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   Dan Purgert to Snag   
   Re: (Early) Harvest   
   06 Sep 23 19:13:07   
   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2023-09-06, Snag wrote:   
   > On 9/6/2023 8:55 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >> Caused the potatoes and onions to wilt a bit prematurely, and rather   
   >> than risk them dying and rotting I just pulled everything up.   
   >> [...]   
   >   
   >    Did you consider watering it to see if it was all truly dead before   
   > you dug it all up ? "Wilted" isn't always "dead" .   
      
   Yes, but I only "lost" about 2 weeks of growing time (considering when   
   we went on vacation / when frost allegedly is / having 6 weeks to get   
   some green manure started).  So figured best route was pull the plants   
   and know I'd be getting some reduced harvest vs. "losing it all".   
      
      
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