Purple Majesty Seed Potatoes
A rich deep purple, this heirloom variety keeps its color when cooked better than other varieties. They are good baked, boiled, or fried. Slightly sweet, Purple Majesty Potatoes are firm textured, moist, and buttery with loads of anthocyanins (an antioxidant).
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Species: Solanum tuberosum
Plant Height: 18-24 in.
Spread: 12-15 in.
Evergreen: No
Plant Form: Mounding
Minimum Sunlight: Full Sun
Purple Majesty Potatoes have a deep purple skin color that is ready to harvest in late spring. The foliage is an attractive shade of deep green. The plants produce small, trumped-shaped white or purple flowers. Purple Majesty Potatoes are determinant plants with an upward, mounding habit.
Purple Majesty Potatoes are a great choice for early raised beds or container vegetable gardens. They are a cool-season vegetable that should be planted in early spring or late fall. Unlike most fruits and vegetables, potatoes come from the roots of the plant and grow from an underground stem called a tuber. Purple Majesty Potatoes are an excellent source of carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and anthocyanins (an antioxidant).
"Purple Majesty Potatoes should be planted in early spring by direct sowing in a location that receivees full sun and in soil that can be kept evenly moist, but not soggy. This variety does best when planted whole. Space the seed potatoes 10 to 12 inches apart in a trench with as many eyes facing up as posslbe. Cover with 2 to 3 inches of soil. Protect from frost until shoots are 4inches tall. Continue to hill soil or growing medium around the shoots, leaving foliage exposed as the plant matures. Be sure to keep the tubers completely covered as light will cause them to turn green.
Days to Maturity: Mid-season, 80 days average"
