For maximum potato longevity, skip the plastic bag and reach for brown paper. Store your potatoes in a cool (50-60°F), dark ...

In many households, it happens that potatoes with small sprouts suddenly appear in the storage box. Especially with longer ...

Those potatoes looked like the perfect ingredients to make a big batch of mashed potatoes when you bought them last week, but now the vegetables look a little, well, unique. Potato sprouts, also ...

A reader, friend and orchardist once asked me why he couldn't get his potatoes to sprout. A few weeks ago, one of my friends from the pool asked me that same question. I have not seen anything about ...

Potato tuber dormancy represents a critical phase post-harvest during which tubers remain quiescent and do not exhibit visible sprouting. This period, governed by an intricate network of genetic ...

Potatoes are one of the hardiest vegetables you can keep in your kitchen. They’re resilient, affordable, and when stored properly, they can last for several months. So buying them in bulk and having ...

Even when stored in a dry, cool, and dark place, potatoes eventually soften and start sprouting. However, there is a little known but highly effective technique to preserve them for a longer time.

Through transcriptomic analysis, researchers uncovered thousands of genes associated with hormone signaling, starch and sugar metabolism, and flavonoid biosynthesis that regulate the ...