Not Jeannie, but you can take a whole potato and cut it into halves, thirds, or quarters, as long as you make sure it has a couple of the little eyes that sprouts grow from. You want to turn the cut side down and have the eyes/sprouts pointing up. I have tried growing potatoes in a trash barrel and they did not not produce like I usually get. I did get a couple of good meals of new size potatoes. By the way I love gardening and I do not enjoy not being able to do all the things outside that I once was able to do. I have worked in gardens since I was around 6 years old. I can remember dad teaching me how to plant various seeds and plants. Marilyn On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Barbara Mangan <[email protected]>wrote: > Jeannie, what part of the potatoe do you plant? Can I then put them in a > bag of potting soil and do what? Really anxious to hear your advice. > Barb > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash