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Sue[_12_] · 01-10-2012, 12:17 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Baz" wrote
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Ophelia wrote:

Wildings? Please forgive my ignorance?

Potato plants that grow from small potatoes missed during harvest
or, in this case, those that survive.

Ah! We call them volunteers. Sorry for butting in.

Or self-sets, as my hubby calls them.

If they get left in our veg plot, they seem more often than not to
produce a bigger and better crop of spuds than the specially planted
ones. Typical!

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Sue