Information About Potatoes

Need to know how to grow potatoes? Perhaps you are looking for information on harvesting potatoes and their subsequent storing. Whatever the case may be, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will find plenty of potato growing tips that will make caring for potato plants and dealing with possible potato issues much easier. So if you want to know how to grow potatoes and care for them all season long, the following information should help.

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Grow Your Own Potatoes For Latkes This Hanukkah

By Laura Miller

Read about how to prepare delicious latkes, and which potatoes work best.

What To Do About Frost Damage On Potatoes

By Laura Miller

Cold-damaged potato foliage doesn’t necessarily mean the potato beneath is bad. Read on for more info.

Grow Potatoes In Fall For A Late Harvest

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Many potatoes would rather grow in cooler seasons. Read on for which ones they are and when to plant them.

How To Grow Potatoes In Water

By Laura Miller

Kids love to watch how everyday plants can magically grow in water in a jar or glass. Try these fun experiments to celebrate National Potato Day in August.

Unusual Potato Uses – Quirky Tips For Using Potatoes From The Garden

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

You may have tried just about everything in the kitchen using spuds but what are some unusual potato uses? Get playful and try some fun, new ways to use potatoes.

Golden Potato Plant Types: Tips For Growing Yellow Potatoes

By Laura Miller

Yellow potato varieties are a favorite for mashing, roasting, and potato salad. There are many gold potato plant types to try, click to learn more.

Can You Grow Store Bought Potatoes – Will Store Bought Potatoes Grow

By Laura Miller

Will store-bought potatoes grow? The answer is yes. Click here to learn how grow grocery store potatoes successfully.

Cardboard Potato Planter – Planting Potatoes In A Cardboard Box

By Amy Grant

Growing your own potatoes is easy, and a simple idea to try is using a cardboard box as a potato planter. Yep, a box. Learn more here.

Potato Compost Hilling: Will Potatoes Grow In Compost

By Laura Miller

Potato plants are heavy feeders, so it's only natural to wonder if growing potatoes in compost is feasible. Click here to find out more.

Indoor Potato Plant Care: Can You Grow Potatoes As Houseplants

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Potatoes as houseplants? Although they won’t last as long as your favorite houseplants, indoor potato plants are fun to grow. Learn more here.

Potato Trenches And Hills – Trench And Hill Potato Planting

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Potatoes are a classic for many cuisines and are quite easy to grow. One time-tested method of growing potatoes to increase yields is the potato trench and hill method. Click this article for more information and tips on using the potato hill and trench growing method.

What Is A Hairy Potato: Learn About Hairy Potato Pest Resistance

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Getting information on wild potato plants may not seem like something of interest to the average home gardener. However, it could be beneficial information to have. A wild potato has natural pest resistance. To learn how, click this article.

Planting Potatoes In Pallets: How To Grow Potatoes With Pallets

By Laura Miller

Have you ever considered building a pallet potato box? Growing potatoes in a vertical garden can save space and increase yields. Building a pallet potato planter doesn't take any special skills and the materials can usually be acquired for free. Learn more here.

Raised Potato Plants – Methods For Growing Potatoes Above Ground

By Amy Grant

Many gardeners plant potatoes underground. But what about growing potatoes above ground? Raised potato plants may be an atypical potato growing method but one with many benefits. Click this article to learn how to grow above ground potatoes.

Varieties Of White Potato – Growing Potatoes That Are White

By Amy Grant

Some potatoes are better for certain recipes than others, but if you are looking for an all-purpose potato, try growing some of the white potato varieties. The following article contains information on the numerous types of potatoes that are white.

Red Potato Varieties – Growing Potatoes With Red Skin And Flesh

By Amy Grant

Potatoes with red skin are not only pretty but their bright color makes them extra nutritious as well. However, those aren’t the only reasons for growing red potatoes. In fact, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Learn more about red potatoes varieties in this article.

