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Re: Fall-Planted Potatoes

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Thanks for the advice Doreen.  In our version of zone 9b, we usually plant
at the end of January but this year I'll try your November planting method
as well.  -Olin

-----Original Message-----
From: Doreen Howard <doreen@fgi.net>
To: martin@zianet.com <martin@zianet.com>; sqft@listbot.com
<sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, November 07, 1998 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Fall-Planted Potatoes


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>For successful fall-planted potatoes--at least they way I did them last
year
>in Zone 9 Texas:  Plant by Thanksgiving, at the latest.  Use whole seed
>potatoes.  Don't cut them.  This reduces the rot factor that is prevelent
>with fall and winter rains.  Use a raised bed where there is a lot of
>precipitation.  Lay them on top of the ground in the raised bed and cover
>with 12 inches of mulch--minium.  If you don't get a lot of rain, bury the
>spuds about three inches and then top with 12 inches of mulch.  Before
>planting, amend soil (I'm assuming fertile soil with lots of humus to
start,
>as is the sq ft mix advocated by Mel) with bone meal or super phosphate and
>a bit of nitrogen--not much!!  For a 4 X 8-foot bed, I say about 2 cups of
>bone meal and 1/2 cup of alfalfa pellets or any other nitrogen source.  If
>using ammonium nitrate or sulfate--I go easier and use just a bare
>dusting--less than 1/4 cup. Work all into soil before planting.  don't
worry
>if potato foliage peaks through the mulch.  Even if it freezes and the
>foliage is killed, the potatoes regenerate more.  That's all you have to
do,
>other than water ocassionally if you live in a dry area.
>Doreen Howard
>
>
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