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[Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

I have plenty of room for more potatoes than I can possibly eat, so I
haven't considered using tires. However, if one does, I take it that
you have to keep adding dirt at frequent intervals and stop when the
plant blooms? I haven't done due diligence here (like checking for it
on the Web) but I've been wondering about the mechanics of the thing.

Marie

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:09 AM,  <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
>> >10" high???  Around what, each potato plant?
>
> Patience, Iago.
>
>
> Hill them up a couple of inches at a time four of five times during the
> growing season, not all at once.  When the dirt comes around the stem, it 
> provokes
> it to set on more stolons which make more potatoes.  Once the potato blooms
> (flowers) it loses interest in setting on new stolons and so there is o 
> point in
> hilling any further.
>
>
> James
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