On 14 Aug 2003 19:38:28 -0700, (Rob Dougan) wrote:

I'm moving to the eastern edge of central Massachusetts. Is it
possible to winter over potatoes here, and if so how is it done? How
well do the potatoes
produce when wintered over? I've heard that wintered potatoes produce
only
small spuds. They grow to a small size and stay that way. If that's
so, does anyone have any ideas that might increase the spud's size?
Having small new potatoes during winter isn't such a bad idea, though,
as long as there's enough.

If you mean "wintering-over" to be defined as digging them up during
the winter, the frozen ground would pose a big challenge. If you mean
"wintering over" in that potatoes will survive the winter, I have no
doubt a couple yukon golds would make the trip like champs.

To be honest, every spring when I dig the potato patch, I think they
multiply over the winter This is a very rich, very deep soil (2
feet deep of loam, shredded oak & mixed leaves added every autumn).
Every time I dig it up in spring there seems to be 5 times as many
spuds as when I cleaned it out in November

Dan
nw NJ