On Mar 4, 4:20*pm, mogga wrote:
On Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:45:53 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

"mogga" *wrote ...

Someone on our allotment has weed killed his plot last autumn and is
planning to plant potatoes by sticking the potato on the ground and
covering it with muck.
I don't think he's planning on digging into the soil at all.

Is this going to work? Will it be effective?
(would it be effective on land not weed killed?)

Probably heard that spuds are good at breaking up "new" soil, however I've
always thought it was the gardener with all the work involved that did the
breaking up. *:-(
At the very least he is going to have to dig them up at the end.

This is what I thought too. But he claims to be something of an expert
so was wondering what others thought.
--http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

This sounds like the "Irish " method as it was called when I was
young.
You just dig a hole and plant the spud, when it comes up you start to
earth it up till you end up with "Normal" looking rows of potatoes.
Works well.
David Hill @ the wet end of Swansea Bay