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My potaoes 1st time growing

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  • bubbs
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    Thankyou my beans are doing well too but i did beans last year and all my things are grown in buckets or tubs
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • A._Badger
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    Well done!

    (Psssst! Another one thoroughly hooked!)
  • bubbs
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    (Psssst! Another one thoroughly hooked!)[/QUOTE]

    Thats true lol, what could i now put into the same soil the potatoes came out of as i know i cannot use this again now or next year for potatoes
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • A._Badger
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    bubbs wrote: »
    (Psssst! Another one thoroughly hooked!)

    Thats true lol, what could i now put into the same soil the potatoes came out of as i know i cannot use this again now or next year for potatoes[/QUOTE]

    Is this open ground? Either way, you've still time for some more crops this year! Try spring onions, lettuces, or fast-growing carrots. For the latter, I'm following my first early spuds with sme of Suttons 'Ideal' baby carots which are quite quick to mature and would do in either open ground or a container.

    Good luck!
  • morg_monster
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    I grew spuds in black morrisons buckets; the very best i got was 1lb from 1 seed potato but the others varied from probably about 100g to 300g. So sounds like you did pretty good! Already planning next year's!
  • bubbs
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    A._Badger wrote: »
    Thats true lol, what could i now put into the same soil the potatoes came out of as i know i cannot use this again now or next year for potatoes

    Is this open ground? Either way, you've still time for some more crops this year! Try spring onions, lettuces, or fast-growing carrots. For the latter, I'm following my first early spuds with sme of Suttons 'Ideal' baby carots which are quite quick to mature and would do in either open ground or a container.

    Good luck![/QUOTE]
    Hi,
    No its ib potatoe bags, got kettuce , spring onions and redish in already.
    I cannot re sow potatoes in the same soil though can i? and where can i get seed pots from now?
    Thanks
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • bubbs
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    OMG!!! terrible typing there sorry
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • gazza975526570
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    Ive just dug some of mine out and the yields are low. They got hit by the late frosts which i think damaged the plants resulting in less potatoes.

    They where lush to eat tonite though!!!
  • bubbs
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    I had some of mine with a tuna salad yum yum YUM!!!! lol
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Mayflower10cat
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    They look very tasty!!! We also dug some of our first earlies this week, Lady Cristl, they made a lovely frittata. Well done you!
    Often we'll buy a seed potato mixed pack from T&M, just to try something different in a small amount. We taste test all the varieties, which is very enjoyable. This year we bought a full size pack (20 tubers) of Ratte, an heirloom variety, which we really liked (they taste slighly of chestnuts) but sadly the slugs adore them - so 'every little counts' as they say!
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