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 Growing Potato's
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05/18/17 06:13 PM
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Wilhunt
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Need some advice...my potato plants (2) have started to dry up. I was told this happens just before you harvest the potato. The potato's I can see in the ground are still green...should I leave them in the ground even though the plant is dying?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Growing Potato's
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05/18/17 06:58 PM
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If I remember correctly from back when I was a kid, the plant was still green when grandpa dug his up. I havnt grown any in 25-30 yrs so I maybe wrong... 
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Re: Growing Potato's
[Re: Wilhunt]
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05/18/17 07:47 PM
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bill oxner
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The potatoes that you can see in the ground turned green because of the exposure to the air. They should be green only on one side. They are fine to eat. They are about ready to dig when the tops start dying. Dig one and leave the other.
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Re: Growing Potato's
[Re: Wilhunt]
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05/18/17 08:02 PM
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Wilhunt
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Thanks ETX and Bill for your comments. I have more than 2 plants but just the 2 I mentioned have started to die back. Looked at them again today and have some that are smaller than they should be. I will work on the dead one's and see what happens.
Thanks!
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Re: Growing Potato's
[Re: Wilhunt]
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05/18/17 08:45 PM
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bill oxner
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Here are some that I dug earlier. There will always be a few small ones in there. I did not include them in this picture. I like my tomatoes big, but I favor uniformity over size on my potatoes. Here is a half dozen where I got both. 
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Re: Growing Potato's
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05/22/17 07:58 PM
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rickym
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I cut the plants at the base 2 days after they started to dry out. Then dug 2 or 3 days after I cut them
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Re: Growing Potato's
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05/26/17 02:16 PM
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bill oxner
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This was one of my best potato years. I've been digging them off and on. I gave the children next door a magic bucket. It could always be filled from my garden. They loved digging potatoes. I just dug the rest of them up. I got about 15 pounds. 
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