The potatoes are sprouting in spite of the heat.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230365)
Chile
February 10, 2023 5:51pm CST
Three weeks ago I didn´t know whether to throw away some very sprouted potatoes or plant them.
Anita came just when I was thinking about it and she helped me plant them. I had no hope for them but at least they would not be mixed with the good ones.
Last week Anita came very excited to tell me that the potato plants were doing beautifully. I went to see and there they were. Nice and proper.
I am starting to count chicken before the eggs hatch and I´m wondering if we will have enough potatoes even for a few for me and a few for Anita. I will of course share with them our bounty if I get more than one
Have you ever planted sprouted potatoes?
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9 responses
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
Exactly. Why throw them away if I get get some potatoes?
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@LadyDuck (502886)
• Italy
11 Feb 23
@marguicha There is an area in the vegetable garden where I plant nothing, they are underground, so let them grow there.
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@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
11 Feb 23
I learned how to cut potatoes so they could be planted and grow more potatoes when I was little. We always had a potato crop during the summer and had enough potatoes for our large family all winter.
What you've done will result in a crop of potatoes in the fall. You'll need to ask Anita's boyfriend to harvest them for you, though. Dad usually took two of the older boys out with him to dig them up and pick them out of the dirt.1 person likes this
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
Anita doesn´t have a BF. But she is the kind of person that is not afraid of work. I´m sure that she will do it and anyway they were just a few potatoes.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil Did you mix me up or did you mix Anita up?
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@DaddyEvil (174749)
• United States
11 Feb 23
@marguicha Oh, I'm mixing you and Anita up with someone else on myLot. I'm sorry.
I'm glad she'll be able to dig them up for you. It shouldn't be too difficult.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
11 Feb 23
I have one doing good too in the garden It had sprouted in storage.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
Let´s hope we will have enough potatoes to sell
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
12 Feb 23
@allknowing I know. Me too. Even a little one
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
12 Feb 23
@marguicha I would be satisfied if I got even one (lol)
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
We did that but Anita also planted one in a pot. I think that the potted one will have to be transplanted to a bigger pot.
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@askme123 (6223)
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11 Feb 23
@marguicha Ok I will leave one to sprout and then try it in the ground. 
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
@askme123 If you have space and a loose soil, you will have better crops in the ground.
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@wolfgirl569 (136039)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Feb 23
They will hopefully do great for you. I have grown them. I just hate digging them back up
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
My soil is loose so it won´t be so difficult.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
@wolfgirl569 I´d be happy with just a pot of mashed potatoes.
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@wolfgirl569 (136039)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Feb 23
@marguicha That is good for them to grow easy in
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
11 Feb 23
Nope but lately I planted sprouted cloves of garlic and they're growing now for almost a week.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
I have planted garlic too. I could use in the kitchen the tender green garlic sprouts.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
12 Feb 23
@marguicha Wow! That's wonderful. Mine are already growing
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
14 Feb 23
That’s about the only thing I can grow because you can forget about them and they’ll still grow. If you water them they’ll probably grow better though. I usually forget to even do that.
@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
11 Feb 23
I´ll eat them even if they are not as beautiful as the bought ones.
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@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
11 Feb 23
We did many years ago. My husband was very proud of his little potatoes. I hope yours turn out well.
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