Posted by mazemeister on June 04, 2012 at 19:28:50 from (24.187.98.163):
In Reply to: potatos posted by 5020s rock on June 04, 2012 at 12:53:50:
no. potato is technically a perennial- but grown as an annual. it is good to rotate to other crops for other reasons though.
how much triple 12 is a bunch? unless a ridiculous amount, that probably isn't the problem. commercially we would use 1800#/acre of 10-20-10. i know some other farmers used more.
unless your soil is dry as a bone, i wouldn't irrigate at all until they are up and growing. they just don't need much water until they have leaves.
2nd time around you said lots of sprouts, so this doesn't apply, but it might to the first try: don't plant potatoes from the supermarket. sometimes they have been treated with a chemical to prevent sprouting. sometimes they haven't so they will grow, but it's still not a good idea because table stock aren't held to the same standards of being disease-free as seed stock.
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