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| miss wilma |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 10:51:05 AM
I read on here somewhere about planting potatoes in straw, do any of you have info. I got a few seed potatoes and thought why not try it
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 11:55:00 PM
I'm trying this for the first time this year too.
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 10:37:32 PM
Alee, how deep with the soil do you go
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 1:59:09 PM
You can also plant them in a garbage barrel (clean of course) and that way you can just dump them out at harvest-and even use a spray hose to wash away the debris- Clean potatoes!
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 1:44:10 PM
Diana, I'm glad I read this...I for one will probably NOT do this then. We have a 6 foot long black rat snake that loves to hang out around our house in the spring. If you want to see me run for the hills, it would be if I found him sleeping in the warm straw while digging potatoes. I don't think I'd ever eat a potato again! |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 1:25:32 PM
miss wilma, just make sure when you harvest to watch for SNAKES. They seem to love this method.
Diana
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 12:36:20 PM
okay
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| lovelady |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 11:31:14 AM
Anytime! Let me know how it works for you! |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 11:27:32 AM
Thanks a million sweetie
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| lovelady |
Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 11:25:37 AM
Miss Wilma,
Here is a link to an article about growing potatoes in straw, http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4DMG/VegFruit/potatoes.htm .
I have been thinking about growing my potatoes this way,too, this year. I got 10 lbs of seed potatoes the other day and need to get them planted. I may do half in straw and half in dirt to see which one is better.
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