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Thanks for confirming my hunches.
The other thing I have read is that clay soils are far, far worse for potatoes than sandy soils or loam ones, producing far less tubers per plant and much lower yields.
As we have clay soil here, are there any tips out there for improving tuber formation and yields, other than treating with manure the autumn before (which has been done) and possibly growing in 35 litre pots using general purpose compost in the pot and horse manure in the trench underneath??
We can get 2.5 – 3 lb per plant of main crop Desirees (well, we did last year), but first earlies are usually under 1 lb per plant, whereas I read on some gardeners’ blogs that some folks get 5 – 6 lb per plant even of first earlies!! Never get anything like that up here……
Any thoughts you have are most appreciated, particularly as I’ve read you’ve worked with clay soils a lot in your decades of experience…….