The story of the tattie
Once there wis a tattie Once there wis a tattie I pit it in the grun (I put it in the ground) An fan I wint tae look at it (And when I went to look at it) A wee bit shoot I foun (A little shoot I found) The shoot it grew an grew an grew An syne became a plant (And then became a plant) Weel syne I heft't ma tatties (Well then I dug up my potatoes) An hiv as much as I want! (And I eat as much as I want)
Tattie in a bag
Back in April we grew a tattie in a bag, see here to read more; and in July I lifted that tattie to see what fruit it had grown 🙂
Here’s what I found:
Here’s the tattie plant in the bag…let’s take it oot the bag… 
Now…let’s hae a look in the mud! 
New tatties! If I’d left it longer these tiny eens would have grown bigger 
Here’s ma crop 🙂
A tattie in water
Inside ma house I thought I would try an experiment.
I took a tattie with eyes, took all of them off, except one. I made a hole in a yogurt pot lid and placed the tattie on it, over a plastic cup filled 3/4 with water. The eye facing down towards the water, but not in it.
And I watched:
A tattie with eyes 
The eye has grown shoots… 
…and is reaching for the water 
The shoots have loads of tiny hair-like roots appearing 
Some of the roots have really grown! 
The roots are much thicker and now the leaf stem has begun to climb upwards 
Many hair-roots have grown… 
…like hair funnily enough! 
The plant has leaves!
And some of the roots have thickened; one has turned green – is this where tatties will grow?
The original eye is now a bulb and bigger green stems are appearing from it
I have now added a wee bit fertiliser – this poor tattie has only had water up till now! I will keep recording its growth and let you know what happens 🙂
silverhaar 