re: hilling potatoes 2

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• Subject: re: hilling potatoes 2
• From: T* K* <t*@bigfoot.com>
• Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 13:41:16 +0000
• In-Reply-To: <9806058970.AA897087603@internet.stem.com>

At 02:55 PM 6/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Keep piling until you can't reach!!  I went to five feet, it settled to
four and
>gave great production.  'They' say flowering is not a good tubering
indicator. 
>Try reaching into the pile of leaves near the stem.  You can find and 'pick'
>taters from the still growing plant!  I stopped piling when the plants turned
>yellow.

When the plant dies the taters are ready.

>By the way, if you use compost, make sure it is cold/finished compost.  If
it is
>still working the heat will kill your plants.

Actually, I get all of my best potatoes out of my compost pile. For some
reason they NEVER, no matter how hot it gets, compost. They just sprout.


Take care,

Tory Klementsen                     teechur@bigfoot.com
http://pages.prodigy.net/ms_disney
http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/1725

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