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Re: potatoes and tomato's

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I tried "greening" , AKA "chitting", for the 1st time this year.  But it
took over  a month before the short, stubby, sturdy green sprouts came out.
Maybe I didn't pre chill long enough.  I planted them along with some from
the same batch that had not been presprouted.  The presprouted ones have now
been up for about 3 weeks.  The others have yet to sprout.  -Olin

 Doreen wrote:
>Do NOT knock off the potato sprouts!!!  That's the new plants!  Stick them
>in the ground ASAP!  In fact, "greening" --the process of putting seed
>potatoes in the warm light to induce sprouting-- is the best way to get
your
>spuds off to a fast start in the ground. For others with seed potatoes,
>here's how to green:
>Lay seed potatoes in a single layer in a shallow box or pan.  Place near a
>sunny window where the temperature is about 70F.  Within a couple of days,
>the spuds will turn green and sprouts will emerge from eyes.  Plant before
>the sprouts are an inch long to avoid damaging them.
>Doreen Howard


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