"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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I notice that the stores here (mid Willamette Valley, Lebanon, Oregon -
just south of Salem) have onion sets and seed potatoes. The planting
calendars show it to be too early for potatoes. Do the stores just like
to jump the gun, or can you start planting cold weather stuff like
radishes, onions, mustard, etc.?


I can't answer the "when" question, but if you have an informed interest
in any unique potatoes, you might want to ask at these stores how quickly
they sell out. Around here (NY), stuff like that's gone by early March,
which is 4-8 weeks before we can actually plant. Apparently, potato
devotees buy this stuff very early, and store it carefully. Last year, I
went to buy a bag of potting soil in February and noticed fava bean seeds.
I thought "I'll grab those next week after doing some reading about fava
beans". Next week, gone. Per the manager: Inventory cleaned out by old
Italian ladies. :-)


Yeah, we learned that lesson a long time ago - if it's on the shelf now, get
it while it's there. Retailers are deathly afraid of having one single
unsold item left over, so they never sell enough to satisfy the total
demand.

Last year I planted potatoes from some old rotting/growing potatoes we found
in the back of the pantry. They did suprisingly well. what is the difference
between those and "seed potatoes" we see at the stores?