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It takes a lot to grow potatoes

Unless you are in the potato industry, you probably do not realize that many potato plants start out in test tubes in a sanitary lab.  Alex Crockford is Program Director of the Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he says because potatoes start as tubers they are more susceptible to disease than plants which come from seeds.

Crockford talks about the process 3:00 mp3

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