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The growing library

When to plant
potatoes.

A tuber crop established with seed potato pieces.

Plant seed potatoesReviewed
01 / Right crop, right place

Where the timing comes from

Choose the region that actually covers your garden. These source references are not a nationwide planting calendar.

Spring frost-relative reference

Colorado

Up to 2 weeks before the spring frost reference

The source anchor is the average last spring frost. Use this as an approximate regional starting point.

  • Check garden soil temperature, workable soil and current weather.
  • Protect or delay frost-sensitive plants while frost remains possible.

A NOAA station’s median 32°F freeze date is a different measure. Substituting it is an application calculation, not a published local calendar.

Published regional calendar

Central North Carolina

Use the Central North Carolina calendar, with its separate establishment methods. This is not a calendar for every part of North Carolina.

Published crop row
Potatoes, Irish
Published regional calendar

Florida

Use the Florida calendar for your specific subregion. Planting months are not interchangeable across the state.

Published crop row
Potatoes, Irish
Reviewed Florida rows
North · Central · South

Outside these regions? Use your local Extension planting guidance. A nearby weather station describes climate; it does not establish whether or when to plant this crop.

02 / Know when the clock starts

How long until harvest?

The reviewed Central North Carolina source provides this maturity reference. Your variety and growing conditions can change the interval.

Central North Carolina
95–120days

From planting tubers

Count from planting seed potatoes: tubers or tuber pieces, not botanical seed.

Source crop: Potatoes, IrishRead source
03 / Before you plant

The details that matter

Solanaceae

Plan for potatoes

  • Here seed potato means a tuber or tuber piece, not botanical seed.

Maturity references vary with cultivar, harvest size, weather, and establishment method. Keep your seed packet or transplant label alongside the regional calendar.

Soil temperature

No verified value
in this guide.

We have not assigned a germination minimum for potatoes. Use crop-specific local guidance for your planting material and method.

Open evidence

Follow the sources.

Selected source facts reviewed . This is our review date, not the sources’ publication date.

How we use the data
  1. NC State Extension · Central North Carolina Planting Calendar
  2. Colorado State University Extension · Vegetable Planting Guide
  3. UF/IFAS Extension · Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide