[AT] Potato planting time again...

[Richard Fink Sr]

toma how did you get the water in them if you had no rain.
curious minds want to know
R Fink


At 12:42 AM 3/19/2007 -0700, you wrote:


>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007, Grant Brians wrote:
>
> >  This was especially true because I was
> > pleased at how nicely the silty clay/silt loam worked up in 
> almost all parts
>
> >    We have had about 50% of normal rainfall for the season. Can you say
> > lots of irrigation will be needed this season???? Oh well, 
> farming is always
> > a new challenge. But hope springs eternal especially in the spring. So far
>
>The oldtimer I learned farming from said a dry year is better than a wet
>year. Easier to get the ground in shape. Don't get too carried away with
>the irrigation Grant, we used to grow everything up here dryland. If you
>have good moisture now and you can keep it cultivated I'll bet you could
>get a good crop of potatoes without any more water.
>
>A few years ago I grew some watermellons up at Mariposa in 103 deg.
>temperature without water.
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