Have you ever found some forgotten, sprouted potatoes in your pantry and they look like this? Do you usually throw them in the trash?
Don’t toss them in the trash. They are potatoes that need to be planted!
Simply place them on top of some potting soil in a pot or in the ground. Don’t crowd them too much – you want them to have plenty of room to grow more potatoes. I’m using a felt portable pot that I just purchased. I’m experimenting this year, so we’ll see how it goes!
Push them down until they are almost completely covered. Then water them well and mulch with some pine straw or chopped leaves.
This is a potato I planted 3 weeks ago. See how the white roots have formed and the green leaves are popping out? In a few months, I’ll have about a dozen little potatoes to dig up. I’m going to plant him right back where he came from and give him a good drink.
Stay tuned to see how the rest of my potato plants do. I love using something that I could have thrown away to provide for my family – for no cost! Do you have any “almost trash” sprouted potatoes you can plant?
