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Post by daitheplant on Apr 14, 2015 19:25:45 GMT
Yeah... thats what I was JUST about to say. Solarium Tolberonesum. Obviously. I knew that !  You are also using just the right amount of Bovine Manure.   |
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Post by dianthus on Apr 14, 2015 20:40:12 GMT
And back to potatoes..........
Planted my first earlies - Rocket - today. Soil warm enough now.
Have 85 seed potatoes to get planted into bags! |
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Post by roofgardener on Apr 15, 2015 7:49:06 GMT
Eighty Five ? Blimey... that's industrial-scale Spudification.
You'll get HUNDREDS of potato's out of that crop, Dianthus. What will you DO with them all ?
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Post by dianthus on Apr 15, 2015 17:36:12 GMT
Eighty Five ? Blimey... that's industrial-scale Spudification. You'll get HUNDREDS of potato's out of that crop, Dianthus. What will you DO with them all ? Friends come round and eat some of them, of course, but I usually find they are all gone by December  . I do tend to eat less rice and pasta when I have lovely new potatoes to have for dinner. |
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Post by roofgardener on Apr 15, 2015 19:03:52 GMT
I'm not suprised Dianthus. I was the same !
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Post by dianthus on Apr 23, 2015 17:51:29 GMT
Have spent the day digging over an area in the new plot to plant my 25 T&M Abbot potatoes. I think it's the first year they've offered them, so if there are any T&M employees here, who can tell me more about them, I'd be very grateful.
Stopped just now, to have something to eat, and will plant some more Kestrel in bags, in a little while. |
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Post by dianthus on Apr 23, 2015 17:52:26 GMT
Moonlight
What potatoes have the girls decided to grow?  |
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Post by daitheplant on Apr 23, 2015 18:41:12 GMT
I hope to plant my spuds early next week.
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Post by robh on Apr 23, 2015 20:07:41 GMT
i have maris baird and piper i tried pink fir apple but my wife didnt like them she said they are a fiddle lol
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Post by Moonlight on Apr 23, 2015 21:56:56 GMT
Moonlight
What potatoes have the girls decided to grow? |
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Post by dianthus on Apr 23, 2015 22:44:54 GMT
Well, I hope the girls have fun |
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Post by KC on Apr 24, 2015 9:14:25 GMT
Just saw some sprouting in the spud bag this morning, when do I top the soil up? They're King Edwards, just took a notion lol I've maris pipers there too but not in yet.
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Post by dianthus on Apr 24, 2015 11:43:10 GMT
Just saw some sprouting in the spud bag this morning, when do I top the soil up? They're King Edwards, just took a notion lol I've maris pipers there too but not in yet. When there is just an inch or two of foliage showing, you add a little more to recover them. Say 4 - 5 topping ups to get to 3" from the top of the bag. This then leaves enough room for watering and swelling room for the tubers. Your main crop Edwards' bags will begin to look bumpy down the sides as the tubers are then big. Pinch out all the flower buds as you see them. This makes the plant think it can't replicate by seed, and put all energy into tuber production.
Do watch out for blight, with King Edwards, especially after a couple of rainy days from August. Your potatoes will probably be ready end August.
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Post by KC on Apr 24, 2015 11:47:19 GMT
Just saw some sprouting in the spud bag this morning, when do I top the soil up? They're King Edwards, just took a notion lol I've maris pipers there too but not in yet. When there is just an inch or two of foliage showing, you add a little more to recover them. Say 4 - 5 topping ups to get to 3" from the top of the bag. This then leaves enough room for watering and swelling room for the tubers. Your main crop Edwards' bags will begin to look bumpy down the sides as the tubers are then big. Pinch out all the flower buds as you see them. This makes the plant think it can't replicate by seed, and put all energy into tuber production.
Do watch out for blight, with King Edwards, especially after a couple of rainy days from August. Your potatoes will probably be ready end August.
Brilliant thanks for the info 
If I keep these under cover, would that help prevent from blight?
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Post by dianthus on Apr 24, 2015 12:58:32 GMT
When there is just an inch or two of foliage showing, you add a little more to recover them. Say 4 - 5 topping ups to get to 3" from the top of the bag. This then leaves enough room for watering and swelling room for the tubers. Your main crop Edwards' bags will begin to look bumpy down the sides as the tubers are then big. Pinch out all the flower buds as you see them. This makes the plant think it can't replicate by seed, and put all energy into tuber production.
Do watch out for blight, with King Edwards, especially after a couple of rainy days from August. Your potatoes will probably be ready end August.
Brilliant thanks for the info
If I keep these under cover, would that help prevent from blight?
May not, KC, as blight is an airborne virus. Try to keep tomatoes and potatoes separate, as you can cut the hulms off the potatoes and leave the tubers under the earth, if you catch it quickly, whereas the tomatoes will be lost unless you pick off all the fruits, put the foliage in the domestic rubbish, not on the compost heap, and check them thoroughly before making green tomato chutney! |
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. I do tend to eat less rice and pasta when I have lovely new potatoes to have for dinner. 
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