potatoes potatoes potatoes!

ERICS_MUM

jones.ci wrote: »

Potatoes are like zombies, you just can't kill them. I wouldn't be supprised if someone claimed to have grown a harvest from left over mash.

What about planting a packet of Smash ?

Being sensible now - I should imagine that fresh home-grown potatoes, simply cooked and topped with a bit of butter taste delish !

Linda

soul619

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

What about planting a packet of Smash ?

Being sensible now - I should imagine that fresh home-grown potatoes, simply cooked and topped with a bit of butter taste delish !

Linda

i cant wait to try mine hope to grow the spus for moms and mil's xmas dinner too :j

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I've just got an allotment too. First time growing last year.., grew potatoes in a big tyre set (adding more tyres as they grew). Bit haphazard but they did ok.

Now my old allotment neighbour says I should plant a slug pellet with the potatoe cause it will avoid the nasties boring into the potatoe (holey potatoes).

BUT I am really put off the idea of basically serving up potatoes with added slug pellet chemicals.

How much of a problem is slugs and beasties making holes in potatoes sown in the ground? Does it depend on the allotment?

Mankysteve

Potatoes are pretty noxious the reason why you shoud eat the leafs or green potatoes. There is the one bug than can attack them but the trick to controlling them is grow them in a mound as the bug cant fly very well and cant get much higher than a few cementers. I forget the name of the bug

smithyjules

It's nice to hear everyone's tales, We put in our first row of potatoes last night at the allotment and was so proud i could have burst lol. I couldn't do an awful lot being 35 weeks pregnant and with hugely swollen and painful legs and ankles, but my 3 year old DD was popping the potatoes in as Daddy dug and then covered them up. I watered them whilst counting down the weeks til i can take both children over there to do some more!!

smithyjules

ps...I'm sure I've got a packet of Smash in the back of the cupboard somewhere that my nan put in my xmas hamper!!!:rotfl:

ERICS_MUM

smithyjules wrote: »

It's nice to hear everyone's tales, We put in our first row of potatoes last night at the allotment and was so proud i could have burst lol. I couldn't do an awful lot being 35 weeks pregnant and with hugely swollen and painful legs and ankles, but my 3 year old DD was popping the potatoes in as Daddy dug and then covered them up. I watered them whilst counting down the weeks til i can take both children over there to do some more!!

It's great that you and Daddy are getting your DD into gardening so young, :T:T such a good way to spend family times & make memories. Your children will learn to appreciate nature, good food and fresh air etc.


Linda xx

tanith

I grew potatoes in bags last year for the first time and although not a huge crop they were succesful enough and we had some delicious dinners with the new pots with butter.. soooo tasty.. good luck with the allotment

smithyjules

Ericsmum - thank you thats a really kind thing to say. My dd is a really outgoing, wellies on kind of girl which suits us fine!We grew things in pots last year and to see a 2 year old sitting in a pile of compost pulling out the potatoes was so lovely we applied for an allotment!! Only took a year so we are really pleased compared to some who have had to wait forever it seems.

We are growing about 3000 (slight exaggeration) peas because we all love to eat them straight from the pod, DD likes them in a snack pot lol..raisins are sooo last season! Mind you it's a good job we all like them raw in salads etc as i cannot cook them for love nor money lol!:o

Tanith - we only had a few potatoes out of our pot last year but DD's little face when she had marble sized potatoes on her plate was a picture!!

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Yes I only waited 6 months, and like u smithyjules, I have heard of people waiting years. I must have gotten lucky cause I was given the keys after staring at all my stuff that needs to be planted and wondering where the heck it was to go.

Its such a good family thing too. My 14 year old made me so proud.., he's got ASD so can be a bit stroppy outside the house, but he was lifting huge bundles of the previous owner's sweet corn that I'd pulled along with me lol. My four year old is still confused as to the difference between a garden and an allotment but I'm working on it lol. I am sure its not always like this, but both of them are finding the allotment as exciting as I am (just hoping it stays that way lol).