After a second season of growing potatoes in large grow bags filled with either soil or other forms of carbon based growing material, I have learned a lot about fertility, soil, carbon and growing potatoes. And now I have a lot more questions that I want to explore.
0:00 Different options for growing potatoes
0:50 Setup of grow bag trial
2:43 Soil plus compost
4:45 Soil plus compost and amendments
7:52 Soil without compost
9:11 Carbon based growing medium
11:33 Decomposing while growing
12:44 So much learning
15:06 Future explorations
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