What Are Seed Potatoes? Seed potatoes are potatoes that were specially grown for planting. Unlike the potatoes you buy for cooking, seed potatoes have not been treated with a grow ...

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) encourages gardeners to label their egg boxes with the variety of potato that is being ...

The best potato varieties are tasty and high yielding. The rigorous Which? trials reveal the best ones, plus tips for how to ...

Each piece of potato should have 1-2 sprouts. If you have a small potato that’s sprouted, plant it without cutting it. Potatoes are ready to harvest 70-100 days after sowing, depending on the ...

Most kitchens will have at least a couple of spuds knocking around, and no longer do we need ample garden space to grow our ...

A potato grower asked me an interesting question. He wanted to know how flowering affects tuber yield and whether it even ...

Though sparse in the winter, sunlight has a detrimental effect on potatoes, like coaxing "pesky sprouts" into making ... that mimic a potato’s natural growing conditions, as this will encourage ...

Columnist Joyce Bupp marvels at the wonders of nature, and how often we have little control over its behavior. Recently, she ...

Maincrops take up the most space in the garden, but they tend to be the best varieties to grow if you want some for storage. Your home-grown potatoes should be ready for lifting from June until ...

By Ivy Summerfield February is the month of LOVE, the shortest month of the year, and in some years, it has an extra day ...