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Denyse Cummins, Motsenbocker, Carl E.
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Potato is a member of the Solanaceae family, also known as nightshades, which includes crops such as tomato, pepper, tomatillo and eggplant.
In Louisiana, potatoes may be grown in both the fall and spring, providing a year-round supply of a highly nutritious, easily stored and prepared vegetable. The main growing season is late winter though spring as potato is a cool-season vegetable. Potatoes are planted in the late winter (January/February), in fall-prepared, well-drained soils, due to the wet weather experienced during this time. This is to take advantage of the cooler spring growing temperatures with harvest timed before high temperatures in late spring and summer.
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The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture
