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.... use your Potato Planter

.... use your Potato Planter

Planting Plant three seed potatoes in inner pot, preferably in peat moss. Locate them in center of pot, mid height, leaving some space in between them. Insert inner pot into outer pot and water thoroughly. Care Water regularly, preferably daily. Fertilize occasionally. Place in warm and bright location. Cover pot with plastic sheet or plexiglass until potatoes sprout. Alternately, pre-sprout potatoes, which shortens harvesting time by 2 weeks: in February place seed potatoes in bright natural light at about 68F, let sprout. Starting with your plant inside is okay, but move pot outdoors once potatoes sprout. At any time lift...