How to avoid earthing up potatoes
If you really have to grow potatoes in the soil (as opposed to a barrel ) a silly idea that I've found works is to make the spud earth itself up. One year, I rammed several inches of comfrey leaves into deep narrow holes. I put a chitted potato on top of the comfrey. (Yes, you do have to chit them or they rot, I find.)
I covered the spud lightly with soil. As the leaves rotted, the potatoes descended and they earthed themselves up.
No, this is not a shaggy dog story. Absurdly, it worked!
I'm now working on the self-weeding garden. I may be some time...
If you really have to grow potatoes in the soil (as opposed to a barrel ) a silly idea that I've found works is to make the spud earth itself up. One year, I rammed several inches of comfrey leaves into deep narrow holes. I put a chitted potato on top of the comfrey. (Yes, you do have to chit them or they rot, I find.)
I covered the spud lightly with soil. As the leaves rotted, the potatoes descended and they earthed themselves up.
No, this is not a shaggy dog story. Absurdly, it worked!
I'm now working on the self-weeding garden. I may be some time...
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