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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.
I think its best to grow potatoes in long hills on the ground. Start with a 6 inch hill, plant potatoes with sprouts pointed up under 4-6 inches of soil. As the potato plants grows backfill soil around the plants several times through the growing season.