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Originally Posted by Tom Wagner
Wingnut, it looks good for now....a bit later some extra width wouldn't hurt but I would wait until some more weeds germinate. Keeping the sides friable and not caked and cracked is important to allow the soil to breathe.
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*furiously adds this to my "Tom notes"*
That's one I didn't know. I'm still a newbie to potato growing so these little tidbits are gold to me. Thanks!
At what point of neglect is it too late to do more hilling? I've not been able to do any further hilling for a week and some of them are getting pretty tall. I know after some amount of time/stem being above ground, they'll no longer produce tubers that high but I don't know what that amount is.
And, on the running out of soil issue, what about wood chips? Can we use wood chips to hill them with or is it limited to lighter media such as straw? I would assume wood chips are okay but don't wanna screw up.