Gardeners Please Step In

Well, I know next to nothing about growing a garden, but back in October I had some red potatoes that were in the cabinet too long and were growing eyes. As a test, I took two of them into my backyard by the shed. One, I threw onto the ground while saying "Good luck!" The other, I planted about 2 inches under the soil.

I watered each of them every 2-3 days.

The one laying on the ground was half eaten by some sort of animals and looked really disgusting after a couple of weeks.
The second one started growing a green stalk.

After one month, both had formed leafy plants - even the half-eaten one!

Now it is early February, and we had a hard freeze twice in central Florida, so I decided that it was "Harvest Time".

How exciting!

Both plants were burned up and dead for sure.

I got a pronged implement to dig and went to the shed.

Ooops! Some critter already dug up a perfect red potato and saved me some work. No damage on it, but the color is off on one side from laying exposed, I guess?

I started digging and the biggest winner was the half-eaten yard thrown potato plant! It had 5 potatoes growing ON TOP OF THE GROUND compared to the cared-for plant that only had 3 under the ground.

So, there you go, experiment is complete, and I will let these grown in the cabinet and do a proper planting next time. I am not eating any of them because some are as small as a grape. The largest is about 3 inches.

Any advice?

Last Edited by FightForGod! on 02/05/2022 12:38 PM