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No, but I do not suggest eating the portion of the potato where the sprout exsists. I simply cut awat those area in the event I ever have a spud in that condition. They generally don't last that long in my kitchen! LOL

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Potatoes grow sprouts as a natural response to stored energy within the tuber. When conditions like warmth and moisture are right, the potato perceives the need to grow again and produces these sprouts to initiate new growth from the eyes of the potato.

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Potatoes are roots. They are trying to sprout a new plant the same way any other plant tries to make new life.

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