Question

Is it possible to grow potatoes from shop bought potatoes? I can't get seed ones.  

Answer 1

Yeah it is, you can either store them in a cool dark cupboard until they sprout then plant them or cut off the sprouted bits and plant those. mine are currently on the window sill waiting on my potato bags to arrive

Comments

@jabberwocky559 what’s a potato bag new to all this

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@secundas19 similar to this, you can fab ones with little windows in them  

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@fish10 thank you I’m gonna have a go

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@jabberwocky559 so you don’t need to keep them whole? You can just plant the sprouted parts?  

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@secundas19 usually I just use a thick garden waste bag or an empty dog food bag but because my son is helping I’ve bought potato bags with a flap at the front where you can open it and see if the potatoes have grown. I’m probably making no sense  it’s just cause I don’t have room to put the potatoes straight in the ground so do it in bags. Here’s a website for you to look at.  
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/how...-bags

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@fish10 yeah  I use the rest of the potato, as my grandma used to say, waste not want not  

Answer 2

Yes done it meself

Answer 3

Yea as long as they've sprouted x

Answer 4

Let it sprout then plant it

Answer 5

Should see my compost heap, always got tatties growing from peel. Just chop them up, leave them to sprut and cover with soil. Can't go wrong.  

Answer 6

Yea i brought some the other wk kept them in drawer in kitchen where we always keep them and a few had sprouts on

Answer 7

Yes i always do it

Answer 8

I've put Maris pipers from Tesco's in a container that I found in my pantry a couple of weeks ago

Answer 9

Yes I do it every year, save wasting them

Answer 10

I do it when I've been a shit housewife and let my potatoes sprout in the cupboard! It always works, I'm not a very good gardener either though so I'm not expecting bumper harvests. You'll definitely get a good few.  

Comments

@whiffle not a bad, housewife just a busy one I'm guessing  

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@horacehoracio that's the one  I always feel so guilty when I see them sprouting. I bury them in the garden to hide the evidence!  

Answer 11

I’m so glad I’ve seen this!  

Answer 12

Yes, just leave them to sprout a bit first. I use potato bags, a few inches of soil in the bottom then the spuds, cover with a couple of inches of compost, once they start growing, keep topping up the compost - just leave about 3" above the compost each time.  

Comments

@pedro9 fab, how many do you get from each potato  

Answer 13

Yes i always use them just wait for your spuds to grow shoots then plant em

Answer 14

Has anyone managed to do it with broccoli?  

Answer 15

Yes leave to sprout first did mine Monday