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RE: Has this mailing list died?

Well, eek! I didn't look at the vegetable garden for a few days, and the 
potatoes which were about 3" high last time I looked, are now about 10"! So, I 
cover up to 6" high with soil...? And leave 4" sticking out the top? Or should 
I cover them higher up than that?

Bettye
Bettyels@msn.com
Long Island, Zone 7

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From: 	Havi Hoffman
Sent: 	Sunday, June 29, 1997 3:06 PM
To: 	veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: 	RE: Has this mailing list died?


>
>I am relatively new to vegetable gardening and have started things that I'm 
>not exactly sure how to continue dealing with...like potatoes. I've always
had 
>"fear of planting potatoes", but this spring I did it anyway, 6 little
"eyes". 
>Now there's foliage...aren't I supposed to be "hilling" them at some point, 
>and if so, what point IS that?? And with what? Soil? or Mulch of some sort?

>Bettye--

Don't know about Egyptian onions, but with potatoes I'd suggest hilling
them twice, once at about 6" and again at about 12" give or take.  leave a
couple of inches of foliage sticking out at least and watch them grow out
again.  You can hill with soil, or mulch--or a mix--if it's too rich your
spuds may be scab-prone, which isn't pretty, but doesn't harm the potatoes
or their flavor.  If you want to sneak in later on and harvest new potatoes
before the final harvest then it's easier to dig in through a mulch than a
heavy wall of soil.

A safe and bountiful Fourth of July to one and all.

Havi

Havi Hoffman

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