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What is a seed potato?
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How to grow potatoes
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What is a seed potato?
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Healthy potato recipes
What Are Fingerling Potatoes?
Fingerling potatoes are petite, narrow finger-shaped potatoes that are prized by chefs and foodies for their tender skins, creamy flesh, and flavorful taste. Fingerling potatoes when fully mature reach only 2-3 inches in length and should not be confused with new or baby potatoes. Classic fingerling varieties include La Ratte, French Fingerling, and Russian Banana.
FYI: 1 pound of fingerling seed potatoes will yield 20-25 pounds of potatoes.
Purchase 'Certified Organic' seed potatoes to avoid seed potatoes grown with chemicals or pesticides. Certified organic seed potatoes are also certified virus free.
FYI: 1 pound of fingerling seed potatoes will yield 20-25 pounds of potatoes.
Purchase 'Certified Organic' seed potatoes to avoid seed potatoes grown with chemicals or pesticides. Certified organic seed potatoes are also certified virus free.
Fingerling Varieties
La Ratte: Heirloom fingerling potato originating from the Swiss Alps, La Ratte is favored by chefs for its nutty-flavored creamy flesh, which cooks to perfection.
French Fingerling: Cherry red, thin skin of this fingerling contrasts with the creamy yellow flesh with distinctive red stripe on the inside. Broil, bake or slice and roast with olive oil and rosemary.
Red Thumb: A relatively new fingerling variety with bright red skin and red flesh. Firm, creamy flesh, and a mild flavor make this fingerling an ideal cooking potato.
How to Grow Fingerling Potatoes
Instructions for Planting
Fingerling potatoes are easy to grow and require less space than typical potato varieties. You can grow fingerling potatoes in the ground, or in a large whiskey barrel or in a raised vegetable garden bed. Plant two weeks before the average last frost in your area, or wait until soil temperatures are above 55 degrees.
- Start with loose, well-drained soil that high in organic matter
in a full sun location. - Dig a trench 4 inches deep, and 6 inches wide by the row length you wish to plant.
- Spread an organic fertilizer such as Down to Earth All Purpose Fertilizer evenly in the trench for the length of the row, then dig in with a digging fork.
- Place tubers in the trench 9 - 12 inches apart. Cover with 3-4 inches of topsoil.Water thoroughly.
- Check the soil regularly to determine when to water; when the soil feels dry a few inches down, it is time to water. Be careful not to let the tubers dry out, as overly dry conditions will reduce your yield because plants will initiate fewer tubers.
- Once leaves appear, fertilize with a liquid kelp fertilizer every two weeks.
- As the plants begin to grow, gently hill the vines by pulling soil up from both sides of the row until 3-4"of the shoot is left exposed. Repeat the process again every two weeks for a month. Potatoes will grow from the covered stem above the seed potato, so the more stem you hill around, the higher your yield.
- Start harvesting fingerling potatoes two weeks after the plants have flowered.
Where to Buy Organic Seed Potatoes Online:
Stargazer Perennials: Source for organic seed potatoes, tomato and pepper plants and berry plants.
Farm Fresh Living: Large selection of certified organic fingerling and standard seed potatoes.
Organic Vegetable Plants
: Shop online for organic vegetable plants and organic seeds for the home gardener.
Stargazer Perennials: Source for organic seed potatoes, tomato and pepper plants and berry plants.
Farm Fresh Living: Large selection of certified organic fingerling and standard seed potatoes.
Organic Vegetable Plants
: Shop online for organic vegetable plants and organic seeds for the home gardener.