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Dead ones.Wait what rabbits are planted?
huckleberry gold potatoes are great if you have never seen them read here
hey, i thought i was your huckleberry
You are just a regular potato.hey, i thought i was your huckleberry
Cucumbers have begun to sprout.
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The gals finally have a larger area to graze.
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Now I just need it to not be cold and wet.
Farmers, I am not a plant guy I need help.
last year I planted some potatoes in a 4 foot by 4 foot box (16 square feet total). They sit very close to a box where we plant tomatoes.
I am not planting Potatoes this year but I did leave some huckleberry gold potatoes on the ground last year. I want to plant some raspberries for my wife this year if it safe to plat raspberries with whatever potato may possibly sprout? I know potatoes are prone to root rot and sort of attract it and raspberries are prone to root rot.
Another option is I build another 4x4 planter box and plant raspberries in the new box, only issue is the new box would be next to the potato box
huckleberry gold potatoes are great if you have never seen them read here:
Huckleberry Gold: The First Low Glycemic Potato!
The Best Heirloom & Gourmet Vegetable, Flower & Herb Seedswww.reneesgarden.com
Bonus points if someone can tell me what they mean when they say plant two different types of raspberries together like the Joan J raspberries and Polka raspberries. Companion planting is what I am trying to understand do I plant them next to each other or in the same general area?
**as far as I can tell Massachusetts is a zone 5 both of the above are good for zone 4 to 8
dude, are you going to have them pumping out piglets, that you feed acorns, and turn into fancy jambon iberico? yummmmm
This is incorrect and should be avoided. Raspberries make potatoes very susceptible to blight and verticillium wilt. Actually any plant in the nightshade family should not be planted next to raspberries this includes plants such as eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes to plus many others. It goes the other way to. Plants in the nightshade family spread many soil born pathogens that attack raspberries.Raspberries are a perennial plant. eg: You plant once and they will grow year after year. They're like blackberries in that in the spring you cut back the old canes in the spring to promote new growth which will increase your yield while managing the thicket.
Can you plant them where potatoes grow? Sure. The only issue you may have is the thicket crowding out the potato starts and there may be some root contention over time. Odds are that you'll be fine regardless.
Bonus points: That's not really what's called companion planting, but planting multiples is to provide pollinators for the plants. Some plants are self-pollinating while others come in "male" and "female" varieties, and without a suitable companion they will never bear fruit. Another advantage, even among self-pollinators, is having different varieties may tend to give better or more vigorous fruit production - Apples are a good example of this.
This is incorrect and should be avoided. Raspberries make potatoes very susceptible to blight and verticillium wilt. Actually any plant in the nightshade family should not be planted next to raspberries this includes plants such as eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes to plus many others. It goes the other way to. Plants in the nightshade family spread many soil born pathogens that attack raspberries.
@Fanatical Meat I know you said you aren't planting potatoes this year but keep in mind if you do decide to plant them in the same space you had potatoes in the prior year is could still affect your raspberry plants.
That is really hard to say to be honest. Verticillium wilt and a couple of the blights can travel very easily if conditions are right for them to spread. Even though they are soil borne pathogens they can still spread easily due to wind and rain. Over the years I've read a couple of studies from UofI that say the minimum safe distance is 400 feet but 600 is preferred.That’s what I was afraid of.
If I feel wealthy and buy some wood to set up a separate 4’ by 4’ raised bed would this be a good spot? The bed would be touching the box where the potatoes were but the soil would not touch.
Farmers, I am not a plant guy I need help.
last year I planted some potatoes in a 4 foot by 4 foot box (16 square feet total). They sit very close to a box where we plant tomatoes.
I am not planting Potatoes this year but I did leave some huckleberry gold potatoes on the ground last year. I want to plant some raspberries for my wife this year if it safe to plat raspberries with whatever potato may possibly sprout? I know potatoes are prone to root rot and sort of attract it and raspberries are prone to root rot.
Another option is I build another 4x4 planter box and plant raspberries in the new box, only issue is the new box would be next to the potato box
huckleberry gold potatoes are great if you have never seen them read here:
Huckleberry Gold: The First Low Glycemic Potato!
The Best Heirloom & Gourmet Vegetable, Flower & Herb Seedswww.reneesgarden.com
Bonus points if someone can tell me what they mean when they say plant two different types of raspberries together like the Joan J raspberries and Polka raspberries. Companion planting is what I am trying to understand do I plant them next to each other or in the same general area?
**as far as I can tell Massachusetts is a zone 5 both of the above are good for zone 4 to 8
Yeah I know, I don’t want to bother sorting out the dirt and getting a color result that to me will be similarly vague.those stick in things are notariasly unreliable.
we are using the rapitest kit with the little pills and stuff. it is giving us consistent, repeatable results that are much different than the stick in the ground thing. our stick in the ground was saying 7 and the test kit was saying 8.5 to 9. we added a lot of sulfur this winter to get it down a bit.
those stick in things are notariasly unreliable.
we are using the rapitest kit with the little pills and stuff. it is giving us consistent, repeatable results that are much different than the stick in the ground thing. our stick in the ground was saying 7 and the test kit was saying 8.5 to 9. we added a lot of sulfur this winter to get it down a bit.
This is incorrect and should be avoided. Raspberries make potatoes very susceptible to blight and verticillium wilt. Actually any plant in the nightshade family should not be planted next to raspberries this includes plants such as eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes to plus many others. It goes the other way to. Plants in the nightshade family spread many soil born pathogens that attack raspberries.
@Fanatical Meat I know you said you aren't planting potatoes this year but keep in mind if you do decide to plant them in the same space you had potatoes in the prior year is could still affect your raspberry plants.