The P.E.I. Potato Board is using its seed farm in Fox Island, P.E.I., to get new varieties into Island fields quickly and safely. Seed potatoes start in the lab as plantlets grown from tissue culture.

Home gardeners across Canada are wondering why they can't get the varieties of seed potatoes from P.E.I. that they want this spring. The reason: new rules put in place because of potato wart.

Unpack seed potatoes as soon as you get them and lay them out on a tray somewhere cool and light. This is known as 'chitting'. Doing it will mean the seed potatoes will grow plump, green sprouts and ...

Potatoes do not grow well in the hot, dry conditions that have become so common in recent years. While scientists are busy researching new varieties that can adapt to temperature changes, Caravati and ...

Seed potatoes are usually sold by the kilo — in nets of 10 tubers or so, depending on variety — so clubbing together to order allows you to each try a greater range. And bear in mind that you might ...

Plant the potatoes around 10 to 12cm deep with the shoots upwards and add more compost so that the potatoes are covered. Keep the compost well-watered, especially in dry weather and when the ...

Agrico Potato Service Africa Director Kimoi Moi (second left) with Netherlands Ambassador to Kenya Maarten Brouwer (second right) at Kabarak farm, March 22, 2021. Looking on is Agrico company ...

Types of potatoes Although any potato will grow and produce a crop, even sprouting ones from the back of the larder, it's best to buy 'seed potatoes' from a garden centre or by mail order. When Which?

Seed potatoes are usually sold by the kilo — in nets of 10 tubers or so, depending on variety — so clubbing together to order allows you to each try a greater range. And bear in mind that you might ...