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Old 15-07-2006, 08:30 PM posted to rec.gardens
 
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Default Potatoes dying off - normal?

Did you hill the potatoes. Alot of times when you have alot of vines,
you will have a smaller yeild. Try digging into the side of the hill
and see if they are of a good size. You may want to use them as "new"
potatoes in a pot of green beans.
Zootal wrote:
I planted a patch of potatoes mid spring. My girls took a bad of rotten
potatoes that had started to grow, cut them up, and buried them. The plants
grew like crazy, hit about 3 feet tall. Now, they are starting to die for no
reason that I can see. Is this normal? I thought they would grow until frost
killed them. There are no diseases I'm aware, no obvious insect damage. Plus
I can actually see the tops of several potatoes on the surface, is that also
normal? Never grown potatoes before, did not know what to expect.