Yeah Im getting the itch, I am so over winter cold and snow. Have any of you guys ever planted taters on the surface of the ground and then covered them with straw or hay? I have tried several time and the results were to say the least, dismal . I have watched beau coupe videos and they show super recovery. So what am I doing wrong?
Taters in the garden
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I hear about the itch. Started celery, spinach, beets, onions, broccoli, cabbage and a few others in the greenhouse this past couple weeks. Will start some potatoes in containers later today.
When they pop through the hay, you add more hay and keep doing that. potatoes grow from the bottom up.
When they pop through the hay, you add more hay and keep doing that. potatoes grow from the bottom up.
Yep thats just how I did it, I dont know what I did/do wrong. I have tried it in buckets and stacked tires garbage cans you name it, and the results are never impressive if any at all. I mean who the hell ever heard of an Irishman that couldnt grow taters?
Here our soil is very sandy and light which potatoes love the drainage but sure takes alot of fertilzer to get big yields. 5 to 7 pounds per hill is about our avg. yield