For those who don’t know, the Ruth stout method is just laying your seed potatoes on the ground of covering with straw or hay.
I did not water these, and once the plants died back I just raked away the straw and these potatoes were laying on top of the soil, or about an inch deep.
They are tiny because I ended up planting them later than I should have and the heat was too much for them in the middle of summer.
Overall it was a great trial run and I plan to give it another go next year.
That sounds intriguing. So this is basically a no-dig/no-till method of growing potatoes? Does it work with all varieties and when should they be “planted”? I’m very curious to try it for next year.
Exactly! As far as I know, it should work with any potato.
For next year I’m planning on starting in early spring. I may even do a trial run of late summer/fall planting for the end of this year.