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This year i grew ELEVEN types of potato over summer..
Waiporoporo Taewa Potato that were [ready early](/plantings/shiny-front-lawn-pots-anā¦
Stewart Island Potato
No scientific name recorded
Also known as
Rakiura potato (en)
A variety of potato
How to sow Stewart island potato: Direct seed outdoors after last frost. Each piece must have one eye.
Sun requirement for Stewart island potato: Plant in Full Sun
Found by Kay Baxter growing wild in a cliff face along the shore on Stewart Island. Rare, heritage, unknown whakapapa.
Preserved by Koanga Institute.
Very tasty and a big cropper.
Found by Kay Baxter growing wild in a cliff face along the shore on Stewart Island around 1990. It is an extremely beautiful variety similar in shape to Whataroa and Chatham Islands however this one has pink rather than purple colouring on the skin, and the eating qualities are different. It is more floury rather than waxy.
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- seed packets
Growing Stewart island potatoes
Annual
living and reproducing in a single year or lessMedian lifespan
34 weeksFirst harvest expected
51 weeks after plantingGrown for
tuber harvested 1 timeHow members grow Stewart island potatoes
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I had some Urenika Taewa Potato and Stewart island potato already sprouting at the end of last summer - and instead of leaving these rare potatoes to rot, I put them into the soil They're both known to grow in the cold south, so they shoulā¦
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