Preparing for Planting
Choose the potato with multiple tubers. Make sure there aren't any molds on the tubers or potato.
Cut the parts with tubers into chunks. Tubers will usually appear in a clump, if so the whole part can be cut off as chunk. Do not remove the skin.
Dry the cut pieces. Leave the cut pieces on a hard surface to dry. Position the pieces ensuring the wet, skinless sides are in the air. It may take up to 1-2 hours for the potatoes to properly dry. They are ready when the cut pieces are no longer wet when touched.
Planting the Potatoes
Dig holes in the ground to plant the cut potato pieces. Just make sure they aren't cramped together.
Place the potato pieces in the holes and cover lightly with soil. The cut side is facing down, the tubers are facing upwards.
Spray the soil and always keep it wet. Sometimes when watering the potato is exposed, cover the potato with more soil.
Caring and Harvesting
Watch for sprouting. After a few days, green sprouts will appear from the ground.
Ensure that the soil remains moist. The soil must always be wet. When the tubers branch out into green stems, water with about 1–2 inches (3–5 cm) of water.
"Hill" the plant by adding more soil, as the stems grow taller.
Eventually the potato plant will die, sometimes after flowering. If flowering, wait until the plant dies.
Harvest by digging around the potatoes. Next, check if they are big enough for eating. If the potatoes are still small, leave them for a few days and harvest the bigger ones.
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