Volunteer potatoes

[curly_kate]

I planted potatoes in a big tub earlier this spring, and then thought it was too wet, so I took out the eyes, and planted onions instead. Well, I looked at the onions yesterday, and lo & behold, there were some nice looking potato seedlings. Is there a chance of them surviving if I move them? I'm going to anyway because there's not enough room in there with the onions, but I'm curious about the chances of them surviving the transplant.

 

[jlmann]

They might survive. I'm not really sure though. Some things transplant really well and others never really recover. I've never had to move a potato so I don't know. Be sure to let us know how it works because I'm curious now too.

 

[dickiebird]

When I planted my potatoes I had way more than I had an area ready for, so I brought the rest inside and planted them in containers. In a very short time I had plants sprouting in the containers inside but nothing going outside. I took about 2 weeks before I was able to move the plants outside and I still didn't have any plants showing that were origionaly out doors. Only about half of my origional outdoor planting sprouted but 100% of the transplanted ones are going great guns.
So the answer is, yes you can transplant potatoes.
THANX RICH

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