Is it too late?

Kath_T

I have been growing some veg for the first time this year, last night we had our first meal using Potatoes and Green Beans I had grown, they tasted amazing!! I am soooo proud of myself!!!!:D:D

I am still on a high after pulling up my potato plants and finding actual potatoes!!!! its such a good feeling and my daughter was absolutely mesmerised rooting round in the bag and finding more and more spuds!!

As it was my first year of trying I thought I would start small to make sure I was doing it right!! so I only planted a couple of potatoes in bags and a couple of green beans in a trough!

I have another 2 meals worth of potatoes and quite a few green beans still on the plant so might get a few meals off that.

I suppose my real question is, is it too later to plant more potatoes and green beans? and what can I do with the old compost I grew the potatoes in?

Thanks in advance xxx

misskool

You can just about manage a first early (they take 10 weeks) unless you get struck by blight.

Bush green beans are still ok to plant as they are fast to grow.

Farway

Kath_T wrote: »

what can I do with the old compost I grew the potatoes in?

A couple of options

1 - get some chicken poo pellets, or blood, fissh & bone fertiliser, mix with the old compost [basically just add fertiliser / pellets to top surface and trowel it around a bit, to mix it in]

2 - Spread onto your garden as top mulch, there are still nutrients init, as well as the bulk of it, which will help improve your soil over time

Best not to reuse the old spud compost for more spuds though, just in case of soiul borne infections, ok to use for more beans though