Allan asks about how setaceous berries and spud would conform to into a Grocery Row Garden :
I enjoy watching @davidthegood . A couple doubtfulness – I ’m worried about planting potatoes as you need to dig out of the priming , and would disturb the roots , especially the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , the other question is about the berries , being that the rows are so confining , the thorns would be quite annoying to go retiring ? I would love to hear your thoughts on these and from others as well .
Back in 2014 , I wrotea post about sweet potatoes , in which I state :
“ The first way I develop them as a kid , long , long ago , was in my neighbour ’s flush box when she was out of town . They read over and smother the petunias .
It was awful .
Later , I ’ve grown them here and there in raised beds and in deep mulch gardens and evenin my blueberry bush patch .
I do n’t advocate doing that anymore , since my blueberry grew really lento thanks to the rootage competition . ”
Both sweet murphy and white potatoes do ask apprehend to harvest , which is live on to cause some root disruption .
blueberry are particularly infelicitous when you mess with their root , as some other trees must be .
But some tree have n’t seemed to mind when we grew vast yams right next to them ( and then spent hours dig them out ):
As for the Grocery Row Gardens , rise potatoes around trees may be a problem long - term . However , our white potato growing in the rows has only been done during the first year , when the tree root systems are still pocket-sized . They ’re just effected , if at all , since the white potato are n’t being planted correctly next to their tiny root system .
Unfortunately , our dataset is slim on long - condition Solanum tuberosum growing in Grocery Rows . And by that , I mean non - existent .
The firstprototype Grocery Row Garden beds we build long ago in North Floridawere fill solely with perennials .
The second readiness of Grocery Row Gardens we built in Grenada , wherewe really expanded on the estimation of using food forest verticality in a control linear system , were not in a clime tractable to growing white potato . We did grow dulcet potatoes around some Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , but there was n’t enough clock time to observe results before the pandemic drag away our tropic homesteading dreams .
Then , our next seam – this time in Lower Alabama – only dedicate us two potato - growing season before we found our new homestead .
Not enough for long - term examination with potatoes and fruit trees .
However , I have a hunch that grow potatoes around the trees may really reduce their vigor a flake in a positive way , by helping to keep the trees smaller , which is necessary to keep a Grocery Row Garden long - condition . I also call up that some limited root psychological disorder may even make the trees more resilient and give them tougher root word systems , as rationalize roots may branch out more and spread .
But , if you ’re disquieted , just plant your potatoes somewhere in the 12′ crack between yield trees , and not too near them .
As for thorny Chuck Berry , yes , they could be vexing . Our Mysore raspberries are really nasty to develop in the rows . Though we grow a few anyways , here and there . It ’s probably good to avoid growing them on both sides of a itinerary or you ’ll have to die through the garden in a full suit of armor .
The main berry we ’ve grown in the Grocery Rows are spineless blackberries , blueberries and the somewhat burry Heritage raspberry . If you do plant life bristly types , you might need to put some string or a short piece of fence or trellis you may apply to keep them from destruct your pleasant garden paths ( and your clothing ) as you excrete by .
Happy gardening ! Be certain to watchthe sodding Grocery Row Gardening documentary film , if you have n’t seen it yet .
Also , do n’t forget , we have a plant sale this weekend .
Plant Sale Details:
Come gather us and get some “ GOOD ” plants !
We will have our glasshouse booth set up onSaturday , JUNE 17 , at the Atmore Flea Market , from 8AM to 1PM .
ADDRESS : 1815 Highway 21 , 36502 , Atmore , AL
Some of the plants for sale include : Pineapple guava , Chaste tree , Echinacea , Edible cannas , Sweet Shrub , Jerusalem artichoke , Comfrey , Tobacco , Bamboo ( jumbo yellow tone eccentric ) “ Robert Young ” , Longevity prickly-seeded spinach , Tropical milkweed , Chocolate mess , Stevia , Banana ( Dwarf Cavendish ) , Daisies , Elderberries … and a few more uncommon tidbits
We will also have books , and would love to talk horticulture when you contain by .
SPECIAL deduction OFFER !
We care to reuse pots and reprocess them , so we ’ll give you a $ .50 credit on any clean , useable , one - gal or big crapper you bring to our cubicle . Bring what you have and trade ’em in for plants !
Hope to see you there .
