Chuck52
Veteran Member
It's coming up on time to get the potatoes in the ground, and I have left-over potatoes from last year I'm planning to use for part of a row. These are kennebecs, and most of them have sprouts already. Should I just break off the sprouts before planting them? Some are pretty long. I figure the short sprouts are OK, but I don't know what burying the longer sprouts might do, like promote rot and such? Most of my planting will still have to be with bought seed potatoes, but I probably have enough of these small left overs for 20-25 feet or so. If I have as many small ones this year as last I may make more of an effort to keep them as seed by putting them in an even darker space. They're in the basement, but I've got a root cellar I could have kept them in. It was just more convenient to get to them where they are, but if I plan to keep them as seed the convenience factor won't apply.
Chuck
Chuck