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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The HEAT Baked My Potatoes
Just an FYI... Don't used green or semi-green grass clippings to fill your potato bags. I didn't take into account our 98 degree record yesterday, the moist grass, and the black bag. The bag heated up to the point it actually cooked my potato stalks. I killed my potatoes by using green grass. Lesson learned. Dirt or fully compost material as filler. Totally dry grass will also work.
Same thing happened to me about a week ago. I had a month's worth of potato growth wiped out because I used too thick a layer of fresh grass clippings. It cooked the stems. Fortunately, it is not quite too late to replant.
ReplyDeleteDo you think they will send out new stems?
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ReplyDeleteI don't know, but I don't think so. This is my first time growing potatoes. I replanted rather than wait and see. When I was cleaning out the bags, I found that potatoes at the base of the stems that died first had turned into foul smelling goo. I assume the others were headed in that direction too.
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