General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Vegetable
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects
Child plants: 2 child plants

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  • Potato

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Location: Arenas Valley, NM
Date: 2013-06-01
My first Russet Burbank potatoes

Photo: Steve Caruso

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Date: 2017-06-20
I had given up on my potato crop thinking the gophers ate all of

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