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Planting Potatoes
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"Suzanne D." wrote: "Gary Woods" wrote in message ... "Suzanne D." wrote: Now, if someone can tell me how to grow carrots aboveground, I'd be very appreciative! Not exactly aboveground, but this worked well for me with some pretty big Daikons: Make a couple of passes down the future row with the rototiller so the soil is nice and soft; BZZZT! Thanks, but our soil is heavy clay, and rototilling it just compacts it more. I never had "nice and soft" soil when I tilled it; it was only after I stopped tilling and started to build my own soil with organic stuff did it finally become plantable. I did try carrots in it back when it was only clay, and they looked like little radishes! --S. Buckwheat, and rye can do wonders to clay soil. I grow it until May, when I plant, cover it over with alfalfa, water, and wait two weeks before I plant. When I pull weeds, nearly all the roots come up. -- ³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.² -Archbishop Helder Camara http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm |
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Planting Potatoes
"Wildbilly" wrote in message ... Buckwheat, and rye can do wonders to clay soil. I grow it until May, when I plant, cover it over with alfalfa, water, and wait two weeks before I plant. When I pull weeds, nearly all the roots come up. I LOVE buckwheat as a cover crop! I grows so wonderfully here. Maybe in a few years I'll be able to actually plant things in my soil instead of building new soil. --S. |
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