Gardening potatoes is a new challenge to take on! Here are some tips for growing potatoes in your home garden.

If you're wondering how deep to plant dahlia tubers, you're not alone. These stunning flowers can be temperamental if planted ...

One of my students posed the question, “Why does tradition suggest that we should plant our seed potatoes on Good Friday?” ...

Growing underground, tubers are not limited by the rest of the plant. In 2008 a Lebanese farmer dug up a potato that weighed nearly 25 pounds. It was bigger than his head. Many researchers believe ...

It uses this same method to “teach” potato plants to produce the egg white protein ovalbumin. In both cases, as the plants grow in the soil, they produce within the tuber the desired proteins ...

A sweet potato is a tropical plant with a tuberous root. Irish potatoes are not roots but specialized underground storage stems called “tubers.” Potatoes are among the earliest vegetables ...

A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the innards of another ...

THE classic roast potato has been crowned the nation’s favourite way to enjoy a spud – beating competition from creamy mash and traditional chip shop chips. A staple of the Sunday roast, crispy ...