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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Vegetable
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects

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  • Potato

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Location: My garden in Bark River, MI
Date: 2014-06-25
Flowers on "Red Gold" potato plant
Comments:
  • Posted by Weedwhacker (Ford River Twp, Michigan UP - Zone 4b) on Jun 25, 2014 8:21 AM concerning plant:
    This is my 4th year of growing this variety. The plants are vigorous and always give me a good amount of medium-size tubers. The potatoes have red skin with an attractive yellowish interior and are excellent whether you boil them, bake them, mash them, or fry them. They don't have a long storage time, but this is never a problem for us -- they don't last long enough here to go bad!

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