Beginner Gardening: Growing Potatoes., 1 by Farmerdill

Farmerdill wrote:
Not quite like watermelons, I plant them on lists. 16 inches spaced in the row with the rows 4 feet apart. The bunching types do fine with 36 inch row spacing. Producing sprouts can be easy as placing the potato root end down in a jar of water and pulling off the slips (sprouts) as they get 6 inches or so. I place mine in a sheltered plant bed. They are ready. I will start planting in the next couple of days.

Sweet potatoes will sprout, but it does not hurt them like it does Irish potatoes. They don't like storage where the temps are below 50 degrees.