Wondering what the eyes of a potato look like ... If you learned how to chit seed potatoes in late winter, you can plant them as early as spring. ‘Aim to plant them out in April,’ Dickon says. ‘Even ...

Cut up the potatoes into sections that contain at least two eyes and, after waiting a few days for the cut surfaces to dry, space them one foot apart in the garden. You can plant them as shallow ...

In "The Martian," Watney grows his own food by planting potato eyes in the ground. He fertilizes the plants with human waste and creates liquid water out of rocket fuel. There's no reason why this ...