why chop foliage off potato's?

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why chop foliage off potato's?
« on: July 05, 2007, 21:11 »
a fairly knowlegeable chap on our site has cut all of the stems and leaves off of his spuds and left the stumps i havent seen him to ask but does anybody here know why he has done this should i have done this too? :?

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why chop foliage off potato's?
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2007, 21:14 »
this could be coz they are the earlys, this stop growth of the tuber so he can keep them in the ground, kind of a clamp for storing and dig them when he is needs them.
Punk isn't dead...it's underground where it belongs. If it comes to the surface it's no longer punk...it's Green Day!

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why chop foliage off potato's?
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2007, 21:16 »
He's probably got  blight or something similar.

It stops it travelling down into the tubers if you get it in time, then you leave them for about 10 days or so before harvesting, to let any spores on the soil die.

Just done all my 2nd earlies. everything else seems ok at the mo'
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why chop foliage off potato's?
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2007, 21:17 »
Quote from: "Aidy"
this could be coz they are the earlys, this stop growth of the tuber so he can keep them in the ground, kind of a clamp for storing and dig them when he is needs them.


Good point Aidy didn't think of that .



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