hMMMM, jOHNNY APPLE SEED................Bismuth potato seed! Sounds pretty cAtchy!

Trust me, I've been called that before. I'm trying perpetuate the bloodline of a small piece of potato that I planted about eight years ago, but my attempts at introducing them as an exotic species to every place I've ever been to or ever will go to aren't going so well. In some places, they do great. In others, it would seem that they'll only grow if they already have significant eye growth. In the Media City Center, they didn't have any eyes before going into the ground, and they did great. In my own backyard, there's no visible growth yet. I hope that they can take the frost like my other potatoes do.

I'm kind of wondering why you didn't go to security first and tell them what you were going to do? I don't do that kind of security, but if I did and saw someone putting something in a planter in a mall, I'd have been on you like a duck on a junebug. Cheryl

It was kind of an impulse. I had my pockets stuffed with potatoes, and there were the planters. What it all boils down to, though, is the reaction that people will have when the potatoes are finally discovered. Also, I've been known to be unconventional in my gardening methods, especially in the case of Solanum tuberosum.

Where did you get the potatoes you planted? Are they what you call "seed potatoes?"

LOL, this thread is great. Have you planted your potato in Chicago? If you haven't send me one next spring and I'll plant it somewhere funny for you.

LOL, this thread is great. Have you planted your potato in Chicago? If you haven't send me one next spring and I'll plant it somewhere funny for you.

I have this image of you going back and harvesting all those potatoes. That would wake up the security guards!