This is usually grasshopper time of the year here, but we haven’t had very many (knock on wood).
I don’t know much about taters either - but hubby has had much better luck than I have. He has better soil for one thing.
You don’t have many because they are all HERE!! LOL!
I just figure that this was my first time to try taters, so getting anything at all is a win! No place to go but up!... and there’s always next year!