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1 potato,2 potato,no potatoes here

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Well my first attempt at growing potatoes certainly didn't "pan" out. I was
trying the tire method and maybe if I describe what I did someone can tell
me what I did wrong.

1. Cut a circle of weed block fabric about 1.5 ft in diameter laid it
directly on the bare ground and covered it about 4 inches of good soil in
which I placed the seed potatoes.

2. As the plants began to grow I added tires as needed and filled in with
dead leaves (mostly maple).

Things seemed to going well as the plants grew and I continued to add tires
and leaves finally reaching a height of 5 tires on one stack and 3 on the
other, at this point the tops of the plants began to wither and I thought it
was time to topple the towers and harvest the potatoes. To my dismay there
were no potatoes!!,the stalk of the plant which had been covered with leaves
was just a slimy stick (no growth) and the only evidence of potatoes were
several marble size growing from the roots in the DIRT,I thought they were
supposed to grow along the stem of the plant as it grew. This was a very
discouraging experiment and it looked as though growing them in a trench
filled with good loose soil would have worked out better. Any advice from
you experienced spud growers would be appreciated.

Charlie


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