Satina: A High-Yielding potato with German Heritage

Satina Potato is a high-yielding specialty potato variety prized for its vigorous growth, quick canopy development, and excellent culinary quality. This variety produces smooth light-yellow skin with rich dark-yellow flesh and is known for delivering consistently large harvests. Satina is especially popular among gardeners for its productivity, disease resistance, and dependable performance, making it a great choice for both home gardens and market growers.

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Seed potatoes are sold by the pound for planting.

SHIPPING INFO: Potatoes start shipping mid-March based on region. Orders will ship within the ideal planting window for your growing zone.

Why Grow Satina Potatoes?
• Extremely high-yielding variety with vigorous growth
• Smooth light-yellow skin with rich dark-yellow flesh
• Excellent flavor and texture for boiling and mashing
• Strong disease resistance and reliable garden performance
• Quick canopy cover helps suppress weeds and improve productivity

Growing Information
🌱 Potato Type: Medium-early / mid-season
🌱 Skin Color: Light yellow, smooth and lightly netted
🌱 Flesh Color: Dark yellow
🌱 Days to Maturity: Approximately 90–110 days
🌱 Ease of Growing: Easy to intermediate
🌱 Planting Rate: About 5–8 seed pieces per pound
🌱 Expected Yield: Approximately 5–15 pounds harvested per pound planted

Cultivation Tips
• Soil requirements: Plant in loose, well-drained soil rich in organic matter. Avoid compacted soil so tubers can expand easily.
• Sunlight: Full sun (6–8+ hours daily) for best yields.
• Planting: Plant seed potatoes once soil can be worked in early spring. Larger potatoes may be cut into pieces with at least one eye per piece before planting.
• Spacing: Plant seed pieces about 8–12 inches apart in rows spaced 30–36 inches apart.
• Watering: Maintain consistent soil moisture throughout the growing season, particularly when tubers begin forming.
• Hilling: As plants grow, mound soil around stems to protect developing potatoes from sunlight and encourage higher yields.

Harvesting
Satina potatoes are typically ready to harvest about 90–110 days after planting. They can be harvested early as tender new potatoes or allowed to mature fully for larger storage tubers once the vines begin to die back.

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History
Satina potatoes were developed in Germany by breeder Holger Laue of SAKA-RAGIS through a cross between Puntila and H99/73. Introduced in 1993, Satina quickly gained popularity for its combination of excellent culinary qualities, strong disease resistance, and exceptionally high yields.

Non-GMO Commitment: At Growing Farmers and The Farm on Central, all our plants are guaranteed non-GMO and not genetically modified in any way, upholding natural breeding methods and promoting sustainable gardening and farming practices.

Growing method: This product is sourced from a partner farm committed to sustainable, regenerative, and environmentally responsible farming methods that prioritize soil health and biodiversity.

Seed potatoes may arrive with natural soil present. Do not wash before planting.