"Ivan" wrote in message
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Hi there..
Thank you kindly for your advise!
How would you recommend I'd encourage the potatoes to grow shoots?

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if they're not just naturally shooting all by themselves because it's time
(which mine are), put them somewhere with a bit of light, which is a bit
warm, & they'll soon hop to it.

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As this is my first time planting these, I'm not sure what to do!

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i, too, panicked about potatoes at first (it's because you can't see what
they're doing while they're in the ground!! ;-) however, they are very very
easy & very low maintenance too. the worst that might happen is you get scab
or something like that, but you're virtually guaranteed a good usable yield
anyway, considering the low effort put in.

they love rotted manure & straw & a generally slightly acid soil (which
manure helps with); or failing that, compost or similar or even rotted
leaves or soemthing like that. just keep piling it on as the plants grow.
kylie


I did, however, plant them whole, and not cut them up .... Even though
it was recommended I do so by many sourses..