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will this work?

seen that one before.. some of the members were going to try that some time ago, don't remember of it worked or not. i would think the potato will rot and take the cutting with it. 

Or if the potato sprouts....it would create quite the tangled mess lol

I think it's worth a try.  I'll definitely try it on roses!  We have 200' of frontage that slopes to the road, and once the roses bloom, I'll be trying a row of potato roses.  AND I might try a fig or two once new wood in bad places (like crossing limbs) start on my figs.  But the roses, I'll give a definite whirl!

Suzi

It could work, but I don't see how the potato would not grow also. Maybe after planting you just need to persistently cut the potato shoots until it is depleted.

How do you harvest the potatoes afterwards?

Almost each stick of rose that I put in the ground would grow into a new rose plant - if I water them regularly of course.
The potato could well be folklore .

But it could work as the potato will make rooting hormones for itself and the cutting would benefit/steal from that.
Some use a wheat seed that they insert in the bottom end of the cutting - The seed will make rooting hormones for itself which will be of benefit for the cutting.
Let's make the test - ho no, too soon for potatoes here :( .

We have about 30 rose sticks in the ground now.  So far no action, but they've only been in for a couple weeks.  Fingers crossed.  I have some favorites, so hoping they take.

Suzi

If you take a white ischia cutting and pop it inside a blue potato, you will get a Blue Ischia! Who wants to try it?

Sorry.....just couldn't resist!

ROTFLOL

>>> anybody tried potatoes for figs?

Though I love them both; I prefer figs for them potatoes and tomatoes!

Try a watermelon and get back to me. lol

I tried it too and did not work for me either.

Would love it if you put your zone in your signature, figarita.  Gene, I think Arkansas is kinda humid, and maybe that is the problem with the rotting, but I am speaking from zero experience. 

We do have cuttings just stuck straight into the ground, per some post on garden web (and although we water, I fear they will dry out).  We could use a few hundred more roses, so we are giving it a whirl.  If the sticks in the ground don't work, and we will soon know, we'll try the potato thing.  Nothing ventured.........  A 10 lb bag of spuds is cheap at Walmart, and when our existing roses bloom, there will be plenty of opportunities to try cuttings with or without potatoes!

Suzi

Hi DesertDance,
Fig tree and roses go the same : Dormant cutting.
I make my rose cuttings from October to March. I have some prepared from last week.
I cut them, leave them on the ground for a week and then I push them in the ground a the desired final place.
So you're just on time to make some for this year .