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If you pick a potato does it die?

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The straight-forward is answer is no, at least not straight away...

The potato is a tuber and, as part of the plant's root system, has the ability, like many plant roots, to regenerate the plant if it is removed from the root system. A simple way to demonstrate this ability is to take a potato and leave it in a dark drawer/cupboard for a couple of weeks. The potato will grow shoots (known as eyes) as it attempts to find light and soil to grow. If you then plant the potato it will grow into a potato plant again.

If the potato is left out of the soil too long it will eventually dry up, begin to rot and then it will die.

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