Yukon Gold Potato

Description

• Favorite for the flavor
• Round-oval tubers with smooth, thin skin and light-yellow flesh
• Stores well
• Great for many cooking options
• Grow best in well-drained & fertile soil
• pH: 6.0-7.0
• Cut tubers into pieces, with at least one “eye” per piece
• Plant 2-3” deep & 12” apart
• Plants will emerge within a month, then hill them by mounding soil from each side of the row about 4” high along the base of plants (protects them from greening), repeat as plants continue to grow, until hills are 12” high
• After plant has died back, wait 2 weeks then dig up
• Brush off soil and allow skins to dry before storing
• Store in a cool (40 degrees F), dark humid place