when is the best time to plant new potatos and sweet potatos?

Answer 1

"New" potatoes need to be planted as soon as the ground temperature starts to rise in spring. If the tops get frost bitten, don't fret, they will come back out. Harvest a few Irish potatoes in early summer for easy skin "new" potatoes. Kennebec is the prefered potatoe for us in western NC. Be sure your seed potatoes have at least two living eyelets so they will be strong enough to sprout heavily. As for sweet potatoes, they need to sprout in water indoors until danger of frost has past. When you get ready to plant the sweet potatoes slip the sprouts from the tuber, and plant in a row 8-12 inches apart.

Answer 2

Sweet potatoes are hot weather plants, and should only be planted after danger of frost is past. They are originally from the Carribean. The yam is a different plant originating in Africa.

New potatoes are freshly dug and thin skinned. New potatoes in the grocery store may be naturally thin skinned varieties, but not freshly dug. When to plant them depends on where you live. Potatoes originally come from Peru so in the southern states are usually planted in cool fall weather. In northern states they are planted in spring.

Answer 3

depends on where you live. c/o the usda ag zone map. in general potatoes will tolerate some cool weather in the spring, whereas sweet potatoes and yams like warm weather. although some varieties of native sweet potatoes will grow year round over most of the country as they are members of the morning glory family (ipomea). also plant red potatoes earlier than whites.