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

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On May 15, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Jamie Bort <jamiebort@gmail.com> wrote:

Why keep them away from tomatoes?

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Vanessa Van Horn <vanhorn.vanessa@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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