Potato growers in P.E.I. finally received some rain after persistent dry weather this summer, according to P.E.I. Potato Board’s August 26 agronomy update.
Across the Island, there are fields that have been top-killed now, particularly early tablestock and creamers. There are other fields that are effectively dead and unfortunately, according to the update, will be too late for this rain.
Ryan Barrett, research and agronomy coordinator with the P.E.I. Potato Board, shared that totals are quite variable by community due to the fact that so much of the rain came in thundershowers.
From all reports that Barrett has seen as well as plants he says he’s pulled, average set number is similar to 2018 and behind the average. The dry weather in late July and early August definitely meant that Island farmers had some aborted tubers, but now what remains is to get size on the ones that remain.
Read the full P.E.I. Agronomy Update for August 26 here.
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