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It would be more accurate to ask what year where they first cultivated. Potatoes grew wild in South America and were brought over to Europe in the 1500's. They were not popular eating until several hundred years later. In the late 18th century, a Frenchman name Auguste Parmentier championed them as being an excellent solution to feed the hungry masses.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe tough pre-Columbian farmers first discovered and cultivated the potato some 7,000 years ago.
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∙ 11y agoThe ancient Incas and indians of South America
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∙ 12y agoIt was first grown in Derry, New Hampshire. To be exact In the fairways where the main office is there used to be a barn. That is where it was grown.
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∙ 14y agoThe people of South America were raising and eating potatos long before the Europeans "discovered" them and introduced them to Spain.
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∙ 12y agoThe Incan empire was the first country to grow potatoes.
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Was the first country in Europe to grow potatoes on a large scale?
yes.
Was Ireland the first country in Europe to grow potatoes on a large scale?
Ireland devoted a great deal of land to growing potatoes, but they were not the first European country to grow many potatoes. Spain, Germany, and France all grew large amounts of potatoes with France having 117 million hectares devoted to growing potatoes in 1840.
Native Americans in the Andes were the first to grow what?
They were the first people to grow potatoes!
What country do potatoes grow?
Potatos are grown in large numbers in Britain and Ireland
Who were the first peoples to grow potatoes?
Native Americans in the Andes
Who was the first farmer to grow potatoes?
It is impossible to know who the first farmer to grow organic potatoes was. While more farmers grow inorganically now, before the development of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, all farmers grew organically.
Do potatoes grow on the moon?
No potatoes need dirt to grow
Who was the first person to grow a potato?
Potatoes were grown by the Inca in Peru.
Do potatoes grow on plants?
Potatoes are plants. They do not grow on other plants.
Do potatoes grow in orchards?
No. Grapes grow in a vineyard.
What European country was first intorduced to the potato?
The first country in Europe to grow potatoes may have been Spain."The Spanish introduced the potato to Europe in the second half of the 1500s".
How much sun goes potatoes need to grow?
potatoes need about 67% of sun to grow
