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Hi Martha,

I was just remembering that there was a conversation about potatoes 
awhile back. I didn't pay much attention since i figured i had my 
hands full with what I had. But on second thought, I am going to give 
it a shot. Can you tell me about planting in straw? I think I am 
goign to try container potatoes because I have run out of actual 
garden space on my land:)

Missi


Martha wrote:
> The potato cage: I'd planted potatoes in straw back in Feb, and the vines 
> finally died down about 2 wks ago. I dug them out this weekend and out of 
> about 3 lbs of potato seed, I'd say I got (2) 5 gallon buckets full of 
> various sized potatoes. Most are golf ball sized, but on every plant was 
> one massive baker. I'll definitely do the straw planting again, only next 
> time I won't stop laying on the straw, they really need to be bedded up. 
> And harvested more promptly, too. some had migrated to the soil surface and 
> had green sides.
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