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To: diamond6

Absolutely!!! Cut them in half or so and plant them about 6-8 inches deep.

In fact all potatoes will do it. But here is a hint: if you are storing potatoes and DON’T want it to happen, then add one thing in with them - an apple!

Apples give off a natural ethylene gas and will stop potatoes from sprouting.


4,098 posted on 03/07/2009 9:04:45 PM PST by djf (I saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's... and his hair was PERFECT!!)
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To: djf; nw_arizona_granny

If anybody is interested, Safeway has five pounds of potatoes for 99 cents today and tomorrow only. (Well, at least in my part of AZ.)

This is the time to get that dehydrator out of the garage, and slice up those babies, dehydrate them and store them in a zip lock for future use.

Wild pigs will dig up any that I put into the ground, if the moles don’t get to them first.

Every sprout on a potato, will yeild an abundance of potatoes to dehydrate or can or freeze for future use.


4,106 posted on 03/07/2009 10:21:05 PM PST by yorkie
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To: djf

Cool!!! Thanks so much.

Do potatoes grow all year round?


4,119 posted on 03/07/2009 11:27:57 PM PST by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
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