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Gardening

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MiHale

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Tue Jun 4, 2024, 06:59 AM Jun 2024

Need some advice on hilling potatoes... [View all]

We normally grow Yukon Gold potatoes which are determinant and grow underground, we didn’t really have to hill up. This year we’re growing Russets that are indeterminate and require hilling. Our space is a little limited so we decided to go with a chopped straw and compost mix to hill.
I know that you stop hilling when flowering starts which is a little time away yet, we believe. Here’s my question.
Should we continue to hill or could we stop now? I think we could go a little more…my partner in green thinks that they’re ok now.
Should mention they are planted approximately inches into the ground then started to hill with straw.

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