I do no-till potatoes every year. I plant my potatoes in a sheet compost pile of slighly undone compost, and leaves or hay, right on top of the ground.
I rub powdered sulfur on the potatoes for disease control too. I use bone meal for extra phosphorus for increasing potato harvest. I feed my potatoes with fish emulsion and compost tea and dry molasses.
When the potato stalks poke out of the mulch over several inches, I lightly cover them with more leaves or hay.
I do this from Feb to May or June, or until the potatoes are ready for harvest.
_________________ The entire Kingdom of God can be totally explained as an Organic Garden (Mark 4:26)
William Cureton
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