The first step in planting potatoes is selecting the seeds.
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Seed potatoes are just potatoes that have started growing alien-looking tendrils and eyes. The more exciting looking, the more desirable for planting. Gardeners cut up the potatoes so that each piece has tendrils or at least three eyes.
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First, gardeners dig a potato furrow and shovel compost into it all the way down. Then they place each potato seed about a foot apart, as they’ll grow into large plants. Another shovelful of compost covers each potato seed. Potatoes need a lot of nutrients to grow. Finally, gardeners rake earth over the furrows and water in the seeds.
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Planting potatoes takes a village of gardeners when you’re planting for two dozen households!