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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: massachusetts
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I have received "old" seed this time of year which didnt do well "potato no top" was the result If gurneys stored the seed properly you should be fine. http://umaine.edu/publications/2412e/ |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: albuquerque
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Potatoes came in saturday by Fedex, not red pontiac but red norland. Cut today about noon and will be planted tomorrow.
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They look great, not too old.
Let them "skin over" 2-3 days and you should get less rot on the cut pieces. |
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If its a close call plant them whole.
When its too hot or too cool rot can set in at the cut. |
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Went back and looked, plant them whole.
Up here we try for pieces the size of a hens egg. |
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That's around what size they are with some smaller. Whole it is.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Aug 2014
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OK, it is wednesday and I will plant today. Just found other things to do instead of planting. With all the rain the last couple of weeks lots of sprouting weeds. (Note for nematode I grew up in Oxford just south of Worcester.)
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