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Re: Potato Help

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Jeavons gives good potato advice in The Backyard Homestead Mini-Farm and
Garden Log Book; Garden Way Publishing Bulletin A-4 covers both white and
sweet potatoes (which are very different plants).

Most of us in the North aren't thinking about planting either for a month or
two yet; this year I will be growing sweets for the first time ever, thanks
to the encouragement of Greg Wingate of Mapple Farms, who ships sweet potato
slips to both Canada and the US. He offers a fine book on Northern sweet
potato growing by Ken Allan, an Ontario gardener with a bent for research.

You can reach Greg at  <wingate@NBNET.NB.CA>; ask for his email catalog, and
specify whether you are American or Canadian.

Hope this helps,

Frank---who has returned from Florida, but is still not fully geared up to
garden, it being all snowy and cold outside, with planting a ways off (I
start my tomatoes in April, folks...:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: JLestochi@aol.com <JLestochi@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Potato Help


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Potatoes!  I have questions too!  I want to try regular white potatoes and
>sweet potatoes also.  Looking for info on when to start planting in
relation
>to the last spring frost.  Any special care required?   Any info would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks .. Joe
>
><< Hello Sandi,
>
> I did have one very kind sole take pity on me and say that me basics
> were correct.  Now that there are two of us need_to_knows, maybe the
> rest of the list will do so also.  Please help us new gardeners get it
> right.  We what to learn from your mistakes.  Debbie
>
> Brindlflwr@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi Debbie,
> > Did anyone answer you on the potato question?  I'm in zone 7, so it's
not
>time
> > for me to start them yet, but, you were asking all of the same questions
I
>was
> > wondering about, and I didn't see any posts, so, did you get an answer?
>Are
> > you using a 33 gal plastic trash can? Thanks for any help
> > Sandi
>
>  >>
>
>
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