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If you want your potatoes to begin growing rapidly, you can plant your potatoes in a trench 4 inches deep. Plant your seed potatoes in the center of the trench with the eyes facing up and space them 8 to 12 inches apart before you cover the trench with dirt.
Potatoes are a tuber vegetable that thrive during the cooler weeks of the growing season. Potatoes grow best at soil temperatures of 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Soils over 80 degrees are not conducive to tuber formation, so gardeners must plant potatoes as early as possible in the spring to harvest before the soil warms. Potatoes grow most successfully in the cooler regions, although gardeners in warmer zones may harvest potatoes in cooler months of the year.