A couple weeks ago, I wrote an update on how I was done with my garden for the year; however, I am a big ol’ liar. I had a couple potatoes that sprouted in my pantry this month and it felt like such a waste not to use them.

Last week, I decided I was going to plant the 4 sprouted potatoes in a bucket and grow it outside until the frost hits and then bring it inside under a grow light until they are ready.

Unlike usual, I am going to do absolutely no research. This is a blind experiment, to test some of my garden knowledge in a very low-stakes measure of my ever-growing wisdom.

Spring vs Fall

My brain tends to work well with the scientific method, but I don’t want to sound like too much of a narc, so I will take the easier to digest route, a pros and cons list. The “pros” denote why I think I shouldn’t have any issues growing potatoes this fall/winter and the “cons” denote things I worry about causing failure to this project.

Pros:

• You essentially have the same temperature and humidity levels outside in the spring and fall
• A lot of cold-weather vegetables are grown in both the spring and fall growing seasons
• Potatoes do not require pollination because they are not grown from the flowers of the plant, so having no bees inside is finally paying off
• I have a grow light once it starts frosting outside
• Matt Damon did it in the movie, The Martian

Cons:

• Our cat loves to ruin anything I do inside. He has learned to leave my indoor plants alone, but he loves to mess with new additions to the house. This is a 50/50 gamble.

Honestly, the reason I am trying out this project is because I have faith in its viability. I have learned a lot about gardening in the last couple of years and I am hoping that means I will have some homegrown potatoes in 12-15 weeks.

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