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Re: slimy taters

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kristine Furner <furner@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 11:08 AM
Subject: slimy taters


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>I posted a question last week and didn't get any responses, so I'm going to
>be a pesk and ask again!!
>
>We dug about four hills of potatoes and in each hill the seed potato had
>turned into this brownish goo.  Very disgusting looking.  Each plant had
>good yield though, with about 2-3 nice-sized taters and several small,
>"baby" taters.
>
>Is this normal for the seed potato to turn to mush or is something wrong
>with my plants

> ...

I think many of us don't pay too much attention to what happens the seed
potato.  We are more interested in the yield.  I have been growing potatoes
for about 50 years and I can not honestly tell you what happens to the seed
potato.  It probably either rots away if the soil is moist or if cut seed
pieces were used and would tend to remain whole or dry out if whole potatoes
were used or if the soil is dry.  -Olin


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