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  • From: "Rancho El Shadday" <ranchmaster AT resok.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Mulch & Potatoes
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:57:11 -0500


Have any of you ever used paper -- newsprint -- for mulch. I've never
mulched at all so I'm in unfamiliar territory here. Just discovered that we
kept all the unprinted newspaper used by the movers to pack our goods --
lots of it. Also, hubby just bush hogged the back and there is a plethera
of cut grasses there. Should I let it dry out before I use it for mulch or
can I cart it in while still fairly green?

Beans, peas, peppers and tomatoes are doing well, BUT the potatoes are
systematically wilting and drying out. I suspected an underground varment
but when I pulled up a plant there was no root damage. They get wilty and
brown - then die. Any idea what I could be dealing with?

Sandra
Meeker, OK

Thanks for the help.





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