Was just watching some ut videos about planting tatoes in 5 gal cloth bushel bucket things above ground. Interesting thing was that totoes get a spray that keeps them from spouting so you don’t want regular supermarket ones as the seed stock.
The one from Sam’s Club must not get that spray every 5lb bag starts to sprout like crazy if left in a dark closet for longer than two weeks. I have planted them and they grow copious amounts of spuds in raised beds one while potato yields four to six sprouts out the eyes I cut them into chunks with one eye each and plant them dense pack 80% grow to 6” seedlings and then they get thinned out. It was just an experiment last year this year I’m planting three 20 foot rows of them and will have a hundred lbs soon enough. Mash,baked,fried,saute,brased...like bubba Gump
I got 15 pounds planted last month and they're already up.
All the potatoes I buy at the store will sprout. Got a bag sitting here with sprouts sticking out.
I grow potatoes in 5 gallon buckets all the time. It works great!
Yup. But, I understand that if you use organic potatoes then they don’t receive that spray and will sprout pretty well.
The stuff that’s supposed to keep potatoes from sprouting? It doesn’t work very well, and it wears off fast. It’s more of a psychological deterrent than a growth inhibitor.
I’ve grown a lot of potatoes using store-bought potatoes as seed stock. If your potatoes from the grocery store are forming sprouts, go ahead and plant them.
our ground is terrible here so most of my stuff goes into beds or containers....I've never had success with potatoes....