Thursday, 9 October 2008

Potato bed

3 different varieties of potatoes were planted in this bed.
Lustre, Up-to-Date, Dutch Cream.

They are enjoying layers of various manures, compost, good soil. Then a thick cover of hydrangea mulch.

I am already looking forward to our next potato harvest!
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 October 2008 at 6:16 pm

    I just put some potatoes in a couple of weeks ago too. http://mooimadeit.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/peter-cundalls-no-dig-potato-growing/

    I haven't heard of Lustre and Up To Date! What are they like?

    Did you put your seed potatoes on top of the lawn, no dig style as well?

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  2. Unknown9 October 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Hi VG,

    I will have to scrounge some wood for a potato tower. I just don't have the space left for such a big bed!

    Gav

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  3. Veggie Gnome10 October 2008 at 10:52 am

    Moo, we haven't grown either variety before so can't comment on them yet.
    Yes, no-dig style. I love no dig! But I did prepare the bed beforehand. Newspapers, manure, compost, etc. piled up thickly. I let that rest a few weeks and then put the potatoes in and piled the good stuff on top of them.

    Mind you, we do have 3 more potato beds where we grow them in the more 'traditional' way.

    Gav, towers are good, too! All the best with your potatoes! :)

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