g'day john,

i'm no expert either mate, but i am of the same school of thought that
would suggest that if a plant is putting energy into flower growing
then that is energy not going someplace else hey?

all the eggsperts say that when you first plant a fruit tree you must
pick off the flowers of the first season so it puts all energy into
setting the root system etc.,. and the herb eggsperts will also tell
you that if you want high oils in you herbs for better flavour that
you should trim off an flowers so ther ya go hey?

so why not with a plant that is growing tubers??

my experience is that if let go to flower i have never gotten a good
haul of spuds at harvest time.

there is no doubt going to be lots of other variables when growing
plants so reckon maybe nothing can be caste in cement hey? that's the
joys of gardeneing working out what works for each of us in our
gardens.

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:12:38 +0000 (UTC), John Savage
wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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