How a Potato Plant Grows

[durgan]

www.durgan.org/URL/?ZELNG 21 August 2009 How a Potato Plant Grows

Potato growing test box was opened today. The pictures literally speak for themselves. Clearly there is no advantage in carrying out excessive hilling when growing potatoes. The purpose of hilling is to insure the tubers are covered. For comparison one Pontiac Red was dug in the same row, which was almost identical to the test box potato in appearance.

Potatoes do not grow from stolons off the stem, so barrel and tire growing serves no purpose. This nonsense is all over the internet.

[GunnarSK]

I can't wait to see how potatoes grow from TPS (which I have from you and will probably get from Tom Wagner) . Supposedly they grow just like seed potatoes, but with a slower start. This year I will try both, as I can't expect to get anything for eating from TPS, but there may be some interesting ones around (every seed is unique and has the potential to become a new variety).