Re: Odd reference to potatoes
That makes sense, then. Bindweed has thick roots that run 6-12" (or more!) under the surface. Deep double-digging for a potato bed -- all the while picking out every little bit of bindweed root -- is one of the few ways to eradicate bindweed.
Dean Sliger
Warren, MI, USA
Zone 6B
"Saxton, Susan" wrote:
> The weed she was specifically "cleaning out" was bindweed. Now whether that
> refers to something other than what I call bindweed, I don't know. It
> mention it only because it may be part of the "science" of this equation.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blee811@aol.com [B*@aol.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 9:33 PM
> > To: perennials@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Odd reference to potatoes
> >
> >
> > On Victory Garden tonight, Adrian Bloom toured a fabulous,
> > immense Scottish
> > garden with its owner. They came to one bed that had a nice
> > boxwood border
> > around it and Adrian was surprised that the bed was full of
> > potato plants.
> > The owner said that she had a real problem with weeds in that
> > bed last year
> > and so planted potatoes only this year to "clean the bed".
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > Bill Lee
> > Cincinnati
> >
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