Potatoes are root tubers, grown underground just like yams.

Scientific name of potato

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• Solanum tuber

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Some interesting facts you should know about potatoes.

Potato could be grown in a grow bag

Potatoes could be grown in a wire cylinder.

Potatoes could be grown in a wooden box

Potatoes could be grown in a garbage bag.

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Nutritional value of potatoes you never thought about.

• water
• Vitamin
• carbohydrate
• Fats
• Sodium
• Iron
  -Potassium

Potato is best planted during spring. Potatoes take 70 - 120 days to get ready for harvest. This depends on the variety of the potato.

Potatoes come in different shapes, different sizes, and different colors and they serve different purposes. Some would make a great taste when fried, boiled, made into a paste or sallad.

Varieties of potatoes

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• Irish potatoes
• Pusset
• Bismark
• Monalisa
• Charlotte
• Cherie
• Annabelle

Etc, these potatoes come in different colors like yellow, pink and red.

How to store potatoes.

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Potatoes are best stored in a warm place. Light, cold and heat have a negative effect on potatoes. These could turn the potatoes into a green color, thereby becoming poisonous.

Hence, watch out for green potatoes!

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How potato is called in some Nigerian languages

• Yoruba- Anamo
• Igbo- Nduku, Jiwannu
  -Hausa- Dankalin turawa

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Potatoes can be prepared in amazing ways...

Potato Salad

Potato stew

Potato paste

Fried potatoes

• Potatoes can be prepared in fantastic ways

Now, start exploring potatoes!

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Images Source: Google

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Works cited

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/potato

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