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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Hector on April 22, 2009, 08:36:37

Title: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: Hector on April 22, 2009, 08:36:37

I have had potatos languishing in a kitchen cupboard sprout before (when accidentally left to own devices). I want to try this on purpose with a regular potato, as I couldn't get seed potatoes of this variety. Can I get potato plants from it and how would I do it? I've read about sweet potato slips but this is an orginary/European potato.
Thanks!
Jackie

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: saddad on April 22, 2009, 08:50:38

Just treat the whole tuber as you would a seed potato... plant intact. Shouldn't do this regularly as they may be carrying diseases.  :)

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: nilly71 on April 22, 2009, 09:03:17

My sister in law didn't know what to do with her seed potatoes and sliced of the growth with a bit of potatoe attached and left them on the window cill in a plate of water.
They had a great root sytem on them after about a week or two, she then planted them and they are growing fine.

Neil

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: saddad on April 22, 2009, 09:07:05

That will work, sometimes they grow from peelings in compost bins...  :)

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: chriscross1966 on April 22, 2009, 13:18:40

I tend to find if you step on a rotten one on a fairly smooth hard surface then you slip a decent distance  ;D

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: sawfish on April 22, 2009, 17:56:09

Quote from: chriscross1966 on April 22, 2009, 13:18:40

I tend to find if you step on a rotten one on a fairly smooth hard surface then you slip a decent distance  ;D

superb!
 ;D

Title: Re: How do you get slips from potatos?
Post by: Hector on April 22, 2009, 18:11:16

Quote from: chriscross1966 on April 22, 2009, 13:18:40

I tend to find if you step on a rotten one on a fairly smooth hard surface then you slip a decent distance  ;D

But I'd get "tatty" if I did that???


Thanks all, will go for it :)