Do potatoes have pollen?

Potatoes are a very familiar vegetable to everyone, but few people know about potatoes. In fact, potatoes are potatoes, but the names vary in different regions. There are many varieties of it. The potatoes we commonly see have yellow skin, but there are also colorful potatoes. Potatoes also produce pollen during the growth process, and like other plants, they will bloom and bear fruit. Those who don’t know much about potatoes can read the article to learn about the growing conditions of potatoes. Let’s take a look.

Potatoes have pollen.

When potatoes grow, they sprout and bloom, and after flowering they produce pollen.

Plant morphology

Fibrous root system. The above-ground stem is diamond-shaped and hairy. The primary leaves are simple and entire. As the plant grows, it gradually forms an odd number of unequal pinnate leaves. The leaflets are often of alternating sizes, 10-20 cm long; the petioles are about 2.5-5 cm long; the leaflets are 6-8 pairs, ovate to oblong, the largest can be up to 6 cm long and 3.2 cm wide, and the smallest is less than 1 cm long and wide, with a pointed tip and slightly unequal bases, entire margins, both sides covered with sparse white pubescence, 6-7 lateral veins on each side, slightly curved at the tip, and the petiolules are about 1-8 mm long.

The umbel is terminal and posteriorly lateral, with white or blue-purple flowers; the calyx is bell-shaped, about 1 cm in diameter, sparsely pubescent on the outside, 5-lobed, with lobes lanceolate and acuminate at the apex; the corolla is radiate, about 2.5-3 cm in diameter, the corolla tube is hidden in the calyx, about 2 mm long, the crown brim is about 1.5 cm long, with 5 lobes, triangular, about 5 mm long; the stamens are about 6 mm long, and the anthers are 5 times the length of the filaments; the ovary is oval, glabrous, the style is about 8 mm long, and the stigma is capitate.

Growing conditions

Potato planting area

Potatoes prefer cool weather and are low-temperature crops. The formation and growth of its underground tubers requires a loose, breathable, cool and moist soil environment.

Potatoes have temperature requirements: the suitable temperature for tuber growth is 16℃~18℃, and when the local temperature is higher than 25℃, the tubers stop growing; the suitable temperature for stem and leaf growth is 15℃~25℃, and growth stops when it exceeds 39℃.

Potatoes were introduced to China only about 300 years ago. It is said that it was introduced by overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia. In the 21st century, China's potato planting area ranked second in the world. Potatoes have high yield, rich nutrition and strong adaptability to the environment. They are now grown all over the world and can be cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries even in winter or cool seasons to obtain high yields.