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A Laotian-American woman who has a farm near Fresno told me the best way to grow ginger is to just throw some into a compost pile, keep it damp and let nature work it's magic. I tried but so far nothing to show for that experiment. BUT, when I got back o Sunday from about 12 days out of town, I noticed some things growing out of the compost bin, one looked like onion (and it was) but the other was something I had never seen before. Very weird so I dug to where it was originating and found an old potato! Didn't recognize it as I have never planted potatoes before. It's very cool and I'd like to put it in the ground or do whatever I need to do to keep it growing, although I'm not sure of the best way to proceed. Lorraine you are the Potato Master. Any tips for me?
The other very cool thing is a bunch of cilantro has seeded itself in the front yard from one old plant that died there a couple of months ago. Cilantro is such a bitch to grow that I'm very happy about the self seeding. Hopefully the temperature has cooled down enough now that it won't all flower immediately. And it's here just it time for the avocados too!
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You gotta love the potato!!! They're fun to harvest...is this a rock or part of my crop? Yummy to eat and easy to grow.
Just remember a potato is the root, so bury it in the ground and let the plant grow; the "potato" should be six inches or so below the surface. Water and sun...when the "plant" turns brown and dies, it's time to harvest. Pull out the plants as the little potatos will stay on the roots...but the larger ones will stay in the dirt, so you need to get dirty and turn the ground to dig them out. I dug up my pototos in late September and a couple of weeks ago when I was buring my jack-o-lantern guts (in hopes of pumpkin vines appearing in the spring) I dug up three more potatos!
The other nice thing abouut potatos is if old ones in your kitchen have sprouted "eyes" you cut the potatos in the pieces (2 eyes to a piece), plant the pieces and a potato plant will grow!
those potatoes like it in the dark, bury them, remember where and let them do their thing
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