[digital_biscuit]

Hey all!

This year i planned a little experiment with my spuds. I grew some second earlies the normal way and then in a different way!! Lay some compost or manure on the ground, then a good handful of straw. On this straw you place your seed potatoes then bury them in a lot more straw! If the weather isnt wet then these must be kept very wet! To retain the water you could always put on some grass cuttings. As they are growing you can lift the straw to keep an eye on them.

I have just come back from the allotment having cut down all the blighted foliage. The straw planted potatoes were much better off and when i lifted the straw i had heaps and heaps of spuds!

So, if any of you guys are planning some second earlies then this could be an option to stop rotting spuds!

[Jim T]

Hey all!

This year i planned a little experiment with my spuds. I grew some second earlies the normal way and then in a different way!! Lay some compost or manure on the ground, then a good handful of straw. On this straw you place your seed potatoes then bury them in a lot more straw! If the weather isnt wet then these must be kept very wet! To retain the water you could always put on some grass cuttings. As they are growing you can lift the straw to keep an eye on them.

I have just come back from the allotment having cut down all the blighted foliage. The straw planted potatoes were much better off and when i lifted the straw i had heaps and heaps of spuds!

So, if any of you guys are planning some second earlies then this could be an option to stop rotting spuds!

Excuse my ignorance but how can I get a lot of straw? - I can get plenty of horse poo from the local stables, but I don't feel like asking for their straw as well,   or is it he straw that the horse sleep on - would that be OK when the stables have finished with it :?:

[digital_biscuit]

The straw i used was the straw that was mixed up in the manure i got from the farm. It doesnt have to be clean, used straw would be fine!

[Jim T]

The straw i used was the straw that was mixed up in the manure i got from the farm. It doesnt have to be clean, used straw would be fine![/quoMany thanks ...... I will try it