How Do You Use Leaves To Grow Potatoes?
Gardens often empty of produce and fade to gray as the summer turns to autumn. A gardeners often spends the cold seasons pouring through seed catalogs. He spends time thinking about planting for next year. Yet, with a pile of fallen leaves, you can make a serious start on your backyard potato crop. All of the many leaves can become a little field ready for planting potatoes in the spring. Choose a location for your potato garden. As you look for a location to grow potatoes, try to find an area that offers full sun exposure. It’s also a good idea to select a place where you haven’t grown potatoes before. This will reduce the chances of bug or fungal infestation. Gather your leaves. Rake up the leaves that have fallen. Gather them into a pile on the location you’ve chosen for the potato patch. The leaf pile should be about 3 feet high. A leaf pile of about 9 square feet will support 30 potato plants. As time passes, the pile of leaves will become more compact. By springtime, it will have
