>Hugh, > >In your post on potatoes you stated that you soak the potato sets in >peroxide - is this just to ensure that the cut surfaces do not become >infected, or do you do this with whole potatoes as well? If so, does it >help in keeping the potato plants healthy? > >Thanks > >Stephen Barrow
Dear Stephen, Potatoes love oxygen. So I soak even the smaller whole potatoes in the peroxide bath. When I buy potato seed I think the peroxide helps clean them up. I've had some pretty funky seed potatoes. But all along the line I think you should maximise the oxygen for potatoes. If you don't have a spading machine, for instance, you should subsoil. And barring that you should hill. And there may be other things that would help. Best, Hugh
