For a greater potato yield in your vertical garden, choose varieties that will grow tubers along their underground stems.

It’s time to dig up your potatoes! Or so you think. There’s a fine line when it comes to completing your potato harvest, according to garden columnist Jessica Damiano. The expert wrote in an ...

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about harvesting potatoes, as a lot of gardeners aren’t quite sure when, exactly, to dig them up. And who could blame them? Size, scent and firmness inform ...

Potato maturity depends on the variety, ranging from about 110 days for early types to over 120 days for late ones. Key harvest signals include firm skin, flowering for early harvests, and foliage ...

About 25 million Russets and golds are getting plucked this fall at Eisenga Farms, one of the Cadillac area’s last commercial ...

INKSTER, N.D. -- Susie Thompson sometimes jokes she needs to breed gills and snorkel gear into potatoes. But the North Dakota State University potato breeder is serious about responding to a long wet ...

KARLSTAD, Minn. -- A Dagen Heritage Farms' truck loaded with 17 tons of newly harvested seed potatoes rumbles down a rural Minnesota highway on a drizzly late-September morning. Behind the wheel is ...

Sweet potatoes are ready to harvest after about 90 to 130 days in the ground. Getting this timing right is very important, as harvesting too early or too late can impact sweet potato flavor. Keep an ...