tonybarebones
Well-Known Member
It\'s wonderful, it\'s marvelous.
I experimented this year with growing pots under straw and it worked wonderfully, all you do is lay the seed potatoes on top of the soil and cover them with straw or hay, then when the spuds are ready all you have to do is move the straw and hey presto the spuds are on top... no digging and they are clean with no soil sticking to them... It's magic, another advantage is you can take a peek under the straw from time to time to check on their progress... it's wonderful... when the spuds are all lifted you can dig the straw/hay which is rotted by now into the ground, which is yet another good advantage... next year I am going to use this method on all my potatoes, hang on I've just rembered another advantage... no earthing up either... WOW thats fantastic... and another... I was able to put more pots in per square metre, and they don't have to be in rows either any spare patch of soil can be used. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
I experimented this year with growing pots under straw and it worked wonderfully, all you do is lay the seed potatoes on top of the soil and cover them with straw or hay, then when the spuds are ready all you have to do is move the straw and hey presto the spuds are on top... no digging and they are clean with no soil sticking to them... It's magic, another advantage is you can take a peek under the straw from time to time to check on their progress... it's wonderful... when the spuds are all lifted you can dig the straw/hay which is rotted by now into the ground, which is yet another good advantage... next year I am going to use this method on all my potatoes, hang on I've just rembered another advantage... no earthing up either... WOW thats fantastic... and another... I was able to put more pots in per square metre, and they don't have to be in rows either any spare patch of soil can be used. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
