[Homestead] Potato Question
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Apr 5 15:48:06 EDT 2009
Sure. If the ground under the trees is sod, I would chop it up to
break the root mass, so the potatoes could get a better grip on the
ground. Mulch, mulch, mulch.
On Apr 5, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hilling potatoes works. That's how we did it on the Wisconsin farm.
>> Good exercise.
>
>
> My stupid potato question was asked on another thread that I don't
> think was
> answered.
>
> We have 12 dwarf apple trees that don't produce much foliage (the
> damage
> from deer last year deer didn't help), could I possibly plant
> potatoes under
> and throughout the 'tree patch' laying straw under them and
> covering them
> with straw? I know a few people who use straw instead of soil.
>
> We are getting rid of the dwarf trees to gain more garden space--but
> they
> aren't gone yet.
>
> I'm like to save my tilled garden space for other veggies that take
> up less
> room than potatoes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
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