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  • From: SaladG AT aol.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] intensive potatoes
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:26:59 EST

In a message dated 1/9/06 10:33:24 AM Central Standard Time, scottb AT lancastergoodwill.org writes:
might try planting a triple row bed using a water wheel
transplanter.  the tricky thing then will be hilling and also harvesting
Scott we have been using a water wheel transplanter to put in potatoes for a number of years, but we have been using it to put in our really early potatoes using plastic mulch for early growth.  Two rows on one 36" plastic mulch in beds, no hilling.  Has produced very nice potatoes with some really large ones at times.  Very easy to dig, most of the potatoes are just an inch of two under the plastic.  Quit doing potatoes any other way.  We plant around 2000# a year and plant some every month until they are all planted. 
 
Phil



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