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To: tubebender
Since you're growing potatoes, maybe you have a comment about this. My potato plants are growing 18" to 24" inches above the soil, which from looking at yours is normal. But they are tipping over. What's going on??

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233 posted on 06/29/2010 8:12:57 AM PDT by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: Tatze

Potato tops grow rapidly until they start forming tubers and then they flop over. I am surprised mine haven’t tipped over yet but are you sure you are giving them enough water? Next year I would recommend you fill the bed to the top with additional potting soil or straw as they emerge and grow...


234 posted on 06/29/2010 8:34:50 AM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: Tatze

They need more ‘hilling’...add more growing medium or even straw to give the potatoes a place to form...as the long as the plants keep growing, I keep adding more dirt and/or straw...when they blossom, I stop.


240 posted on 06/30/2010 1:10:49 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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