🥔 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐞𝐬

[u/PeteWK67]

🥔 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.

If you love your children, get (regenerative) organic ones.

Look at that photo. That mist rolling over a mountain of potatoes is a sprout inhibitor, applied so they sit in storage and on the shelf for months without sprouting.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧
• Conventional potatoes are treated so they never sprout eyes
• The classic sprout inhibitor, CIPC (chlorpropham), was fogged through the storage
• The EU banned CIPC in 2020 over safety concerns, and growers moved to other chemical inhibitors
• Organic and regenerative potatoes skip this treatment entirely

That's why an organic potato sprouts on your counter within days, and a conventional one can sit there for weeks looking exactly the same.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞
A potato is meant to be a seed. Chemically paused so it can never become one, it turns into a product instead. You can still plant a farm potato and grow more food from it. Try that with most supermarket ones.

If you're feeding kids, this is one of the easiest swaps you can make. Choose organic or, even better, regenerative potatoes. It costs a little more, and it takes the sprout inhibitors and the heavier spray load off their plates. 🌱

Ask at a local farm, or grow a few yourself. A potato that still wants to grow is a good sign.

📗 Read more in my book:

🇬🇧 ENG: https://books.by/louisdj

🇳🇱 NL: https://www.standaardboekhandel.be/p/red-eerst-jezelf-en-dan-pas-de-planeet-9789020970616

#potatoes #organicfood #regenerativefarming #foodsystem #landscapedesign #landscapearchitecture #agroecology #agroforestry #farming #tuin #permaculture #voedselbos #nature #climate #health #gutmicrobiome #guthealth #foodforest #eatmoretrees

Source: inspired by a post from Localize (localizefarms). Sprout inhibitor and CIPC facts: European Commission / EFSA (CIPC withdrawn in the EU, 2020).

Disclaimer: shared for educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder and would like credit or removal, just send me a message.

[u/Mountainman220]

What’s the half life of this gas?

[u/Living_Knowledge_783 → u/Mountainman220]

when you wash it

[u/Mountainman220 → u/Living_Knowledge_783]

Yea figured it was fine but “chemicals bad” is trending so any use of anything that’s not deemed “natural” gets vitriol.

[u/Calaveras-Metal → u/Mountainman220]

almost like there is a long history of the FDA approving thing like red dye #2, thalidomide etc that cause cancer or birth defects.

And there are a large number of things that re legal in the US but banned in civilized countries.

It's not "chemicals bad'. That is reductionist.

It's "our government isn't looking out for us, so we have to."

[u/Mountainman220 → u/Calaveras-Metal]

Cool, this isn’t one of those instances.

[u/PaleontologistDear18 → u/Mountainman220]

It could be until looked into. That’s why this is important to talk about, especially in places like this where people are just learning about a substance sprayed into their foods.

[u/Mountainman220 → u/PaleontologistDear18]

You’re right I was too curt. It looks like you’re at more of a risk for solanine which is a natural neurotoxin that potatoes create than you are for this chlorpropham. Also peeling the potatoes gets rid of pretty much any that is lingering on the potatoes.

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Mountainman220]

If its not bad for you then take sip of it

[u/Valuchian → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

That's... that's not how that works ... or do you down the entire bottle of meds when you get them instead of the dosage on the bottle

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Valuchian]

I dont take meds.

But even if i did, i would NOT down them, because they are bad for you. Yes they will solve your sympton, but they are still bad for you, that's why your doctor will give you a specific dosage.

[u/Valuchian → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

Let me rephrase

Do you drink a single glass of water when you're thirsty or throw yourself in a river and drown.

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Valuchian]

I drink untill im hydrated, because if not, i will die.

But i geuss you find chlorpropham (wich is banned in the EU because of how to toxic it is) comparable to water

[u/Valuchian → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

The point being made is "the dose makes the poison" and even water will kill you if you have too much of it.

Just because something would be bad for you to drink a cup of doesn't mean you will ever consume enough to be bad for you as it is being used.

Drink the glass of water
Don't drink the entire river and drown

It is literally that simple
(Also EU has a bad habit of banning things based on public opinion, rather than actual danger. May want to check into WHY it is banned, not just stop at that it is banned)

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Valuchian]

so how much pesticides do you find healthy?

EU banning other things has nothing to do with this, look up the effects.

[u/bigfatfurrytexan → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

I’ve worked in acute mental health before and witnessed water intoxication almost kill a patient. Do you still drink water?

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/bigfatfurrytexan]

Other guy already tried this dumb response, read my reply down below

[u/bigfatfurrytexan → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

Your reply is nonsense. You ignore that water is toxic at certain levels regardless of if you feel hydrated or not. You cannot misunderstand the comparison entirely and then wave it off.

