3 hacks on growing potatoes! Growing potatoes can be so fun and rewarding, but be sure to follow these tips to get a huge potato harvest! We like to grow potatoes in our raised beds, but you can grow potatoes anywhere you want. Heck, you can even grow potatoes in a container! We like to plant the whole potato as opposed to chit them. That’s just our own personal preference. We find that we get larger potatoes this way. We also like to fertilize the potatoes when they are starting to bloom! It really helps get maximum yields of potatoes!