how did i miss them?

[ailsasyl]

I have a square bed that has overwintered red onions in it, last year it had potatoes. When I harvested the potatoes I dug out when I needed them once clear of plants dug over bed lifting the rest dug over again twice before planting the onions and hey prestos this week five potato plants have popped up!! lol!
Oh well will leave them to grow and see what I get!

[terrier]

The spuds seem to 'know' when they are being harvested and burrow really deep into the sub soil, only to come up again when the coast is clear. The next growing season, they hold off sending up shoots until they smell the roots of new plants in the bed, thats the signal for them to 'go for it!'

[Incy]

we recently found a spud plant growing next to a raised bed!
we've never grown spuds before ( this is first year and in containers). We removed quite a lot of soil and weeds plants etc with a mini digger 2 years ago, covered the area with wood chippings and weed suppressant for a year, made the raised beds last year and dug 2 spades deep into the existing soil before filling the beds with new topsoil and compost.
Our neighbour has had spuds in his border but this is several feet into our garden so how did it get there

[Alison Adams]

I have had a potato infiltrate my raspberry bed this year, presumably from compost that I put in the bottom of the bed. Sadly, it had to go as it might wreck the rasps, but the ones that have appeared in the pile of rubble and soil dumped in the corner of the plot, well they can stay and we'll maybe get lucky with some freebies !

[amandaandherveg]

I have two that have made an appearance in a flower bed for goodness sake.

[Incy]

seems like they get everywhere

[purplekat]

All they need is for you to put potato peelings or a sprouty bit in the compost heap!

[Florence Fennel]

I've got some in the middle of my bean wigwam - again and I tried not to put the sprouty bits in the compost!

[Incy]

Mine are growing where there has never been any compost

[perkin]

I had 2 potato plants coming up in the compost heap this year - must have been from kitchen waste. New composting house rule - anything potato goes in the council green bin, not our compost heap!

[cupcake]

I have 3 in my onion bed! I'll have to leave them till the onions have been harvested. Wonder what they are?