journey11
Garden Master
Potatoes do absorb flavors and stuff. I always put a small potato in with my turnips when I cook them because they absorb any bitterness. Or if you over-salted your soup, toss a potato in and it will absorb some of the extra salt. I would think they would absorb the odor from the rotting vegetation. Now for finished compost, I have grown watermelons and cantaloupes on the spot before and they did great.