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**if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme climates on Earth**

I am not a potato scientist, but if we want to see if they can grow in extreme climates on Earth, maybe, just maybe we should just try that!


4 posted on 03/08/2017 4:10:12 PM PST by Gamecock (Twitter: What a real democracy looks like.)
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To: Gamecock

If I remember correctly there was a woman from Africa who developed a potato strain that could grow under harsh dry conditions. And again, if I remember correctly they were plowed under by the government.


16 posted on 03/08/2017 4:20:09 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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To: Gamecock

Where is the research money in that???


30 posted on 03/08/2017 4:47:09 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Gamecock

This article could have been written by Trofim Lysenko.


36 posted on 03/08/2017 5:16:51 PM PST by henkster
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To: Gamecock

What are you - a killjoy????

CA....


46 posted on 03/08/2017 7:20:44 PM PST by Chances Are (Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
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