Watering my potatoes I noticed a few that had poked thru the surface and had gone green with sunlight exposure. I recovered the spuds with dirt, by the time I go to harvest them (in a few weeks maybe) would they have lost their green-ness enough to be edible?
cheers!
b.a.b.,
Feb 24, 5:25pm
Even if they have a bit of green, they are edible after the green is removed.
bluefrog2,
Feb 24, 6:37pm
No, they won't lose the green shade even if you rebury them. I keep mine as seed potatoes for replanting. Even if eating some green potato won't hurt you, they don't taste quite right.
lythande1,
Feb 24, 7:01pm
Won't kill you if it's a small quantity but can give you a stomach ache, it is poisonous, albeit in reasonable quantity.
annies3,
Feb 24, 7:02pm
I have always cut off the green part and used the rest, however I have always understood the green part to be poisonous, could be wrong though, and it does taste bitter having tried it !
sooby,
Feb 25, 5:13pm
thanks guys!
Will keep a better eye out next time, obviously prevention is the best cure!
bluefrog2,
May 24, 1:41am
Potatoes with green bits are slightly poisonous. Not enough to hurt an adult, but apparently it can harm unborn babies and very young children. They smell and taste bad though. The smell of a greened potato puts it immediately in the "not-food" category for me.
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