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purple potato Purple Potato Solanum vernei

How to sow purple potato: Direct seed cut tubers with at least one "eye" per piece.

Sun requirement for purple potato: Plant in Full Sun

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Purple potatoes are a type of potato with purple skin and white to purple flesh. Common varieties include Magic Molly, Purple Majesty, Adirondack Blue, Peter Wilcox (yellow flesh), and Harvest Moon (purple and white swirled skin with white flesh). Flavor and texture vary based on variety.

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height

50cm

Spread

35cm

Row Spacing

30cm

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purple potato is a variety of potato

Scientific names

Solanum vernei

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