Looking for a tiny potato variety
 

I am new to vegetable gardening. I have seen a tiny variety of potato
in India which is great to eat in fried curries. I am trying to find
out if that variety will grow here in US and where can I find seeds to
grow these. I dont know the name of the variety. The potatoes are
round, about half-inch diameter ( about the size of a blueberry ). The
skins are generally thin and light yellow in color. If any experienced
gardener here has grown this variety, please provide some information
on where to buy seed variety and when/how to plant. FYI, I am in the
San Francsico bay area.

Thanks.

-Dipu

Looking for a tiny potato variety
 

Dipu wrote:

I am new to vegetable gardening. I have seen a tiny variety of potato
in India which is great to eat in fried curries. I am trying to find
out if that variety will grow here in US and where can I find seeds to
grow these. I dont know the name of the variety. The potatoes are
round, about half-inch diameter ( about the size of a blueberry ). The
skins are generally thin and light yellow in color. If any experienced
gardener here has grown this variety, please provide some information
on where to buy seed variety and when/how to plant. FYI, I am in the
San Francsico bay area.

Thanks.

-Dipu

Dipu,
Those sound like 'baby' potatoes. You can find them by reaching in
to the soil beneath the plant with your bare hands and digging them out wit
h your fingers without waiting for them to mature / the top of the plant
to die back.

Bill
--
Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

Looking for a tiny potato variety
 

You might also look at this variety, it is small, though not as small as
yours. It is called Peanut, or Swedish Peanut, and is known for it's small
size.

http://www.milkranch.com/Potato/GardenData.aspx?Var=PE

I'm not associated with this supplier, but I at least wanted to point the
variety out to you.


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I am new to vegetable gardening. I have seen a tiny variety of potato
in India which is great to eat in fried curries. I am trying to find
out if that variety will grow here in US and where can I find seeds to
grow these. I dont know the name of the variety. The potatoes are
round, about half-inch diameter ( about the size of a blueberry ). The
skins are generally thin and light yellow in color. If any experienced
gardener here has grown this variety, please provide some information
on where to buy seed variety and when/how to plant. FYI, I am in the
San Francsico bay area.

Thanks.

-Dipu