I planted a potato and now its growing. I had no plans for this happening.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
I am curious what your intentions were for a potato that you planted that wasn't supposed to grow?
I ask because it might help formulate a plan if we can determine your intentions and expectations.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
Potatoes form underground but they can also flower and make fruit. The fruit looks like a little tomato. My advice is to not eat the fruit; it is toxic.
Also, it needs a way bigger pot to make more potatoes.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
just let it be
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
If you want to get some actual potatoes from that you're gonna need a much bigger pot. Also you want the potato to be like... six inches underground.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
I'm not a potatologist, but it seems like it should be fine to let it grow in there for a couple more weeks. It's happy there, and that's the main thing.
Then transplant it to a big bin/pot/raised bed or the ground outside. If it's root bound just cut down on the sides of the root tangle and detangle them a bit before planting. Put a big clear plastic tub/tote over it at night if it will be frosty.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
The potatoe part isnt going to get bigger...
It's shriveling up and dying so it's using all its stored energy in a last dying grasp for survival...
You need to fully bury it, or chop off the bits where it grew sprouts and store it like a regular one till you plant it. Neither way is guaranteed, but they're both better chances than exposed like that.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
Also don't plant any of the seeds these flowers may make. They could be poisonous.
Potatoes (and tomatoes, and I think eggplants) are nightshades, and we grow them by sticking them in the ground because new offshoots are clones.
Keep it as a flower, though, its neat.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
It looks like a vigorous potato, I hope you can find a place to put him outside
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Also don't plant any of the seeds these flowers may make. They could be poisonous.
Potatoes (and tomatoes, and I think eggplants) are nightshades, and we grow them by sticking them in the ground because new offshoots are clones.
Keep it as a flower, though, its neat.
What are you talking about? Planting the seeds just produces true seed potatoes which wont look like the original potato since they are a product of hetero plant reproduction.
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What are you talking about? Planting the seeds just produces true seed potatoes which wont look like the original potato since they are a product of hetero plant reproduction.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
Congratulations you have discovered agriculture
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
Life, uh, finds a way.
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It wasn't my intention, but here it is. Still too frosty to plant outside but it's getting bigger every day.
This also isn't the best pot to have used for transplanting, I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
Advice is welcome. No I won't eat this potato, because it's raw.
You arent aware how best vegetable aggressively grows, with or without your help?
Goddamn eldritch horror, but don't worry. I still manage to kill them somehow. Like othera have said, you're gonna need to cover it in soil.
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I am curious what your intentions were for a potato that you planted that wasn't supposed to grow?
I ask because it might help formulate a plan if we can determine your intentions and expectations.
Maybe they watched The Martian and wanted to test the scientific accuracy.
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Congratulations you have discovered agriculture
Let's see, next I'll build a granary, worker then settler.
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Maybe they watched The Martian and wanted to test the scientific accuracy.
This raises even more questions! Did they poo in that pot? And still, if they didn't intend for it to grow, why did they put it in soil‽
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You arent aware how best vegetable aggressively grows, with or without your help?
Goddamn eldritch horror, but don't worry. I still manage to kill them somehow. Like othera have said, you're gonna need to cover it in soil.
LOL this pic was my inspiration
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I have a feeling this thing will be too big in a week.
The potatoe part isnt going to get bigger...
It's shriveling up and dying so it's using all its stored energy in a last dying grasp for survival...
You need to fully bury it, or chop off the bits where it grew sprouts and store it like a regular one till you plant it. Neither way is guaranteed, but they're both better chances than exposed like that.
Ah, appreciate that
So if I bury it in deeper dirt, should be good to go?
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This raises even more questions! Did they poo in that pot? And still, if they didn't intend for it to grow, why did they put it in soil‽
I saw a picture of a potato Eldrich horror (posted elsewhere in this thread) and figured I should give the potato a home
