On Sat, 21 May 2005 19:46:07 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message 1116692183.17008b072ab3feb2e28ef6a8eb98a1ef@teran ews
from Tim Challenger contains these words:

Or, use a loose mulch over the soil surface, so that tubers form
just under the soil surface (but still in the dark from the mulch).
...

Would horse-stable manure/straw be any good? Probably to strong.
Well-rotted would be ok?

Well, I wouldn't want to pick my new potatoes out of a horse manure
mulch,

Yet you dont mind covering them in pesticides/herbicides! How daft.

You could always wear rubber gloves, what colour would your prefer do
you think?