>Hugh - > >thanks for the good post on how you manage your spuds. > >Questions come to mind. > >How deeply do you mulch with hay?
Allan, About whatever comes off the bale, But thats a couple inches. > >How do you unroll the bales? I get it in the right direction and roll (downhill). > >Your harvesting sounds like you are using a harrow to pull the spuds >of the soil but if the seed potato is only under the mulch all the >'new' potatoes would occur above it. I must be reading this wrong. >Are you harvesting spuds from the mulch or from the soil? Didn't I say I lay the spuds out and then "tuck them in?" I tuck the set into the ground about 2 to 3 inches, so the spuds, which form above the roots, don't all sit on the surface. I don't want any on the surface because if they don't have enough hay on them they turn green > >Do you use any foliar sprays? (fish? kelp?) I expect to try some. > >Do you side dress with compost or fertilizer at any point? No. Only the field broadcaster. > >What legume are you growing in your paths nowadays? I like white dutch clover. Best, Hugh > >thanks again -Allan
