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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on November 12, 2015, 04:41:35 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/11596477
Oh my.
She needs our help because she's getting none from her fellow primitives.
mopinko (44,824 posts) Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:39 AM
small potatoes- crop rotation question
do potatoes build up the same sort of viral load as tomatoes if grown in the same spot year after year?
last year i planted a lot of fingerlings. used the straw method. since they are small to begin w, and the ones that did the best were the purples, lots of itty bitty ones got left behind.
they came up this spring, and did pretty well for me. just covered them up with a new load of straw. but again, i am sure when i dug them that i left plenty behind.
should i let them grow this spring, or should i pull them and move them somewhere else? if i can leave them, how many years can they stay in the same place?
long term i am focused on permaculture, and the idea of a self perpetuating potato patch is appealing.
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Anybody?
<<<likes to help out Big Mo whenever possible, even though she never appreciates it.
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Did she actually plant potatoes or just throw potato peelings or rotten potatoes out in her yard and they sprouted?
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Nobody is replying to her thread because it's just small potatoes.
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I guess it needs to learn how to actually plant potatoes first.
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One would think a simple google search would get you the answer in about 30 seconds. I'm not going to do the work for her, she's obviously too lazy, or perhaps simply stupid and hadn't thought of google.
The other side of me want's to help her though so here it goes. Big Mo, this is for you...
Go to a lawn care specialist and get some Atrazine, the recommended rate is about a pound per acre, it's pretty weak though so I suggest 5 pounds per acre. Apply before the ground freezes or first thing in the spring. It will neutralize any residual potato bacteria making the ground safe for replanting potatoes again the following year. Really.