how to plant potatoes in utah
When the plants start to die back in late summer and fall, you can dig up the whole plant and find full-sized potatoes. Potato plants like full sun, rich soil and consistent watering-same water as the rest of your vegetable garden. Purchase seed potatoes (not potato seeds) from your local garden center in April.A seed potato is a potato that you can cut up into quarters or eighths (each piece needs to have and eye on it) and plant right into the ground. Plant them 3 or 4 inches deep and about 18 inches apart.As the plants grow throughout the spring and summer they will need hilling.illing is adding more soil and compost around the base of the plant - 3 or 4 inches maybe twice during the season. This will protect any tubers (potatoes) forming near the surface of the soil from becoming exposed to the sun. If potato tubers are exposed to the sun, they will get a green skin and can be toxic to eat.