LET'S GO BRANDON
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If you have a enough space, save your garden! Expand it by laying a tarp out. It will kill the grass, turn it over and remove the grass roots. Then plant your potatoes. Once theyre up about six inches, lay down a thick carpet of straw. No weeding or hilling. Keep the roots and soil under the staw dark and damp (but not wet) and you'll have the prettiest batch of potatoes. We had a 12 x 15 last year and harvested over 200lbs! Only put in two lunch sack sized bags of seed potatoes in.
I used straw one year and I had a hell of a lot of earwigs chewing on the greenery. I used straw, and then covered with a row cover because potato bugs, and the earwigs set up camp, big time, that year was bad for them, they were everywhere. Nassty bugs, but they have been around since the beginning, so I have to hand them that.
Mmmmm I haven't had that experience but I exclusively use the straw. I do get a few potato beetles though. Probably dusted once last year. Thanks for the heads up! We gotta share our ideas. Make sure that every one has the ability to be self sufficient as best we can.