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National Aeronautics and
Space. - Administration
(NASA) . scientists are ex-
amining ways to grow
potatoes in outer space to
provide ide food and
oxygen n
for
astronauts in space stations.
It will likely be 1990 before
the system is worked out.
however, if you have a lit-
tle
ittle "earthly'space" that ggets .
plenty, of sunshine such as a
veranda, an apartment
balcony,. a bay window or a
skylight, you could grow
potatoes in a pot, says Sam
Squire, • extension hor-
ticulturist with the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, Alliston.
You'll need the following.
items from your Local hard-
ware store or garden centre:
- a flower pot - 20 cen-
timetres
entimetres to 30 centimetres
• (eight inches to 12 inches) in
diameter and at least 25 cm
(10, in.) deep, . with drainage
holes and a tray in which to
set it.
potting, soil and ver-
miculite - mixed in aratio of.
three litres (three quarts)
potting soil to one L (one qt.)
vermiculite, and half fill the
pot with this mixture.
- seed potato - one whole
seed potato (do not use
regular tablestock) four cm
to five cm (1-1% in. to two
in.) in diameter and set it on
the soil in the centre of the
pot. Cover the seed potato
Interior Latex
Semi -Gloss
Enamel
Super White
(162-110)
$1949* less
for 4lrtres
Interior Latex
Velvet
Enamel
Super White
(161-110)
$1899"
or less
for 4 litres
Free delivery to Clinton
Exterior Acrylic
Latex Paint
Lily White
(260-110)
$'1599"
or less
for 4 litres
Interior Alkyd
Pearl Finish
Enamel
Super White
(120-110)
$19 or less
*
for 4lrtres
JOHN JEFFERY & SON
163 Elgin Ave. E. GODERICH 524-8171
with another six em (2' in.).
of soil.
- variety - an early variety
is - suggested, such as
Jemseg, Warba;. Irish .Cob-
bier, Superior, Su p Norland,
erior
Yukon Gold or Trent,
- ' - watering - keep the soil
moist or even a little on the
dry sidle; do not overwater.
- fertilizer once every
three weeks, water as re-
quired with a solution con-
taining five millilitres of
water soluble 20-2020' fer-
tilizer per:littre of water (one
teaspoon per quart.) Stop
fertilizing after 10. weeks.
- plant support - the
potato foliage needs to be
supported by a stake, trellis
or 30 cm (12 in.) square
pieces of wire fencing with 10
cm to 12' cm (four 'in. to five
in.) grida in it. Suspend three
of these 30 cm, (12 in.) square
-pieces perpendicular to the
plant at 25 cm, 50 cm,. and 75
cm (10 in., .20 in., 30 in.)
heights above the pot. The
• foliage will grow through the
grids'and support itself.. .
Enjoy the green' foliage,
the bloom and after the plant
yellows and. 'Matures, the
tubers. •Chances are • the
tubers will cost $2 per 500
grams ($2 per pound) to pro-
duce, but . money isn't
everything. You will have
the experience of producing
one of nat ire's. finest foothill
your Own home.
Birch trees blend. well in most landscapes, but they
requiretr's life span, plant keep well drained locations, a wem at their hest. To ater
the tree's life.'.spantp
• well during drought periods and fertilize regularly each
spring.
Double -digging js a
less strenuous way
It must be muscular young
people who advocate
strenuous gardening. They
extoll the virtues of double
digging, . for example, turn-
ing
urning your garden soil over to a
depth. of 18 inches. They ap-
parently don't realize that
many gardeners are at an
age where such athletic
endeavors are unappealing,
if not downright dangerous
to life and limb.
Ruth Stout,who gardened
to a great age, proved con-
clusively that you don't have
to dig at all, much less 18 in-
ches deep.. $he supply piled
on more straw mulch every:
year and let the earthworms
• dig the soil for her.
If you are short on energy
or brute power, there are ex-
cellent
xcellent alternatives to the
physical approaches to soil
preparation. Just go to the
library and readup on the
way experienced organic .
gardeners go about .'it.
Double -digging can work,
but so can less strenuous ap-
proaches:
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