I have been tempted to try planting them in the fall. Just a couple dozen.
Everyone thinks they would rot, possibly so.
But,if taters couldnt lay in the ground overwinter, and grow next year, then
how did they exist before people farmed them? Or have they had that ability
bred out of them in our attempts to enhance other traits?
I'm guessing it would work.
But, you wouldn't get a good percentage of plants coming up.
Potatoes are believed to have originated in Peru and Ecuador. They were probably marble sized 1000 years ago until breeders went to work on them. Maybe the originals were able to survive the winters better. I don't know.
