I've never grown potatoes, this is my first year with an Allotment
I am planning to plant 1/4 of my International Kidney tubers at the end of the week and it occurred to me that rather than simply putting them 4" deep I could dig a deeper trench, maybe 8", and backfill with 4" of soil, leaving the trench still half empty, then for the first earthing up I wouldn't have to earth up so high and would have less soil to find for earthing up.
Thoughts ?
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I am planning to plant 1/4 of my International Kidney tubers at the end of the week and it occurred to me that rather than simply putting them 4" deep I could dig a deeper trench, maybe 8", and backfill with 4" of soil, leaving the trench still half empty, then for the first earthing up I wouldn't have to earth up so high and would have less soil to find for earthing up.
Thoughts ?
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