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Re: Potato torture update

Ross and All,
I once lived on the property of an old burned out dairy. Lots of concrete
flat surfaces and rock soil. I had access to wheat straw and chicken coupe
manure. I layed16" piles of straw mixed liberally with chick.M. Then placed
potato's few inches under surface and watered well.(hot summers so kept
watering) The result was larger well formed spuds and very clean thin skinned
w/great taste. The best method compared to my soil garden.
I also grew spuds by still water (non-circulating) hydroponic method. (have
soybean, peanuts, lettuce, onion and thyme now)(but can do most air, leaf or
root crops too)Now that is even more simple..no work solution.  JimF,
horticulturalist

Ross E Stanford wrote:

> If you remember, I took a 4ft by 8ft piece of week block fabric and laid
> it down next to my soggy garden a while ago.  I then put little patches
> of garden soil on it and then seed potatoes on each soil patch.  I then
> slightly buried the seed potatoe with more garden soil.  ( I will spell
> potato(e) any way I want to.).
>      Then I buried the entire mat with straw.  The potato plants are
> growing nicely
> and look healthy.  I will keep burying them with straw as they get
> bigger, much like
> I suspect you do with leeks.  I have a soaker hose watering the area.
>      Since I don't know much about fertilizer, I think I will wait for
> the straw to dry out and then just wet the straw with Miracle Gro.
> (Don't have a heart attack, I just don't know
> any better, and besides, did I mention that I hate potatoes?)  I would
> rather sprinkle
> some sort of dry fertilizer on top of the straw and let the rain bring it
> down to the potato.
> Does any one have any suggestions?  (Do not get too involved in this,
> remember, I am lazy.  It doesn't have to be the best solution, just
> better than nothing, and easy)
>      Thanks for your help
> Stan,       the cheap and lazy gardener
>      I won't be long before the potatos have nothing to feed on.
>
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