Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- From: D* G*
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:56:10 -0500
>Does anyone know about some magical property of potatoes for cleaning up a
>bed? Or did she perhaps mean that she was letting it be useful (producing
>potatoes) until she had a chance to clean out the last of the weeds? (This
is
>not what it sounded like she meant.)
>
Nah, its an old gardening plant rotation technique. I came across it many
times when working on my latest book (plug - "Garden Wisdom - Old Gardening
Techniques" - available in April):-)
You follow a weedy crop with potatoes because (as has been suggested) you
spend a lot of time keeping the potato soil clean if you want a good crop.
This applies to any root crop.
I remember back when I was a kid (not *all* that many years ago):-), a
neighbour planted potatoes in his house the first year he wanted to grow a
lawn there rather than a hay field. After the potatoes came the lawn. He
wasn't a great gardener so neither the potatoes nor the lawn ever amounted
to much.
Doug
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