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Chatham Island potato Chatham Island Potato

How to sow Chatham Island potato: Direct seed outdoors after last frost. Each piece must have one eye.

Sun requirement for Chatham Island potato: Plant in Full Sun

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This potato has was once grown commercially on the Chatham Islands and exported all around the Pacific. It is an outstanding variety, probably the same as the potato we call Whataroa, and has heavy crops.

[Info from Koanga Institute, used with permission]

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Predictions

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Companions

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Chatham Island potato is a variety of potato

Scientific names

None known.

Alternate names

Whataroa (en)

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