On 07/20/2014 08:27 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 01:21:35 -0700, Todd wrote:

On 07/19/2014 03:28 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
I bought some of those delicious tiny potatoes. Put them in veg bin along with other potatoes -- small red. Went to nuke tinies today. SPROUTING! If they're babies, why are they prematurely geriatric. And if they're not babies, how is size controlled? Is it a function of species? 1 week seems rather soon to start sprouting. Dinner companion said it's because they are so long in transit.

Any experience out there?

HB


Hi Higgs,

I do believe your dinner companion was correct.

Does this help?

http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-...they-good.html

"Potato sprouts often appear when you store potatoes for a
long time ... Research has suggested that if the main part
of the potato is still firm, then it has most of its
nutrients intact and can be eaten after removing the
sprouted part. However, if the potato is shrunken and
wrinkled, it should not be eaten.

I always loved to see them sprout. Means they truly were organic.

Not true, so-called organic potatoes sprout just as readily. Anyway
there is no such thing as organic potatoes... potatoes are attacked by
so many soil borne diseases that they must be chemically treated if
there is to be a crop. Actually there is no such thing as organic
produce unless grown in a greenhouse held under clean room laboratory
conditions.


Hi Brooklyn1,

I am not sure how you got there, but what I was saying was
that a sprouted potato is a tip off that is has not been
sprayed with an anti sprouting agent. I suppose a conventional
one could not be sprayed, but usually they all are.

There may not be "perfect" organic produce, but they sure
do taste better (some of the production organic farms, not so much,
picked too green) and use a lot less persistent chemicals.
I would say, even if they are not perfect, they certainly are
more wholesome.

But to each his own. That is what the free market is for.
You have a choice. You can buy produce dripping with
chemistry set chemicals if you like or ones with a a lot
less chemicals that don't persist. It is whatever floats you
boat.

Just out of curiosity, what is your take on "Wild Grown"?

-T