My family and I have quite a few potatoes that have sprouted because we forgot about them and didn't get them eaten. Techinically I can cut seed pieces from them and plant them, rather than throw them out, but from what I've been reading kitchen potatoes may not be disease free. Does anyone know more about this or know of ways to (like sulfur) ensure that I can use these disease free? Or is it, in your experience, not a good idea... or a worry-free good idea?
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Re: planting kitchen potatoes - disease free?
Fri, May 9, 2008 - 3:02 PMI've never tried to plant kitchen potatoes. Seed potatoes are treated with a substance that helps them resist fungal diseases. I've been told to only plant certified seed potatoes.
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Re: planting kitchen potatoes - disease free?
Sun, May 11, 2008 - 8:01 AMy' know, we did this last year... i was dead set against it, but my husband was all for it and did it anyway. he didn't treat them with anything , and they were just fine. bountiful, in fact. but it's a gamble... he wanted to do it again this year but i won! we planted a bunch of different seed potatoes and i wasn't about to let him potentially contaminate them...
i know it really has to do with the potatoes themselves but i really think your intentions and prayers have much to do with the health of your plants... so i would talk to those taters and see what they want... and do it if it feels right :) -
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Re: planting kitchen potatoes - disease free?
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 8:14 AM"i know it really has to do with the potatoes themselves but i really think your intentions and prayers have much to do with the health of your plants... so i would talk to those taters and see what they want... and do it if it feels right"
Ah - good advice, so simple (solutions usually are, eh?). I just checked out THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS from the library, perhaps there is some of this approach in there I will find useful. -
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Re: planting kitchen potatoes - disease free?
Mon, May 12, 2008 - 3:48 PMI've known a lot of farmers to simply keep the smallish potatoes for seed and plant them, year after year. That used to be the way everyone did it.
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