Re: Potatoes in barrels

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• Subject: Re: Potatoes in barrels
• From: M* R* <m*@NETCOM.COM>
• Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:28:44 -0700
• Comments: To: jpatter@la.net
• In-Reply-To: <9704171901.AA0224@jpatter.doa.state.la.us> from "Jane Patterson" at Apr 17, 97 10:46:59 am

I'd like to try it this year, but I have what is probably a silly question.

You only put the seed potatoes in the bottom of the cage/barrel? I
understand that you keep filling the cage/barrel with dirt as the potato
plants grow up. Will potatoes grow along the plant stems or what? In
other words, will you have a cage/barrel full of potatoes or just at the
bottom? I've heard that the cage method works *very* well because you can
bend the wires and harvest potatoes without having to dig everything up.

Marjorie
Woodinville, WA
Where Spring is trying to make up its mind....

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