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Re: potatoes above ground

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At 10:55 AM 2/16/99 EST, BRITATHRT@aol.com wrote:
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>We use Rose collars to grow our potatoes..I snap 2 of them together to make a
>ring @1 1/2ft in dameter..place it on the raised bed and cover the seed
potato
>with 2-3  
> inches of soil..when the plant gets to @4" above the rings I fill in the
ring
>with mulch..add another ring (made of 2 rose collars) and keep growing(when
>the plant gets to the top of this level; fill it again with mulch and just
let
>it grow ...I've been known to add another level..but this last season I kept
>it as 2 rings high...I got about a dozen potatoes per plant this way.  When
>the plant dies back is the time to harvest..or you can wait a while ..it
won't
>hurt them..just unsnap the collars and push aside the mulch.
>Margaret
>zone 6ish/MD
>
Do you just depend upon rain or do you use supplemental water for the
potatoes?  Watering the containers is the hardest part of trying to grow
potatoes in containers IMO.  Thanks, another Margaret (L)


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