Hilling potatoes can actually be an enjoyable gardening activity. The shoots of the potato grow quickly sometimes several inches in a day. Begin hilling when stems are about six inches in height.

Farmers usually pulverise or incinerate this matter before potatoes are harvested. Now, UK start-up Fibe wants to avoid this by extracting fibres from potato stems to make a sustainable fabric. In ...

Researchers collected potato stems or tubers that showed symptoms of blackleg or soft rot from 26 potato fields within the state at Penn State’s Plant Disease Clinic between April and October ...