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Raised beds and vegetable gardens

Potatoes: best soil mix and feeding guide

Potatoes is in Living Soil's Raised beds and vegetable gardens group. Filling a bed, and keeping it good year after year. Its guide gathers what published references say about soil pH, feeding, spotting problems, leaf tests, cautions and where the sources differ, with 2 mixes that suit it.

What the potatoes guide covers

Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.

  • Soil pH6
  • Feeding9
  • Spotting problems7
  • Leaf tests9
  • Cautions13
  • Where the sources differ1

The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.

Mixes that suit potatoes

Raised bed fill

A solid raised bed fill with plenty of body and a modest boost of organic richness. Pair it with a soil test, which tells you what your bed still needs.

Rich raised bed fill

A far richer bed fill, packed with organic matter that feeds the soil life. Sources disagree on how rich a bed should be, and the app shows both views.

Feeds made for it

Wide purpose organic vegetable fertilizer

A wide purpose organic fertilizer for nearly every vegetable and herb in the garden, from tomatoes to thyme. A grower's method, with tips for heavy soil.

Each mix comes with the reference behind every figure, measured for your batch, pots or bed.

Good to know

  • pH: the references give 6 to 6.5 for raised beds and vegetable gardens in general. The potatoes guide adds its own pH notes.
  • The mistake to avoid: Amending and feeding without a soil test.
  • Also known as: potato, seed potatoes, new potatoes, blue potato, fingerling potato, fingerlings, purple potato, red potato, russet potato and yukon gold

Questions

What is the best soil for potatoes?

Living Soil lists 2 mixes that suit potatoes, each from a published reference. They include Raised bed fill and Rich raised bed fill. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

What pH does potatoes need?

The references give pH 6 to 6.5 for raised beds and vegetable gardens in general. The potatoes guide adds its own pH notes.

Is the potatoes guide free?

Its overview is free: what the guide covers and which mixes suit it. Opening the full guide takes credits, and the app shows the price before you confirm. Credits never expire.

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