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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

Yes, I agree,,,,,,,,,,,, I think I did not push mulch/soil up fast enough on 
the first sections of potato plants.  These plants that don't look well never 
really grew from the get go, and never got over 8" tall above the ground and 
I don't even remember them flowering.  Maybe the little pototo piece was too 
small ??? to begin with????
 
I've got another section planted and I can hardly keep up with that one.

Good to know that wilting etc is more normal.
 
OH, another thing is that the virgin sand here isn't exactly real 
fertile.......... This patch didn't have much manure in it, which might also 
be affecting things.  The other patch which is heavier in manure is the one 
that is growing much faster.
 
I figure it will take a few years to get this beach sand to be more suitable 
to growing better.
 
:-)  Live and learn :-)  Glad I'm doing many experiments.  The tallest 
potatoes are in partial shade. and I probably should have put a 3rd and 4th 
tire on, but didn't.  
 
I have time to plant again in August and intend to get more tires and plant 
in different areas.
 
 
Oh !!! I have about 40 baby tomatoes that came out yesterday and today.... 
I'm loaded with bees, all kinds of breeds of bees, for some reason.  Big 
black ones, honey bees, little bright green bees, funky looking bees.... 
they're all over the flowers and trees around the garden and I'm finding them 
around the veggie flowers all the time.  :-)

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--- On Mon, 6/8/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:


From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Five Days and Counting
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 1:52 PM




Leslie wrote:

> 
> Hey !  I actually have harvested a few absolutely perfectly shaped
> medium size potatoes.... and I mean perfectly shaped ovals. not a
> signle dent.  I'm stunned.

Sounds good to me!

> 
> I had a few grubs, but haven't found any more.  Here and there some
> of the potato plants are starting to wilt and look pretty crummy.  I
> pulled one up, searched dillegentlyl thru the soil - no bugs.  Sliced
> open the stems - no borers.  Examined every leaf - no holes, no bugs.
> Examined each stem and branch, no holes no signs of any kind of
> damage.... So I'm perplexed.  And there were about 8 new potatoes on
> the plant on the small side.  This was a small potato plant that
> never developed well.
> 
> Although this a/m I see on the internet that when the plant starts to
> die off, wait 3-4 weeks and the new potatoes grow big at this
> time.... is this true?
> 
> Is all my panic over some dyding plants all for naught?

I think so.  IMO, it all sounds pretty much like what normally happens. 
  As to your small plant, how deep would you say the stem is covered?

For my potatoes that are planted in the ground, if I stretched them out 
and pulled them up out of the ground/mulch, I'd say they would be 3-5 
feet long, because I just let the vine fall over in the line and then 
mulched again.  My tire stacks are 4 tires tall, so I know they are 3-4 
feet tall as well.

Maybe your small potato plant just did not get covered well or often 
enough to grow long?  I have potatoes in almost every bed, it seems. 
Some of my vines are dying, too.  In another week or two, I'll start 
digging.  I really want some potato salad!

Bev


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I've had that happen a couple of times.  It didn't unsub me but they were
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> Anyone else having list issues?
>
> I rec'd three messages between 7:33 & 7:34 that said I'm being unsubbed.
>
> I mean, come on, I guess I can take a hint. I know I don't contribute much
> of substance, but this is kind of drastic don't you think?  I just always
> thought I'd unsub on my own terms.  :)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Back to transplanting seedlings/small plants into the garden....  hubby
> still hard at work on the deer-proof fence and making steady progress (the
> worst or 'attack' side has been taken care of! wahooooo!).
>
> lkvp
> sw VA
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