[AT] garden question; potatoes

[Larry Goss]

Dave, that brings back sad but funny memories of my youth.  After the barn burned, we rented around 40 acres to a local truck farmer. He planted radishes and onions for an early crop, and then planted the whole farm in califlower.  Everything was fine until Indian Summer.  Much of the califlower was still in the field when a freeze hit the area.  A few days later, summer was back, and the whole farm reeked of rotting califlower.  Not pleasant.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:33:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes

OR, you could just plow the potatoes under and plant cabbage!
	Dave

On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Herb Metz wrote:

> Most spray nozzles are somewhat adjustable.   A fine mist spray is more 
> efficient for most applications but the fine mist will spread/migrate 
> resulting in less control of where the spray goes.  So, adjust the nozzle to 
> a larger/heavier mist and you will have better control of where the spray 
> goes. Insure the spray nozzzle control modulates (not just and on/off); just 
> barely activating the spray nozzle will provide a weak spray that is much 
> easier to control (than a full-on spray).   Also, instead of spraying toward 
> the potato plant, hold the nozzle closer to the potato plant and spray away 
> from the potato plant.  And if you happen to spray a leaf or branch of the 
> potato plant, briefly stop and remove that entire portion that was sprayed, 
> discard, then resume spraying.   Herb
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Spencer Yost
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:12 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] garden question; potatoes
> I have used roundup in a windex bottle to be a little more "surgical", but I 
> am not sure that will be any faster.  It should be easier than hoeing 
> though.  Make sure the wind is calm.
> Good luck,
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> On Jun 17, 2013, at 17:02, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
>> First, tractor reference; I plant and cultivate with my Farmall Cub. I
>> grow six rows of potatoes a little over 100 feet long. I was wondering
>> if there is a spray that can be used to kill weeds after both potatoes
>> and weeds are up. I have looked on the internet a couple of times and
>> every spray I found must be applied before the crop is planted. One
>> spray that looked like it might work said cannot be used on red
>> potatoes, which is what I grow. I applied Preen before the potatoes were
>> up and followed all instructions; but it did not control the weeds at
>> all. Using a hoe on this many rows is not practical because of my
>> allergies (anything with a handle; hoe, rake, shovel,etc. and my hands
>> break out in blisters). Any help would be appreciated.
>>           Greg Hass
> 
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