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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 - Planting Potatoes andWet Springs
- From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT ITOL.COM>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 - Planting Potatoes andWet Springs
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:36:55 -0600
I have grown potatoes above the ground - it works well.
I have also found that the purple plant varieties of potatoes are more
resistant to potato beetles - although they are not as prolific (the purple
potato varieties) as some of the others, except Caribe is. Jill, Wisconsin
> Also, be careful about planting potatoes above ground. If you have
> voles, this could be a bad thing. However, if your predator population
> is up and the vole/mouse problem isn't massive, potatoes on top of the
> ground (or planted very shallowly) with heavy mulch is a winner. I
> prefer pre-sprouting (or at least placing them in the light and humidity
> for a week or two) and then growing potatoes in mulch as I never have to
> worry about the CO potato beetle. When I mulch and plant properly, no
> beetles (or very few). When I don't -- bad beetles.
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[Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 - Planting Potatoes andWet Springs,
Erling Rosholdt, 03/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 - Planting Potatoes andWet Springs,
Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/02/2003
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[Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Joel Bush, 03/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/02/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Rick Williams, 03/02/2003
- RE: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?, jay gee, 03/03/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Tom at Limerock, 03/03/2003
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- Re: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/03/2003
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RE: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Rick Williams, 03/02/2003
- Re: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?, Bill Bradshaw, 03/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/02/2003
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[Market-farming] What are your best crops and/or products?,
Joel Bush, 03/02/2003
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Re: [Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1 - Planting Potatoes andWet Springs,
Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/02/2003
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