As the potato plant grows, its compound leaves manufacture starch that is transferred to the ends of its underground stems (or stolons). The stems thicken to form a few or as many as 20 tubers close to the soil surface. The number of tubers that actually reach maturity depends on available moisture and soil nutrients.
How did they grow potatoes?
The part called a “potato” grows underground. The potato grows on a specialized underground stem called a stolon. So, although potatoes grow underground, they are stems, not roots, and are known as “tubers.”
How did the first potato grow?
The story of potato started around 350 million years ago, when they started to evolve from the poisonous ancestor of the plant nightshade (this family of plants eventually evolved not only into potatoes, but also into tobacco, chili peppers, bell peppers and tomatoes).
How did potatoes reproduce?
Potatoes are mainly propagated by vegetative methods (cloning). Potato tubers have nodes or �eyes� from which the new growth begins. The new stems growing from each �eye� are called sprouts which giver rise to the new plant. Vegetative seed can be either a whole tuber or a cut tuber.
How do potatoes grow in the wild?
Potatoes are grown on the Puña or Altiplano which are high altitude plains. The southern Andes has a dry Mediterranean like climate, where farmers can grow potatoes easily. The part of the potato we eat are called tubers. These tubers grow underground on their roots.
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