Re-planting small potatoes? Advice please

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Re-planting small potatoes? Advice please
« on: August 04, 2021, 11:43 »
I've never really grown potatoes before, but earlier this year, had some (Russett) from the grocery store that sprouted. Almost as a lark, I cut the potatoes into pieces with each having one or more eyes, planted them in big nursery pots.. The foliage died back, I dug them out of the pots and now have a few very small potatoes, the largest is maybe 4 cm long.

Advice needed: we have roughly 4 months left in the growing season.  I'd like to take the small potatoes and re- plant them (in nursery pots again, I know slightly more about properly hilling them up). Do I need to do anything to these little spuds before putting them in the ground again? Am I better of storing them until March and planting then?

Or should I use these new potatoes in the kitchen and start over again next year?
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Re: Re-planting small potatoes? Advice please
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2021, 13:24 »
I have always grown my potatoes from ones that have gone rooty in the cupboard.  Very successfully.   I don't cut them I just shove them into my containers.  You might as well give them a try  ;)  good luck,  Mrs Bouquet
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