Found this to be pretty comprehensive. It's really almost time to plant in some areas.
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01/18/2012 10:52:50 AM PST by
orsonwb
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To: orsonwb
bookmarked, and thanks for posting.... i’ve been curious!
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01/18/2012 10:56:16 AM PST by
Ueriah
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01/18/2012 10:58:13 AM PST by
skr
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01/18/2012 11:09:29 AM PST by
Free Vulcan
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To: orsonwb
A general question for the assembled multitude:
If you’ve got a bad growing season - cold, cloudy, rainy, etc, are root crops (carrots, potatoes, beets, etc.), which seem not to “ripen” like above-ground crops, generally edible/nutritious when half-grown?
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01/18/2012 11:16:38 AM PST by
DuncanWaring
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To: orsonwb
Two potatoes are standing on the corner, and one of them is a prostitute. How can you tell which is the prostitute? Shes boasting " I-da-ho " !!!
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01/18/2012 11:27:55 AM PST by
Robert Drobot
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01/18/2012 11:28:43 AM PST by
rockinqsranch
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01/18/2012 11:35:20 AM PST by
Envisioning
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To: orsonwb
Bump for reference. Thanks
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01/18/2012 11:46:06 AM PST by
Robert357
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To: orsonwb
Thanks; I’m adding this to my gardening links.
The also have other veggies & veggies related pages via their search & side bar.
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01/18/2012 11:46:46 AM PST by
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01/18/2012 12:04:21 PM PST by
hattend
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To: orsonwb
can’t you wait until the things grow eyes and legs, cut them into pieces and toss them in the ground?
Seems pretty straightforward.
Then again, I’ve never done it but, I do know it all. /S
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01/18/2012 12:06:12 PM PST by
Vendome
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To: orsonwb
Excellent reference! Thanks!
In this Obama Recovery, the home garden is going to be critical!
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01/18/2012 12:13:19 PM PST by
Redleg Duke
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To: orsonwb
Thank you.
As Gollum says, "Taters, precious!"
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01/18/2012 1:08:03 PM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
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Tuber or not tuber.
That is the question.
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01/18/2012 1:18:00 PM PST by
martin_fierro
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To: orsonwb
I’ve had good luck using grow bags I got from Gardener’s Supply
Very easy to harvest
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01/18/2012 1:41:02 PM PST by
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To: orsonwb
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01/18/2012 1:59:26 PM PST by
martin_fierro
(I think, therefore I yam.)
To: orsonwb
Potatoes are a pretty easy-to-grow calorie crop. We’re planning on planting them in barrels this year.
To: orsonwb
My soils tend to be heavy clay - not the potatoes favorite soil. We lighten with compost and humus builders and try to deep dig with a U-bar before tilling. After the furrow is in, I add a fair amount of peat to what will become each hill. Stock is prepared by shaded light exposure in the house (brought up from the cellar) to let eyes develop. If I cut the tuber, I tumble it in a bag with peat moss to stick to the wound and let them scab over for a day or two before going into the ground. When the stock is planted, I amend with a little ag sulpher thrown into the usual fertilizer blend to help drive down the pH. Soil soaker hose down the row and gradual burial with a mulch/soil alternating top dressing to give greater room for potatoes to stretch out as they develop.
Even with all this dinging around, my yields are smaller than I greedily hope for every year and I’m not really sure what I should realistically expect in my conditions. By NO means am I a potato expert and I dream of the day when I magically transform my Minnesota clay into fertile Idaho loams heaped with beautiful piles of dee-licious potatoes.
Oh well, the German Butterballs and the Finnish Gold made for some darned fine eating last year. This year, though, is the year of the perfect potato chip (fried in lard, of course).
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