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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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.