Did you plant potatoes in your garden this year and aren't sure what you are looking at is a weed or a potato? Learn what potato leaves look like so you don't accidentally pull them.
What do potatoes look like when they sprout?
The answer is in the pictures here.
Whenever you are growing something for the first time, it's fun learning how each plant grows.
My first year growing potatoes, I hadn't seen them grow before. I didn't know exactly what to expect to emerge from the ground.
When the first leaves starting to emerge I wasn't sure if they were weeds or the potatoes, but after a couple days it became clear that these were the potatoes. It took the potatoes a little over a week to start shooting up leaves.
The picture above was taken at 18 days after planting the potatoes.
They have been growing pretty fast. Each day I come and look at them, there seems to be more leaves.
The Adirondack Blue potatoes that I am growing even have a hint of blue/purple color in their leaves. I love seeing the differences in plants that are the same type but a different variety.
Click here to find out where you can purchase purple or blue potatoes.
Are you growing potatoes this year? Tell us more about it. Leave a comment below.
When you are potatoes are done growing use can use them when a recipe calls for new potatoes.
Dan Points
Are the leaves of the Adirondack Blue potatoes, poisonous like the regular russet potatoes
admin
I do not know the answer to that. I would say yes unless you find out otherwise. I will try and look more into it.
Kathryn E Szwajer
I live in the catskill mountains of ny and tasted purple potatoes this past summer i'd like to know where to purchase them. If they need to be purchased online and of course price shipping and handling.
Leo Shelton
I am in the same situation, I buried a potato in some soil in a post a long time ago, I actually pulled what I thought was a weed a couple of weeks later...this time with this new plant that's growing, I thought I better Google images of potato plant leaves ...hense I'm here ?
I too dont know if it's a weed or the actual potato plant, so I took a picture, and I'm comparing the leaves to your plants, and "I think" it's actually a potato plant...I wish I could attach the picture.
Anyways, I will continue my research...I'm like 80% sure it's not a weed. Thanks for your article ????♂️
Liz
Hi Thanks for the potato plant photo. I started an in-ground compost area and surprise! Keep up the good work
Liz
Eric Samuelson
Glad I could be of assistance.