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gardenmama

Vermont
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:44 pm   Post subject: Good bye potatoes?


we have had some incredibly wet weather over the past few weeks. 3 weeks ago I put the 3rd tire tier on the potatoes. In the past the leaves popped right back out of the soil and grew and grew. This time no growth at all. I decided this morning to pull off the third tire and see what was going on. there was absolutely nothing in there. Everything had rotted and disappeared! Crying or Very sad Will all the potatoes growing in the bottom tire grow? or will they die as well? I am so sad about this. Everything likes rain...except potatoes. Crying or Very sad




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Sjoerd

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:56 am   Post subject:


This is tragic news.
I sure hope that you will be able to salvage some of the spuds.
Yeah too much wet and the spuds shrink-away...and sometimes rot.
Fingers crossed for you.


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gardenmama

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:02 am   Post subject:


I am going to dig tomorrow and see if any have survived...this was disappointing but I will try again..might have to come up with some kind of cover for rainy times....

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Sjoerd

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:31 am   Post subject:


Well G'mama--I earth-up my spuds too...but perhaps you just earthed them up TOO much. Is that possible?

I'm really hoping that there will be some taters at the bottom.


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Quietly Awesome

Indiana
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:39 am   Post subject:


I really hope you have SOMETHING to show for the hard work. Sad I atempted this method last year, and got nuttin for it. Twisted Evil Never again for me. This year I stuck to the good'ole hillin. Very Happy

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glendann

Texas
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:44 am   Post subject:


I'm sorry to hear that .I have fire ants so bad I can't grow them like that.


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Biita

Norway
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:49 am   Post subject:


I was thinking the same thing as Sjoerd,,maybe you planted to deep. I know with mine i just cover a few inches or cm of dirt over them, and they come up even when we have weeks upon weeks of rain or cold weather everyday. It also lets them "breath" so to speak. I rarely get any that rot that way.


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