How to Make Your Own Seed Potato Sets For CHEAP!

This super simple garden hack DIY will have you saving tons of money on
seed potatoes. Nothing says a successful garden like huge harvests, and
saved money, and this will do both. Seed potatoes cost about $9 from a
catalog, however this method save you between $6-10!
What you will need:
Organic Potatoes
2-3 months of time
Cold storage below 36 degrees
Dry environment below 30% humidity
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[SavageOO]

I used store bought potatoes. I bought a single store bought potato in July 2020 and it took several months for it to sprout. Sprout inhibitors do exactly that -- inhibit sprouting, but they do not stop it, they just take longer. Once it sprouted, I put it in a 5-gallon bucket under a grow light over the winter. by April, I had 3 mini potatoes. Then I chitted those three potatoes, which was much easier without the inhibitor. I planted them in my garden at the end of May and now I've got four awesome potato plants in my garden.

[ritamoore]

I got lucky this year, I found a bargain at a food warehouse. A 50 lb. box of small potatoes all sprouted. Red, Yukon gold, and purple for $2.99.

[TheAbledGardener]

Great video Luke, I saved quite a few potatoes from last year. I hadn't looked up how, just stuck them in a paper bag and put in the frig. They were fine and are the first ones up this year. This is a great idea and so cheap. Something I'll do if I don't have any of my own. Kim

[jackierostow]

Great video. As I was cleaning up my leaves yesterday, I found 7 little potatoes in my back yard that I didn't plant. I don't compost much but sometimes I do throw scraps into my flower garden - I'm sure that's where these potatoes came from. The potatoes looked perfect to eat but were green from the light. I kept them. They are starting to sprout. I live in CT and can't guarantee that the potatoes will be kept cold enough in my garage. Can I store them and replant. I'm inspired!

[lupuslunainnorcal]

Thanks, Luke. I’m a seed customer of yours out in California, and it does not stay below 36 degrees during the winter. Can I keep them in the refrigerator or freezer? Maybe in a container of sand?

[mischelle]

I remember as a kid doing gardening with my grandma who just threw quarter squares of the potato into the soil and watered them. Then later went and dug up potatoes good huge potatoes.

[darlenepapenbrock]

such an old idea, my grandparents always used their old sprouted potatoes as their 'seed' potatoes.

[hillarywright]

Can you still plant them if they get wirery?

[paulhadfield]

why d they spray them with sprout inhibitor, i use norml supermarket potatoes they work fine, in uk

[jayamilapersson]

in Sweden that thing with sprout limiter spray is not used I get nice growth on my cheap storebought potatoes

[bobkluck]

Thanks Sir!! We have been watching you for a couple years and this winter have been digging deep into some of your older work.

[TheGenericAssasin]

To manage the humidity you can also store the seed potatoes in a paper bag with a few of those "do not eat" silica packets that often are in the pockets of new clothes or bags of dehydrated foods.

[bluerose]

Thank you for this video. I live in Hawaii and cant get seed potatoes shipped here. This is so useful. Im a beginner. So soaking up all this information! Thanks again!

[samerabraham]

What about the “certified” part of seed potatoes? How do you prevent disease like blight?

[brittmyzoneagarden]

So glad I was able to find this even without you didn’t link it!! I’m going to try this with some red potatoes! Maybe purple if I can find them organic

[dawnfiniff]

You can actually just cut the sprouting eyes off with a little bit of potato skin and use the potatoes for eating and the skins with sprouting eyes for planting. I saw it on BaconSoda's channel. It worked great!

[talkandeattv]

what kind of sand and where can i get it from

[claramaevanbrink]

I live in Georgia and it is too hot to do this. Can you put them in the refrigerator?

[cornbreadbees]

Could you buy the organic potatoes just before planting and then go ahead and plant thanks for the video

[alexar.h.]

Do small seed potatoes grow small sized potatoes too or can they grow bigger ones like does size matter with the seed potatoes