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Potatoes in garbage bags
I want to grow potatoes in black garbage bags on my deck. Any
information about this would be helpful. Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and a couple red potatoes that have sprouted. Marita (I think Zone 5 - western Orange Cty, NY) |
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Katra wrote in message ...
Stacked tires are supposed to work well. :-) I'd worry about mold growth with plastic bags??? Dunno. K. I heard that about the tires. Our town has a cleanup day coming up. I bet I could get some from there. Going forward, I wonder if the stacked tires could be used for tomatoes, too. I don't see why not. DH will LOVE seeing tires all over the yard, though . Marita |
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(Marita J. Buffone) wrote: I want to grow potatoes in black garbage bags on my deck. Any information about this would be helpful. Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and a couple red potatoes that have sprouted. Marita (I think Zone 5 - western Orange Cty, NY) Stacked tires are supposed to work well. :-) I'd worry about mold growth with plastic bags??? Dunno. K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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Katra wrote in message ...
Stacked tires are supposed to work well. :-) I'd worry about mold growth with plastic bags??? Dunno. K. I heard that about the tires. Our town has a cleanup day coming up. I bet I could get some from there. Going forward, I wonder if the stacked tires could be used for tomatoes, too. I don't see why not. DH will LOVE seeing tires all over the yard, though . Marita |
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:27:42 -0500 in
, Katra graced the world with this thought: In article , (Marita J. Buffone) wrote: I want to grow potatoes in black garbage bags on my deck. Any information about this would be helpful. Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and a couple red potatoes that have sprouted. Marita (I think Zone 5 - western Orange Cty, NY) Stacked tires are supposed to work well. :-) I've done that one, too, it works quite well, the black tires heat the straw, and the plants go nuts. |
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John Savage wrote in message news:040413000110941.13Apr04$rookswood@suburbian. com...
(Marita J. Buffone) writes: Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and a couple red potatoes that have sprouted. Supermarket potatoes grow perfectly! It is best to plant small whole ones, rather than be tempted to cut a large one up into separate pieces. The cut surfaces do tend to rot. two ways to reduce rot are to dry the cut before planting, or rub it in wood ash. I do the latter, and I guess that rotting happens 5% of the time or less. |
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"simy1" wrote in message m... John Savage wrote in message news:040413000110941.13Apr04$rookswood@suburbian. com... (Marita J. Buffone) writes: Also, has anyone used store bought potatoes successfully rather than purchasing seed potatoes? I want to use a couple baking potatoes and a couple red potatoes that have sprouted. Supermarket potatoes grow perfectly! It is best to plant small whole ones, rather than be tempted to cut a large one up into separate pieces. The cut surfaces do tend to rot. two ways to reduce rot are to dry the cut before planting, or rub it in wood ash. I do the latter, and I guess that rotting happens 5% of the time or less. Hi. Read this thread with interest. Just curious, how many seed potatoes do you plant in the tires? One, two, maybe? Also, how high or how many tires would you stack and fill with mulch or whatever before you stop and wait before you start harvesting the crop? I have access to lots of well composted mushroom manure, would that be ok to use in the tires or would that be too strong for the spuds? Just subscribed to this newsgroup, my first post, hope this comes through ok. If not, my apologies, Bill. |
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