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Old July 26, 2013   #1
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Default What? Srpouts on new tubers

What would cause the potatoes, just dug, to have sprouts on them?
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Old July 26, 2013   #2
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Just my observations, not a potato expert here, but until someones else comes along I'll post my 2 cents. It seems that once the potatoes are mature, if they experience a couple weeks of soil that's too warm, especially if they're near the surface and are getting some light, too, they can come out of dormancy and sprout. I had that happen with several spuds this year, so I'm chalking it up to the heat wave we endured.

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Heat Sprouts.

Look it up on a Google search.
Some varieties are more prone to it than others. The use of the word "Heat" is there because the tubers sprout due to heat stresses.
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Well we had a heat wave and lots of rain. I'm surprised they weren't steam cooked.

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