What I get a kick out of is people saying don’t plant store bought potatoes. You want certified disease free taters. Do people really think that potato farmers don’t make sure their taters are disease free? They’d go out of business real quick if they didn’t have healthy potatoes.
My acidic soil keeps taters disease free. I’ve been planting them in the same area for several years though I have skipped gardening in general one or two years. Do not lime soil where taters will grow. Do till in tons of hardwood leaves if you have them. Preferably shredded.
A good return is 7:1 or seven pounds harvest for every one pound planted. I get close to that, 5:1
So acidic works best?? I have a spot in the back among pine trees and that soil would be pretty acidic.