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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] potato Q
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:12:16 -0400



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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EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA




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