Last year I tried to grow a few potatoes from sprouts off a potato from the store and the results were pretty lacklustre. I got a few small potatolings but for the amount of time I waited, I assumed it just wasn’t a viable option. This year I filled up the box with better dirt, started earlier, and didn’t even wait for sprouts to grow, I just planted a few small organic potatoes and mostly forgot about them.
This year, I’ve now had three crops: the first really only yielded a couple of small potatoes again but the second I got at least four 2-3 inch potatoes (I know, it’s not much but they are being grown in a box after all). And today I went out to pull some more up and much to my surprise had even more bigger potatoes!
I can’t wait until we have more space and can really branch out and grow different varieties and more successive crops. For now, I’m just pleased we’re able eat our little harvest.
Last Ditch 
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