The Hansons have grown seed potatoes on the 98-year-old family farm since the 1940s. right now, it’s harvest time.

Christmas seed potatoes can be hard to come by if you leave ... Watch for dark spots on the leaves and stems. If you notice any, cut off the affected leaves immediately and dispose of them well ...

Hybrid breeding may lead to a revolution in potato farming, creating new varieties resistant to disease and drought.

For most home gardeners, there are a number of different vegetables to choose to grow. As nothing quite beats the flavor of a ...

Tradition holds that potatoes should be planted on St. Patrick’s Day for a successful harvest. I jumped the gun and planted my small crop of potatoes on Sunday, March 15. The truth in this old ...

Now you have your seed potatoes, what are you going to do with them? Cut each seed potato into sections around the eyes. The eye will sprout and produce a potato plant. After you cut the seed ...

Ensure the soil is slightly acidic, with a pH between 5.0 and 6.5. Cut seed potatoes into pieces, each with at least one eye (bud). Allow them to dry for a day planting. Plant the pieces about ...

Irish spuds — Potatoes should be planted from mid-March to late March, Upham says. Cut seed potatoes into four or so pieces so that each piece is 1.5 to 2 ounces, he says. Do the cutting two to ...

As an illustration, Ian Barbour of JBA Seed Potatoes in Annan entered the Guinness ... Cylindrical and not very large, they're easy to scrub, cut in half lengthways and roast.

Two weeks before you lift the crop, cut the growth off at ground level ... fertile garden soil, nestle two seed potatoes into the top of the compost and then top up with more compost or soil ...

A pest called potato cyst nematodes (PCN) has been steadily infecting fields and rendering them useless for growing seed potatoes. A team from the James Hutton Institute has been testing varieties ...