Thanks Jeannine in resurrecting this thread...
In the mid 80's I grew potatoes in my garden in S.C. Mainly the new small red potatoes. Never was very successful and did not make the effort to research my shortcomings at the local library. That was before the days of Internet and the wealth of information available at one's leisure.
Last year once I planted my primary garden, I had an area available to plant and seeing seed potatoes (Kennebec) for sale, purchased five pounds to try. I trenched and later hilled the plants on several occasions. I estimate I got a harvest of about 40 lbs. and the potatoes were delicious. Only issue I had to deal with were either moles and or voles sampling my planting endeavors. This year I expanded my tater patch and planted 15 lbs. of Kennebec, Yukons, Russets and a few purple variety late March. Last week spent several hours hilling the plants as they are coming along well. Just hope the critters will show me some benevolence this year...
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