Re: success stories/propagation using potato

FWIW, in times past (1800's) dormant grape cuttings were sometimes stuck in potatoes to keep them viable on long trips. They weren't left in the potato for rooting, though.
-Lon J. Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Aug 10, 2005, at 8:32 AM, Don Martinson wrote:

I virtually never see any traffic on hort.net's woodies and propagation
lists so I'm sending out my little success story to get things rolling.


Here's a question I've been meaning to ask. On a recent Gardening By theYard (HGTV), a method of propagation was mentioned where the cutting to be propagated was inserted into a potato after first having made a hole slightly smaller than the cutting. No further details were given other than to plant the entire potato-cutting.

I realize this sounds rather Jerry Baker-esque, but yet, I think: hmmmm, maybe that just might work. Has anyone ever heard of this, much less tried it? I usually find infomation on GBTY to be relatively reliable (Paul James humor aside).
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