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No-Till Potatoes
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<blockquote data-quote="martian" data-source="post: 5581878" data-attributes="member: 801"><p>It is an interesting way of growing spuds. I don't know much about how they are grown commercially, except that it has got ridiculously expensive and knackers the soil. The joy of no-till spuds is that the soil is not disturbed at all and all that straw feeds a lot of soil creatures as well as swamping grass weeds. We've got a bit of scab on the tubers this year, which makes me think that it might be best to grow earlies and also get them off before the main blight season kicks in. We haven't used any fertiliser (beyond a plastering of FYM) or sprays, and I've been impressed by the general level of production. It is potentially a way for small-scale producers to get into the potato business without massive amounts of capital tied up in huge machines.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martian, post: 5581878, member: 801"] It is an interesting way of growing spuds. I don't know much about how they are grown commercially, except that it has got ridiculously expensive and knackers the soil. The joy of no-till spuds is that the soil is not disturbed at all and all that straw feeds a lot of soil creatures as well as swamping grass weeds. We've got a bit of scab on the tubers this year, which makes me think that it might be best to grow earlies and also get them off before the main blight season kicks in. We haven't used any fertiliser (beyond a plastering of FYM) or sprays, and I've been impressed by the general level of production. It is potentially a way for small-scale producers to get into the potato business without massive amounts of capital tied up in huge machines. [/QUOTE]
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