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NASA 1 scientists are ex-
amining ways to grow
potatoes to outer space to
provide food and oxygen for
astronauts in space stations.
It will likely be 1990 before
the system is worked out.
However, if you have a lit-
tle "earthly space" that gets
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 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 a ratio 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 em
to five cm (1-11/2 in. to two
in.) in diameter and set it on
the soil in the centre of the
pot. Cover the seed potato
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with another six ciii 12'o in. 1
of soil.
- variety - an early variety
is suggested, such as
Jemseg, Warba, Irish Cob-
bler, Superior, Norland,
Yukon Gold or Trent.
- watering - keep the soil
moist or even a little on the
dry side; do not overwater.
- fertihh7er - once every
three weeks, water as re-
quired with a solution con-
taining five millilitres of
water soluble 20-20-20 fer-
tilizer per litre of water 1 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.) grids in it. Suspend three
of these?) cm (12 in. I square
pieces perpendicular to the
plant at 25 cm, 50 cm, and 75
cm (10 in., 20 in., 30 tn. )
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 nature's finest foods in
your own home.
:.lrcit trees blend well hi most landscapes, but they
require special care to keep thein at their best. To extend
the tree's life span, plaint in well -dried locations, water
well during drought period and fertilize regularly each
spring.
Double -digging is 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 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. She simply 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 alternatives to the
physical approaches to soil
preparation. Just go to the
library and read up on the
way experienced organic
gardeners go about it.
Double -digging can work,
but so can less strenuous ap-
proaches.
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