Comments on: Growing potatoes is easy …and so rewarding

By: whisperingsage1

whisperingsage1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:25:00 +0000

One of the best ways to prevent bugs is to balance your minerals- Ca should be 68% and Mg should be 12-20%. The microminerals also help in protein production and frost and heat tolerance and bug protection. My soil was tested last year at 63% Ca and 15% Mg. Also, potatoes and other root crops have greater need for Calcium. we were a little low in Sulfur too so I used gypsum through the season,and had NO bugs at all. The normal ones we get are the tomatoe hornworms that sneak over from the tomatoes, but there were NONE on the potatoes, and we saw some true bugs but there was NO damage by any bugs at all last year. We were very pleased and impressed. Look up soil minerals dot com for more info on this, it is a great way to improve the growth and production of everything.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:51:45 +0000

That's a good example of how we influence each other in positive ways. I was still eating white bread when I met Greg in my early 20's. He taught me the benefits of whole grains, which encouraged me to examine my other eating habits. There's no going back to food lacking in flavor and nutrition once you've had the best.

By: MatrixPUA

MatrixPUA — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:56:21 +0000

One of my good fraternity buddies was really into organic living when we lived in the Frat house together. He would grow potatoes and tomatos and buy organic salads. In fact, by the time everyone had moved out about half of us were growing our own garden. Money was tough so planting our own food saved a LOT of dough

By: Ofer

Ofer — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:35:24 +0000

I found a way that growing potatoes can not be easier!.

No digging half potatoes, no digging at all !!
the best pert was to see how my yield was growing- there was nothing else to do! as it was in a pod made from recycled plastic- there was a stage that the pod is getting wider and wider- and once a week I saw that the wire that tie both ends is so tight that I had to open it a bit.
but than just about a week later I see again how tight it is and how the potato power just makes it all to be bigger and bigger.

you can imigaine the smile you have when you do that!

The last part is to open these wires and just collect all the potatoes.

http://www.best4garden.co.uk/shop/page/13?sessid=…

And we used it again and will use it again.