[Stratts]

As it's likely to be a dry old season would it be ok to create furrows where I'm to grow my spuds?

I was thinking that I could then plant them in the bottoms of the furrows which will hold water and then just drag the soil over when required to earth up?!

I have fen soil which is really easy to dig so it won't be much work to get the rows ready!

What do you guys think?

Ta

[mumofstig]

I have such light sandy soil that's how I always grow my spuds 

[DD.]

I was going to say it was a tried & tested technique by some folk on here!

[Stratts]

Cool makes a change for an idea of mine to be a good one!! 

[Runwell-Steve]

Thats what I always do,  It also means you have plenty of soil available for earthing up with.

[bigben]

Ditto.

[Stratts]

Out with the spade later then before tea! 

[maxyboo]

That's the way I always do it too.

[Stratts]

How deep do you dig the furrows guys?

[JayG]

I dig deep enough so that with about 2" of compost on the bottom of the trench, followed by the spuds, then filled back in to normal soil level (i.e. not the mound of excavated soil!) the spuds are about 4-6" deep (never measured the trench depth but I suppose it must be about a spade depth*, or a little more.)

(* not including handle!!) 

[mumofstig]

This is how I do it - the trench is about 6/8 ins deep
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=71116.msg811334#msg811334

[sunshineband]

I dig deep enough so that with about 2" of compost on the bottom of the trench, followed by the spuds, then filled back in to normal soil level (i.e. not the mound of excavated soil!) the spuds are about 4-6" deep (never measured the trench depth but I suppose it must be about a spade depth*, or a little more.)

(* not including handle!!) 

Roughly simliar but I include the handle    the potatoes are a little deeper -- about eight/nine inches or thereabouts