The idea of hilling potatoes with cut grass came to me for a reason. A few years earlier, I had to make a number of tall beds to deal with stagnant water. When the boxes were ready, it turned out that I did not have enough earth to fill them.
To prevent the beds from standing idle while waiting for the compost to ripen, it was decided to plant potatoes in them, and then spud it with mowed grass throughout the season. In order for such a hilling to be at least some sense, the green mass had to be finely ground. The lawn mower has done an excellent job with this task. Some of the grass had been chopped so hard that it looked more like sticky wet earth.
In the spring, the potatoes were planted in a small layer of soil at the bottom of a high bed. Further, as the area was overgrown, I mowed the grass and gradually spud the crop with it. First, a viscous green mass was laid, after which the remaining grass was thrown on top.
Potatoes felt great under such a blanket. I liked the experience of last year and this spring I decided to do the same. I planted the crop in the soil again, and hilling was carried out with finely chopped grass.
By the middle of summer, my potato garden began to look like this. At the moment, the culture is not sick with anything and looks good.
This method allows you to simultaneously grow potatoes and raise the level of a high bed. By next spring, the grass will rot, and I will repeat the process again.
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