Growing Purple Potatoes: Blue And Purple Potato Varieties

By Tonya Barnett, (Author of FRESHCUTKY)

For many home gardeners, the allure of growing unique varieties of fruits and vegetables is undeniable. The addition of these crops is an exciting way to introduce new foods and reap their health benefits too. Learn about growing purple and blue potato plants here.

What Is Cold Sweetening – How To Prevent Cold Sweetening Of Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Cold sweetened potatoes may not sound like a big deal, but that's probably because you don't know what cold sweetening is. Find out what causes cold sweetening and how to prevent cold sweetening in potatoes by clicking on the article that follows.

Potato Southern Blight Control – Managing Southern Blight On Potatoes

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Potato plants with southern blight can be quickly destroyed by this disease. The infection starts at the soil line and soon destroys the plant. Watch for early signs and create the right conditions for preventing southern blight and minimizing the damage with in this article.

What Is Potato Dickeya – Recognizing Blackleg Potato Symptoms

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Potatoes in your garden can fall victim to a bacterial infection called blackleg. With the right potato blackleg information, you can prevent or control this disease for which there is no chemical treatment. This article will help with that.

Spindle Tuber Of Potato Crops: Treating Potatoes With Spindle Tuber Viroid

By Amy Grant

First spotted on tomatoes in South Africa, tomato bunchy top virus, known as spindle tuber in potatoes, has been detected in potato plants throughout most of the world, with strains running from mild to severe. Find out more about this viroid in the article that follows.

Potato Bacterial Wilt – Tips on Treating Potatoes With Brown Rot

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

There is very little you can do about brown rot of potatoes in your garden, and currently, no biological or chemical products have proven effective. With vigilance, however, you may be able to manage the disease. Click here to learn the best ways to control it.

What Is Potato Ringspot: Recognizing Corky Ringspot In Potatoes

By Liz Baessler

Corky ringspot is a problem affecting potatoes that can lead to real trouble, especially if you're growing them commercially. While it may not kill the plant, it gives the potatoes themselves an unpleasant look that's hard to sell and less than ideal to eat. Learn more here.

What Is Potato Late Blight – How To Manage Potatoes With Late Blight

By Amy Grant

Even if you don't realize it, you have probably heard of late blight of potatoes - one of the most historically devastating diseases of the 1800's. Potatoes with late blight are still a serious disease so it's important to learn about treating it in the garden. This article will help.

Potato Early Blight Treatment – Managing Potatoes With Early Blight

By Amy Grant

If your potato plants start to exhibit small, irregular dark brown spots on the lowest or oldest leaves, they may be afflicted with early blight. What is potato early blight? Click here to learn how to identify potatoes with early blight and treat affected plants.

Spotted Wilt Of Potatoes: What Is Potato Spotted Wilt Virus

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

With spotted wilt of potatoes, it not only ruins the crop but can be passed along through seed. Plants will produce tubers that are stunted and malformed. Control of the disease requires careful land management and the use of resistant cultivars. This article will help.

Potato Charcoal Rot: Learn About Charcoal Rot In Potato Plants

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Potato charcoal rot is unmistakable. The disease also hits several other crops where it decimates the harvest. Only certain conditions cause activity of the fungus responsible, which lives in soil. Click this article for some tricks to protect your potato crop.

What Are The Differences Between Determinate And Indeterminate Potatoes

By Mary Ellen Ellis

Determinate and indeterminate potatoes are defined by growth patterns. Several different varieties of potato fall into each category, so there are plenty from which to choose. Learn more about determinate and indeterminate potatoes in this article.

Potato Fusarium Wilt Info – Reasons For Wilting Of Potato Plants

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

Potato fusarium wilt is a nasty but common disease. It is difficult to manage because it can live in the soil for many years. However, there are steps you can take to minimize the damage and prevent spread of disease. Click this article to learn more.

Potato Curly Top Virus – Learn About Curly Top Management In Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Curly top virus in potatoes can wreak some havoc in the potato garden. What causes potato curly top virus? Click on the article that follows to find out as well as the symptoms of potatoes with curly top and about curly top management.

