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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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Common names
  • Potato

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Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 7/26/2023
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 11/9/19
Grew these in a pot on my patio.
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 7/26/2023
First harvest of Red Pontiac!
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2023
Layered potatoes
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 6/15/2023
Shouldn’t be too long until harvesting time now
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 4-21-19
Growing in a pot. Will keep adding soil, a bit at a time, until t
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2006-06-12
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA, Zone 6b
Date: 9/1/19
Growing these in a pot.

Date: 2020-07-25
Pontiac Red Potato crop, week 11

Date: 2018-08-13
Pontiac Red Potato crop, week 6, blooms
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-06-18
Photo by tveguy3

Date: 2014-07-17

Date: 2014-07-17
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-06-23
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-06-20

Date: 2015-08-03

Date: 2012-11-30

Date: 2020-06-30
Pontiac Red Potato crop, week 4, second hilling
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2005-04-19
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2016-08-24
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jun 23, 2013 12:45 PM concerning plant:
    An excellent red potato for the south. Not overly large, but very productive.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 15, 2017 Seeds sown
seed potatoes; direct sown
lovesblooms On March 15, 2015 Seeds sown
seed potatoes
antsinmypants On March 20, 2021 Potted up
Indoors in pot in window.
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