As the haulms grew they were top dressed with the same compost as before and supported by canes and string. |
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In reality organic potato producers frequently have to remove potato haulms early because of foliage blight. |
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I saw a neat vegetable patch the other day, with the onion haulms all pushed over, straightened and laid in the same direction to allow the sun to get at the tops. |
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Blighted potato haulms can be cut off and burnt, or placed in the rubbish. |
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The ones that didn't get eaten are making their way to the compost heap along with our pea haulms, which contribute loads of nitrogen. |
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Milk production performance of Friesian-Holstein cows fed diets containing Medicago sativa, Centrosema pubescens, or groundnut haulms. |
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Make sure the potatoes' haulms are kept well earthed and water them well if they were late planted. |
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Blight can only survive in living tissue, so there's no danger in composting the diseased haulms. |
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