15 May
2011
15 May
'11
11 p.m.
Also not to plant potatoes in previous tomato beds or vice versa.
Blight
http://organicgardening.about.com/od/vegetablesherbs/p/tomatocompanion.htm
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_LateBlt.htm
Stunts growth, bad companions
http://www.thevegetablepatch.com/patch/potato.htm
Best, Vanessa
If it is a rose, it will come into bloom sooner or later.
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On May 15, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Jamie Bort <jamiebort(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why keep them away from tomatoes?
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Vanessa Van Horn <vanhorn.vanessa(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I have never grown potatoes before, any advice? I know to keep them away from tomatoes.
This winter I was inspired by Alys Fowler's BBC show, The Edible Garden. She used
grass clippings instead of soil to mound over the leaves as they grew and planted
fingerlings in pots.
Thanks a bunch,
Vanessa
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