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This thread illustrates an example of my cover crop and rotation program in the production of the 2020 potato crop for our family. The result was 228 pounds of potatoes from 20 pounds of seed potatoes....all organically grown. As an aside, 240 pounds of onions were also produced from the same cover/rotation sequence in the adjoining row.
Back pre-COVID-19, I began the preparation for the 2020 potato crop by planting a heavy cover crop of black eyed peas in the summer of 2019. See to the left in the photo below.
This cover was then turned under in fall of 2019 leaving three rows ready for planting 1) 2020 onions 2) 2020 potatoes and 3) a companion planting of sweet peas for the potatoes.
The 20 pounds of seed potatoes were planted Feb. 14 2020 with a companion planting of sweet peas. They pushed up in three weeks and thrived together.
The potatoes were harvested May 2020. A total of 228 pounds of new potatoes were produced from the original 20 pounds of seed potato....a production ratio of 11.4.
The row was then disked under and field peas planted to rejuvenate and replenish the soil to begin another cycle of planting and cover and rotation. .
Meanwhile, the 2021 potato crop is already in preparation with its cover in place until next year.
Back pre-COVID-19, I began the preparation for the 2020 potato crop by planting a heavy cover crop of black eyed peas in the summer of 2019. See to the left in the photo below.
This cover was then turned under in fall of 2019 leaving three rows ready for planting 1) 2020 onions 2) 2020 potatoes and 3) a companion planting of sweet peas for the potatoes.
The 20 pounds of seed potatoes were planted Feb. 14 2020 with a companion planting of sweet peas. They pushed up in three weeks and thrived together.
The potatoes were harvested May 2020. A total of 228 pounds of new potatoes were produced from the original 20 pounds of seed potato....a production ratio of 11.4.
The row was then disked under and field peas planted to rejuvenate and replenish the soil to begin another cycle of planting and cover and rotation. .
Meanwhile, the 2021 potato crop is already in preparation with its cover in place until next year.
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