How a Potato Plant Grows

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  1. Durgan

    Durgan Contributor 10 Years

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    21 August 2009 How a Potato Plant Grows. 21 August 2009 How a Potato Plant Grows
    Potato growing test box was opened today. The pictures literally speak for themselves. Clearly there is no advantage in carrying out excessive hilling when growing potatoes. The purpose of hlling is to insure the tubers are covered. For comparison one Pontiac Red was dug in the same row, which was almost identical to the test box potato in appearance.

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    Very informative, thank you. I'm sure you've changed a lot of minds out there
     
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    There are many, who dispute the evidence. One site mentions getting 200 pounds of potatoes from a built structure 4 by 4 feet, and hilled. These same people only show the building of the structure, never the harvest. One site even staged the potatoes spilled out on the ground.
     
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