Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 04:19:48 EST
In a message dated 01/31/2000 11:57:07 PM Central Standard Time,
mtalt@clark.net writes:
<<
So, the only thing I could ever figure that was meant by potatoes as
a soil 'cleaning' crop was that the fairly continual mucking with the
soil in the bed disturbed seedling weeds and enabled you to remove
any perennial ones. Still, think it's an old wives tale because
annual weed seed germinate just fine in a potato bed:-)
Marge >>
Marge you are most likely right, but then again I will step on some thin ice
here.
But please remember I am only make a guess, I cannot back this up with any
data at this time.
Potatoes I am sure produce some of the same chemicals that other members of
the Tomato family produce and a number of them are toxic to other plants.
Plants have made a living, so to speak, out of poising each other and insects
and some times even myself.
Paul
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