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[Raven]

what's slice seeding?

[Fly Rod]

Raven ...U R the green thumber of S-B....great information ....

[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?

[justplugit]

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?

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.

[Swimmer]

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.

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

[justplugit]

Rav, like FR said. I think any kind of hay or straw would work as it's purpose
is to keep the sun off the tubers. Salt hay packs better though and doesn't blow around.
Nice to lift the hay and see the potatoes laying on top of the soil and being
able to pick the size you want.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Raven

what's slice seeding?

Friends of mine swear by this method.