The key to growing potatoes is getting them in the ground at just the right time. Here's when to plant potatoes for a ...

If you’ve only tasted store-bought potatoes, it’s time to experience the remarkable flavor and convenience of homegrown spuds by learning how to plant seed potatoes. The key is to start with certified ...

If planted in soil that's too cold, seed potatoes are at risk of rotting. So should you plant them now, or wait?

The year I first bothered to chit my seed potatoes, I thought it was going to be one of those fussy Old Gardener rituals that didn’t actually change much. I was wrong. The un-chitted spuds in one bed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potatoes are typically planted in mid to late spring, depending on where you live. They can be planted up to four weeks before the ...

Williamstown, NY -- Drive by a potato farm and it doesn’t look like much. Nothing much is growing above the ground like sweet corn, peppers or other vegetables. All that’s visible are mounds of soil.

If you’re hoping to grow your own potatoes for the first time this year, now is the perfect time to start working out where to buy seed potatoes. It’s that time of the year already – January gives us ...

POTATO growers when considering the purchase of seed for next year's planting should obtain the leaflet on seed potatoes which the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, issues free of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Cameron grows seed and table potatoes on the family farm in Hampton, P.E.I. and is vice-chair of the P.E.I. Potato Board.