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Compost Bin - Potato Peelings Sprouting

g.kingg.king Posts: 46
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As per the title, some of the potato peelings in my [darlek] compost bin have been sprouting with considerable length shoots. Is this normal?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147

    Yes … that’s perfectly normal. If left undisturbed you may even get a few little potatoes grow. However it would be better practice to regularly stir/turn the compost as you add new material. Any growing potatoes will die off in the winter. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They couldn’t afford seed potatoes during the war,  they just cut the eyes out of what they had for dinner.  I’ve had quite a few potatoes growing in the GH that I grow the tomatoes in. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I let them grow. You sometimes get enough for a meal. As far as I know, they're not doing any harm to your compost. I've got one or two on my heap that I'm hoping to harvest if they survive
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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