John Savage wrote in message news:040413000110941.13Apr04$rookswood@suburbian. com...
(Marita J. Buffone) writes:
Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than
purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and
a couple red potatoes that have sprouted.

Supermarket potatoes grow perfectly! It is best to plant small whole ones,
rather than be tempted to cut a large one up into separate pieces. The cut
surfaces do tend to rot.


two ways to reduce rot are to dry the cut before planting, or rub it
in wood ash. I do the latter, and I guess that rotting happens 5% of
the time or less.