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Planting Potatoes: Sweet vs. White—Different Biology

Sweet potatoes form tubers on roots; the mother tuber doesn’t produce new tubers—only slips. White potatoes form tubers on stem ends; those tubers (seed potatoes) sprout to make more plants. Your friends likely recall planting white seed potatoes.

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