Comments on: A good time to pull the weeds http://johnmcdonald.info/a-good-time-to-pull-the-weeds/ Blogging about Business, Education, Politics, and the Web Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John McDonald http://johnmcdonald.info/a-good-time-to-pull-the-weeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10093 John McDonald Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:01:03 +0000 http://johnmcdonald.info/?p=266#comment-10093 Yeah, we had like three fronts that brought us down to freezing! There were four days in a row with lows in the low 20s. They're talking about huge statewide losses in the orange, tomato, and pepper crops. As far as the evil potato vine, they are pretty sturdy when they're still alive. I'm not sure if the runners will root if they're snapped off the main vine, but I wouldn't be too surprised... We've been trying to get 'em at the root, collect all the potatos, and coordinate a bit with the neighbors to make sure theres no survivors. The freeze was pretty deep though, so I'm hoping any roots we couldn't see are dead by now! Yeah, we had like three fronts that brought us down to freezing! There were four days in a row with lows in the low 20s. They’re talking about huge statewide losses in the orange, tomato, and pepper crops.

As far as the evil potato vine, they are pretty sturdy when they’re still alive. I’m not sure if the runners will root if they’re snapped off the main vine, but I wouldn’t be too surprised… We’ve been trying to get ‘em at the root, collect all the potatos, and coordinate a bit with the neighbors to make sure theres no survivors.

The freeze was pretty deep though, so I’m hoping any roots we couldn’t see are dead by now!

]]> By: Will http://johnmcdonald.info/a-good-time-to-pull-the-weeds/comment-page-1/#comment-10083 Will Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:51:38 +0000 http://johnmcdonald.info/?p=266#comment-10083 Did you actually get a freeze there? I feel fortunate that I think it is too cold here in Oregon for this invasive species. The photo makes them look like pulling them they might break off and come right back? This seems like a nasty plant. About 5 minutes after I published a post on the same subject, I went to look at recent comments and saw yours about the tomatoes you got from your hanging plant. Funny coincidence! Did you actually get a freeze there? I feel fortunate that I think it is too cold here in Oregon for this invasive species. The photo makes them look like pulling them they might break off and come right back? This seems like a nasty plant.

About 5 minutes after I published a post on the same subject, I went to look at recent comments and saw yours about the tomatoes you got from your hanging plant. Funny coincidence!

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