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Re: potatoes

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I tried potatoes once in a half whiskey barrel.  I used Whitney Farms
Uncle Malcom's Special potting soil.  Unfortunately, they weren't very
successful.  not sure what I did wrong, but it seemed a lot of work for
nothing.

Kim zone 9, socal

Melissa McCarthy wrote:
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> 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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