt with a garden cultivator or hand tools .
Step 5
Make a furrow to a profoundness of 2 to 3 column inch to mark the wrangle . utilise 2 1/2 to 3 pound of 5 - 10 - 10 fertilizer per 100 - understructure course . immix in well with a hoe or rake .
Step 6
Cut spud into two or three section so that each section has at least two eyes . Plant the potato sections in the line , spaced 9 to 12 in apart . outer space rows 2 1/2 to 3 foot aside . Cover with 2 to 3 inch of soil and firm down with the back of the hoe .
Step 7
Water to wash the territory to a profoundness of 4 column inch , and keep moist until shoot emerge in 10 to 14 solar day , depending on the atmospheric condition and ground temperature .
Step 8
Side - dress with 5 - 10 - 10 fertilizer when the industrial plant are 4 to 6 inches marvellous . Spread 2 to 3 pounds of fertilizer along the row or so 6 inch from the base of the plants . ferment in well with the grease .
Step 9
Hill potatoes by mounding soil around the alkali of the plants . Hill again when the plants are 12 inch eminent .
Step 10
Water deeply once a week to moisten the soil to the root layer .
Tip
Check for new murphy when flora bloom by turn over beneath the plant . harvest home fledged potatoes in fall with foliage give out back . Scrub flyspeck fresh tater with a vegetable brushing to dispatch soil , and cook them in the skin . Boil in piss and serve with fresh garden peas for a New England goody of " new white potato and peas . "
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