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Planting potatoes
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Can store bought potatoes (forgot I bought them to make for dinner) that are rock hard and have developed lots of eyes be planted? If so, do I plant whole or cut them up? Are the eyes planted down or up? Thanks in advance. Regards, Donna |
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Planting potatoes
As the eyes have started growth they will be quite suitable for planting.
The ideal size is similar to an egg. Larger can be cut in half as long as eyes remain on the halves. Eyes up or down is immaterial unless the eyes have really long growth. They will probably be a late variety and the space would have been better taken by an early variety. Best Wishes. "Dunzley" wrote in message ... Hi, Can store bought potatoes (forgot I bought them to make for dinner) that are rock hard and have developed lots of eyes be planted? If so, do I plant whole or cut them up? Are the eyes planted down or up? Thanks in advance. Regards, Donna |
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Planting potatoes
As the eyes have started growth they will be quite suitable for planting.
The ideal size is similar to an egg. Larger can be cut in half as long as eyes remain on the halves. Eyes up or down is immaterial unless the eyes have really long growth. They will probably be a late variety and the space would have been better taken by an early variety. Best Wishes. "Dunzley" wrote in message ... Hi, Can store bought potatoes (forgot I bought them to make for dinner) that are rock hard and have developed lots of eyes be planted? If so, do I plant whole or cut them up? Are the eyes planted down or up? Thanks in advance. Regards, Donna |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:50:29 +0000, Dunzley wrote:
Hi, Can store bought potatoes (forgot I bought them to make for dinner) that are rock hard and have developed lots of eyes be planted? If so, do I plant whole or cut them up? Are the eyes planted down or up? Thanks in advance. Regards, Donna Yes, you can plant grocery store potatoes, but I'd recommend agaist it. It's far better to purchase certified seed potatoes every year. The reasoning behind this is due to potato blight. Ownce you get a crop of potatoes with blight, you may never get it out of your soil. Purchasing certified potatoes will help ensure your crop will be blight and scab free. This in no way means that you won't get infected, but your chances are much lower than with grocery store potatoes. If you feel the need to plant them anyway, you'll want to cut the potato in to cubes. 1 to 2 inch cubes with at least one eye per cube. Plant them into the ground 3 to 4 inches with the sprout(s) pointed up. Good Luck. |
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