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2 S a n d y (Or© ) post ihu<% Jun© 11. iyhi ($»< 2 Home & Garden The Sandy Post Good yield, taste Tomato stands aid growth Potatoes make great crop Potatoes are a good dry before planting garden crop to grow for a Plant the seed pieces in number of reasons — they rows to to three feet apart don't take up much space, The seed should be planted they are easy to grow, yield three inches deep ,n the soil well and taste good Plantings can go in as soon Both early and late matur as the ground warms in the ing potato varieties are spring until the end of June a va ila b le to the home Potatoes intended for winter gardener Early maturing storage should be planted potatoes will yield the best later than those for summer new potatoes for eating use while the skin is tender Fertilize the potatoes with Late m atu rin g v a rie tie s a 16-16 16 or similar fer keep better through the tilizer It should be applied winter in storage. at the rate of eight to 10 Early varieties include pounds per 1,000 square feet Norland Ked LaSoda, White or one-half ounce per seed Gold and Norgold Russet. piece Place the fertilizer to I^ite maturing types include either side and about an inch Ked Pontiac, Kinnebec, below the seed Nampa, Nooksack, Russet As the plants grow, mound Burbank and Katahdin soil around their bases to When buying potato seed keep the new tubers pro slock, I k * sure to get certified tected from the sun The new S4*ed This kind of seed stock potatoes form above the is disease free and available level of the seed piece so more soil will have to lx* at garden stores When planting, cut seed mounded around the plant as potatoes into quarters or it grows. This is important halves. Each cut piece because sunlight causes new should have at least one eye tubers to turn green Be or it won't grow. Dust the cut careful not to cover the plant surfaces of each seed piece foliage completely when with Captan fungicide to pre mounding the soil around the vent rot or disease, or cut the plant seed stock a day ahead of Irrigation of (xitato plants time and let the cut surfaces should be started when the Protein costly, needed plants arc about five inches high After irrigation is started, th<• ground should be kept damp An alternative to moun ding soil around the potato plant is to pile clean straw on top of the emerging tubers Don't put the full layer of mulch on all at once Put two to four inches of mulch over the seed row after planting and add the rest after the plants tops emerge from the soil Garden tomato plants will he easier to cultivate and harvest if you give them some support A fte r they become established and start grow mg out. tomato plants need some type of support to keep the leaves and fruit off the ground Supporting the plants on frames or stakes helps minimize fruit rot and keeps the branches out of reach of slugs Support structures also improve air circulation around the tomato plant, w hich helps prevent disease such as late blight To tx effective, supports should lx- one to five feet high and afxut 18 inches in diameter The can fx made of wood or concrete reinforcing wire The wire is preferred the holes in the wire are large enough to reach th ro ug h when g a th e rin g tom atoes because Protein is one of the most important and expensive food components we buy Each of us needs about 45 to 65 grams of protein a day, hut many Americans get twice that amount, accor ding to Sandra Zimmer of the C lackam as County Nutrition Council When food budgets begin to bulge, one of the quickest ways to cut costs without threatening good health is to eliminate excess protein foods from meals This can mean having a smaller serv ing of meat and filling in with more vegetables, fruit Because of its small mesh, chicken wire is not recom mended Supporting tomato plants with stakes involves a hit more w o rk, because smaller plant shoots must fx removed to eliminate extra side branches Leave one to three main stems on the plant and use up to three stakes, if necessary The stakes should be pul in place when the plants are young to prevent damage to the roots or grains. 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