100 lbs of seed potatoes for $10.

[Denninmi]

OK, they aren't technically seed potatoes -- I had to pick up a couple of things at Meijer on my lunch hour, and they had some 10 lb bags of Michigan white potatoes on the produce clearance rack for $1 a bag -- reason, they are all bearing rough 1/4 inch sprouts.

While not certified seed potatoes, I've had great success with planting regular grocery store potatoes, AS LONG AS they are already sprouted -- this means they have grown out of the sprout inhibitors used to treat them, or perhaps they weren't treated at all (although odds are, unless "organic" they were). I've never had any dread diseases from grocery store potatoes, knock on wood.

I'll still pick up some regular seed potatoes at the local feed store in about 2 weeks when they come in, red, Yukon Gold, some Idaho Russet type.

But I certainly couldn't pass that up. That should get me started for the year.

[beac]

1. A spud-tacular bargain, no doubt about it!

I haven't tried potatoes yet. Maybe a fall crop this year, if I can decide on a container method. (In the ground, our local groundhogs would make quick work of them, alas.)

[WhiteTara]

2. I'm using the bin method

and I got my potatoes in just a couple of days ago. I used chicken wire as the base with weed barrier next and then added the first layer of dirt, the sprouted potatoes and the covering level of dirt on top of that. A good watering and we'll see what happens next.