Storage Management of Rainier Russet Potatoes
BUL-1099
BY Rhett Spear, Nora Olsen, Rabecka Hendricks, Melissa Bertram
September 1, 2025
Growing and managing new potato varieties and storing them for processing can be risky. This seven-page bulletin discusses the results of a three-year University of Idaho Extension study of Rainier Russet (released in 2020) and Russet Burbank seed potatoes stored at three different temperatures. Improve your odds as a potato grower of the more recently developed cultivar by learning its storage recommendations and more.