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NathanP · January 23, 2015

I think it is really only an issue if the tuber gets too dehydrated to sprout. There is a way you can rehydrate a very dry tuber in slightly moist potting soil for a few days closer to planting time.

You can plant them with the sprouts, even if they end up 18" long. Just lay the tuber down and bury the entire sprout horizontally. You don't need to break them off. You can sometimes get 4-5 rounds of sprouts. That is one advantage to doing Pull Sprouts. If they are rooted sprouts, you can plant that without being attached to the tuber. 4-5 rounds of doing that can multiply your plants.

Another thing that may help delay further sprouting is storing them in diffused light. Not direct sunlight.

January 23, 2015	#4
NathanP Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: RI Posts: 183	I think it is really only an issue if the tuber gets too dehydrated to sprout. There is a way you can rehydrate a very dry tuber in slightly moist potting soil for a few days closer to planting time. You can plant them with the sprouts, even if they end up 18" long. Just lay the tuber down and bury the entire sprout horizontally. You don't need to break them off. You can sometimes get 4-5 rounds of sprouts. That is one advantage to doing Pull Sprouts. If they are rooted sprouts, you can plant that without being attached to the tuber. 4-5 rounds of doing that can multiply your plants. Another thing that may help delay further sprouting is storing them in diffused light. Not direct sunlight.