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Early potato varieties grow in 60 to 80 days, and mid-season potatoes grow in 80 to 100 days. Late varieties take much longer, from 100 to 120 days or more to mature. If conditions are right, potatoes ...
Learn how to grow and care for tomatoes in your garden, including when to plant them, how to harvest, and more.
Can you use cooking water in your garden? We asked an expert why this can be beneficial for plants and water conservation, ...
Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.
The potato, it turns out, is not a “purebreed.” It’s the result of an ancient and accidental hybridization that occurred ...
Some fruits and vegetables are easier to grow in your home garden than others. Here are several that you might regret growing ...
The starchy vegetable emerged 9 million years ago in the forming Andes mountains — a result of natural interbreeding between an ancient tomato plant and potato-like species that lacked the engorged ...
Since taking over her late husband’s farm three years ago, Franelyn Rossouw has been simplifying her approach to potato ...
What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...
Gujarat has become India's capital of french fry production, home to huge factories churning out chips, including facilities ...
Sweet potatoes might seem like a crop that only farmers can grow, but you can grow them right in your backyard or even in ...
Potatoes are a popular home garden crop. Our Saskatchewan garden experts discuss if it is possible to grow them from seed ...