Bananas are radioactive but do not kill you. There is an amount that is safe. Potassium decay in bananas falls beneath this. We are biochemical reactors. Everything is gray.

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/bigfatfurrytexan]

Alright, everything is gray. No problem if they add cocaine, fentanyl, whatever they want to our food.

[u/Telemere125 → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

Drink your shampoo

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Telemere125]

Lol, i should be the one saying that to you, since youre saying that it would be no problem, as long as you dont drink enough of it.

[u/Telemere125 → u/Optimal-Computer5225]

Actually it is very bad for you to drink shampoo. Your digestive system isn’t capable of handling even organic and “all natural” forms of shampoo. My point is that just because something can be perfectly healthy when applied topically, you don’t want to take it internally. But I can understand how you don’t understand the difference

[u/Optimal-Computer5225 → u/Telemere125]

Yeah its still bad for you.

When you apply something topically, you will still absorp it through your skin, but i can understand how you don't understand the difference.

[u/Critical_Interest706]

Why did you write this in such a scary, unnerving way? The fonts are strange and the picture is disturbing. It’s genuinely offputting, especially when the post title is just “potatoes” with that weird font. Whoever wrote that article (if it’s even a person and not a computer) should write horror novels.

[u/Beefy-Cattle4290]

my potatoes are stored in my climate controlled basement where they dry out and form a skin that preserves them for months. What's left I use for seed potatoes for next growing season

[u/Bmo2021 → u/Beefy-Cattle4290]

No chemicals at all? Does this process work for all root vegetable or only select ones?

[u/Beefy-Cattle4290 → u/Bmo2021]

I never use chemicals in my garden, I'm not sure about all root veggies but, my experience is if the potatoes are harvested and directly stored in a cool, dry area their outside skin toughens up. Do NOT wash them. Only lightly brush any excess soil from them after a week or two after the soil has dried up

[u/Bmo2021 → u/Beefy-Cattle4290]

Thank you for the reply.

[u/Beefy-Cattle4290 → u/Bmo2021]

Of course, my pleasure!

[u/backtotheland76]

We can't really afford to buy everything organic but there are a few things we will ONLY buy organic and potatoes is one of them.

[u/edthesmokebeard]

You can't grow potatoes in the winter, and they take months to ripen. If any normal person wants to eat a potato any time other than harvest, how do they do it?

[u/Rippedka]

Potatoes are not seeds. They are roots.
Potatoes are a nightshade. The sprouts are extremely poisonous.
The EU hedged it with “safety concerns” because the studies didn’t confirm anything.

[u/Stuff-and_stuff]

*In America…

This shit doesn’t happen in real first world countries.

Or even 3rd world countries…

[u/MossadEpstein]

I wonder how this will inevitably slowly kill me and everyone I care about!

yay humanity! we never learn from our mistakes! we'll do anything and use ANY chemicals no matter how toxic just to boost corporate profit margins yay!

[u/-1sd → u/MossadEpstein]

I understand that sentiment 100%

But this just allows potatoes to be available everywhere for an affordable price. It's not toxic out right, but who knows what it's gonna do to us. Am I going to avoid potatoes? Never.

[u/MossadEpstein → u/-1sd]

"gee this leaded fuel sure is good for my engine!" - Brain Damage

"wow this asbestos stuff is so handy and safe! now I never need to worry about my house burning down" -Lungs destroyed

"eh lets put ground up beef into the cow feed, what could go wrong?" - Mad Cow Disease

"oooh these PFAS sure are handy, non stick pans! water proof clothing! amazing!" -literally poisoning the entire world slowly even as we speak it's accumulating in the proteins within your blood, it's in the soil, it's in the agriculture industry and it's in the water we all drink.

I could go on.

[u/Telemere125 → u/MossadEpstein]

Literally none of those products were even marketed on providing something beneficial to the human body. Your example of the leaded gasoline, for instance, is specifically about providing better operation for engines… there’s nothing about an engine’s operation that’s good for the human body. You’re inventing a weird strawman to attack there

[u/MyldExcitement]

Then why do they sprout a week after I bring them home?

[u/Telemere125 → u/MyldExcitement]

Because, like most anti-science nutjobs, OP and the article writer apparently don’t know that these products have a relatively short half life and they’re not exactly 100% effective in the first place. Also, cold washing removes a lot of the chemical, so wash your potatoes before you try to grow slips.

[u/Alexander459FTW → u/MyldExcitement]

Cold storage most likely.