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GPI
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| Cooler wrote: | | Sometimes the makeup and colour of the potato growing bags can attract heat from beating sun and store it within, causing wilting of the foliage. Look into this, possibly watering more or moving their location. Its hard to top the natural way of growing. |
| medieval knievel wrote: | | i reckon it's water deficiency so. |
Seems to be a downside of growing in a bag/barrel alright, mentioned here already by blackbird..... http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1191.html
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Lisa-Adam
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| medieval knievel wrote: | | some of the leaves on my spuds are wiltig slightly and going yellowish, all over. they're in potato bags. is this just nutrient deficiency? |
Could be just that they are ready for harvesting medieval knievel. Were the earlies and when were they harvested? Do a bit of rooting around in the bag to see what the crop is like. |
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medieval knievel
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| i did in one of the bags last night. got about 2 kilos of very tasty spuds. |
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Lisa-Adam
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| medieval knievel wrote: | | i did in one of the bags last night. got about 2 kilos of very tasty spuds. |
Result  . Did you spray for blight at any time or were you growing a blight resistant variety. |
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medieval knievel
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| didn't spray, don't know if they were blight resistant. |
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cooler
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| medieval knievel wrote: | | didn't spray, don't know if they were blight resistant. |
Must have been. |
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