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Lots Of Potatoes

I decided to go with a big crop of potatoes this year. I planted these in 3 plantings a week apart. In the last pic I used my "crust buster" to help them poke through. I planted about 1300' of them.

I have about 400' of sweet corn in 4 plantings, 250' of Indian corn, 120' of wide row green beans in 2 plantings with room for another 80' later. I have a few tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, pumpkins, cucumbers and zucchini.

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Good for you. I don't have that kind of space. I have to plant fewer and more variety, but no potatoes, rice is the staple here not potatoes. Sweet potatoes are more popular and the leaves can be eaten too.

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Looking good! I only plant in little patches, too -- about 1-2 lb seed potatoes at a time,miso a big fields like this is an eye opener, :D

That last tool is interesting! Those prongs look like the single prong, short handled cobra head weeder. Is this a long handled tool? Do you also use it for weeding close to plants?

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applestar wrote:Looking good! I only plant in little patches, too -- about 1-2 lb seed potatoes at a time,miso a big fields like this is an eye opener, :D

That last tool is interesting! Those prongs look like the single prong, short handled cobra head weeder. Is this a long handled tool? Do you also use it for weeding close to plants?
That tool originally had 5 prongs. I took the middle 3 out. For short plants, I just pull it right over the top and it weeds/breaks crust on both sides. It has a long handle. I just put it in the ground over the potato shoots and dragged it (with down pressure) while I walked.



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