What Is Potato Aster Yellows: Managing Aster Yellows On Potatoes

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Aster yellows on potatoes is not as dangerous as potato blight, but it does reduce yield considerably. The disease is most common in cooler, wet regions. Find out how to diagnose the disease and how to prevent it from ruining your spud crop in this article.

Potatoes With Mosaic Virus: How To Manage Mosaic Virus Of Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Symptoms of the different mosaic virus of potatoes may be similar, so the actual type usually can?t be identified by symptoms alone. Still, it is important to be able to recognize the signs of potato mosaic and learn how to treat it. This article will help.

What Are Fingerling Potatoes: Tips For Growing Fingerling Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Potatoes have taken on a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes and sizes. Take fingerling potatoes, for instance. What are fingerling potatoes? What are fingerling potato uses? Click this article for some interesting fingerling potato info.

What Is An Irish Potato – Learn About The History Of Irish Potatoes

By Shelley Pierce

The Irish Potato Famine is a harrowing time in history and some of you may not want to know more about Irish potato information, but it is important to learn about the history of Irish potatoes so it is not repeated. So, what is an Irish potato anyways? Click here to learn more.

Potato Tower Instructions – Tips On Building A Potato Tower

By Amy Grant

Urban gardening sites are all aflutter with a new way to grow potatoes: a DIY potato tower. Homemade potato towers are simple structures that are perfect for gardeners with little space. Find step-by-step potato tower instructions in this article.

Potato Plants Under Leaves: How To Grow Potatoes In Leaves

By Amy Grant

Potatoes don't seem to care under what medium they are grown, which got me to wondering "can you grow potato plants in leaves." You're likely going to rake the leaves up anyway, so why not try growing potatoes in a leaf pile? Learn more here.

Potato Plant Companions: What Are The Best Companion Plants For Potatoes

By Darcy Larum, Landscape Designer

Companion planting is growing plants near other plants that benefit each other in various ways. Potato plants have many beneficial companions. This article provides information on what to plant with potatoes. Click here to learn more.

Covering Potato Plants: How To Hill Up Potato Plants

By Darcy Larum, Landscape Designer

Whether grown in a garden, a barrel, old tires or a grow bag, potatoes need to be covered with loose organic material periodically, or hilled up. This article will help get you started with learning how to hill up potato plants.

Planting Potato Pieces: Which End Of The Potato Is Up

By Mary H. Dyer, Credentialed Garden Writer

If you're new to the wonderful world of gardening, things that are obvious to seasoned gardeners may seem strange. For example, which way is up when planting potatoes? And should you be planting potatoes eyes up or down? Find out here.

Potato Plant Diseases – Is There A Treatment For Potato Leafroll Virus

By Amy Grant

Potatoes are prone to a number of potato plant diseases not to mention susceptible to insect attack and Mother Nature's whims. Amongst these potato plant diseases is potato leafroll virus. What is potato leafroll and what are the symptoms of potato leafroll virus? Find out here.

How To Trim Potato Plants – Should I Cut Back Potato Plants

By Amy Grant

Potato plants are grown for their edible tuber while some varieties are grown simply as ornamentals. Either way, healthy potato plant growth may get a bit out of hand at times. It makes one wonder "should I cut back potato plants?" Find out in this article.

Potato Bed Preparation: Prepping Beds For Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Incredibly nutritious, versatile in the kitchen, and with a long storage life, potatoes are one of the "must haves" for the home gardener. Properly preparing a potato bed is the key to a healthy, prolific potato crop. Click here to learn more.

What Is True Potato Seed: Learn About Potato Seed Growing

By Amy Grant

If you have ever grown potatoes before, you are familiar with planting seed potatoes. The term "seed potato" is a bit confusing when it is actually a tuber, not a seed. So do potatoes produce seeds and, if so, why isn't this used instead? Find out here.

