Viking Purple Potato – 2 Pound Bag

A bag sows 20 to 25 feet of row, yielding more than 25 pounds of potatoes
Days to Maturity: 90 to 100 from direct sowThis is one potato thats just as pretty as it tastes. The smooth, red-splashed purple skin of this mid-season variety contrasts beautifully with the pure white flesh held within. These gorgeous round tubers are perfect for baking or mashing with just a little salt and pepper to savor their creamy, sweet, gourmet flavor.Viking Purple Potato is an excellent storage variety, allowing you to enjoy more of your crop over a longer period. It produces mostly 3½ to 4-inch round tubers, but will occasionally wow you with a few whoppers. Compact plants are great for growing more potatoes in less space, and offer excellent resistance to scab and tolerance of heat and drought. Each 2-pound bag will sow 20 to 25 feet of row and yield more than 25 pounds of potatoes. Theyre simply the best way to grow potatoes.Like all potatoes, Viking Purple Potato fares best in sandy, enriched soil, but if you have heavy or clay soil, just use a raised bed or plant the tubers more shallowly, mulching them well with straw.Seed Potato Definition:A tuber that has several eyes whose purpose is to be planted.Genetically identical to the parent potato.A faster way to grow potatoes vs seed.Guaranteed virus free and disease free stock.Heres How to Grow Them: If your soil is normal to sandy, work in some gypsum and Epsom salts before planting, then set the tubers 3 or 4 inches deep and about a foot apart. (If your soil is heavier, plant more shallowly and rely on mulch rather than soil for coverage.) Potato tubers should be planted in early spring, at the same time as you sow your green peas. If a late frost threatens, just toss a few inches of straw or other mulch over the young plants, and chances are theyll be fine. You can also sow potatoes in fall for an earlier harvest. When the shoots emerge, you may want to sow some bush beans alongside the young plants—theyll keep the bugs down. Basil and Summer Savory are also fine companions that keep insects at bay—I usually just wait to see which potatoes didnt sprout, and fill in the gaps with these helpful herbs. (Of course, marigold is a friend to all vegetables for its ability to destroy more nematodes than commercial repellents, is always a beautiful choice too.)Potatoes grow their fruit right under the soil, and over time the tubers may stick out above the soil line. This can cause greening, which ruins the flavor (and adds toxins to the potato), so watch your plants and mound up more soil, straw, or peat moss as necessary to keep the taters under wraps. The plants may also bloom, and small, hard green fruits will appear when the flowers pass. Dont be tempted to harvest them—theyre toxic.When its time to harvest, begin at the outer edges of each plant and work your way in. You want to gently turn over the soil using a garden fork or blunt-edged spade, to avoid cutting into the potatoes. Store the spuds, unwashed and not touching one another, in a totally dark, cool place, where theyll last for several weeks. (You can eat them after theyve sprouted; just cut away the inedible sprout and its eye.) Once youve harvested the crop from end to end, begin in a new spot and work your way through it from a different direction. Youll be amazed at how many spuds you missed the first time.2-pound bag of tubers to plant 20 to 25 feet of row
Genus:Solanum
Species:tuberosum
Variety:Viking Purple
Item Form:Bareroot
Zone:1 – 10
Days to Maturity:100
Fruit Color:Purple
Habit:Vining
Plant Height:18 in
Plant Width:4 ft
Additional Characteristics:Edible
Harvest Season:Late Summer
Light Requirements:Full Sun
Resistance:Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant, Scab
Soil Tolerance:Normal,  loamy, Sandy
Uses:Containers, Beds, Cuisine
Restrictions: *Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Montana, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands