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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:10:08 -0000, Roger Tonkin
wrote:

Strangely I never compost potato peelings, my mothers advice
some 55+ years ago. She said that potatoes would grow from
them. I'm sure it is one of those old wives tales, but such
long held habits are hard to break.

Years ago we had a huge compost heap used for any garden or kitchen
waste. Potato peelings often resulted in some potatoes growing on the
heap. The tubas they produced were perfectly edible.

We rarely peel potatoes, and never peel them deeply enough to allow
the eyes to sprout successfully, which is probably why I have never
seen that :-) Tomato and physalis plants from rejected fruit are
common casuals, though, and I occasionally have avocados shoot in
the heap.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.