Tips On Saving Seed Potatoes For Planting Next Year

By Amy Grant

Back in the day, there were no certified seed spuds, so how did folks go about saving seed potatoes and what conditions are best for seed potato storage? Read this article for answers to these questions and learn if you can save your own seed potatoes.

Knobby Deformed Potatoes: Why Potato Tubers Are Deformed

By Amy Grant

If you have ever grown potatoes in the home garden, you have likely reaped interestingly shaped spuds. When potato tubers are deformed, the question is why and is there a way to prevent knobby deformed potatoes? Read here to find out.

What Are Potato Eelworms: Prevention And Treatment For Eelworms

By Kristi Waterworth

A nematode by any other name is just as nasty of a garden problem. Nematode eelworm control can help safeguard your potato crop. Learn about eelworms in potatoes and what you can do to stop them in this insightful article.

Potato Soft Rot: Tips For Managing Bacterial Soft Rot Of Potatoes

By Jackie Rhoades

Bacterial soft rot is a common problem in potato crops. What causes soft rot in potatoes and how can you avoid or treat this condition? Read this article for information on this potato disease and find out.

Blight Control In Potatoes: How To Treat Early And Late Potato Blight

By Kristi Waterworth

Potato blight diseases are the bane of gardeners everywhere. These fungal diseases wreak havoc in gardens throughout the growing season. Learn more about potato blight diseases here.

What Is Potato Scab Disease: Tips On Treating Scab In Potatoes

By Kristi Waterworth

Like elephant hide and silver scurf, potato scab is an undetectable disease that most gardeners discover at harvest time. Read here to learn more about potato scab and how to prevent it.

Swollen Potato Lenticels – What Causes Potato Lenticels To Swell

By Kristi Waterworth

Swollen potato lenticels give a potato an overall uniformly bumpy appearance when they make their debut. Scary though they seem, they're not a cause for serious concern. Read here for more info.

Potatoes Are Splitting – What To Do For Potato Elephant Hide Disorder

By Kristi Waterworth

There are many things that can go wrong with potatoes as they develop. If your potatoes are splitting on the surface, it could be potato elephant hide disorder. Read here for more information.

Potato Hollow Heart: What To Do For Hollow Heart Disease In Potatoes

By Kristi Waterworth

Growing potatoes is fraught with mystery and surprises, especially for the beginning gardener. Hollow heart in potatoes is a common problem. Read this article to learn more about this potato disease.

Dry Rot Of Potatoes: What Causes Dry Rot In Potatoes

By Kristi Waterworth

With great care, you can prevent potato dry rot disease from spreading throughout your garden, but once a potato tuber is infected, treatment isn't possible. Read here for more info.

What Is Potato Scurf: Tips On Treating Potato Scurf

By Kristi Waterworth

Potato scurf disease is among the tuber diseases that you won't know you have until harvest time or beyond. This article provides additional information on potato silver scurf control.

What Is Potato Pink Rot: Tips For Treating Pink Rot In Potatoes

By Kristi Waterworth

When pink rot potato disease appears in your mature potato patch close to harvest, your first thoughts may be about treating pink rot in potatoes, but sadly, there is no cure once it has taken hold. Read more here.

Types Of Potatoes – What Are Late, Mid And Early Season Potatoes?

By Amy Grant

There are many different types of potatoes loosely classified between early season potatoes and late season potatoes. Read this article to learn more about these potato plant varieties.

Planting Potatoes: Learn How Deep To Plant Potatoes

By Amy Grant

Let's talk potatoes. Though many people are familiar with when to plant potato crops, others may question how deep to plant potatoes once they're ready for growing. This article will help you with that.

Grow Bags For Potatoes: Tips For Growing Potatoes In Bags

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Grow bags for potatoes are an excellent solution for patio or small space gardeners. Learn more about planting potatoes in bags here.

