[AT] Potato planting time again...

toma toma at risingnet.net
Mon Mar 19 13:52:34 PDT 2007



On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Richard Fink Sr wrote:

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

Dryland farming methods.....conserving winter rainfall in the soil to 
provide moisture to produce a crop in the dry season.

Tom

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