Reply To: No Dig Survey? + results

[Louise Tuffin]

I did my first lot of no dig potatoes this year on a bit of land that has not grown anything bar weeds for the last 6 years. It has a lot of horsestail in it as well. From 22 seed potates(10 charlotte and 12 Foremost) I got a total of 22kg of potatoes. I covered to whole area in 6-8 inches of rotted manure and nestle the potatoes in, really sitting on the surface of the ground, and then covered rows in thick mulch of spent strawberry compost from a local fruit farm. I harvested each variety in about 20mins, great, and no damage from garden fork as not needed. Horsestail still coming through but just pulled out when seen and not really a problem