Re: OT:Other Plants
In a message dated 12/30/03 4:09:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,
DFerguson@cabq.gov writes:
> . I've heard rumors of growth
> inhibitor treatments to make them so they won't grow, but that's silly,
> they grow just fine, and I'm sure that if they did treat them that way
> there would be some sort of public outcry about putting such things in our
> food.
>
>
Being a native of spud country- We used to treat them in the spring with
"sprout nip", which worked as an inhibitor but not preventive. Since it costs
money to put in on potatoes and only is necessary when spring warming makes
sprouting possible the potatoes you're buying now wouldn't be treated.
George Mason in frosty Portland, Or. (But much warmer than Dave or Sharon)
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