Im growing my own organic potatoes--100 pounds in only FOUR square - TopicsExpress



          

Im growing my own organic potatoes--100 pounds in only FOUR square feet using vertical boxes made of stacked 2x6 frames! Heres one good reason why (from the linked article): Root vegetables absorb herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides that wind up in soil. In the case of potatoes–the nation’s most popular vegetable–they’re treated with fungicides during the growing season, then sprayed with herbicides to kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. After they’re dug up, the potatoes are treated yet again to prevent them from sprouting. “Try this experiment: Buy a conventional potato in a store, and try to get it to sprout. It won’t,” says Moyer, who is also farm director of the Rodale Institute (also owned by Rodale Inc., the publisher of Prevention). “I’ve talked with potato growers who say point-blank they would never eat the potatoes they sell. They have separate plots where they grow potatoes for themselves without all the chemicals.” Whats in YOUR pantry?!?
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:18:56 +0000

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