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[Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

I don't see why that would be a problem.

In fact, when you remove the trees, the potatoes might help get rid of
the stumps. Anyone had success with that? I'm doing potatoes under
straw for some old stumps this year and hoping to eradicate the stumps
in the process.

Marie

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry
<lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:
> We have 12 dwarf apple trees that don't produce much foliage (the damage
> from deer last year deer didn't help), could I possibly plant potatoes under
> and throughout the 'tree patch' laying  straw under them and covering them
> with straw? I know a few people who use straw instead of soil.
>