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<blockquote data-quote="Grumps" data-source="post: 158134" data-attributes="member: 7209">Wormwiggler: I'm certainly not a master potato gardener but I do OK.Both t[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]omatoes and potatoes are in the nightshade family so they spread blight to each other. [/FONT][FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]Potatoes are heavy feeders and really like nitrogen once they start putting on a lot of growth.[/FONT][FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]I think they also like consistent moisture so I put most of the garden winter straw mulch in/over the potatoe holes when planting.[/FONT][FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]I also snake a soaker hose through the potatoe beds right after planting and during mid-summer dry periods will run the hose for 6-8 hours during a shady/low light period (about once every 10 days depending on precip).[/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grumps, post: 158134, member: 7209"] Wormwiggler: I'm certainly not a master potato gardener but I do OK. Both t[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#202124]omatoes and potatoes are in the nightshade family so they spread blight to each other. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#202124]Potatoes are heavy feeders and really like nitrogen once they start putting on a lot of growth.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#202124]I think they also like consistent moisture so I put most of the garden winter straw mulch in/over the potatoe holes when planting.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif][COLOR=#202124]I also snake a soaker hose through the potatoe beds right after planting and during mid-summer dry periods will run the hose for 6-8 hours during a shady/low light period (about once every 10 days depending on precip).[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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