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Old 16-06-2011, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz[_3_] View Post
kay,
The offspring will grow NEXT year, the parent seed potato will give a
second crop THIS year. Starting a new "brood" if that makes any sense.
OK, this is something I hadn't heard of. So thinking through the logic - the only reason why it would continue producing tubers *this* year is that it's still attached to the plant (otherwise it doesn't have the means to produce tubers). So as long as the plant is still healthy, does it matter whether or not the 'parent' tuber is still intact?
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