Last year was my first year to grow potatoes, and did in my garden. I made a couple rookie mistakes, one of which is I hilled too high and buried a couple of shoots, thinking they would just continue to grow. They didn't. Like the OP, I wanted even hilling. Another was that I wasn't gentle enough when hilling, and broke a shoot. It died.
This year I've started early in FIVE trash cans...way before last frost which is early June (cover when below 41')..and they are growing nicely. It's been 3 weeks. I live in the high desert of central Oregon.
Last year was my first year to grow potatoes, and did in my garden. I made a couple rookie mistakes, one of which is I hilled too high and buried a couple of shoots, thinking they would just continue to grow. They didn't. Like the OP, I wanted even hilling. Another was that I wasn't gentle enough when hilling, and broke a shoot. It died.
This year I've started early in FIVE trash cans...way before last frost which is early June (cover when below 41')..and they are growing nicely. It's been 3 weeks. I live in the high desert of central Oregon.