Potatoe Problems
 

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I also went to school in New England and had to make up
my poor spelling one school year by learning 25 new words
each summer vacation day properly before I could go out
to play (and not repeat that school year 8-(

As I recall it is proper to add the "e" to patato (and
tomato) when one adds an "s" to write the plural form.
So if one is going to have some tomato sauce on ones
potatoes, one is quite correct.

Stay young, OldAck

BEFrom: "BetsyB"

BEI went to school in Massachusetts and was taught that spelling potatoe and
BEpotato was acceptable. I never understood why the fuss over Quayles
BEspelling..
BEI think it is where "you" went to school that changes things.
BEBut this is like bellybuttons, everyone has one.


BE"Apropos" wrote in message
...
BE Well, in your subject heading, "POTATOE" itself has a problem... LOL...
BE
BE Sorry... but I couldn't help point that out... esp. after than Dan Quayle
BE debacle ;)
BE
BE
BE "Pavel314" wrote in message
BE ...
BE I have six 25' rows of potatoes in the garden this year. I've grown them
BE for
BE many years now but this year has presented an unusual potato situation.
BE
BE As a background, we live in Maryland, U.S.A., about 25 miles northeast of
BE Baltimore. We till a bit of horse and sheep manure into the garden every
BE Fall so that it has a chance to rot and compost before planting season.
BE During the Winter, we scatter the ashes from the wood stove on the garden
BE area. In the Spring, we till the garden several times to get all of the
BE additives properly spread.
BE
BE This year, some of the potatoes aren't doing so well and the bad ones are
BE in
BE a strange geometric pattern. The bad potato plants are about a third the
BE size of the good ones, although all were planted on the same afternoon.
BE Let
BE O be a good potato plant and * be a stunted one. The pattern is something
BE like:
BE
BE O O O O O O O O
BE O O O O O O O O
BE * * * * O O O O
BE * * * * O O O O (LAWN)
BE * * * * O O O O
BE * * * * O O O O
BE
BE The garden plants on all three sides of the potato section are doing
BE well;
BE to the right of the potato section is the lawn.
BE
BE We have several varieties of potatoes, each variety being found in both
BE the
BE stunted and normal section, so it's not a varietal problem. Spacing
BE between
BE the plants and between the rows is the same in all areas.
BE
BE There doesn't seem to be any reason why the soil in the bad-plant area
BE would
BE be different from the rest of the garden, given the spreading and mixing
BE that's done in both the Fall and the Spring. Should be the same pH and
BE nutrient mix.
BE
BE They all get equal amounts of water and drainage should be the same
BE throughout the garden.
BE
BE Very puzzling; any ideas will be appreciated.
BE
BE
BE Paul
BE
BE
BE
BE



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