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Post by jen51 on Jan 17, 2017 12:59:38 GMT -5
We are excited to try this potato growing method this year. We've decided to go completely no till with our gardening, so this would be a wonderful way to break ground for the following year. And seriously, who wouldn't want to avoid weeding and digging a potato patch? This guy didn't have to water, but it looked pretty lush in that part of Australia that he was in. I don't think we could get away with no watering in Kansas.
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Post by RitaMarita on Jan 18, 2017 9:32:26 GMT -5
We are excited to try this potato growing method this year. We've decided to go completely no till with our gardening, so this would be a wonderful way to break ground for the following year. And seriously, who wouldn't want to avoid weeding and digging a potato patch? This guy didn't have to water, but it looked pretty lush in that part of Australia that he was in. I don't think we could get away with no watering in Kansas. Wow! This is impressive! Please let us know how it works out!
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jan 20, 2017 11:00:40 GMT -5
I'm going to show this to my husband. What did he say the sawdust was for? Do you all just cut off the green part of the potato and use the rest? That's what I do.
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Post by jen51 on Jan 20, 2017 17:45:14 GMT -5
I'm going to show this to my husband. What did he say the sawdust was for? Do you all just cut off the green part of the potato and use the rest? That's what I do. I'm pretty sure he said to use sawdust "to keep out the light". It was kind of hard to understand. It would also be easy to miss that he said "blood and bone" in referring to blood meal and bone meal. He talked really fast. Ive never had a really green potato. When I do have one that's a little bit green I use it anyway. I had no idea that was a no-no!
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Post by RitaMarita on Jan 21, 2017 9:34:44 GMT -5
I'm going to show this to my husband. What did he say the sawdust was for? Do you all just cut off the green part of the potato and use the rest? That's what I do. I'm pretty sure he said to use sawdust "to keep out the light". It was kind of hard to understand. It would also be easy to miss that he said "blood and bone" in referring to blood meal and bone meal. He talked really fast. Ive never had a really green potato. When I do have one that's a little bit green I use it anyway. I had no idea that was a no-no! We have grown potatoes ever since I can remember... My mother always made a big deal about keeping them away from the sunlight, even if they are store potatoes stored on a shelf for more than a short period. I always remember her saying that uncooked green potatoes are poisonous. So, we always stored them somewhere dark or put a cloth or towel on top of the bucket or bag when storing them if there was a lot of sunlight in the room.
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Post by jen51 on May 14, 2017 21:26:52 GMT -5
We did this. The potato plants look great so far. They're just setting blooms. We shall see how successful this method is when it's time to harvest them.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Feb 5, 2018 12:13:40 GMT -5
I tried this and last season I got a massive beautiful plant but pathetic handfull of teeny taters
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Post by jen51 on Feb 6, 2018 9:43:57 GMT -5
I tried this and last season I got a massive beautiful plant but pathetic handfull of teeny taters I hate it when my potatoe plants go all tops! When did you plant them? Usually when that happens to me I got them in late. We got some sizeable potatoes, but we didn't take care to keep them covered enough and they got exposed to the sun, rendering them inedible.
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Post by RitaMarita on Feb 17, 2018 10:14:41 GMT -5
Planting is definitely tough!
Farmers usually passed their knowledge of mistakes and success to their children for generation after generation.
We no longer have that though and have to learn much of it for ourselves. Let us be sure to pass on what we have learned on to our children so the trend may restart! :-)
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