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  2. How to Plant Seed Potatoes to Grow a Bumper Crop of Spuds - AOL

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    Before planting your chitted seed potatoes, use these tips to provide the best growing conditions for your potato crop. Select a sunny spot . Choose a location with full sun , which means at least ...

  3. Chitting - Wikipedia

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    Chitting is a method of preparing potatoes or other tubers for planting. The seed potatoes are placed in a tray (often in egg cartons ) in a light and cool place but shielded from direct sunlight. All but three or four of the "eyes" (sprouting parts) of the potato are removed, leaving the strongest growths only.

  4. How to Tell If Potatoes Are Bad (and How to Keep Them ... - AOL

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    Dirt protects the potatoes from premature spoiling, and storing moist potatoes could lead to mold Store potatoes in cool but not cold temperatures; between 45°F and 55°F is ideal.

  5. Here's What You Need to Know about Growing Potatoes in Your ...

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    To grow potatoes at home, start with "seed" potatoes, which are not actually seeds (despite the name!). The fully grown potatoes are used for planting and growing even more potatoes.

  6. Fusarium dry rot - Wikipedia

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    Fusarium dry rot of potato is a devastating post-harvest losses (vegetables) disease affecting both seed potatoes and potatoes for human consumption. [3] Dry rot causes the skin of the tuber to wrinkle. The rotted areas of the potato may be brown, grey, or black and the rot creates depressions in the surface of the tuber.

  7. List of potato cultivars - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of potato varieties or cultivars. Potato cultivars can have a range of colours due to the accumulation of anthocyanins in the tubers . These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes.

  8. 13 tips for preparing and cooking potatoes that chefs think ...

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    Potatoes need dark storage to keep them from turning green. Once you get your spuds home, you need to store them properly. Potatoes grow in the dark and are fittingly best kept in a similar ...

  9. Russet Burbank - Wikipedia

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    By the 2010s, Russet Burbank accounted for 70% of the ultra-processed potato market in North America, and over 40% of the potato growing area in the US. [1] Restaurants such as McDonald's favor russet potatoes for their size, which produce long pieces suitable for french fries. As of 2009, "McDonald's top tuber is the Russet Burbank."