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26 Oct Perfect Potatoes? Physically? Biochemically?

Posted at 20:00h in Peter's Blog by Carla Vanderzaag 0 Comments
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A stressful summer of excessive heat and drought cause certain varieties to not mature properly.  This leads to a biochemical problem.  High concentrations of sugars in the stem end of the tuber (where the tuber is attached to the mother plant by a stolon) causes...

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13 Jul Leap Years and Weather

Posted at 19:36h in Peter's Blog by Carla Vanderzaag 0 Comments
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Since we started farming, leap years have been unusual. 1992 was cool and wet; 1996 was wet and we had late blight; 2000 we had a wet summer with 85 mm of rain on my birthday, June 25th.  2008 was a cool, wet summer. So now,...

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04 Jul Heat Tolerant Potatoes

Posted at 16:28h in Peter's Blog by Carla Vanderzaag 0 Comments
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Who would have thought that in a temperate climate I could use my experience in the hot tropics?  Do we need to develop heat tolerant varieties for Canada?  I think so! These plants show heat stress through the long, white stolons that have not produced tubers. ...

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