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Hi Louise.
This was a great result, I’ll certainly pass on details of your efforts to others faced with the same overgrown problem.Just completed my first no-dig trial of early potatoes at our allotment in Bristol. We chose eight varieties with five seeds of each. The ground was firstly cleared of any weeds, being this was fairly compacted it needed forking to loosen the soil and I was then able to use a dibber for each seed hole. The seeds were planted, covered over, watered in and then earthed-up using compost made on site throughout last winter.
No other water was applied throughout growing except for rain which was scarce in June. Altogether, 46.29kg have been produced from the beds, with variety Jazzy being the best at 8.91kg and Accord the lowest at 4.5kg. Overall, very little damage from slugs etc.
Certainly a lot easier this way and more productive than in previous years. Our main crops of Majestic and King Edwards have yet to be harvested but all are looking healthy.