Hi

I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
wondering if it was safe to plant them...
Thanks in advance.
Cal.


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Cal Mac wrote:
Hi

I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
wondering if it was safe to plant them...
Thanks in advance.
Cal.

Certainly: they're just doing what comes naturally. The only thing is
that if your garage is heated, I wonder if the shoots may get a bit
long, and so more vulnerable to frost. Still just "thinking aloud", if
they do seem rather well-developed at planting time, I'd think about
putting them in a week or two later than normal (whatever "normal" is
for your area); but it probably doesn't matter.

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I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
wondering if it was safe to plant them...
Thanks in advance.

Yes, but (outside) not yet.

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: I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
: they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
: wondering if it was safe to plant them...
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: Yes, but (outside) not yet.
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We are planting our first ones in Plymouth. I know they'll need protection
from the late frosts but that's a chance we take ..... sometimes lol

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: I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
: they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
: wondering if it was safe to plant them...
: Thanks in advance.
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: Yes, but (outside) not yet.
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We are planting our first ones in Plymouth. I know they'll need protection
from the late frosts but that's a chance we take ..... sometimes lol

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: from "Cal Mac" contains these words:
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: I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
: they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
: wondering if it was safe to plant them...
: Thanks in advance.
:
: Yes, but (outside) not yet.
:
We are planting our first ones in Plymouth. I know they'll need protection
from the late frosts but that's a chance we take ..... sometimes lol

Cambridge is still getting regular frosts, and the ground is as cold
as a witch's, er, perhaps I had better not say.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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: I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
: they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
: wondering if it was safe to plant them...
: Thanks in advance.
:
: Yes, but (outside) not yet.
:
We are planting our first ones in Plymouth. I know they'll need protection
from the late frosts but that's a chance we take ..... sometimes lol

Well, looking at today near and in Ashburton, I wish you luck!! Brrrrrrr!
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: I kept potatoes in the garage from last year but light got to them and
: they turned green...They have started sprouting recently and i was
: wondering if it was safe to plant them...
: Thanks in advance.
:
: Yes, but (outside) not yet.
:
We are planting our first ones in Plymouth. I know they'll need protection
from the late frosts but that's a chance we take ..... sometimes lol

Cambridge is still getting regular frosts, and the ground is as cold
as a witch's, er, perhaps I had better not say.


Go on, say it. We're gardeners, our world is dominated by the endlessly
repeating cycles of life and death and sex and shit. There's no point in
being coy.

Steve

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| Cambridge is still getting regular frosts, and the ground is as cold
| as a witch's, er, perhaps I had better not say.
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| Go on, say it. We're gardeners, our world is dominated by the endlessly
| repeating cycles of life and death and sex and shit. There's no point in
| being coy.

Don't you know the well-known expression?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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| Cambridge is still getting regular frosts, and the ground is as cold
| as a witch's, er, perhaps I had better not say.
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| Go on, say it. We're gardeners, our world is dominated by the endlessly
| repeating cycles of life and death and sex and shit. There's no point in
| being coy.

Don't you know the well-known expression?

Don't be coy.

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Don't be coy.

Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way,
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Well I never, Mr Maclaren ;o)


Nor did I, and I'm not going to start now.

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Cambridge is still getting regular frosts, and the ground is as cold
as a witch's, er, perhaps I had better not say.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


-5 by next Thursday Friday according to Met Office plus snow everywhere
-10 in Scotland from tomorrow likely.

No chance spring then .....................
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Well I never, Mr Maclaren ;o)


Nor did I, and I'm not going to start now.

Too cold anyway ..................


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-5 by next Thursday Friday according to Met Office plus snow everywhere
-10 in Scotland from tomorrow likely.

No chance spring then .....................

The island's first lamb was born this week, and my daffodils are out.


And what is their demand? More pay or better conditions?

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Well given the past week of snow i'm glad i didn't plant mine outside.