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Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia | Extreme weather (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Probably time to harvest my potatoes now actually. I don't know what to really expect. There has been almost no rain since they were planted and only been able to carry water to them occasionally. Maybe I will have some new potatoes out of it at least.

Ffs, nothing I am growing is doing that well except rhubarb which seems to be rather happy actually.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I've been considering trying to grow Jerusalem artichoke, apparently it's almost like a weed in how prolific it is and thrives on neglect. Could be good if you have trouble irrigating your plants

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    If you do that, I've heard growing them in a sunny spot in deep woods keeps them contained. They don't do well in heavy shade and won’t spread into it.

    Im sure you can use that information to passively contain them somehow, based on your own environment :)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    I am growing them, they keep looking sad again within a week. Leaves drooping down a lot.

    But there has been no rain in almost 2 months so I guess most things would struggle. Just seems like a lot of water I am going through to water everything. 125m² and using a few hundred litres a week.

    Edit - Actually given the drought this year is so extreme, probably hasn't been the best time to get into growing veg. Oh well. At least if this year really is unusually bad then anything to survive this year should do better in future.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Growing up we had a rhubarb plant that we never took care of in any way. Snacked on it every year, and it kept getting bigger somehow.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I was disappointed to learn that giant rhubarb is in fact not rhubarb at all. But I am thinking of growing more regular rhubarb. Got 1 currently. Could comfortably grow 8 of them or probably more. As long as I can make use of it all.

    I think with making wine and jam/jelly out of it too, I could justify more space for it. Especially with how its thriving.

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