Re: Hilling Potatoes

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• Subject: Re: Hilling Potatoes
• From: d*@starrwings.com (Dara)
• Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 21:34:59 GMT
• In-Reply-To: <199806040445.AAA24763@grover.en.com>
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LiveTV@en.com wrote:
>Yes, keep hilling them but...Don't use soil. Use straw instead. It 
>serves the same purpose and makes finding/digging the spuds that much 
>easier. PLUS, it helps improve the soil when it decomposes over 
>winter.

For how long does one hill them? Up until what height? I've been
hilling mine with straw and they just keep growing and growing.
By the way, when are the spuds ready to eat? After they flower? (the
vines, that is) When do I start poking around in the soil to see if
there's anything there to eat?

Dara

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