seed potato

noun

: a potato tuber grown for its buds which are used to start new plants

also : a section of such a tuber with one or more buds

Examples of seed potato in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In December, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a national survey detected no potato wart in seed potato fields not already under surveillance. —

Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 Crabby Patty is a generous lump crab cake sandwich with Béarnaise aioli on a sesame-seed potato bun. —

New York Eateries, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021 Cover the seed potato piece and fill the trench up as the potato plant grows in the trench. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Jan. 2021 Dig a trench 1 foot deep and place a portion of a seed potato every 18 inches. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 22 Jan. 2021 Put a few inches of a soil-compost mixture in the bottom of a bag, then plant three or four seed potato pieces and cover with 3 inches of soil. —

Doug Hall, Good Housekeeping, 21 May 2020 This week in the garden Plant seed potato pieces with eyes 18 inches apart in trenches 1 foot deep in the garden. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 23 Jan. 2020 Cover the seed potatoes in the trench initially with 3 to 4 inches of soil. —

Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 19 Dec. 2019 Gwenyn Hill's potatoes are grown from seed potatoes obtained from Vermont Valley. —

Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2019 See More

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