I donned a pair of garden gloves today and started digging around in the potato bin/cage and here is what I found... In all but 2 cases the seed potato (I had planted whole potatoes, did not cut them up for planting) was basically a sphere of rotted mush, but they were each surrounded by 6-8+ little baby potatoes some as small as a pea, most more like the size of a grape or cherry tomato. Two of the 7 or so total seed potatoes were still firm but I did not dig them all the way to inspect more closely. I scooped out the rotted seed potatoes but left the little baby potatoes in the soil, hoping that they might grow... they did seem to have their own little roots, their skin was bright pink, and they looked very healthy. The two as-yet unrotted seed potatoes I left in as well and tried not to disturb them too much. Thoughts? This was my first attempt at growing potatoes and I feel like in all the research I had done prior, I didn't come across anything like this. I suppose I could dig up the little 'fingerling' potatoes and just make a meal of them, but I'd rather give them a chance to grow if there is a possibility that they could actually grow at this point. It really doesn't feel that far into the growing season here (even though others' zone 6 gardens are producing already)... my volunteer tomato plants are only about 3-4 inches tall right now and the plants I started (tomatoes, cukes, zukes, pumpkins, beans, peas) are only just starting to take off.

Don't quote me 100% on this It's late it's hot I'm tired & my brain hurts LOL But if I remember correctly potato leaves are in the Nightshade family & Shouldn't be eaten But not 100% sure if that applies to sweet potatoes leaves or not??? You can grow regular grocery store sweet potatoes They're pretty easy to grow Pic is of one grown from a grocery store yam (red one) Even got some potatoes from a few on mine

Bobby, it is just short of amazing, that you've not seen a green potato before now. It's often hard to find any that DON'T have green, here. "But potatoes belong to the nightshade family, Solanaceae, as are tomatoes, petunias, eggplant, nicotine, sweet and hot peppers, datura, and the alkaloids in them can range from mildly to extremely toxic." Yes, and different people have different levels of sensitivity to them. I find that eating tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, & peppers really intensifies Arthritis pain. And if I eat a potato that has green on it, it is even worse. Like some others here, I definitely do NOT eat potato chips that are green, or partially green. And I cut green off of potatoes when cooking, too. In fact, I eat very little of any of the Nightshade family. For the most part, it just isn't worth it! Yet I know of others who aren't bothered by them at all. Go figure. Rusty

You could but how successful they would be all depends on the amount of damage done to them. Plus storing them that long might be a problem. Cool, dry storage is required and they may continue to rot anyway. In your climate I'd be tempted to replant them now and hope for some crop from then this year. Dave