{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "potato",
  "common_name": "Potato",
  "botanical_name": "Solanum tuberosum",
  "family": "Solanaceae",
  "summary": "Potatoes are cool-season tuber crops that need strong light, loose fertile soil, steady moisture during tuber formation and protection from light as the crop develops.",
  "categories": [
    "root and tuber crop",
    "container crop",
    "storage crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "early",
    "second early",
    "maincrop"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Tender perennial, grown as an annual",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 5.0,
      "maximum": 6.5
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 40,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 40,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 30,
      "maximum_cm": 40
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 7,
      "frost_tolerant": false,
      "label": "Plant tubers",
      "note": "Protect emerging shoots from frost"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "June",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-potatoes",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/potatoes/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "planting",
        "earthing_up",
        "containers",
        "watering",
        "harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-potatoes",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-potatoes",
      "supports": [
        "soil",
        "nutrition",
        "planting",
        "problems",
        "harvest"
      ]
    }
  ]
}