Potato 'Red Pontiac'
Late Season. Red Pontiac potato will supply you with a bumper crop of potatoes. The tubers have thin red skin with crisp white flesh. A great variety for harvesting baby potatoes, and when it comes to gardening, there is nothing like digging up and boiling or roasting up fresh baby potatoes. Produces large, round potatoes when mature. This is a multi-purpose, dependable variety many of us here grow every year. Medium resistance to scab. Grows well in heavy soils. Stores extremely well. (100-110 days)
PLANTING
Plant whole or cut into pieces (2-3) eyes each. Allow pieces to air dry for 24 hours. Place 6” apart in rows 3’ apart. Cover the tuber with soil. Continue to cover as the vines grow by hilling soil, leaves, straw, or compost over the tuber. Leave only small portions of the growing plant exposed to promote more potatoes.
Maine Certified Seed Potatoes
All of our seed is Maine certified or foundation seed that has been field-tested throughout the growing season. Samples from each field have been tested for potato viruses. Two pounds of potatoes will plant approximately 8’ row, 12 sq. feet, or 10 hills.