How to Regrow Potatoes
Choose the potato with multiple tubers., Cut the parts with tubers into chunks., Dry the cut pieces., Dig holes in the ground to plant the cut pieces., Place the potato pieces in the holes and cover lightly with soil., Spray the soil and always keep...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Choose the potato with multiple tubers.
Make sure there aren't any molds on the tubers or potato. -
Step 2: Cut the parts with tubers into chunks.
Tubers will usually appear in a clump, if so the whole part can be cut off as chunk.
Do not remove the skin. , Leave the cut pieces on a hard surface to dry.
Position the pieces ensuring the wet, skinless sides are in the air.
It may take up to 1-2 hours for the potatoes to properly dry.
They are ready when the cut pieces are no longer wet when touched. , Just make sure they aren't cramped together. , The cut side is facing down, the tubers are facing upwards. , Sometimes when watering the potato is exposed, cover the potato with more soil. , After a few days, green sprouts will appear from the ground. , The soil must always be wet.
When the tubers branch out into green stems, water with about 1-2 inches of water. ,, If flowering, wait until the plant dies. , If the potatoes are still small, leave them for a few days and harvest the bigger ones. -
Step 3: Dry the cut pieces.
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Step 4: Dig holes in the ground to plant the cut pieces.
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Step 5: Place the potato pieces in the holes and cover lightly with soil.
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Step 6: Spray the soil and always keep it wet.
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Step 7: Watch for sprouting.
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Step 8: Ensure that the soil remains moist.
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Step 9: As the stems grow taller
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Step 10: "hill" the plant by adding more soil.
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Step 11: Eventually the potato plant will die
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Step 12: sometimes after flowering.
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Step 13: Harvest by digging around the potatoes
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Step 14: check if they are big enough for eating.
Detailed Guide
Make sure there aren't any molds on the tubers or potato.
Tubers will usually appear in a clump, if so the whole part can be cut off as chunk.
Do not remove the skin. , Leave the cut pieces on a hard surface to dry.
Position the pieces ensuring the wet, skinless sides are in the air.
It may take up to 1-2 hours for the potatoes to properly dry.
They are ready when the cut pieces are no longer wet when touched. , Just make sure they aren't cramped together. , The cut side is facing down, the tubers are facing upwards. , Sometimes when watering the potato is exposed, cover the potato with more soil. , After a few days, green sprouts will appear from the ground. , The soil must always be wet.
When the tubers branch out into green stems, water with about 1-2 inches of water. ,, If flowering, wait until the plant dies. , If the potatoes are still small, leave them for a few days and harvest the bigger ones.
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