Potato Growing Essentials

Leafy potato plant growing in a black fabric bag

Find practical supplies for planting, hilling, feeding, protecting, harvesting, and storing a productive potato crop. Potato Growing Essentials brings together containers, soil amendments, fertilizers, pest barriers, harvest tools, and other equipment that can support seed potatoes from planting through harvest.

Build Your Potato-Growing Setup

  • Containers and beds: Choose suitable grow bags, pots, or in-ground planting areas with adequate drainage.
  • Soil preparation: Use amendments appropriate for your soil test and planting method.
  • Crop care: Select tools and supplies for hilling, watering, and protecting developing tubers from light.
  • Harvest and storage: Handle tubers carefully, cure when appropriate, and store them in cool, dark, ventilated conditions.

Product suitability varies by garden, soil, and crop stage. Read product instructions and pesticide labels before use, and apply only as directed.

Start with our Organic Seed Potatoes, compare Spring-Planted Seed Potatoes, and use the potato growing guide or planting video to plan your crop.

Use These Supplies With the Right Method

Start with the complete potato growing guide. Container gardeners can compare grow bags, rigid pots, towers, and modified hugelkultur systems in the small-space potato guide.