No dig potatoes ?

Has anyone tried growing spuds in a no dig plot ?.
Would be very interested to hear techniques / yield / varieties etc

 

Harvesting must be a problem.

 

Not if you train ‘em well , they fair leap out of their own accord !!

 

I assume you just plant the tubers in a hole and then top dress with manure/compost as the plants grow.

 

Wilja let us all know if you have any joy?

 

Of course , it would be Foremost in my mind

 

Thanks for that , very useful indeed.
Strange , l put no dig in the search box earlier and it came up no matches !.

 

My grandmother had a friend from southern Ukraine who was very surprised to see that in Finland you actually dig and turn the soil on the veg patch.

In her native Ukraine they just poked a hole in the soil, dropped in a seed spud and harvested crops in the autumn.

Presumably the soil and the climate are somewhat different down there.

 

If you grow them in a tub you won't have to dig. Its something I am thinking about trying next year.

G.

 

If you get them from Tesco or Asda you don't have to dig
(Other supermarkets are available )

 

Hi all, No Dig is an awesome choice and method to grow just about anything and I now mostly grow all my veg "No Dig". Potatoes can be grown no dig style but I prefer to grow mine in 30 litre buckets.

The holes at the base are enlarged to let the roots out into the soil so they can chase nutrients and water outside the bucket and this works well for me.

A recent harvest of three buckets in November...



Steve...