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Old 18-08-2004, 09:57 PM
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"pcourterelle" wrote in message
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| Hi all...for the past three years I've planted potatos and each year I had
| lots of plant/greenery but very few spuds. Typically the greenery will be
up
| to 1 meter high and spread out over a 1 metre radius but yeild only one
| giant spud and a three or four smaller spuds per plant. The soil is great
| and I add compost and steer manure every spring. I mound up around each
| plant. The spuds and rest of the veggie garden get a dose of liquid
| fertilizer every two weeks. I've planted late maturing Burbank Russets. I
am
| in North America, Zone 4. I am considering trimming back the plants (as it
| encroages other areas of the garden). Any advice you could provide would
be
| appreciated?
|
| Thanks
|
| ps Any good treatments to prevent potato scabs?
|

Back off the fertilizer bext year.

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