Growing Potatoes 🥔Determinate vs Indeterminate determinate varieties grow somewhat faster, require slightly less work (because you do not have to mound up more dirt around them as they grow), but tend to have a smaller yield because they only grow one "layer" of tubers.indeterminate varieties take longer to mature and require more work (mounding up dirt throughout the growing season) but potentially can produce many more potatoes, and you can grow them in potato bags or towers.At least 6 hours