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Grundvilk's avatar

Don't give up on the potatoes too early. They may resprout, especially if the sprout chunks you planted had multiple eyes on them.

Just another reason for planting potatoes really deeply -- it delays upward growth until the chances the weather up top is sincere about turning warm.

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Irina Slav's avatar

You're absolutely right. We had a few potatoes sprout after we missed them during harvest time, so they stayed in the ground over the winter. Problem was, they didn't really make new potatoes. But yes, I try to plant them deep enough for them to be safe. Like peas, they're quite hardy.

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bbb's avatar

My bigger concern: is the Kitty okay?

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Irina Slav's avatar

Haha, he's fine, I just moved him to an inter-bed path and explained it is the better place to roll around. I've also got more twigs to stick around the beans once they sprout, so it's all good. :)

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