Reply To: No Dig Potatoes, Parsnips, …

[kGarden]

Useful feedback, thanks all.

>> I have found that earthing up on my wood sided raised beds results in a lot of the compost being washed onto the surrounding paths

I started with “lazy raised beds”: excavating the paths between the beds by 6″ or so, and piled onto the beds, until I could afford the boards. The shoulders collapse a bit during the season, and can’t easily be planted right to the edge, but it did me OK for the first half dozen years; on my heavy clay soil the main benefit was that the sunken paths improved the drainage of the beds. When I added the boards that was on top of the soil, by my calculation excavating the 18″ wide path, 6″ deep, and spreading it on a 4′ wide bed only adds 2.25″. Then garden compost regularly added, so I am fortunate in not being close to the top of the boards

>> I have yet to grow ones that pull out, has anyone please?

Dan does on his allotment:

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