Thank you Leftwood, for clarifying that. I've done cuttings, layering, etc. with some success, but was going to try the potato. That way a few folks here had actually tried it to report results to save others time, effort and waste. Thus far, I have found that all cuttings inside have wilted, but not to the point of death (I figured that is because I reamed a hole and there is not 100% contact with the moisture of the potato). (Will continue to mist them and wait.) I did bury some in my compost pile as a second test spot - - thought I'd see if they make it through winter and had rooted by spring. There is actually some potting soil and mix currently in the pile. But there I only tried Spirea and Buddleia. That was my thought about the potato, it has lots of moisture, and then I also thought it may have some sort of rooting properties as well. ? No sense people wasting good potatoes if this is not an easy method that increases chances of success.
