How Many Potatoes Does One Seed Potato Produce?

Posted by TopVeg - January 24th, 2008

early-potatoesIt is useful to know how many potatoes will be produced by one seed potato when calculating how many seed potatoes to plant in the vegetable garden.

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The number of potatoes produced by each seed potato varies according to:

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The new potatoes, in the photo below, all came from one root.

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Any number of new potatoes, from 2 - 10, can be produced from one seed potato. But most vegetable gardeners would expect at least 6 and preferably 8 -10 new potatoes from each seed tuber planted in the vegetable garden!

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3 Comments »

  1. Thanks for the information TopVeg!

    Comment by Curtis - January 25, 2008 1:18 am

  2. Curtis
    So pleased you are able to visit. We are all busy planning our potato planting - waiting for the soil to dry and warm up!
    TopVeg

    Comment by TopVeg - January 25, 2008 10:30 am

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