What Are Seed Potatoes? Seed potatoes are potatoes that were specially grown for planting. Unlike the potatoes you buy for cooking, seed potatoes have not been treated with a grow ...

To do this, take your seed potatoes and plant them in an egg box. Be careful to ensure that the potatoes 'eyes' - the small divots where the sprouts will grow from - are facing upwards.

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 ...