How to Grow Potatoes Under Straw: Stop Bend Your Back All Season
In addition to the traditional method of planting potatoes with a shovel or using mechanical means, there are interesting agricultural techniques.
For example, planting potatoes under straw means a rich harvest and eliminates slave labor throughout the season.
So, if you don’t want to bend your back with a hoe among the tops all summer, it’s worth a try.
Planting and growing tubers under straw at least eliminates the need for hilling seedlings, frequent weeding, and you can also save on watering.
How to plant potatoes
You will need last year's straw. There should be enough of it to cover the bed with a thick layer.
1. Potatoes prepared for planting are laid out in rows on the ground and covered with a layer of straw up to 40-70 cm on top.
2. You can pre-sprinkle the tubers with a mixture of soil and ash.
3. Then cover everything with a thin layer of garden soil, otherwise the wind will flutter the straw and scatter it.
In such conditions, potatoes will grow more actively, and all because earthworms and beneficial soil microorganisms will multiply under the rotting straw, and moisture will not evaporate as much.
