So we got about a month of rain around these parts. This really matted down our hay onto the lazy bed. Not thinking about the fact that we were basically creating a compost pile, we didn’t add more hay onto the bed and as a result a lot of our vines composted in the rotting hay. Major bummer. We only harvested 5 potatoes.

Looks like we’ll have to try this one out next year and stay on top of the moisture. This article suggests that giving the bed a slight grade can help with drainage in the event of heavy rain: http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/info/Vegetables/potatoes.asp

This entry was posted on August 30th, 2009 and is filed under Gardening, Storage Vegetables.

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