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Posted by John Savage on November 28, 2007, 12:12 am
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whether it would help them grow bigger tubers if I clipped the
flowers off as soon as buds appear? Anyone tried this?
Allowing the buds to open and in some cases develop into seed pods
must surely take energy that would suit me better if it were instead
directed towards the developing spuds.
Obviously if I had a hundred plants I wouldn't bother with this,
but with only a small garden bed it is practiceable if there's a
payoff.
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Posted by len garden on November 28, 2007, 1:09 pm
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i'm no expert either mate, but i am of the same school of thought that
would suggest that if a plant is putting energy into flower growing
then that is energy not going someplace else hey?
all the eggsperts say that when you first plant a fruit tree you must
pick off the flowers of the first season so it puts all energy into
setting the root system etc.,. and the herb eggsperts will also tell
you that if you want high oils in you herbs for better flavour that
you should trim off an flowers so ther ya go hey?
so why not with a plant that is growing tubers??
my experience is that if let go to flower i have never gotten a good
haul of spuds at harvest time.
there is no doubt going to be lots of other variables when growing
plants so reckon maybe nothing can be caste in cement hey? that's the
joys of gardeneing working out what works for each of us in our
gardens.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:12:38 +0000 (UTC), John Savage
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len & bev
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Posted by Terryc on November 28, 2007, 5:21 pm
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> Allowing the buds to open and in some cases develop into seed pods
> must surely take energy that would suit me better if it were instead
> directed towards the developing spuds.
If you've never grown spuds before, I'd suggest watching and see what
happens. The big growers don't do it, so that tells you something.
Aka, you probably would not notice the difference, if any.
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Posted by John Savage on December 1, 2007, 8:53 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options >John Savage wrote:
>If you've never grown spuds before, I'd suggest watching and see what
>happens. The big growers don't do it, so that tells you something.
It tells me that Woolies and Coles supermarkets want all medium-sized
potatoes!
>Aka, you probably would not notice the difference, if any.
That's my feeling.
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