Potato Sprouts
 

If the sprouting books are anything to go by, seed sprouts are incredibly
good for us.
Now my maincrop (Cara) spuds fron last year have enormous sprouts.
Anyone know if they are edible. They are not green.
Zinc
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Potato Sprouts
 

"Zinc Potterman" . (delete 123's to reply) wrote
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If the sprouting books are anything to go by, seed sprouts are incredibly
good for us.
Now my maincrop (Cara) spuds fron last year have enormous sprouts.
Anyone know if they are edible. They are not green.
Zinc

Seed sprouts are nutritious because they contain all
the nutrients contained in the seed, necessarily in a
highly concentrated form.

Most if not all the nutrients in a sprouted potato is
still inside the tuber. Not the sprout.


michael adams

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Anyone know if they are edible.

Most parts of the potato plant are poisonous! I would check very
carefully before eating the sprouts.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
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Potato Sprouts
 

Yeh I tried a little bit and it took the back of me throat off almost.
Whoops

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If the sprouting books are anything to go by, seed sprouts are incredibly
good for us.
Now my maincrop (Cara) spuds fron last year have enormous sprouts.
Anyone know if they are edible. They are not green.
Zinc
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Zinc Potterman writes
Yeh I tried a little bit and it took the back of me throat off almost.
Whoops

As someone has pointed out already, the potato isn't a seed, it's a
tuber. And most parts of the potato are extremely poisonous (including
the fruits). I'd also caution you against wholesale sampling of seed
sprouts - many plants are poisonous to a greater or lesser degree.
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Kay