Growing Potato

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31 Aug 13 Sheryl (Australia - temperate climate)
I am growing potatoes in straw and mulch in a raised garden bed - after I harvest the potatoes what can I grow in the leftover straw/mulch?
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17 Sep 13 Catherine (Australia - temperate climate)
You can grow anything - except tomatoes, capsicum, eggplant which are all in the same family as potatoes (and apparently I read no strawberries as well - root rot). Just turn over some compost or manure in it. About now you might want to get your summer crops going. You can grow lettuce, silverbeet, beetroot, radish, spring onions, beans, sorrel, cabbage, kale, corn etc. :) Gardenate has a list of what to plant for your region. Make sure you mulch! Good luck!
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