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Vegetative Propagation

Steps how to plant and how vegetative propagation works on Potato:

How to plant a Potatoes:

Step 1: To begin with, dig a trench or a big pot that is 6-8 inches deep.

6 – 8 inches
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Step 2: place the seed potatoes or organic potatoes in a trench or a big

pot with 6-8 inches distance.

Step 3: Cover the Potatoes with Dirt and Water them 1-2 inches of
water per week.

Step 4: Wait 2-4 weeks or 1 ½ month to harvest the Potatoes:

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How vegetative propagation works on Potato:

= Potatoes are mainly propagated by vegetative methods (cloning).

= Potato tubers have nodes or eyes from which the new growth begins.
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= The new stems growing from each eye are called sprouts
which giver rise to the new plant.