
Not exactly. I believe all potatoes produce new potatoes above the seed tuber. Some varieties like fingerlings root and produce along the stem. So hilling up may give you a larger harvest.OK, so the material doesn't matter. it doesn't have to be rich soil because its not actually going to the roots, correct? so as long as your soil that the roots are in are good then whatever you mound with doesn't matter much? am I reading this correctly?
If you are planting in a decent garden soil to start with, I don't think any side-dressing is needed. I never side-dress my potato plants, and I always seem to have a nice crop.Avonnow wrote:... With potatos do you ever side dress them, or should I avoid it because of the scab thing? ...
If I may, let me add one exception to that.jal_ut wrote:...
"Should I cover the plant entirely?"
I never cover the plant. I add 2 or 3 inches of soil mounded up around the plant. I only do this one time. .
That sounds perfect... nice job !Avonnow wrote:Well I took a combination of the info I was given and I mixed some compost, straw and soil together and put it around the plants. ....
Mike, my rows are 32 inches apart. That works well for using the tiller to both hill potatoes, and cultivate and remove weeds. I only use the hiller attachment on the potatoes. I run the tiller between all the rows one time when the plants are still small. Then it leaves only a little hoeing to get the garden pretty weed free. If I couldn't use the tiller like that, I would be cutting the garden way down to about 100 sq feet.Cheater! How wide are your rows? Mine are less than 3' between each one.