Re: stupid potato question

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Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 1:33 PM

Subject: Re: stupid potato question

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I've tried this, and got such a paltry crop I didn't even get my "seed"
back. I went to a larger cage(wired-together pallets), and the same story.
I talked to a friend in Seattle who tried it, went up 9 tires,a nd his wife
feared they'd topple on someone, so he stopped there. Pitifully small
harvest.  I've only heard directly from one person that that
worked.  Margaret L


>Hello Susie- Good point Margaret. In addition, some people like to hill
>their potatoes to encourage the stems to root as well. Your pototoes will
>sprout fruit along the stem where it is under soil so hilling also can
>increase your harvest too. I have seen tater's planted in tires some 7-8
>tires deep with potatoes growing throughout the tire tower. The owner
>siimply piled tires ontop as the plant grew, filling the tires with loose soil.
>
>What do you think?
>bill missen.


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