A Little Girl's Experiment Growing Sweet Potato Vines

recruiterg · January 17, 2014

Saw this on FB. Had to share...

http://shar.es/UfL3E

A little girl decided to do an experiment with a sweet potato, and her results will change the way you think about the fruits and vegetables you buy at the grocery store.

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FarmerShawn · January 17, 2014

Cute kid!
Over 25 years ago I worked a winter season for a neighbor who grew regular potatoes, and vividly remember him saying that folks who bought his potatoes intending to plant them in their gardens would be very disappointed, because the ones he still had in storage come spring came from plants that had been sprayed before harvest so they would keep better and not sprout in storage. I don't recall what the chemical was, or if he even told me, but it must have been something similar. So this stuff, or something like it, has been around for a long time now.

Redbaron · January 17, 2014

That girl is absolutely adorable. Our future scientists!

Worth1 · January 17, 2014

My resources tell me that she might be a very small 23 year old research scientist.
It is said she works for Monsanto to help promote their new line of GMO organic seeds it is said they may have.

Worth

NarnianGarden · January 17, 2014

Sweet!

Thankfully, as far as I know, our produce is not being sprayed - so even regular (non-organic) potatoes from the grocer store can be used as seed tubers (have done it, and it worked well)

A bit alarmed now about the budnip residues in the American sweet potatoes. As a huge fan of that vegetable, I wonder if I should stop buying it altogether. It's a staple vegetable in our supermarkets year round. The other country of origin is Israel, and I don't think those are any less 'treated'.
So, I might have to stick with local winter starchies... no more roasted sweet potatoes

unless I happen to find them organic.

January 17, 2014	#1
recruiterg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4) Posts: 945	A Little Girl's Experiment Growing Sweet Potato Vines Saw this on FB. Had to share... http://shar.es/UfL3E A little girl decided to do an experiment with a sweet potato, and her results will change the way you think about the fruits and vegetables you buy at the grocery store. This message was sent using ShareThis (http://www.sharethis.com)

January 17, 2014	#2
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	Cute kid! Over 25 years ago I worked a winter season for a neighbor who grew regular potatoes, and vividly remember him saying that folks who bought his potatoes intending to plant them in their gardens would be very disappointed, because the ones he still had in storage come spring came from plants that had been sprayed before harvest so they would keep better and not sprout in storage. I don't recall what the chemical was, or if he even told me, but it must have been something similar. So this stuff, or something like it, has been around for a long time now. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

January 17, 2014	#3
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	That girl is absolutely adorable. Our future scientists! __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

January 17, 2014	#4
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	My resources tell me that she might be a very small 23 year old research scientist. It is said she works for Monsanto to help promote their new line of GMO organic seeds it is said they may have. Worth

January 17, 2014	#5
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Sweet! Thankfully, as far as I know, our produce is not being sprayed - so even regular (non-organic) potatoes from the grocer store can be used as seed tubers (have done it, and it worked well) A bit alarmed now about the budnip residues in the American sweet potatoes. As a huge fan of that vegetable, I wonder if I should stop buying it altogether. It's a staple vegetable in our supermarkets year round. The other country of origin is Israel, and I don't think those are any less 'treated'. So, I might have to stick with local winter starchies... no more roasted sweet potatoes unless I happen to find them organic.