Solanum tuberosum ‘Red Pontiac’
Solanum tuberosum 'Red Pontiac' is a delicious edible potato with light purple blooms, thin red skin, shallow eyes, and sweet white flest.
Solanum tuberosum ‘Red Pontiac’ is a very popular, delicious, all purpose potato with thin red skin, shallow eyes, and sweet white flesh. Flowers are light purple with white tips. Awesome as a new potato (10 weeks to harvest) or 15 weeks (80-100 days) to maturity. Stores well. Produces round to oblong tubers. Plants are large, slightly spreading with thick stems. Plant in early spring while soil is still cool in the garden or large containers. Hilling up potato plants will increase yields.
Common Name: Potato
Family: Solanaceae (The Deadly Nightshade Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Annual
Type: Tender
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
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Geographical Origin: Central and South America
