PlantsVegetables & Roots
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Cool-season tuber for a deep bed
EasyVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Tubers Jul–Aug
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Certified seed potatoes.
- When to plant
- Plant early to mid-April, when the soil is workable.
In the design
Hill the stems. Dig before a hard freeze, and cure them out of the sun.
If you eat it
Tubers
Do not eat green skin or any above-ground part. Those contain solanine.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
