- Stupid garden mistakes -

[WannaBeHillBilly]

This year i planted potatoes for the first time in my life: Removed the tall grass from a patch of land, tilled it twice, added a lot of soiled duck-bedding, tilled it again, had the ducks removing all grubs and poop-a-lot. And then finally planted 42 seed potatoes.
Then the weather turned wet and it rained and rained and rained some more.
Only two potato plants came out, the rest rotted away.
Idk if it would be too late for another round of seed potatoes this year?

 

[Redhead Rae]

This year i planted potatoes for the first time in my life: Removed the tall grass from a patch of land, tilled it twice, added a lot of soiled duck-bedding, tilled it again, had the ducks removing all grubs and poop-a-lot. And then finally planted 42 seed potatoes.
Then the weather turned wet and it rained and rained and rained some more.
Only two potato plants came out, the rest rotted away.
Idk if it would be too late for another round of seed potatoes this year?

I think you can do a fall planting as well. Also, the best way we found to grow potatoes in a wet area is to mound the planting area high and create channels in between rows to take excess water away. This provides the correct amount of water for potatoes in the wet season.

 

[Acre4Me]

This year i planted potatoes for the first time in my life: Removed the tall grass from a patch of land, tilled it twice, added a lot of soiled duck-bedding, tilled it again, had the ducks removing all grubs and poop-a-lot. And then finally planted 42 seed potatoes.
Then the weather turned wet and it rained and rained and rained some more.
Only two potato plants came out, the rest rotted away.
Idk if it would be too late for another round of seed potatoes this year?

Also, planting root type vegetables right after grass can cause problems. There are certain bugs in the grass roots that will bore through the root vegetables. We once planted a new garden in a newly dug area, where grass had been. Tomatoes and beans were fine, but the carrots were terrible...but also made us laugh bc when we picked them they had all these little wormy bugs (nematodes?) in them and they were bendy/flexible. Not sure if the same thing would happen to potatoes, though. After about 2 years the nematodes/worms were gone, so root vegetables were fine.

Yes, you can still plant potatoes this year, and hopefully you will have success!!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Also, planting root type vegetables right after grass can cause problems. There are certain bugs in the grass roots that will bore through the root vegetables. We once planted a new garden in a newly dug area, where grass had been. Tomatoes and beans were fine, but the carrots were terrible...but also made us laugh bc when we picked them they had all these little wormy bugs (nematodes?) in them and they were bendy/flexible. Not sure if the same thing would happen to potatoes, though. After about 2 years the nematodes/worms were gone, so root vegetables were fine.

Yes, you can still plant potatoes this year, and hopefully you will have success!!

Thank you very much for your answer. Definitely no nematodes or other worms in the ground, my Duckies were very thorough, that patch looked like a golfball after they were done. I'll go and get some seed potatoes tomorrow.

 

[chickengr]

Also, planting root type vegetables right after grass can cause problems. There are certain bugs in the grass roots that will bore through the root vegetables. We once planted a new garden in a newly dug area, where grass had been. Tomatoes and beans were fine, but the carrots were terrible...but also made us laugh bc when we picked them they had all these little wormy bugs (nematodes?) in them and they were bendy/flexible. Not sure if the same thing would happen to potatoes, though. After about 2 years the nematodes/worms were gone, so root vegetables were fine.

Yes, you can still plant potatoes this year, and hopefully you will have success!!

if you let the chickens in the garden-to-be they will take care of all those bugs. I let them do that at the end of season as well.