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Originally Posted by justplugit
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.
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I watched a bunch of You Tuber's and how they planted thier taters, but to tell you the truth many of them are idiots. Just because they uploaded a video doesn't mean thier garden grows. I am going to, in my 8' x 4' raise bed, dig down and make some rows and plant the seed. Cover over with some loam and compost a few inches at a time. I am going to continually cover as the plant gets taller. The compost is generally acid rich environment, which potatoes generally like. I have grown them with success in this bed