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Garden Gate:  Hard frost, frostbitten potatoes, now what?  |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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 Posted - May 23 2010 : 8:37:13 PM
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So we had a hard frost last week, everything made it through fine except the potatoes- the leaves all got frostbit. My standby garden book says that there should be enough energy in the underground parts to get them through but does not say whether I need to trim the dead leaves - does anyone know?
Everything else was fine, potatoes, peas, onions, etc. This was the first year my potatoes came up looking perfect too:( Oh well....
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - May 23 2010 : 10:28:36 PM
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My dad says to leave them alone and they will come out of it or die completely. He says it happens to him every couple of years and he's only lost enough to gripe about, never enough to worry about. I hope yours works out like his always has.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - May 24 2010 : 08:36:39 AM
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Thanks Angela - that's kind of what I was leaning towards but I needed backup:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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karla
True Blue Farmgirl
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karla
Pella
Iowa
USA
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Posted - May 24 2010 : 09:56:39 AM
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Mine got a touch of it also but they survived & are still growing.
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sherrye
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 24 2010 : 5:30:49 PM
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they will pull out of it. i use straw for mulch on potatoes. then if frost is coming i mound the straw over the green part for the night. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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Hard frost, frostbitten potatoes, now what?
