Potato Burial

On August 30 2006 I layered peatmoss, some mineral soil, rich topsoil, and 7 bricks of Coir onto my Russian Blue Potato stems. I was hoping to induce a second crop of potatoes from the > 2foot long stems.

I built a "retaining wall" and covered the majority of the potato stems with this mix of media, and then tried to apply raw Leonardite I had picked up as a source of cheap Humic acids. I had a granular, dusty powder of "raw humates"; it was a mess to apply and plugged my dial-a-spray !

For next year, this area will be a turbo charged growing spot, as all the residual fertilizers and microbes from my foliar feeding will carry over. The soil gets warmed lot, and get's all my overspray from foliar feeding.