With my old John Deere A, we started breaking ground, this time in an area surrounded by hog wire. I don't want to repeat the losses we had last year do those critters.
Hopefully I'll have potatoes in the ground by this time next week and maybe a few greens.
If you are planting a garden out there, I would love to hear from you and maybe we could share some thoughts and ideas.
If you could give me a brief explanation on how you plant your potatoes. I haven't planted in a few years, so I might try a new way this year. I have a small garden, probably plant a couple rows of potatoes, 5 lbs. maybe. The last time instead of plowing a whole row, I just tilled the ground then used post hole diggers to plant my potatoes and actually they turned out pretty good. I just wanted to know how deep, what type of fertilizer, the actual planting process, etc. Thanks.....Jason
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a good idea. I have even heard of people growing potatoes in hay. Here is a link from somebody in Texas growing potatoes in hay: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2008-02-01/Grow-Potatoes-in-Hay.aspx
ReplyDeleteHere is another Web site about growing potatoes in hay, this method sounds easier to me: http://www.thegardenguy.org/
As for me, I plant them about four inches deep and cover them with soil. For fertilizer I usually use triple 13; or you can use something with a higher potash and potassium number for good root growth.
As the vines grow up from the ground I just pull more dirt up around it. I plant quite a few so I use disc-hillers on my tractor to pull the dirt up to the plant. I also have a potato digger, which makes the work a lot easier, when we dig this year I will try and shoot some video and post it. It is fun to watch.
I hope this helps.
Up in Canada, it was very dry, We planted them in 3ft wide 2 foot deep holes, and covered them lightly with dirt & kept adding straw & pure compost. They were really light to dig out, and very clean. Here it is too wet to plant in a pit :) so I was wondering how to grow them down here.
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