I have never tried to grow taters, so I know nothing. People buy seed taters, probably at a seed store. I think you make them buy cutting up ones with lots of eyes on them, cut them with two or three eyes on each chunk, I think, then let the cut parts harden or make a skin or something. I think there are some people on here that do that and could advise.
I know how to do it if I buy the seed potatoes. Same way I did it with the sweet potato sets except they did have skinny roots and swiveled up leaves. They looked dead when they got here, but were not. I have read how to do regular seed potatoes so that isn't the problem. I don't know where to buy them, that is the problem.
I suppose maybe Lowes or Walmart has them in the spring? I don't know.