10-19-2012, 10:18 PM
Yes, this is true. And you don't even have to suspend the potato above water. Just put a piece of potato (I actually only have experience with sweet potatoes) in some moist soil and keep it moist until the potato sprouts appear. I dug some nice potatoes out of my garden just this week that I started from pieces that I'd had in a drawer in the pantry for several months. And I started them just in wet soil this past spring.