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lushy86
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Setting potato skins
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August 11, 2009, 13:54:41 »
In fear of the dreaded blight I have cut down the foliage on my PFA to just stalks and thought I would leave them in for a week or two to set the skins, is this right or would it be better to lift them now?
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Lushy x
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saddad
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Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Setting potato skins
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August 11, 2009, 13:57:34 »
The normal practice is to leave them three weeks. I always dig up give an afternoon in the sun (That big yellow thing in the sky.... ) then sack up... and check weekly for about a month... just in case. The tubers are relatively blight resistant.. :)
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lushy86
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August 11, 2009, 14:05:18 »
thanks saddad, I think I remember that big yellow thing ;D
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saddad
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Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
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August 11, 2009, 14:17:04 »
The best reason for leaving them in is they will swell a little from the plant material still in the soil drawn back into the tubers... :-\
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cornykev
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Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
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August 11, 2009, 18:07:18 »
The big yellow thing 8) was out about 2.30 when I was digging up the last of my earlies, bloody hot it was. 8) ;D ;D ;D
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