Hi Dolly - potatoes should be planted when the nights are still cool.This is what the instructions were with the seed potatoes I got at a garden center. "cool nights are needed for good tuber formation - the complaint of all tops and few potatoes comes from gardeners who ignore best planting dates in warm summer areas" It also says they need to have a steady supply of moisture or you will get "knobby" potatoes or cavities near the center of the tuber. Fresh potatoes are one of my favorite things from my own garden.
taking a weeding break!
thanks for info. I recall years ago not knowing what I was doing but just dug a hole & put in a part of a potatoe (with eye).
Yes, the fresh potatoes were wonderful.
Augh,O, I planted my potatoes at noon with the temps about 84 degrees. I'll do some in a garbage container with mulch and straw. I'll check with our feed people and see if they have any seed potaotes. I'm still waiting for my Parks Seed Catalog. They are slow in sending them.