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Potato experiment.
wrote in message ... On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:00:52 -0500, "biig" wrote: PS...what is the right time to plant? Thanks again.....Sharon In your (our) area, last week of May should be relatively safe from a heavy frost and will still give you lots of time for a good harvest. Ross. Thanks again..Sharon |
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Potato experiment.
Way back on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:14 -0500, I wrote:
Every year we seem to have volunteer potato plants which have grown from potatoes we've missed when digging the previous year's crop. These volunteers always seem to produce a large healthy crop of tubers. Because of this, we've been meaning for several years to try some fall planted potatoes and finally, this year, we managed to plant several different varieties in about 50 feet of row. It'll be interesting to see how well they perform. Well, the verdict is in and, even though we had the mildest winter in living memory, the experiment was a total failure. No sign of life in any of the potato rows. Dug up about 10 feet of row and there wasn't even any sign of the potatoes we planted last fall. I guess they were turned into worm fodder. Live and learn. Ross Southern Ontario, Canada. AgCanada Zone 5b 43º 17' 26.75" North 80º 13' 29.46" West |
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I'm aswell in SW Ontario Canada. Last year I buried potatoes in a garbage pail. I harvested them too soon, on the admonition of a acquaintance (didn't wait until the acme died off). I wish to do it again, but the amount of the soil is prohibitive and I've been told not to use the aforementioned clay over again.
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