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Do potatoes have potatoes?
Potatoes have "eyes" that produce new potatoes. The person growing them cut the potato with the eye and plant them.
What is a ipomoea vine plant?
Ipomoea is a sweet potato plant that is grown for it colorful vines, it does not produce sweet potatoes.
What plant does a potato come from?
Potatoes are from the perennail Solanum tuberosum from the Solanaceae family, the word potato could refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber, which is what you buy at the store. Its a root vegetable, that is delicious and the 4th largest most eaten food in the world, behind only to rice, wheat, and corn.
How many potatoes will you get from growing 3 potatoes?
What type of potato? If they are not seed potatoes you will get none. Different varieties produce varying amounts but you will get several on each plant.
How do you produce more potatoes from one that you already had?
When your potato is covered with eyes, then you cut the potato into chunks and plant them. The eyes are the beginning of new plants.
A potato is a root of what plant?
It is a common misconception that potatoes are roots. They are actually tubers, and thus potatoes are a part of the potato plant. They are not the roots of any plant.
Can potatoes produce seeds?
See answer to question, Can potato make new plant? You can plant the whole potato to make a new plant, or wait until it grows "eyes" on the outside, which are the "seeds" that form new plants. Each eye can make one new plant. Farmers use baby potatoes, or 'seed potatoes' to start new plants.
How many seeds does potato have?
No, potatoes are the root of the plant. Seeds are generally found in the flower or fruit. However if you cultivate the root of a plant it can still grow, which is why potato tubers are usually used to grow new potatoes instead of using the seeds. Nowadays it is so common to use the root to plant new potatoes that most commercial potato plants don't even produce seeds.
When do potato plants flower and how many potatoes does a whole potato produce?
Yes, potato plants do produce a flower. It's one of the signs the gardener looks for in order to determine when the potato harvest can begin; most home gardeners who grow potatoes look for those first tiny, delicious potatoes to be ready!There are many web sources about gardening that provide information regarding the process of growing potatoes. I've noted one in this thread. The potato flower is mentioned near the end of the article. Not only does it provide a sign that potatoes are growing under the plant; the flower also produces seeds. Remember your elementary school science - seeds are one of the ways a plant reproduces!Yes. They produce flowers, which can be a variety of colors, such as white, purple, and blue. If fertilized, they will produce small tomato-like fruits. These fruits are toxic, though, and should not be eaten.
Do potato plants have thorns or stickers?
Potatoes do not have thorns, not sure what you mean by stickers. The potato plant has tubers underground, green herbaceous foliage above ground, it may produce flowers, that can produce a small tomato like fruit which may contain seeds.
Is Potato plant a herb or sherb plant?
Neither. A potato is a plant with the potato in the ground under a green top.
How do you grow a potato?
Potatoes have what they call 'eyes' which grow on them, these are actual shoots for the plant, simply divide (cut) the potato with a couple of eyes on each piece, dig a hole about 7 inches below ground and plant. When the potato begins to sprout you will want to fertilize and 'hill' them up. Hilling them is simply adding a hill of dirt to the tops of them. Potatoes are tubers and as such will produce their fruit underground. In the fall you dig all around the potato to get the new potatoes.
