Comments on: Planting Potatoes the Grow Biointensive Way

By: ©Rachel Arsenault

©Rachel Arsenault — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:06:49 +0000

In reply to Richard K Remmen. Richard, Thank you for your kind comment. My goal is to try to educate.

By: Richard K Remmen

Richard K Remmen — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:22:03 +0000

In reply to ~Rachel Arsenault. You're very patient in the way you answer questions and the article itself is very informative, thanks!

By: ©Rachel Arsenault

©Rachel Arsenault — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 15:47:27 +0000

In reply to J. Ploegstra. J, The potatoes are planted only 9-inches below the soil level. Begin by double digging down to 12-inches, but once the amendments are added and the soil is fluffed up, the soil in the trench should be around 9-inches.

By: J. Ploegstra

J. Ploegstra — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 14:46:28 +0000

Just have a question on the planting depth, 9 inches deep and covered with the original 12 inches of topsoil, 21 inches, do the potatoes have a problem growing up through all of this. I normally plant around 3-4 inches deep.

By: ~Rachel Arsenault

~Rachel Arsenault — Tue, 19 May 2015 01:35:44 +0000

In reply to Sher in Kentucky. Hi Sher, The seed potatoes end up planted only about 9 inches deep. You dig a 12-inch trench, add your fertilizer and compost, and loosen up the soil beneath the trench about another 12-inches with a digging fork. Then you end up placing your potato seeds about 9-inches from the soil surface once the soil is fluffed up and amended. Once the potatoes are planted, I mulch heavily with straw so any potatoes that pop up through the soil surface are protected from sunlight.