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Re: mea culpa - much apologies ; also report on potato container

Interesting idea. I was trying to keep to a container that fit in
a single square foot, though. But maybe I have to open up to a
larger area.

Thanks,

Melissa

At 01:06 AM 4/21/97 -0800, you wrote:
>What about using a laundry basket, you know the kind with large,
>rectangular holes?
>
>>Just to add some gardening content - a followup on my previous
>>posting about planting a potato using a plastic container buried
>>within a square. After two days of nasty rainstorms, I can report
>>that three holes, about a quarter-sized each, are apparently NOT
>>enough drainage for a rubbermaid container 2' tall by 1' diameter
>>buried 22" down within a raised bed. I very much fear I am going
>>to have to dig the thing up again to add more drainage holes, maybe
>>even add some to the sides.
>
>Natalie McNair-Huff
>Gardening Organically in Tacoma, WA Sunset zone 5; USDA Zone 7/8
>Publisher/Editor Mac Net Journal http://www.blol.com/web_mnj/
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