Storing Potatoes In Ground: Using Potato Pits For Winter Storage

By Amy Grant

Storing potatoes in ground pits was once a popular way to ensure plenty of food throughout the winter season. You can try this storage method too using the information found in this article.

Potato Plant Flowering: My Potato Blossoms Turned Into Tomatoes

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Tomatoes and potatoes are in the same family. Occasionally, gardeners will notice tomato-looking things on potato plants. Read the following article to find out why this is and what they are.

Potato Plants Not Producing: Answers To Why No Potatoes On Plants

By Kristi Waterworth

There is nothing in the world as disappointing as digging your first lushly leafed potato plant only to discover that your potatoes produced leaves but no crop. Read this article to get reasons for low potato yields.

Potato Tuberworm Damage – Tips For Controlling Potato Tuberworms

By Amy Grant

The potatoes you planted were looking green and lush above the soil surface, but underground it's a different story. Upon closer inspection, the potato tuberworm is revealed. Learn more about this pest here.

Causes For Bitter Potato Skins: Learn About Green Skin On A Potato

By Amy Grant

Whether russet, Yukon gold or red, all potatoes have the potential to turn green and, in this case, green is not a desirable color to behold. Why do potato skins turn green? Read this article to find out.

What Is Potato Wilt: How To Control Wilted Potato Plants In The Garden

By Susan Patterson, Master Gardener

Nothing is more frustrating when growing potatoes than to find them suddenly wilting and dying in the garden. So what is potato wilt and how can you prevent wilted potato plants in the first place? Read here to learn more.

Tips On How To Grow Seed Potatoes In The Garden

By Heather Rhoades

Before you can harvest potatoes, you need to plant seed potatoes. Growing seed potatoes is easy and affordable, but there are a few things you need to know. This article can help with how to plant seed potatoes.

Getting Rid Of Potato Beetles: How To Kill Colorado Potato Beetle

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Potato beetles are pests of plants in the nightshade family. Potatoes are one plant they devour but the beetles also eat tomatoes, eggplants and peppers. Getting rid of potato beetles is a priority, and this article can help.

Container Potatoes – How To Grow Potatoes In A Container

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Growing potatoes in containers can make gardening accessible for the small space gardener. When you grow potatoes in a container, harvesting is easier because all the tubers are in one place. Click here for more.

Potato Storing After Harvest: How To Keep Potatoes From The Garden

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Potatoes can be harvested as you need them but at some point, you need to dig the whole crop up to preserve before it freezes. How to keep potatoes fresh and usable? Storing garden potatoes is easy. This article can help.

Information On Growing New Potatoes In Your Garden

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Learning how to grow new potatoes provides you with a season long crop of fresh baby spuds and a storable crop of the tubers for after the season. Planting new potatoes is easy and this article will help.

How And When To Harvest Potatoes

By Jackie Rhoades

Knowing how to harvest potatoes will help you get the greatest benefit from your crop. Read here for more.

Sprouting Seed Potatoes – Learn More About Chitting Potatoes

By Heather Rhoades

Do you wish you could get your potatoes harvested little earlier? If you try chitting potatoes, or sprouting seed potatoes, before you plant them, you can harvest your potatoes up to three weeks earlier. Click here for more info.

Fungicide For Seed Potatoes To Prevent Problems Growing Potatoes

By Heather Rhoades

One of the biggest problems growing potatoes in the garden is the possibility of fungus forming on the potatoes. When you use fungicide for seed potatoes, you can greatly reduce this from happening. Learn more here.

Tips For Growing Potatoes In Straw

By Kathee Mierzejewski

If you want to grow potatoes in straw, there are proper, old-fashioned ways to do it. You might be asking yourself, "How do I grow potatoes in straw?" This article can help get you started with planting potatoes in straw.

How To Grow Potatoes: When To Plant Potatoes

By Heather Rhoades

Growing potatoes in your garden can be lots of fun. Learn how to grow potatoes and when to plant potatoes in your yard with the simple steps found in the following article so you can enjoy your own potato crop this year.

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