I watched a video a few years back where a guy who plants lots of potatoes (acres not rows) and he advocated not cutting potatoes reasoning that the cuts invite pathogens. I have purchased seed potatoes that are as small as possible for that reason.
It seems allowing the cut to heal would be much the same reasoning as using whole potatoes. My soil is fairly dense so I dig a trench and fill with straw and some compost rather than refill with soil.
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