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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

newbie question here.............
 
I see how when I pick the new potatoes off, that some more little spuds start 
above, higher and higher up the stem.
 
Now, some of the leafy tops have completely died, and some are 1/4 to 1/2 
dead.
 
The question is,,,,,,,,,,,,, do the spuds underground keep growing if the top 
part of the plant is dead?
 
The reason I ask is I just took a shovel and dug up two of the dead looking 
ones (they've been dead for a week).... and to my surprise there were a bunch 
of little potatoes,,,, small but I ate them for lunch and made a whole 
meal,,,, and there were more of those little stolon things, and I could have 
sworn there weren't any left last time I checked these two plants a few weeks 
ago.
 
Either I didn't look close........... or it leads to my question.  If the 
tops are dead can the little spuds underground keep growing?
 
 
 
 



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just popping in for a minute to see what y'all are up to (me, I'm knee-deep 
in lettuce and beets and am canning a few pickles today...  hope to be 
knee-deep in oca and yacon tubers by fall... the oca looks great!)

The truth about the story regarding the Obama folk trying to repeal the laws 
of physics can be found at this addy:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/physics.asp

funny story, but false.  

However, when Cole was directly asked about the validity of this story, his 
response and revelation of the genesis of the story should make us worry 
about just who we put in Congress!  I hope the congressmen Mr. Cole was 
talking to years ago made their request in jest, but ya never know these 
days...

back to the pickles--trying a recipe for jalepeno garlic dills, figure that 
will go in my bro's Christmas stocking this year....

-Rebecca in the Great Northwest

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