Re: Unidentified subject!/Yukon Gold
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- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 22:33:14 EDT
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In a message dated 6/15/99 5:50:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
mmiller@nemontel.net writes:
<< Last year I grew potatoes for the first time in several years, thinking
that they hadn't really been worth the space. But I heard good things about
Yukon Gold, so decided to try them. Like you, Martha, I didn't think there
could be any potatoes so early, but started feeling around, and found lots
of fairly large ones. And delicious spuds they are...absolutely the best
I've ever eaten.
>>
I just harvested my potatoes today. I grew only two varieties, yukon gold
(my absolute favorite potato) and some sort of red. Neither of mine had
bloomed, yet the vines had already died back. I got a fair return but not
as good as some years. I think I had prepared my soil too well -- fertilizer
and lots of compost. I am looking forward to trying poor soil.
When I plant my next patch, can I plant some of those really tiny ones
(about half inch in diameter) and get any results? And can I just plant the
freshly dug ones now? If I cut some into pieces is it best to dip them into
sulfur? Thanks for any information.
Janet.