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To: ApplegateRanch
ApplegateRanch:" Also got my Russet Burbank seed pieces cut & curing.

Good on Ya !
How are you going to grow them ?

88 posted on 04/17/2015 10:37:28 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

They’ll be main crop, trench; plant; continue to hill until flowering. I space 18-20 inches to give them plenty of room. I get about a 4 foot spread on the vines by the time they quit growing.

After the initial tilling, which gets a shot of 10-10-10, I put the furrower on the Troy, angled & set for max depth & dig the initial trenches about 4’ apart. I then take the furrower off, and retill to max depth inside the trench, then furrow it again, again for max depth. I hoe in triple-superphosphate & 10-10-10 in the bottom of the trenches; cover with a couple inches of soil, then set the seed pieces on that & cover.

Hilling is done with the Troy, with some supplementing with paper shreds &/or straw. That gets tilled in in the Fall, after harvest.


101 posted on 04/19/2015 4:52:48 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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