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SEDONA ARTIST SUSAN KLIEWER'S clay version of "Sedona's
Bounty" is featured for sale to raise money for the Sedona Arts
Center shown here during the center's 30th annual Juried Members
Exhibition on Friday, March 5 (above). The bronze version of the art
graces the entrance to the Sedona Public Library. The center hosted
the opening of the 30th annual Juried Members Exhibition Friday
with artwork from Sedona's professional and emerging artists. The
show continues through Sunday, March 28. Jackie Mitzberg and'her
friend Dina Holt, background, of Pennsylvania, check out the artwork
including Joanie Wolter's "Hiker Chick," foreground (right).
RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 9A
Growing irish potatoes is easy
Irish potatoes are easy to grow m
the home garden. Many varieties
are available: heirloom, russet.
yellow, White, red, blue.
each of these classes,
you may find early,
late, storage, chippers,
etc. The greatest thing
about them given the
proper soil preparation,
planting date, irrigation
and cultural practices,
they all should grow and
produce well in your
backyard garden.
To start your potato
patch, select an area
where other crops in the
nightshade family [toma-
toes, peppers, eggplants]
were not grown in the
previous year. Next.
decide how many
pounds of potatoes you would
like to harvest. Five pounds of
seed potatoes will yield between
45 and 70 pounds of potatoes and
will require a garden area of about
10 by 12 feet. Always order certi-
fied seed potatoes to avoid disease
problems. Order at least two vari-
eties and keep records of where
each is planted. Think about
planting both an early maturing
and a medium or late maturing
variety.
Potatoes are best grown in well-
drained soil in full sun. Prepare
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your soil by double digging and
incorporate at least 4 inches of
compost to the bed. This requires
digging a trench the depth of your
shovel or spading fork
that is at least 18 inches
wide. As you dig, lay the
soil adjacent to the trench.
Put half of the compost in
the bottom of the trench
and spade it in. Then. mix
the remaining compost in
with the soil to the side of
the trench while filling the
french in. The center line
of the trench will become
the row. The row centers
should be about 30 to 36
inches apart.
After your potatoes
arrive, store them in a
cool dark place [50 to 60
degrees]. In a week or so.
they may begin to sprout. Cut each
seed potato into five or six pieces
making sure there is an eye, or
sprout, in the center of each piece.
Soil temperatures should be about
50 degrees at the time of planting
[March and April].
To plant, dig a 10-inch trench
in your row. and place some phos-
phorus fertilizer at the bottom of
the trench [about 1/8 cup of triple
super phosphate or several hand-
fuls of bone meal per 10-foot
row]. Then add two more inches
of soil on top of the phosphorus.
This method of fertilizer applica-
tion is called banding and it puts
the phosphorus where it is most
efficient: near the roots. Finally,
plant the pieces, eye or sprout up,
at the bottom of the trench and
cover with another inch of soil.
The spacing should be about 10
inches.
When the potato plants reach
about 6 to 8 inches, backfill the
trench with about 4 inches of soil.
The backfilling is called "laying-
by." Repeat this process until you
begin mounding up the soil in the
middle of the row. This increases
the amount of stem in contact with
the soil which will increase yields.
It also prevents green potatoes.
which should not be eaten.
A side dressing of manure or
nitrogen fertilizer early to mid-
season may also increase yields
tinless you used manure that is
slowly releasing nitrogen during
the growing season. Irrigate your
potatoes often to maintain constant
soil moisture. Erratic irrigation
stresses the plants and can result
in dry pockets [hollow hearts]
inside the potatoes. Weeds should
be controlled by manually pulling.
Hoeing could damage your potato
crop.
Watch for insects. Potatoes
can get aphids, flea beetles,
blister beetles, leafhoppers and
other pests. Areas of the garden
known to have grubs should be
avoided. Diseases can also affect
potatoes. If treatment is needed,
make sure that the measures are
either nontoxic/organic or the
pesticide used is labeled for use
on potatoes.
Early potatoes can be harvested
when they reach an edible size.
Just poke around the soil and see
how big they are. Some growers
artificially kill the vines by
breaking or cutting them offat the
soil surface. Others let fall frosts
kill the vines. Dig them gently to
avoid damage and store in a dark
location at 38 to 40 degrees.
The University of Arizona
Cooperative Extension has
publications and information on
gardening and pest control. If
you have other gardening ques-
tions, call the Master Gardener
line in the Cottonwood office
at 646-9113. ext. 14, or e-mail
us at cottonwoodmg@yahoo.
corn and be sure to include your
address and phone number.
Find past Backyard Gardener
columns or submit column
ideas at the Backyard Gardener
Web site: http://cals.arizona
edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/.
Jeff Schalau is an associate
agent for the Agriculture &
Natural Resources Department.
University of Arizona Cooperative
Extension, Yavapai County.
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Register children
for kindergarten
Big Park Community School
will hold its kindergarten regis-
tration the week of Monday,
March 22.
The office will be open from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be
one evening session Wednesday,
March 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Parents should bring their
children's birth certificates with
state or county seals and immuni-
zation records. Children must be 5
years old on or before Wednesday,
Sept. 1 to enter kindergarten. Con-
tact Lisa McOwen at 204-6501.
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