diff --git a/app/models/planting.rb b/app/models/planting.rb
index 289c84343..00f4ba11d 100644
--- a/app/models/planting.rb
+++ b/app/models/planting.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class Planting < ActiveRecord::Base
     'bare root plant',
     'advanced plant',
     'graft',
-    'layering'
+    'layering',
+    'root/tuber'
   ]
   validates :planted_from, :inclusion => { :in => PLANTED_FROM_VALUES,
         :message => "%{value} is not a valid planting method" },
diff --git a/spec/models/planting_spec.rb b/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
index e8d916300..eae16cbe5 100644
--- a/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/planting_spec.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe Planting do
     it 'all valid planted_from values should work' do
       ['seed', 'seedling', 'cutting', 'root division',
         'runner', 'bare root plant', 'advanced plant',
-        'graft', 'layering', 'bulb', nil, ''].each do |p|
+        'graft', 'layering', 'bulb', 'root/tuber', nil, ''].each do |p|
         @planting = FactoryGirl.build(:planting, :planted_from => p)
         @planting.should be_valid
       end