Nicole Johnsey Burke shows why dead-looking potato plants are ready to harvest. Each seed potato yields five to six tubers. Use certified seed potatoes, not grocery store ones, which are chemically treated to prevent sprouting.
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Hey Nicole, your potato plants look dead. What did you do wrong? I didn't do anything wrong. This means they're ready to harvest. Here, let me show you. You just dig around and look what you find. Oh my gosh, is that the only one you'll get? No, you're gonna get like 5 to 6 of these for every potato that you plant. Wait, so I can just plant my grocery store potatoes? Well, your grocery store potatoes, they're probably treated with something that keeps them from sprouting, so you actually want to use seed potatoes. Here's another one. Oh my gosh, that's so cool. So how long ago did you plant those? Oh, I think it was about like 4 months ago or Oh, so I've missed the window. Actually, you can plant these twice a year. There's another window coming up this fall.