tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post4441061939425425787..comments2024-01-01T00:31:18.174-05:00Comments on Calendula & Concrete: Is it a potato?Christahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-50874402672804831442007-05-04T07:31:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:31:00.000-04:00Snappy, I'm planning to make potato salads. Lots a...<I>Snappy, <BR/>I'm planning to make potato salads. Lots and lots of potato salads!<BR/></I>Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-12798679571171002007-05-01T14:04:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:04:00.000-04:00To my knowledge, tires leaching into the potatoes ...To my knowledge, tires leaching into the potatoes is not a problem. Always give root vegetables a good washing. The trouble with pressure-treated wood is toxic chemicals potentially leaching into the soil. I've heard, but not investigated for myself, that there is now a treated lumber that is not toxic.Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-81388810821334808062007-04-29T11:14:00.000-04:002007-04-29T11:14:00.000-04:00Cool, didnt know potatos had leaves!I live and lea...Cool, didnt know potatos had leaves!I live and learn everyday.<BR/> What will you do with your hopefully bumper crop of potatoes?David (Snappy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06888061575577254705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-47733103070218990122007-04-29T02:08:00.000-04:002007-04-29T02:08:00.000-04:00I saw boxes and boxes of seed potatoes at the groc...I saw boxes and boxes of seed potatoes at the grocery store today and your potato-planting story came to mind! Now I see that they are growing ... yes!katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979577122006222781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-30681499589076418142007-04-28T15:01:00.000-04:002007-04-28T15:01:00.000-04:00I harvested my first potatoes yesterday - little r...I harvested my first potatoes yesterday - little red pontiacs. I sometimes forget that I live so far south.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-86507820343539950142007-04-28T09:10:00.000-04:002007-04-28T09:10:00.000-04:00Yep, looks exactly like my potato plants when they...Yep, looks exactly like my potato plants when they now came up. This batch I grew from supermarket potatoes, every batch of "seed" potato tubers I planted failed, maybe they aren't bred for a tropical climate.Tirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05253130857755408695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-34793830404773531172007-04-28T09:02:00.000-04:002007-04-28T09:02:00.000-04:00That is a potato!SigrunThat is a potato!<BR/><BR/>SigrunSigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796073231312479793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-74496410494809762852007-04-28T08:05:00.000-04:002007-04-28T08:05:00.000-04:00Ed,That is a neat idea. Great way to make use of o...<I>Ed,<BR/>That is a neat idea. Great way to make use of old tires, too. I only wonder: is it safe to use tires when growing food? I've heard it's not a good idea to use pressure-treated wood in the garden, because the chemicals leach into the soil. I wonder if anything similar happens with tires. Synthetic rubber is made from petroleum products, I think.</I>Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905386163490128028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-4436143505316911502007-04-27T13:12:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:12:00.000-04:00Yep, that's a potato. Mine are already quite big. ...Yep, that's a potato. Mine are already quite big. I planted Red Duke and its leaves are a very pretty purply green. This is the first year that I'm growing tatties.Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-67294395247023934622007-04-27T11:24:00.000-04:002007-04-27T11:24:00.000-04:00Yup, that's a potato. Different varieties have dif...Yup, that's a potato. Different varieties have different foliage. But the one there in the photo is a potato.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your green leafy tops. I'm still waiting for mine. But I think I planted a couple of weeks after you did. The normal planting date is St. Patrick's Day (easy to remember, Ireland/spuds). But it has been a cooler than normal spring. Everything's been delayed.<BR/><BR/>Another interesting factoid: You can grow potatoes vertically. In fact, you don't need a garden. You can do this with automobile tires. Fill a tire with soil, even on pavement. Plant a few potato sets. As they grow, add more tire and more soil. The plant will just get higher and higher. The potatoes being stems--not roots--will just continue to form. At the end of the season, you just start removing potatoes from the top tire and work your way down.<BR/><BR/>Pretty neat, huh?Ed Bruskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217850970833353800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21012673.post-33514602258121034542007-04-27T10:01:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:01:00.000-04:00Looks like a potato to me! We grew them last yea...Looks like a potato to me! We grew them last year. They make beautiful plants!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.com