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O T someone's going to be in trouble

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MF294-4

04-24-2007 18:38:04




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Got home early tonight, tilled and planted my whole garden. Went so fast don't know what is where. Weeds will get it anyway. Planted my potatos on top of the ground and covered them with a couple of round bales of old hay as per info on here. Wife says it won't work and I'm crazy. If it doesn't work and I have to listen to her, someone's going to be in trouble. LOL




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Matt Clark

04-26-2007 12:50:46




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
No federal rules on ag field burning. Don't wanna start no flame war, but this is what I do...Env and Safety work.

Idaho and CA are leading the pack in this regard...



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David Snipes

04-26-2007 12:46:50




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
Remember to unroll the round bales!



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gcs

04-25-2007 14:02:52




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
Growing them under hay works as long as you don't get raided by Meadow Voles, they like taters too, and the hay hides and protects their runways.



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Walt Davies

04-25-2007 11:44:35




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
Burning fields has been limited here in oregon but I think its supposed to be eliminated soon. Not for the reason you would think but because some idiots thought that you could drive 70 plus on the freeway when it was covered with smoke. makes one wonder who's running this place the Wackos or the Farmers an other working class people.
Sorry just had to get that off my mind.
Walt



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old

04-24-2007 21:10:52




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
Been growing them that way for years. Saves on digging them up, you just grab the plant and pull and you get most of them that way. Then just rake back the hay and pick up the few left. Mine are just brakeing through the hay in the last couple days



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730virgil

04-24-2007 20:45:42




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
a friend of mine used to raise his potatoes that way one year he even tried old piece of carpet cut hole for top of plant to grow thru.



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Gerald J.

04-24-2007 20:20:17




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
It will work. Be prepared to add hay so the new potatoes don't see sun, else they will be green.

Gerald J.



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iowa_tire_guy

04-24-2007 19:53:28




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
I grew potatoes that way once. Worked good. As long as you didn't get the hay too deep it will work. Or maybe not.



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maxer46

04-24-2007 19:51:28




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
I have tried growing potatoes on top of ground covered with old hay and it works and this was done on sandy soil also a friend did this and had better luck than I, his potatoes got to be the biggest ones that I have seen,



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fixerupper

04-24-2007 18:52:52




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to MF294-4, 04-24-2007 18:38:04  
The only thing I know about growing potatoes is from what I've learned from the guys in Idaho, and out there they want the ground as bare as they can get it. They will even burn off the wheat straw from the previous year. They told me the spuds don't like straw or trash. The only reason I can figure out for this is they irrigate heavily and the straw might harbor blight spores. Jim



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Handyman

04-24-2007 19:05:39




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to fixerupper, 04-24-2007 18:52:52  
Having lived my entire life here in ID I can tell you that the idea that spuds dont like straw is a line of BS, its just some farmers are too lazy to plow down their straw like they should. some will even claim it saves them money by burning the straw off but the truth is it costs them more every year in increased fertilizer applications while at the same time getting smaller yields as the years go by.

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Handyman

04-24-2007 19:22:06




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to Handyman, 04-24-2007 19:05:39  
forgot to mention that as of this spring all field burning is banned on both state and fed levels, if someone sees smoke the fire dept WILL be there to put it out



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nballen

04-25-2007 07:31:40




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to Handyman, 04-24-2007 19:22:06  
You have a source on that? I know field-burning is frowned on, but didn't know it had been banned.

Nathaniel (in Caldwell)



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mjbrown

04-25-2007 07:04:39




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 Re: O T someone's going to be in trouble in reply to Handyman, 04-24-2007 19:22:06  
Really?? I was going to burn off old pasture this spring. How are you supposed to keep ditches from growing to brush? They don't want you to spray near waterways.



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