MaiionPostBotB to c/[email protected]English • 2 years agoTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up167cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up167external-linkTIL potatoes yield 17.8 million calories per acre, so you could feed a family of four on less than 1/4 acrewww.waldeneffect.orgMaiionPostBotB to c/[email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•2 years agoOther factors besides calories per square-whatever-an-acre is, is how much fertiliser, how often does the land need to rest. It does empty the ground of some nutrients. I love them and grew up on a small potato farm.
minus-squareTrack_ShovellinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoLand should never rest/fallow, especially if it’s tilled. All you end up doing is burning off soil organic matter and adding weeds to your seedbank. Rotational cropping is a must, preferably with a legume
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoAlso if all you eat is potatoes you will die. They are not complete nutrition by themselves.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIf you mix potatoes the only big thing you’re missing is protein. Otherwise they have a pretty good mix of every other vitamin. There’s pretty much no food that compares.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYou could mix that with a protein complete food like lentils
Other factors besides calories per square-whatever-an-acre is, is how much fertiliser, how often does the land need to rest.
It does empty the ground of some nutrients. I love them and grew up on a small potato farm.
Land should never rest/fallow, especially if it’s tilled. All you end up doing is burning off soil organic matter and adding weeds to your seedbank.
Rotational cropping is a must, preferably with a legume
Also if all you eat is potatoes you will die. They are not complete nutrition by themselves.
If you mix potatoes the only big thing you’re missing is protein. Otherwise they have a pretty good mix of every other vitamin.
There’s pretty much no food that compares.
You could mix that with a protein complete food like lentils