What is your quirky way to plant potatoes?

[inchworm]

I just started cutting my seed potatoes and find I am confused about what exactly an eye is. Does a bit of a dimple that looks like it should be an eye count? Or does there need to be a bit of a nubby sprout to be counted as an eye? These are Yukon Gold potatoes and they have very few nubby eyes.

Inchworm

 

[setter4]

A dimple should turn into an eye. lol Just don't cut your potatoes too small. You shouldn't be getting 15 pieces from a potato or anything! lol

 

[smom1976]

I planted them on Feb. 25th and no sign of them yet. The eyes were just nubs. :/

mine took like 3 weeks or more..

 

[denimangle]

Has anyone grown potatoes in saw dust .. I saw it somewhere the other night but now cant seem to find it again
Cheryl

 

[Southern Gardener]

I planted them on Feb. 25th and no sign of them yet. The eyes were just nubs. :/

mine took like 3 weeks or more..

Well, I just couldn't wait anymore. Tonight I dug around where I planted my potatoes and YES they are about to come up!

 

[inchworm]

I basically cut my seed potatoes in half. I was surprised how smooth they were. The ones I buy in the store are much nubbier!

 

[smom1976]

I planted them on Feb. 25th and no sign of them yet. The eyes were just nubs. :/

mine took like 3 weeks or more..

Well, I just couldn't wait anymore. Tonight I dug around where I planted my potatoes and YES they are about to come up!

that is sooo funny ... I did the same thing LOL

 

[setter4]

We are all worse than 4 year olds at Christmas! I must check the seedlings downstairs 4 times a day! lol

 

[ranchhand]

We are all worse than 4 year olds at Christmas! I must check the seedlings downstairs 4 times a day! lol

I have grown lots of potatoes, and I am late this year! Going in tomorrow!

I trench 6" deep, cover with soil, adding more soil until it's all ground level and a bit more. When I start seeing the sprouts I start piling wheat straw around them, and just add more straw as they grow.

Last year we could only find the thin-skinned whites, so out of a 3' x 3' area we got just over 6 lbs. This year, I plan to crowd them a little more. :tools

 

[meriruka1]

I buy organic potatoes on sale at the grocery, store them in a paper bag in the house for a few weeks until they sprout. Then I just cram the potatoes in the ground.

Here's my harvest from 3 potatoes:

I spent $1.79 for the whole bag, ate some and let these three sprout then planted them. It's like buy a bag get one free!


I do this also with garlic, shallots, onions, ginger and a few others I can't remember. You just have to buy the organic stuff, it's not sprayed with chemicals that retard growth or irradiated.

Gardening companies want $6.00 for 1 bulb of garlic and $8.00 for two lbs. of seed potatoes. Yikes.