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- From: pech <pech9 AT rocketmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] green potatoes
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:39:24 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks Bill
----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT inil.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:52:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] green potatoes
From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT inil.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:52:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] green potatoes
Dave
While eating potatoes that have turned green is ill-advised, it shouldn't be a problem to save them for seed the following Spring, as long as they are otherwise in good condition. The substance that makes them mildly toxic, solanin, doesn't interfere with the tuber's ability to sprout and grow the next season, nor will it translate into the new tubers the following season, unless they too are exposed to light. I've saved them before with good results.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
----- Original Message -----From: pechTo: Market FarmingSent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:48 AMSubject: [Market-farming] green potatoesHi,Has anyone saved potatoes that have been exposed to the sun for planting the following year? Does anyone know why I shouldn't do this?Thanks
DaveZ6a
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