I plant mine in a bag that has a flap on the side, I can remove potatoes when ready and the plant keeps making new ones. Wish I could post a picture.
I assume this pertains to potatoes grown on Earth, and not the moon potatoes the Chicoms failed at.
My soil is much better for tomatoes than for potatoes, and taters are pretty cheap at the market.
Would have helped the Chinese with the ones they planted on the moon.
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What's this? Another article about Congress?
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I talked to a potatoe farmer several years ago and he stated the same thing as above. He said it was important NOT to wash a potatoe which was surprising to me. He said with the right storage techniques he was able to store them for up to a year. Of course, the ones you buy in the store are generally already washed.
If you plant your thumb you can grow another you.... :)
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I have not done well with potatoes in Arizona. Turned 5 lb of seed potatoes into a handful of brown marbles the first time I tried, and subsequent attempts weren’t much better.
Now we just buy them at the store.
Dad would have us cut potatoes the night before planting so that each piece had three “eyes” and the cut sides had time to dry. He just tilled the plot, turning weeds under as “green manure” and we laid the potato pieces in rows with the eyes on top, and then covered them with a few inches of straw, not dirt.
We then ignored the plot all summer as they grew and when the plants died back it was time to take a fork and dig the potatoes up. There were ground hog holes around the patch but if they ate any potatoes there was no way to tell... they did eat the weeds. Our yields were much more than we could store and give away, so we left a lot in the ground untouched for the wild animals in winter. All winter long the deer would visit the potato patch and fertilize the ground for the following year’s crop.
Cut up eyed potatoes, place on untilled ground, cover with swatch of hay, water once in a while, harvest when grown.