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How to grow a potato.

-Wait until soil temp is at least a constant 50 degrees or greater.
-Place seed potatoes* a half inch underground or use potato seedlings* at ground level in rows or low mounds about 3 feet apart.
-Water, wait.
-As the plants grow slowly add more soil to the rows or mounds to cover some of the bottom foliage, especially if any small tubers start to show up above ground. This will stimulate the stems to generate more growth which leads to a "stack" of potato tubers. The more you pile on the "deeper" your potato mound will be and the more potatoes you'll potentially get.
-Harvest potatoes however you please- as immature small potatoes, as fingerlings, or as full grown spuds. You can even dig up parts of the plant and harvest, then recover.




     *Seed Potatoes are just really tiny potatoes usually sold by companies as quality starting stock. You can also use chunks of large potatoes by cutting segments with a couple eyes off and planting them in a similar manner. Seedlings are when you've got a partially started plant from a pot, usually indoors. There's really no reason to do this if it's already warm outside.




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This article was last edited on Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:49pm EST.