Potatoes
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Unusual Potato Varieties To Grow In Your Garden
If you’re a potato lover, this article will fill you in on all the amazing varieties of special and unusual potatoes.
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How And When To Harvest Potatoes: Pro Tips For Picking The Perfect Potatoes
Knowing how to harvest potatoes will help you get the greatest benefit from your crop. Read here for more.
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Grow Bags For Potatoes: Tips For Growing Potatoes In Bags
Grow bags for potatoes are an excellent solution for patio or small space gardeners. Learn more about planting potatoes in bags here.
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What Is Potato Aster Yellows: Managing Aster Yellows On Potatoes
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.
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Potatoes Are Splitting - What To Do For Potato Elephant Hide Disorder
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.
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What Is Potato Pink Rot: Tips For Treating Pink Rot In Potatoes
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.
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Potato Charcoal Rot: Learn About Charcoal Rot In Potato Plants
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.
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Cardboard Potato Planter – Planting Potatoes In A Cardboard Box
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.
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Planting Potato Pieces: Which End Of The Potato Is Up
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.
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What Is A Hairy Potato: Learn About Hairy Potato Pest Resistance
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.
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Grow Your Own Potatoes For Latkes This Hanukkah
Read about how to prepare delicious latkes, and which potatoes work best.
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Dry Rot Of Potatoes: What Causes Dry Rot In Potatoes
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.
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Knobby Deformed Potatoes: Why Potato Tubers Are Deformed
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.
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What To Do About Frost Damage On Potatoes
Cold-damaged potato foliage doesn’t necessarily mean the potato beneath is bad. Read on for more info.
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Potato Compost Hilling: Will Potatoes Grow In Compost
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.
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Indoor Potato Plant Care: Can You Grow Potatoes As Houseplants
Potatoes as houseplants? Although they won’t last as long as your favorite houseplants, indoor potato plants are fun to grow. Learn more here.
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Grow Potatoes In Fall For A Late Harvest
Many potatoes would rather grow in cooler seasons. Read on for which ones they are and when to plant them.
