Potato Seed
Soil fumigation can completely change the economics for a potato seed farm. Seed potatoes are susceptible to many common soil-borne diseases and pathogens that can inhibit tuber growth uniformity and chip away at marketable harvest yields.
Potato Set Increase
Compounding Benefit of Tuber Set on Potato Seed Production (acres)
| Field Generation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse | G1 | G2 | G3 | Sold | |
| Non-Treated | 1 | 12 | 134 | 1,555 | 18,060 |
| Strike 85 Treated | 1 | 15 | 219 | 3,246 | 48,171 |
Yield Data is based on two years of Caribou Production Data in Maine (yield and tuber set).
This chart details two treatments: Non-Treated and Strike 85 Treated
After greenhouse grow-out you have enough seed to plant in 1 acre of Non-Treated and 1 acre of Strike 85 Treated.
G1: At the end of the first year or production, the grower ended up with 12 acres of seed compared to 15 acres worth of seed (Treated = 3 additional acres worth of seeds).
Take that seed, G2: at the end of the second season, the grower harvested 134 acres of seed compared to 219 acres of seed (You are starting to see the exponential effect, like compounding at a bank).
Take that seed, G3: at the end of the third year, the grower harvested 1,555 acres worth of seed compared to 3,246 acres worth of seed.
