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Re: sweet potatoes

Hello Sheila:

The soil is almost always the answer in my opinion.  Unfortunately there
are lots of gaps in my knowledge as to what needs to be added for
certain plants.  I will forward your question.

Darryl Clark

Michael D. Cook wrote:
> 
> At 01:02 AM 1/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I seem to recall that Ipomea is dependent on mycorrhizae.
> 
> OK, now the only time my radishes developed good roots was when they were
> planted between two trees; growing in the trees' root zones, where one
> would expect to find mycorrhizae growing naturally.  Is it too much of a
> stretch to hypothesize that the lack of these fungi in my garden beds is
> why I can't get decent root crops?  Would it hurt to innoculate the seeds
> and see if they grew into better plants?  Then I would need to know what
> kind of mycorrhiza would be good for what plant, where to get it, etc.  Help!
> 
> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Z 5/6
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