Potatoes are native to the high Andes of South America. Potatoes are a cool season, high altitude crop. Many different varieties of potatoes have been cultivated for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. While grocery stores and food co-ops offer only a few varieties of potatoes, the truth is there are hundreds of different varieties of potatoes.
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Articles & Papers
The Farm & Garden library contains the following articles and papers on the subject of potatoes:
- Growing Potatoes by Farm & Garden
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Forum Discussions
The Farm & Garden Forums are a great resource for getting answers to your questions about how to start, grow, water, harvest, and prepare potatoes. Here are a few select discussions:
- Why don't they recommend using old tires to grow potatoes? by 5dogs
- growing potatoes from seeds-not tubers by lovetogarden
- Keeping mashed potatoes warm in a crock pot? by Buffalogal
- Growing Potatoes by gbanse
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Seed Potatoes
Here are a few sources of seed potatoes you get you started.
Tools, Equipment, and Supplies
Sometimes the right tool or the right gadget can make your task much easier and your time in the garden more productive. Here's a list of tools and equipment suppliers that may have what you're looking for.
- Gardener's Supply Company
- Thompson & Morgan
- GEMPLER'S Online Store
- Gardening tools from Amazon
- Irrigation supplies from Amazon
- Seeders from Amazon
- Garden Carts from Amazon
- Row covers from Amazon
- Greenhouses from Amazon
Books
Here are some books we found that might help you with your potatoes.
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