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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > > Is it preferable to let them "harden",,, i.e. leave the larger ones in 
> > the ground for a while so they store longer into winter?
> >  
>
> Yes, leave them in the ground as long as is practical.  That's where they 
> are at home.  Some varieties of potatoes that I grow (for example, Yukon 
> Gold) will often mature and die completely by the end of June.  But I leave them 
> in the ground until October or November  else they will shrivel and 
> deteriorate in the summer heat.

Thank you for that.  Here I was beating myself up for not digging my 
Yukon Golds this month and lo and behold, I have window of procrastination!

B
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