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Originally Posted by Swimmer
Planted all the early stuff. Getting the potatoe bed ready to go. Watching some You Tube videos on what other people do in this regard. I may dig out the 20" raise bed and plant the tators down deep and fill over the plants as they grow taller. More work to do but it sounds like it will maximize the space I utilize for the planting. I may try a 30 gallon drum ans fill that as the potatoe plants get taller. Just watch a video and the guy got something like 40#'s from the barrel. Can you tell I am carb obsessed?
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A good one that worked for me was to turn over the plot, include P and K in the soil lay the cut pieces of seed potatoes on the surface and cover with about 16 inches of salt hay. No digging and shovel loss, as you just lift up the straw when ready and are able to harvest young ones early for a white sauce/pea/onion casserole, then later the larger ones for baking potatoes.
I found the Green Mountain potatoes were best for this method.