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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:20:22 JST kaia
   I have a full pack of potatoes that I forgot about in the cupboard while we were away. it heavily germinated and spread its tentacles everywhere.
   
   it's kinda sad to throw it out on the bio waste, but the soil is frozen now. any alternatives? I don't have planters.
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:20:53 JST kaia

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     CC: maybe @mangeurdenuage topic
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     patter (patterfloof@meow.social)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:36:09 JST patter

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     @kaia apparently, they can be grown hydroponically, but that probably still needs all kinds of gear

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     vorpuni (vorpuni@mastodon.tedomum.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:38:05 JST vorpuni

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     Potatoes can be grown in IKEA/trash bags if you have some soil.

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:38:56 JST kaia

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     @vorpuni that's a good idea. I only have one IKEA bag though. can steal more :KroosEvil:
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:39:59 JST kaia

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     @vorpuni IKEA bag is not leak proof, I looked
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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:43:01 JST :blobcathug:

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     @kaia put one potat in every neighbors mailbox as a gift
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     vorpuni (vorpuni@mastodon.tedomum.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:43:21 JST vorpuni

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     I'm not sure it needs to be leak-proof, I had planters that had gaping holes between each plank that worked fine with old newspaper to line them to fill them up, after one season they had not lost much soil. You need drainage anyway.

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:44:07 JST kaia

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     @Jain (German meaning of gift)
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     Zappes (zappes@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 21:24:38 JST Zappes

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     @kaia In one of his television shows, Jamie Oliver cultivated potatoes in old rubber boots. Those things will grow in anything you put them in, really.

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     御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:28:06 JST 御園はくい

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     @kaia leave it there
     if it manages to survive until the ground thaws it deserves to get planted
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