Potatoes are the third mostly grown crop in the world, and a major staple of several ethnic diets. Growing potatoes is an easy and simple process with these steps.
Obtain seeds. Unlike some plants, potatoes can be seeded in two different ways.
Use seed potatoes. You can purchase a seed potato through the mail or at your local garden shop, or you can use leftover potatoes you purchased from the supermarket. (These however, will not be certified as disease free- which can create a perpetual problem if you plan to raise potatoes in the same place again, as many diseases can carry over year by year in the soil.)
With a sharp, non-serrated knife, slice the potatoes roughly into quarters, making sure each piece has no more than three "eyes" (the small pits or indents on the surface). Place in the sun and let it sit for a day or two, or until you begin to notice the eyes growing sprouts.
DO NOT SOAK, as some might suggest! Potatoes have no tough shell to need softened by soaking as some seeds do and they have all the moisture they need for sprouting in the flesh of the potato itself. Soaking creates more risk of rotting than anything it might accomplish! You want the cut sides to "heal"- form a dry "skin" over the area to discourage rotting.
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Use potato fruit. Some potato varieties will grow small, highly-toxic green fruits above the ground that each contain up to 300 "true" potato seeds. Chop the fruit finely and put the pieces in a dish of water; after about a day, the seeds will separate and sink to the bottom.
Potatoes are the third mostly grown crop in the world, and a major staple of several ethnic diets. Growing potatoes is an easy and simple process with these steps.
Obtain seeds. Unlike some plants, potatoes can be seeded in two different ways.
Use seed potatoes. You can purchase a seed potato through the mail or at your local garden shop, or you can use leftover potatoes you purchased from the supermarket. (These however, will not be certified as disease free- which can create a perpetual problem if you plan to raise potatoes in the same place again, as many diseases can carry over year by year in the soil.)
With a sharp, non-serrated knife, slice the potatoes roughly into quarters, making sure each piece has no more than three "eyes" (the small pits or indents on the surface). Place in the sun and let it sit for a day or two, or until you begin to notice the eyes growing sprouts.
DO NOT SOAK, as some might suggest! Potatoes have no tough shell to need softened by soaking as some seeds do and they have all the moisture they need for sprouting in the flesh of the potato itself. Soaking creates more risk of rotting than anything it might accomplish! You want the cut sides to "heal"- form a dry "skin" over the area to discourage rotting.
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Use potato fruit. Some potato varieties will grow small, highly-toxic green fruits above the ground that each contain up to 300 "true" potato seeds. Chop the fruit finely and put the pieces in a dish of water; after about a day, the seeds will separate and sink to the bottom.
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