One of the Many Garden Projects

If I ever get it together to figure out DTube again, I will upload a video of my garden in which I am pointing out several projects I need to work on.

One of the projects was to plant more potatoes. That is also one of my preparations in regard to Covid19. We don't know what the future brings and to be prepared is always the best. My goal is to plant enough so that I can share with others that might need some.

These are organic potatoes I bought in the store. It is better to use seed potatoes that are guaranteed disease-free, but this is what I have. I am planting them in contained areas. If a disease develops, I can easily get rid of the soil without contaminating the rest of the garden.

As you can see, there are already some nice sprouts developed on the pieces. I cut the potatoes into several pieces, making sure that each has an eye. Then, I allowed the cut surfaces to dry for a couple of days. If you plant right after cutting, chances that the potatoes rot in the soil are much higher.

The top picture shows you how I placed them in the grow box. But here it is again.

I had cleared the ground of whatever was growing there - mostly wild radishes. All the greens went to the chickens who always enjoy them very much. Then I placed my box and added some fertile soil.

Here you see that I just added maybe an inch of soil on top of the seed potatoes for now. Once the greens are coming up, I will add more and more soil until the box is full.

This is what the box looks like right now. Hopefully, next week, I can show you some potato plants making their way to the light.

Have you ever grown potatoes? What method did you use?

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