We’ve had different results in our garden, we are on the bayside so our humidity is a lot higher, so is our rainfall. We do after the autumn equinox, and again on the spring equinox, but keeping that regular water up to them mid summer. We grow kennebec, Sebago and red Pontiac. Haven’t tried inoculation though, so may give that a go this year
We’re not far from the coast as well so the humidity is a killer. I think we’re spoilt with the sweet potatoes so regular potatoes seem hardly worth it.
@@loveofdirt we found our friends who lived a few blocks back from us, other side of the hill, had better luck with potatoes and less humidity 😅 they are a 10min walk from our place and we get rain and they don’t. The hill 20m elevation changes so much of the micro climates I’ve just done up a bunch of sweet potatoes, trying a new method then I used last year.
As opposed to buying? I would say yes, until recently with prices hiking as much as they have. I’ve never seen a great benefit of growing potatoes here in the subtropics aside from the taste of them. But yes definitely can reuse your mix.
@@loveofdirtThanks! I only recently started growing so didn't realize the soil prices had recently jumped, but that has been the hardest part in balancing the value of all this beyond the fun.
Great experiment,love harvesting potatoes! I think the homegrown taste better too!
They definitely do
We’ve had different results in our garden, we are on the bayside so our humidity is a lot higher, so is our rainfall. We do after the autumn equinox, and again on the spring equinox, but keeping that regular water up to them mid summer.
We grow kennebec, Sebago and red Pontiac.
Haven’t tried inoculation though, so may give that a go this year
We’re not far from the coast as well so the humidity is a killer. I think we’re spoilt with the sweet potatoes so regular potatoes seem hardly worth it.
@@loveofdirt we found our friends who lived a few blocks back from us, other side of the hill, had better luck with potatoes and less humidity 😅 they are a 10min walk from our place and we get rain and they don’t. The hill 20m elevation changes so much of the micro climates
I’ve just done up a bunch of sweet potatoes, trying a new method then I used last year.
Does the cost of the premium soil cancel out the benefit somewhat? Or can it be reused (with amending)?
As opposed to buying? I would say yes, until recently with prices hiking as much as they have. I’ve never seen a great benefit of growing potatoes here in the subtropics aside from the taste of them. But yes definitely can reuse your mix.
@@loveofdirtThanks! I only recently started growing so didn't realize the soil prices had recently jumped, but that has been the hardest part in balancing the value of all this beyond the fun.
Yeah the trick is to really amp up your compost making. But then it’s a space balance