Comments on: Spuds http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/ Backyard farming: organic gardening, chickens, bees, compost, and cooking. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:27:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Rian Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:19:10 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=133#comment-72 I think I can hook you up. I think I can hook you up.

]]> By: todd http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/comment-page-1/#comment-70 todd Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:22:11 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=133#comment-70 I would love some potatoes if you had some extra. I would love some potatoes if you had some extra.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Kelly Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:42:55 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=133#comment-68 how much sun do they need? Don't forget I'm trying to squeeze all this stuff into 1/3 of a small, mostly-shaded city lot. I'm trying to figure out how to have enough room for three tomato plants! I don't think I can spare 3-4 feet. how much sun do they need? Don’t forget I’m trying to squeeze all this stuff into 1/3 of a small, mostly-shaded city lot. I’m trying to figure out how to have enough room for three tomato plants! I don’t think I can spare 3-4 feet.

]]> By: Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Rian Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:01:38 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=133#comment-65 I seem to try something different every year. Potatoes are pretty foolproof, and so everything seems like the secret way to do it. "Hey, look, peeing on the soil makes potatoes happen!" (No, I don't do that.) Try just planting a "hill." Give yourself a 3-4' across area, dig a 12" crater in the middle, and put 3-4 spuds in the far reaches of the crater. Then, as the plants come up, hill up the whole thing (with something light like compost and chopped straw or whatever) to keep only the top 8" or so showing. Do that a couple of times until yer hill starts losing structural integrity. A week or so after they finish flowering, you can start digging in your mound for baby potatoes. I wouldn't grow in tires. I don't like the idea of what might leech into the soil. People do it all the time, though. You'd get more pertaters, I'd guess. And a tumor. I seem to try something different every year. Potatoes are pretty foolproof, and so everything seems like the secret way to do it. “Hey, look, peeing on the soil makes potatoes happen!”

(No, I don’t do that.)

Try just planting a “hill.” Give yourself a 3-4′ across area, dig a 12″ crater in the middle, and put 3-4 spuds in the far reaches of the crater. Then, as the plants come up, hill up the whole thing (with something light like compost and chopped straw or whatever) to keep only the top 8″ or so showing. Do that a couple of times until yer hill starts losing structural integrity.

A week or so after they finish flowering, you can start digging in your mound for baby potatoes.

I wouldn’t grow in tires. I don’t like the idea of what might leech into the soil. People do it all the time, though. You’d get more pertaters, I’d guess. And a tumor.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2008/04/08/spuds/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Kelly Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:54:34 +0000 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=133#comment-64 I've thought of growing potatoes, but suspect I lack space. (or rather, the parts of my garden that actually get sun are not so large.) Do you just chuck 'em in the ground or do you do some fancy thing with cages or tires? I’ve thought of growing potatoes, but suspect I lack space. (or rather, the parts of my garden that actually get sun are not so large.) Do you just chuck ‘em in the ground or do you do some fancy thing with cages or tires?

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