Spuds at harvest time

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Jim T

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Spuds at harvest time
« on: March 17, 2007, 11:55 »
After you've harvested your spuds, can you dig the greenery back into the soil to compost there, or must you put it on the compost heap :?:
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WG.

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Spuds at harvest time
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 12:23 »
Now you ARE thinking ahead!

I cart it off as a blight control measure.  Dunno if it is strictly necessary but I do it anyway.

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Trillium

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Spuds at harvest time
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 14:06 »
Mine goes into the compost as well, otherwise the rotovator has a terrible time with the stems wrapping around tines and such when you do fall prep work.

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GrannieAnnie

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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 15:01 »
Mine goes on the compost heap too!

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muntjac

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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2007, 15:03 »
if ya wanan let it die down natural ya can n then bin it . we use  acid here on the farm to burn it off and then it dont clog machinery.i just chop em off at the soil leave me tattiers a week n then lift em  :wink: leave em a full 2 days on the soil  to dry and skin up then store em in hessian sacks
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milkman

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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2007, 17:29 »
I put all the haulms, blighted or not on my compost heap.
Gardening organically on chalky, stony soil.


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