[Market-farming] New potatoes in the rain

clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com clearviewfarm at bluefrog.com
Mon Jun 8 23:10:22 EDT 2009


You say that you didn't get much yield with hay mulch, Allan?  Is that compared with hilling or some other kind of mulch?  How did you plant the potatoes?  Into a furrow or on the ground with dirt hilled up on top of them or some other method?  I planted my paltry 500 lbs. by hand, on the ground, then threw dirt on top with my hilling discs on my Super C.  I suppose I could hill them once more, then roll out round bales on top.  Or I could try several treatments and see which works best. 

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- aballiett at frontiernet.net wrote:

From: Allan Balliett <aballiett at frontiernet.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New potatoes in the rain
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:15:31 -0400

>How thick does the mulch need to be over the plants, Pat?  I have 
>some old round hay bales I thought I would try, in spite of any 
>potential weed seeds imparted from them.  Unlike you early birds, my 
>spuds planted on 5/23-24 are just emerging.  Do you think I will 
>hurt the plants, if I roll hay on top of them as they are just 
>coming out of the ground?  I formed small hills at planting with my 
>hilling discs.

if they are under 5 inches and stout, I've rolled over them before 
and it's worked just fine. I just didnt' get much yield with hay mulch
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