Broadfork on Nostr: This year I trialled two methods (I call “dibbed” and “surface”) of no dig ...

This year I trialled two methods (I call “dibbed” and “surface”) of no dig potatoes. Explanation in Alt text.

Yield results of dibbed/surface methods:

Casablanca 4.5 kgs/3.9 kgs. (13% difference)
Charlotte 9 kgs/6.8 kgs. (24%)
Wilja 8.2 kgs/7.0 kgs. (15%)
Caledonian Rose 8.5 kgs/7 kgs. (18%).

Harvesting of the surface method is easier with very little soil disturbance. Dibbed gives larger yield. Caledonian Rose maincrop were very slug damaged and poor yield.

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