In article , Paul Taylor
writes
Most books I read on planting pototoes say they need earthing up -
however as I only have limited space I want to plant the rows closer
together which means I can no longer earth them up. To counter this I am
considering planting the seed pototoes deeper. This seems to make sense
to me (but I'm not a vastly experianced gardner!). Could anyone please
comment on this as a reasonable sensible technique - or do spuds really
have to be earthed up.

The idea seems to be that the potatoes make their tubers near the
surface. You then earth them up which encourages them to make more above
the original layer, and stops the top ones being exposed to the light
and going green.

therefore, a better bet would be to plant at the normal depth, but try
to spread a layer of compost over the whole bed (avoiding the plants!)
at the time when you'd normally earth up - a bit fiddly.

Or you could just not bother to earth up - you'll still get a reasonable
crop.

Or you could plant fewer at the normal spacing.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/