New, efficient way to plant. Hehe.

[Propane1]

I like the 4 feet method too. I use a cultivator on the tractor to do between the rows.

Noel

 

[Propane1]

I’ll try again to load pictures. Amazingly it worked.
As Harry Woo on Get Smart use to say, Amazing, Simply Amazing.

Noel

 

[BMaverick]

I’ll try again to load pictures. Amazingly it worked.
As Harry Woo on Get Smart use to say, Amazing, Simply Amazing.

Noel

Now that there is one awesome potato garden! I love that old hiller. It does the job really well.

 

[Sawdust]

Awesome job Noel I agree with Bret that’s a fine looking potato garden. Glad you got your pics up and working. I’m still curious as to some type of plant that you could add to your garden in various places that would deter the beetle.

 

[chieffan]

Marigold flowers will deter a lot of garden insects away, including potato beetles. Plant a few in each row of potatoes. Might work ??

 

[Propane1]

I’ll wait a bit. Plants won’t be thru for another 3 to 4 weeks yet. I might try that on a row or two.
planted marigolds years ago and something chewed them off at ground level. Maybe if I plant them later they might be alright. I could have been planting them to early years ago. Just were for decoration then, not for bug control.
Thanks Roger.


Noel

 

[Sawdust]

I know we have marigold and a few others in the garden or around it. I didn’t think anything bothered a marigold plant. Maybe your beetles sent out a ground patrol to counter your future attack.

 

[Propane1]

Could be Jim. Hehe. I think it was slugs that cuts the plants off at ground levels.

Noel

 

[chieffan]

Wont plant potatoes but I picked up a small wheel garden planter off a rack full of stuff for $1 a few years ago. Has about a 6" X 1/4" wide wheel with a cup on the side that rotates to the different size seeds your putting down. 30" handle is a bit short but works good. Stakes with a line between and run the wheel down under the line and the seeds go in the ground. Bean and Pea seeds need a bit of covering but sure speeds up the planting. process. Package of radish or lettuce seeds will make a 32' row each. Seeds are so small hard to get them spread out any other way I tried.