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  • From: Allan Balliett <aballiett AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Steve Diver <steved AT ipa.net>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Curing, or Cut-n-Plant, potato seed pieces
  • Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:50:16 -0500

Steve -

We used to make a slurry of local clay and stirred barrel compost and myco and dip our cuts in that to avert infections and to promote root growth, etc.

For the last many years, though, the seed potatoes have been small enough - - and our budget large enough - - to skip cutting all together and just plant small hole potatoes.

Some varieties, like pontiac, don't lend them selves to the 'small seed potatoe' paradigm, so those we continue to cut and tip.

Enjoy your spud planting! WE won't do it here outside of DC until at least St Patrick's day!

-Allan in WV

Any opinions on the value of cutting potato seed pieces
and letting them cure a week or two before planting?

Or, just cut-n-plant the potato seed pieces and plant
them in the ground the same day?

We got a sack of potatoes and this weekend would
be the early planting dates for our region in
Central Texas.

In the past I've done the cut-n-plant
method with OK results, but maybe there's
"more" to good taters.
Steve Diver






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