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Post by dianthus on May 2, 2015 20:13:08 GMT
Growing Rocket (1st early) and Charlotte (2nd early). No show just yet but the heavy rain and warmer temps should bring them on. Also growing (in 17 litre polybags) Blue belle (maincrop) for coloureds and Casablanca (early) for whites. I reckon Charlotte to be the finest flavoured potato eaten early or fully mature.... Picasso takes some beating for jackets and roasts 
Love the dahlia avatar. What variety is it?
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 20:38:32 GMT
It's a small semi cactus, 'Ruskins Myra'. Had a bit of success with it Dianthus. I only grew 5 last year but a lot more this time if all my cuttings take. Heard others keen on Picasso, supposed to give good yields of big potatoes.
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Post by dianthus on May 2, 2015 22:59:44 GMT
Picasso produce a good shaped tuber, which is what you need for even baking.
I'm trying two new varieties to me - Chicago and Abbot, so it'll be interesting to see what they lift like. |
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Post by dianthus on May 4, 2015 16:41:46 GMT
First topping up of the Rocket potatoes. Should start to crop them in 6 weeks. It'll be later than I normally get the first taste, as I haven't started four buckets off in the conservatory, this year. Hopefully, that warm spell we had a couple of weeks ago, will have brought them on.
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Post by Tel on May 4, 2015 18:09:01 GMT
And back to potatoes.......... 
Planted my first earlies - Rocket - today. Soil warm enough now.
Have 85 seed potatoes to get planted into bags! roofgardener ...... I can't count properly...... I have 105 tubers. I forgot to count the Chicago in egg boxes that I'd found another spot for, in the garage. Not grown them before, so any feedback from anyone who has, would be appreciated.
65 now planted, with just the Picasso and Chicago left to put into growing bags.
The Rocket are peering through and will get their first top up this week.
You growing them for the whole street, or what.  |
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Post by dianthus on May 4, 2015 18:21:50 GMT
No Tel ... just for me. I try to be self-supplied with them for 6 months. Because I have to bag most of them, I don't get the yields that Dad did in the family garden. He used to grow about seven seed bags that used to have over two dozen in them. He'd get enough for the family to last until after Christmas.
I can't be doing with the washed supermarket ones, that are turning green before you get them home. They get so battered and bruised through the riddlers and washers as well. |
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Post by KC on May 5, 2015 13:00:29 GMT
Do spuds needs light or could these grow in bags in a shed?
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Post by Cherry on May 5, 2015 15:29:38 GMT
They will grow in bags, but outside, not in the shed KC. I am doing that this year. I have heaps of land, but can't prepare or look after any more. |
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Post by roofgardener on May 5, 2015 18:26:20 GMT
Cherry is right, KC. The spuds ... once they have grown beyond buds... put out quite a dense canopy of leaves. I think they look rather nice in their own right, actually.
But of course this means that they need light, just like any other plant, to photosynthesise.
They seem to do quite well initially, when you consider that (in my case) they start off at the bottom of a 3' tall bin with only indirect light filtering down. But to do all the later 'heavy lifting' work (producing potatoes underground) I think they need direct sunlight ?
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Post by KC on May 6, 2015 9:18:58 GMT
I have 4 bags sitting on the summer seat at the moment, have more to do, probably another 4-5 bags but space is restricted hence asking about the shed. Bang goes that then.
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Post by Cherry on May 6, 2015 14:48:41 GMT
I'm sure you will find a wee corner KC. |
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Post by steve on May 6, 2015 18:33:39 GMT
I have one of those in the allotment Cherry |
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Post by daitheplant on May 6, 2015 19:02:17 GMT
I have one of those in the allotment Cherry We have two sheds on our site. One for the ladies and one for the WEE toerags.  |
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Post by Cherry on May 6, 2015 20:29:33 GMT
I fell into it again.  |
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Post by steve on May 7, 2015 15:39:49 GMT
I fell into it again. Never mind it should wash off I haven't been down the allotment for about 2 weeks now, my earlies are probably through, I will have to have a visit Sunday to do some earthing up |
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