Tater Babies

"The Husband" talking. One of my rare, bi-annual posts.

So last fall, the  "All Blues" (but more appropriately called All Purples) potatoes produced seed pods to my surprise. I've never seen a potato plant do that. The seeds pods were a sphere about the size of a quarter. Around November, I picked up a couple seed pods off the ground that looked to be starting to rot. I wanted to try and save the seeds over winter and plant them in the spring to see what happens.

Jen and I want to start saving seeds to save money but also to reduce our carbon footprint. The less we have shipped to us the better!

So I smashed the seed pods, strained the seeds out, dried the seeds, and put them in a jar on the counter.

About a week and a half ago, I noticed them on the counter and planted them. I covered them with about a quarter of an inch of soil and put them in the window. And to my surprise today, I saw this...

Three of them are growing!!!! I'm so proud I think I shed a tear! I think I threw in about 50 seeds in two small containers so I might have to thin them out. I'm pretty excited about it. I have no idea what will happen. Will they grow potatoes this year? Next year? I don't have a clue. So any input would be appreciated.

So I just had to gush about my new Tater Babies. I'm usually just contributing to the garden by helping Jen in any way I can. So this is my first adventure into growing something myself and of course I chose something totally weird like growing potatoes from seed.

So if this works out, maybe I'll post more than just twice this year!!!