Re: Odd reference to potatoes
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- Subject: Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 01:51:03 -0500
Paul,
Could well be, but....
Pre bambi, when I used to grow veggies, I tried to rotate all crops
like a good girl. All but tomatoes on account of the fact that my
veggie garden was all raised beds running north/south and I had to
put the tomatoes at the north ends of the beds so they wouldn't shade
out the other plants. Consequently, for something like 13 years, I
grew tomatoes in the same place each year. Had made 4' x 4'
collapsible wood tomato cages that just fit the beds and grew from 2
to 4 plants in each cage x 6 cages...more tomatoes than I knew what
to do with by end of harvest, but winter greed for fresh tomatoes
always won out when I was starting seeds:-)
During this time, I had the usual weeds in those parts of the bed
until the tomatoes grew large enough to shade them out. Never
noticed any lack of weed seedlings in the early part of the growing
season.
When I had to give up on veggies, as I got really tired of all that
work to provide bambi with gourmet fare, I converted the beds to
holding beds for shrubs and perennials. The weeds are quite happy to
grow where I used to have tomatoes as are whatever other plants I've
got there waiting for a permanent home and I've not noticed any
problem with woodies and perennials in those sections, either.
So...while I it's likely true that allopathic chemicals can build up
in the soil over time, I don't think potatoes and tomatoes are plants
that do this...at least I'm sure tomatoes aren't....always rotated
those potatoes.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Meum71@aol.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 8:55 PM
> If I might be permitted to wander into unknown territory again and
make a few
> more hypothetical observations.
>
> Since both plants (Tomatoes and Potatoes) are perennials it might
be that the
> toxic compounds need to build up in the soil before effecting other
plants.
> ( assuming there are such compounds)
>
> Toxicity to a chemical is depended on a number of factors with two
of those
> including duration of exposure and concentration of toxins.
>
> Paul
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