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I've noticed today that the spuds are sprouting.

Is you plant begining to become root bound? With a plant that small, I guess that it is. When a plant becomes root bound it will produce an auxin that tells the plant it is time to reproduce. It thinks it has reached the limits of what it can grow and before it dies it should make babies...

Thanks again Redtail. The sauces and surprises arrived today.

First, confirm it is edema. Edema is a blister type growth on either the bottom or top of the leaves, usually the older ones. It is a physiological condition so there is no spray or anything. It occurs when the plant takes in more water than it can use. Overwatering, watering on cool cloudy...

Umm, sea salt is made by dehydrating sea water and then processing the residuals. I do not know what the mineral content of sea salt is but I am sure that whatever minerals are in suspension when the sea water is dried will be mixed right in with the salt. Hydroponic nutrients are all salt...

Mealybug destroyers are quite effecive against soft armor scale too.

Thanks RedTail Forester who posted in my other identical thread, as illustrated here,, and to Cory Huck for helping me out.

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Or the threads could be merged but that depends on the forum software priviledges and options given to the mods. Never can have it to clean around here. I prefer to post multiple times just so they can have something to do. So please, don't spoil my fun.

Does anyone have some seed that they'd be willing to trade for some $$$? I had started the few that I had in hopes of being able to sell the pods later this year but they have met their demise. I am willing to pay a fair price for seed. Thanks, Mike

Does anyone have some seed that they'd be willing to trade for some $$$? I had started the few that I had in hopes of being able to sell the pods later this year but they have met their demise. I am willing to pay a fair price for seed. Thanks, Mike

Thanks little minnie

Ameraucana hens lay green eggs. Those are cool chickens. Watch for them picking at each other as they get older. They are rather dumb and will just stand there and pick each other. My mom has raised chickens longer than I've been alive. For as long as I can remember she feeds the babies starter...

I hope so. This is the first time this ground has ever been worked in over 30 years. And the stuff I cleared out in the fall had been growing for about the last 6 - 8 years

What I thought would only plant a 50ft row was actually enough to do the full 100ft.

I have heard of people growing them iin bales of hay before. I would have to figure out a way to keep all the hay from blowing away. I have zero breaks from he westward winds since I am in a farming area and its essentially all open.maybe dress with topsoil? I cut up the 10lbs of spuds last...

Spicymeatball, you are correct. It is a fungus and not a bacteria. I was reading up on bacteria just before posting last night. The same sterilaization methods work for viruses as well.

Do you have any tips for growing potatoes? I got excited yesterday and picked up 10lbs of red seed potatoes that I'll cut today and plant in a few when they heal.

It is a soil borne disease, I would not re-use the soil unless it has been sterilized. The soil would have to reach a temperature of about 170 degrees Farhenheit for 30 minutes to kill the bacteria. The time and temp comes from my Greenhouse Operation and Management textbook on the subject of...

According to one of my college teachers, the chlorine that is used today does not fall out of solution as easily as what was used in years past. So that means placing water in a bucket or other holding tank does not remove the chlorine. It is a concern for greenhouse growers and they use...