I planted a potato and now its growing. I had no plans for this happening.
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If you want to pollinate it to collect seed (debatable if that's a good decision), use an electric toothbrush. The pollen needs the vibrations of a pollinator to be released.
Interesting, thank you!
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Potatoes grow without dirt, nor water , by just laying around in the fridge. You put one in the soil and "didn't expect it to grow"?
Well, it's not that I didn't expect it to grow so much as I had zero expectations
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If you planted a potato expecting it not to grow, you've clearly never had a potato in your pantry start sprouting.
It wasn't so much that I didn't expect it to grow, as I had zero expectations, and so my expectations were surpassed
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Congratulations! Actions have consequences! Now you're the proud parent of a baby potatoe plant!
Thank you! I am taking the advice of this thread and will ensure that it lives a happy and healthy long life.
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To be more specific, potatoes and tomatoes are nightshades. Eggplants, too.
Don't forget peppers! Hot peppers are my favorite nightshade.
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Congratulations you have discovered agriculture
INFINITE FOOD GLITCH!!!! UNPACHED 2025 [GONE WRONG]
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
You planted a potato. You had plans.
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You planted a potato. You had plans.
Plans to see what happened with the progress of time. I definitely had no plans involving any particular expectations
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
Been a while since I kept a garden but if I remember right you have to keep piling dirt on top (after transplanting of course). I put mine in the ground then set a cardboard box around it, adding dirt inside the box as it grew. The dirt needs to be loaded and loose for the potatoes to grow. Maybe this method was just to make harvesting easier. I recall something about the potatoes being toxic if they grew in sunlight?
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Been a while since I kept a garden but if I remember right you have to keep piling dirt on top (after transplanting of course). I put mine in the ground then set a cardboard box around it, adding dirt inside the box as it grew. The dirt needs to be loaded and loose for the potatoes to grow. Maybe this method was just to make harvesting easier. I recall something about the potatoes being toxic if they grew in sunlight?
I'm seeing elsewhere in the thread that it's the potato fruit that's toxic; the taters themselves remain delicious (once grown)
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