Seed potatoes are cheap; you only need a few because it sounds like a you are talking about a limited space. Not all plants react the same way. Most don't like poor drainage but maybe it was something else that killed the endive. And the weather is different every year. You won't know until you try in your garden. You could mound up some compost in the middle of your bed to make it a little deeper and add more boards when you can. New potatoes are very good. To me mature potatoes don't taste that much better than store potatoes. I love to rob just a few new potatoes and leave the plant growing. I used to put rotten straw on top and you could feel with your hands and pull off new potatoes. Now you have to worry that straw has herbicides in it.
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