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RE: potatoes... again

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This is my first time with the barrel method, too.  I'm using potting soil
in big planters.  I keep burying them up to their "necks" (the main bunch of
leaves), but no more than that.  I expect to let them grow until the plant
above the ground dies back for the winter.  Then, I'll dump the barrel and
see what I've got.  I planned to do the same with my sweet potatoes, but
they are vining, not bushing.  If that goes well, I'll report back to the
list.

-BT

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	JLestochi@aol.com [SMTP:JLestochi@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 22, 1999 9:02 AM
> To:	sqft@listbot.com
> Subject:	potatoes... again
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Two potato questions:
> 
> 1.  I recall reading a message recentlyt from here that compared growing 
> "barrel" potatoes with straw vs mounding with soil.    I've got 3 sets of 
> potatoes growing right now, 2 are in straw, over 1.5 ft high so far...
> the 
> third is much newer, with plants only a few inches high.  I'd like to try 
> mounding with soil on this batch, just for fun.  Do I use any kind of
> soil?  
> Do I cover the plants completely or leave some poking out the top?
> Anything 
> else I should know about this method?
> 
> 2.  When do I harvest?  I think I read that they are ready for harvesting 
> when the plants begin to flower.  Is this correct?  How do I know when
> they 
> flower if I keep covering them up?  (Geez, this sounds like a dumb
> question!)
> 
> Anyway, as always, any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Joe   <--  Strange looks from neighbors over the oddly shaped gardens are 
> finally starting to diminish with the wonderful growth of tomatoes,
> peppers, 
> corn, various beans,  zucchini, lettuce....
> 
> 
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