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Help Please, what can i now grow in my spud bags?
Hi,
I now have 3 empty spud bags(or will have after tomorrow!), what can i plant in them now please?
I now have 3 empty spud bags(or will have after tomorrow!), what can i plant in them now please?
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:
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invisiblecabbage wrote: »:jspuds for christmas
I thought you weren't meant to grow potatoes in them again until you'd grown something else. How about some carrots?0 -
I once got told you could grow anything, except potatoes, as long as you fertilised regularly. Personally I used all last year's spent potato compost for flowers/shrubs this summer and they have grown really well. Now I have even more tubs of spent compost to find a use for next year!"If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"0
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I planted carrots in my spud areas. I still have another one to sew so will plonk in some seedlings perhaps from the brassica family later!Feb GC: £200 Spent: £190.790
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Thanks everyone, might try carrotts thenSealed 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:0
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Crop rotation doesn't really apply to containers - at least, not in the conventional sense. Frankly, after a crop or two of anything, the compost shouldn't be re-used. It's not like soil where you might follow spuds with peas and, the year after, brassicas. It isn't intended to be used for that length of time.
As soon as my Charlotte potatoes are out of their bags, as I haven't suffered blight, 'Christmas' ones will be taking their place, the compost being being kept going with regular applications of liquid fertliser. Once the Christmas spuds are out, it will be dumped on the flower beds to act as a soil improver.0 -
The other thing you can try growing, if you can find some seeds, is Mouli. This is the long mild white Japanese radish type root. It's very quick grower and the roots grow up to 12 inches long so you would need to start off with the full depth of compost in your container.0
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chard, lettuces or normal radishes for a quick return. you could put some spuds in again for Christmas as some one else has suggested. I have just put some spuds in tubs.0
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