Tomatoes may be the highlight of the summer garden, but beneath their shiny red skins lies a world full of strange, fantastic ...

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Sweet potato started to develop slips and consume lots of water, starting from about 2-3 oz/day to peak of around 20 oz/day ...

If you are a fan of the color and ground-covering abilities of sweet potato vine but find they sometimes get a bit out of ...

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 ...

Credit: Getty A surprising potato–tomato tryst about nine million years ago might have led to the characteristic underground tuber of the modern potato (Solanum spp.) 1.

Tracing the potato’s deep ancestry, researchers have revealed a surprising origin story: modern potatoes emerged from natural interbreeding between tomato relatives and a wild-potato-like ...

Scientists just solved the 9-million-year mystery of where potatoes came from Date: August 1, 2025 Source: Cell Press Summary: About 9 million years ago, a wild interspecies fling between tomato ...

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 humanity’s most vital crops. In a prehistoric twist of fate, a natural ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery recommends applying weed killer to nightshade or digging up plant, then mulching to prevent reseeding. Be careful when spraying weed killer next to plants you ...

Concrete and chain link make ideal supports for the many types we have available like the red passion flower, jade vine, Kuhio vine, potato Vine, creeping fig and many others.