I seem to remember reading . . . "removing the flower heads from Potato plants promotes better tuba size", or have I been dreaming???
CJS
Potato flowers?
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alan refail
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Hi CJS
Life's too short...
Read this thread and make up your own mind.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5640&hilit=potato+flowers+tubers
Life's too short...
Read this thread and make up your own mind.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5640&hilit=potato+flowers+tubers
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And the flowers are beautiful!
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glallotments wrote:And the flowers are beautiful!
Aren't they just?
Marie Antoinette (wife of Louis XVI of France) wore potato flowers in her hair to popularise the potato.