Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:51:14 -0700
The only thing I have had trouble getting to sprout were Yukon Gold
potatoes. Monocrop bent, I wanted to fill out the row, so bought some at a
supermarket. Wish I could remember which one. That part of the row was
essentially dead all summer, and when I dug the rest of the row, I dug in
that area, and there lay the seed potatoes, covered with aborted
sprouts. Margaret L
>Garden catalogs and posts in garden newsgroups often caution against using
>garlic bulbs, potatoes or sweet potatoes from supermarkets alleging the
>produce is sprayed with a retardant to prevent sprouting. I have using
>supermarket produce in the garden for decades with no problems which leads
>me to believe the retardant spraying practice exists more in the minds of
>the seed suppliers than in the supermarket produce,
>
>Olin
>