The potato is a cool season crop and in Oklahoma it is grown through the spring months and harvested in early summer. Fall potato production usually results in poor plant stands and low production due to high soil temperatures at planting and during early crop development.
Potatoes grow best in fertile, well-drained sandy loam soils.
Planting on poorly drained soils usually results in a poor plant stand due to seed piece decay and poor quality potatoes at harvest. Soils which blow or have poor water holding capacity should be avoided. High temperatures or insufficient moisture in the late spring and early summer while the potato tubers are forming reduces yield. Varieties Select the potato variety best suited to your conditions and market. Buyers contracting potato production for chipping will designate the variety to be grown.