Posted by PJH on February 20, 2013 at 17:55:26 from (50.40.240.202):
In Reply to: Planting early spuds! posted by samn40 on February 20, 2013 at 16:49:08:
Hi Sam - good looking job! It's interesting to see you plant the whole potato. We always cut ours into chunks, aiming for at least one, and mebbe two eyes (buds) per chunk. I have a friend who always plants the whole potato also, and I had some cut pieces left over, so I gave them to him. He finished out a row with them as an experiment, and proclaimed them to produce as good as the whole potato. If you have lots of potatos though, why not plant the whole thing? As an extreme, my wife's grandmother, who lived thru the GREAT depression, would peel the potato, leaving the skins thick, and plant the peelings. The family ate the rest. She grew nice potatos also. St. Patrick's day is the tater planting day in our neighborhood.
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