On 16 Jul 2003 11:33:43 GMT, (KK
from NJ) wrote:

This is my first year growing potatoes. I built a
2 1/2 ft x 6 ft x 3 ft high frame covered
by 1/2 wire mesh. I mulched with straw as they
grew. Today I took a peek down into the straw
and found a grayish blackish layer of what I can
only describe as some type of mold
I started these after the early season rains
the plagued the Northeast.
Something tells me this is not good.


Doesn't sound good to me either.

If anything was *EVER* going to mold and/or rot, this spring
in the northeastern USA certainly gave it the ideal
conditions for so doing.

Pat - In Zone 5