It would be difficult to know the reason for the plant dying off too quickly without seeing the leaves and symptoms etc, Potentially it could have been a nutrient deficiency as purple Viking take around 3 months so it could have depleted all of the nutrients out of the soil, or it could have been the general health of the soil, I am glad you managed to get a harvest out of it though! I highly recommend watching this guy when it comes to growing potatoes he knows his chit haha ruclips.net/user/simplifygardening
I guess part of the reason I was baffled a little is because all the purple Viking were planted at the same time, with the same batch of soil. They were watered the same, fertilized the same, etc. There were some ants, but no signs of disease. Oh well, chalk it up to experience. We ate some of the Vikings the other night and they were fantastic! Never had them before. Wish I could get the seed earlier so I could get them harvested before it really gets hot here in SE Texas.
It would be difficult to know the reason for the plant dying off too quickly without seeing the leaves and symptoms etc,
Potentially it could have been a nutrient deficiency as purple Viking take around 3 months so it could have depleted all of the nutrients out of the soil, or it could have been the general health of the soil, I am glad you managed to get a harvest out of it though!
I highly recommend watching this guy when it comes to growing potatoes he knows his chit haha
ruclips.net/user/simplifygardening
I guess part of the reason I was baffled a little is because all the purple Viking were planted at the same time, with the same batch of soil. They were watered the same, fertilized the same, etc. There were some ants, but no signs of disease. Oh well, chalk it up to experience. We ate some of the Vikings the other night and they were fantastic! Never had them before. Wish I could get the seed earlier so I could get them harvested before it really gets hot here in SE Texas.