Visit our Colorado State Extension office for more news, tools and resources.

Close Icon
   
The Archuleta County Extension office provides assistance and programs for citizens in five main areas: Agriculture, Horticulture, Family and Consumer Science, Natural Resources and 4-H Youth Programs.

Seed Potatoes   arrow

It is time to think about getting your potato seeds!

We are very excited to offer pre-orders this year! Use this link to place your order. Please come to pick up your potatoes on
May 12, 2026 1:00pm-6:00pm or
May 13, 2026 9:00am-6:00pm or
May 14, 2026 9:00am-6:00pm
at the Extension Building (344 HWY 84 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147).

Everyone’s orders will be laid out on the tables with your names and an envelope for you to leave your money in. There will be extra potatoes for you to purchase if you would like, just weigh them out and change the pounds indicated on your envelope and add the extra money. Please bring the exact change. All potatoes are $2 per pound. There will be a box for you to put your envelope into.

The Colorado Master Gardner’s and Cindi Galabota, our CSU Extension Director, will be available to answer any questions you may have about growing potatoes.    

The price this year is $2 a pound.  We will take cash or checks. We will not be able to make change.

Potatoes must be picked up
May 12, 2026 1:00pm-6:00pm or
May 13, 2026 9:00am-6:00pm or
May 14, 2026 9:00am-6:00pm or
Anything left after 6:00pm on the 14th will be donated.

Variety’s that we officer this year are:

Click here to order your potatoes and onions!

Please Make sure your soil temperature is at least 55F during the day and 45F at night. Click here to check out CSU Potatoes in the Home Garden – 7.617 fact sheet for more information on how to plant/grow potatoes successfully!

Onion Sets

We will also have onion sets available. You can order them the same time you order your potatoes.

$5 bunch

Each bunch will have about 4 dozen onion.

The onion variety we will offer is “Candy Onion”
Yellow, Globe Shape, Sweet, Hybrid
Size Potential: 6″
Storage Potential: 3 months
Days to Harvest: 90-100

Click here to order your potatoes and onions!

Keeping ahead of COVID-19

This rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) has imposed an unsettling, fluid situation upon our community and its businesses. While the team here still aims to maintain a “business as usual” approach, we are making a number of significant changes to our operations to account for a situation that is far from normal.

Archuleta County Extension
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.