Potatoes
I think my problem in the baskets is not enough water. In the large bed we put down straw, soil and fertilizer, added potatoes and kept building. When the potatoes started coming up we kept adding to it to the top of the potato plants, then when the potatoes plants grew, we add to the top of them again. The bed if still growing potatoes and we have added more soil and straw to the top of plants and it is still growing. I just don;t know when to stop adding soil and straw. The plants are very healthy and green. It was just the ones in the market baskets that had started turning yellow and looked like they had a blight on them. As I sai we turned out one basket and got a few potatoes. I think I just didn't water those in the basked enough. In the article we were trying with the straw, soil and leave compost it said to only water about twice a week. When I felt under there it was still damp. Will let you know howit goes. Thanks Ann
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