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Re: Potatoes
Yeah, I don't understand... what is the tomato/potato thinghopeless151 wrote:what is tomato/potato thing? Never heard of it...just curious.obrdrln wrote:Because I had nothing to lose except two small Yukon Gold potatoes, I'm trying the tomato-potato thing with 2 tomatoes in individual containers. Should be interesting.....
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Re: Potatoes
obrdrin posted TOMATO POTATO THING and it sounds very interesting
Furbalsmom- Posts : 3141
Join date : 2010-06-10
Age : 77
Location : Coastal Oregon, Zone 9a, Heat Zone 2 :(
Lousy Potato harvest...
Potato planting in my Raised Bed is not producing a good harvest. This year I used mushroom soil and my results were not very good. I am going to try horse manure next year. I will mix it in before heading south for the winter. Anyone care to comment?
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countrystepping- Posts : 5
Join date : 2011-05-16
Location : South Jersey
Re: Potatoes
Country stepping, are you mixing a blend of different composts and raising the potato beds? I have have a very good potato year doing that so I am just curious! Better luck to you next time though!
cheyannarach- Posts : 2037
Join date : 2012-03-21
Location : Custer, SD
Raised Beds - Potato Yield ???
The first year I used "store-bought" compost plus vermiculate & peat moss. Yield was not particularly good. Then I tried adding mushroom soil and the results were about the same. All other beds received the same treatment and the harvest from them was good. I am going to use horse manure this time. I will add it to the beds and let it "simmer" during the winter. Any info concerning this concept will be greatly appreciated !!!
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countrystepping- Posts : 5
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Location : South Jersey
Re: Potatoes
The manure should help, next time you plant them when you dig out the hole cover the bottom with straight compost then cover them with straight compost, after that when you continue to cover them use your Mel's mix. That should help out your tuber production! You should look into starting your own compost pile too, that way you don't have to bother buying store bought "compost" ever again, a lot of them have more fillers than compost so you always want to check into them before you buy!
cheyannarach- Posts : 2037
Join date : 2012-03-21
Location : Custer, SD
Re: Potatoes
I just lifted my 16 pounds of potatoes out of 6 square feet. Mixed results, I should have had more, the reds were a total failure, got nothing. The Yukon golds saved the day. I did have some scab, but it wasn't too bad. Looking forward to next season I found this site about chitting.
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene9697.html
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene9697.html
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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