What is really hard to understand is that the russets were certified seed potatoes; the German’s were saved from last season’s crop.
I prepped the ground, putting on amendments east-west, and tilled them in north to south, and ran the rows north to south, so any soil borne problems should have shown up in a band across the rows, not down them. I just have to chalk it up to bad stock, certified or not.
Next year, I don’t care what, I WILL find the Russet Burbanks I wanted, which have done well for me in the past. Couldn’t get any this year locally, and by then it was too late to mail order. I didn’t save any Burbanks because I could buy them locally.
And, yes, other stuff is doing well, for the most part.
Our potatoes did not do as well this year as in the past. They were growing great and then just sort of quit before they got very big. Not sure if it was too cool and too wet or what.