Editor's note: Katie Pinke will be checking up with Thomas Shephard throughout the growing season as part of our Follow a Farmer series. CRYSTAL, N.D. — After a slow start this spring, things are ...

When it comes to the potato plant, most of us only think about the part that we eat. This comes from underground stems that produce tubers that grow into potatoes. However, did you know that potatoes ...

Question: Help! I’ve planted four kinds of potatoes. Some are flowering, some are not. Does flowering mean that new potatoes are ready to harvest? How do I know when each kind are ready to harvest? I ...

Potatoes are shown, freshly dug. Sprouts may take a full month before they emerge from the soil surface, but then usually grow quickly. A flowering potato plant. Four-leaf clovers, emerald green ...

ALBANY PARK — The Great Potato Experiment of 2015 is showing signs of life. The big development this past week has been the appearance of flowers at the tip of one of my plants. Up til now, it seems, ...

The bacterial diseases blackleg and wet rot represent a major challenge to growers of seed potatoes and flower bulbs. They cause substantial economic damage worldwide, including tens of millions of ...

VAIL, Colorado –The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). First cultivated around 200 B.C. by the Inca ...