I suspect the best potatoes vary depending on your soil and climate. At our place in central NY, Red Pontiacs and Golden Yukons have done the best for us. As to when to plant? My 80 year-old retired friend swears that it has to be special night with the moon just right and an owl hooting somewhere, etc., &c.
We just plant whenever we get around to it. Besides that, we always have a lot "preplanted" from the ones we missed digging up the year before.
We haven't bought seed potatoes in quite a few years. We fill our cellar with potatoes in the fall. Come spring we plant the ones we didn't eat and are sprouting. New ground just cleared of brush, or "worn out" corn-ground seems to work the best for us.
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