If I stick an old potato that has started sprouting in the ground will it grow other potatoes?

Answer 1

You sure can grow potatoes from those sprouts. Those are called "eyes". Just cut about a 1 inch cube around the eye and plant it in good soil, well drained. It is also adviseabe to plant these in a hill. The dirt can be pulled to the plants as they grow and as you bury the stems they send out extra roots and you'll get lots of potatoes. They need sun and water.

Answer 2

Okay....wow...this is the deal. Most of the potatoes you will buy in stores have been treated with a growth inhibitor to prevent sprouting, thus lengthening self-life. As this is an extra cost, I would assume some brands with a good distribution systems would skip this step. The indents are the eyes where the potato sprouts. You only need one to grow a new potato plant. Most farmers will cut the potato so there are 2-3 eyes to a section and plant it as soon as the ground can be worked. Most plants are planted in sand, they like good drainage. To make good yields, potatoes need LOTS of water. After the top foliage dies or freezes lightly the potatoes are harvested, however, if planted mid-April you might be able to dig in at the side and harvest a few around the 4th of July just to celebrate. There is nothing so good as fresh baby potatoes! Potatoes are cultivated by hilling the dirt up around the plant, lengthening out the stem, and probably encouraging the poatoe to set more of the tubers. A lot of times what is sold as seed potato (for cutting) are the grade 2 potaotes which are sort of small for eating and could be planted whole. It depends on whether it costs more labor-wise to halve or quarter versus the cost of the potato. Sometimes they are treated with a fungicide, but this is not necessary if potatoes haven't been grown in your soil in the last three years.

Answer 3

That is how potatoes are grown commercially. You stick last year's potatoes in the ground once they have started to sprout.

Potatoes are quite fussy about conditions however -- they like it quite cool and humid, but don't like to get soaked.

Also, because potatoes actually grow from the stems and not the roots, you need to keep mounding up the earth round the plants so that more potatoes will develop on the buried stems.

Answer 4

Yes. Cut around the sprouts and plant those chunks. You can get a lot of plants from 1 potato. The potatos will form on the roots of these plants and take a whil to grow so be patient.

Answer 5

Yes, there is no doubt that these will grow you new plants and more than one if you cut the potato into separate eyes. There is a chance of spreading plant diseases into your garden, however, and it is generally not recommended that you plant potatoes like these. You should buy regular seed potatoes from your garden center that are certified disease free. The little you save in seed cost can wind up costing you a lot in the long run.

Answer 6

Yes.

I used to help my grandpa plant potatos every year -- just like that. We cut out the "eyes" of potatos and plant them.

You only need to plant one eye (sprout) every 12".

It would help greatly if you built up mounds of dirt about 6" high on top of the eyes that you plant a few inches under the normal ground level (I still don't know why you make mounds, but I know it grows better plants).

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Answer 7

Just cut the part off the spud that's sprouting and put that in the ground, and more will grow.

Answer 8

It sure will. It will take a while but it will grow more potatoes.

Answer 9

Yes, potatoes reproduce like that only.

Answer 10

Yest it will, in fact if you cut it into quarters and plant them separately you'll end up with four plants.