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 Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:04 pm
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I was looking at stuff online and thought to myself "Hey, I want to grow this pretty sweet potato vine", and then two days of thinking later I realized that I had some old-ish non-sweet potatoes in my closet that I never got around to freezing.
I checked on them, and they are craaaazy, the one I chose has a 6 inch sprout, but it is apparently unhealthy because it is white, not green.
Has anyone planted sprouted potatoes before? I asked on AllExperts too but I have had some slow responses there, so I thought I would check here.
I am planning on having it indoors in a container, I want the plant and am unconcerned about the potatoes since I know I don't have big enough containers anyways. Anyone know how I should bury it? How much to water it? Etc?
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:11 am
The white sprout doesn't mean it's unhealthy unless it has mold on it- it just means it hasn't seen sunlight. Because potato sprouts don't turn green until after they come up through the ground, it should be ok at this point.
I grew potatoes this year- you just cut them so that each chunk has an eye on it and plant them.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:00 pm
Esiris is right, the white sprout just means your potato is growing in a very dark place.
We usually keep a bag or two in the basement before its time to plant the garden and let them sprout and then cut them into chunks with a sprout or two per chunk and let the cut faces dry out before you plant them.
As far as growing it indoors just for the plant and not for the potatoes itself...i'm not quite sure. I'd plant it just like a potato outside start shallowish maybe an inch or two of soil on top of it and wait for the plant to come up through it and then add some dirt around the sprouting plant.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:37 pm
It was very dark smile
It was amazing, three of them had found their way through the tiny holes in the bag. I chose the longest sprouted one, and planted it in one of my tomato/pepper pots. It's maybe 1/2 full-ish of dirt, covering the potato for maybe an inch. I'm not convinced that it will get very big, the roots will probably be too small for a full sized plant, but it might do something, at least.
My house is so boring right now, I needed a few plant projects to work on!
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:12 pm
We grew potatoes in 5 gallon buckets this year and got an ok amount out of them. But since your not worried about the potato itself and just want the plant i'd bet it'll do alright.
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:47 am
My mom grew a 2-foot indoor potato plant once from a potato that had sprouted on our kitchen counter.. Lol, she just cut the potato down to about an inch on all sides of the eye, then stuck it in a glass of water propped up on toothpicks like you would an avocado seed. I'm sure it would have done a lot better in some soil, though...
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