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- From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
- Subject: Re: Potted vegetables, ideas needed.
- Message-ID: <fWVdTEb@quack.sac.ca.us>
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- References: <fWMPekm@quack.sac.ca.us> <1992Dec21.153256.5860@almserv.uucp>
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 18:37:35 UTC
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- In article <1992Dec21.153256.5860@almserv.uucp> s5uagm@fnma.COM writes:
- >In article fWMPekm@quack.sac.ca.us,
- pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
- >>In article <BzFHG7.1D9@dale.cts.com>
- npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan) writes:
- >>>Does anyone know if it's feasible to grow potatos in a pot? That might
- >>>be kind of fun.
- >>Yes. They grow quite well in pots and fine potting soil. The trick to
- >>growing potatoes is to keep mounding up the soil around them as they
- >>grow, meaning you keep adding soil and burying the plant as it grows
- >>except for the top couple of leaves. The potatoes are formed on the stem
- >>underground. So, for potatoes you'll need a tall pot. A trash can works
- >>well, but smaller containers will do also.
- > Why go to all this trouble to grow a crop of something which is
- >readily available, stores well, and cost so little at the green grocer?
- > If it was a a 100 liter tub of _T_omatoes, I could understand, but
- >_P_otatoes?
-
- You can grow cultivars that are much better than the ones you will find
- at your green grocer. Commercial potatoes have been selected for high
- yield, disease resistance, long storage and uniform consistancy for
- machine operations. If you want cultivars that have been selected for
- taste, you'll have to grow your own.
-