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The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2024!

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  • Literally none of the seeds I sowed a few weeks ago have sprouted yet, and my potatoes are still sulking. There's been the odd warm day, but I don't really heat the kitchen/it gets the afternoon sun so I'm guessing they're still sleeping. As you say, a little frustrating though as I want to see progress :D 
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  • KajiKita
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    I'm hoping to get lots of sowing done with my grandbaby this weekend 🤞 If not successful (he gets bored quickly 😂) I'm going to at least get the compost into the trays and I'll sow on Sunday once he's gone...

    I'm sure many of you will know this but I found out the other day that potatoes are either determinate or indeterminate just like tomatoes!! It makes a big difference on how to grow them to get the best crop - I've grown potatoes numerous times and it's one of those things that I've never known but I'm putting the new knowledge into practice this year and will hopefully have better results!! 😁


    Really?! Wowsers … totally new one on me. How do you tell which variety is which and how do you grown them differently?

    KK
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  • KajiKita said:
    I'm hoping to get lots of sowing done with my grandbaby this weekend 🤞 If not successful (he gets bored quickly 😂) I'm going to at least get the compost into the trays and I'll sow on Sunday once he's gone...

    I'm sure many of you will know this but I found out the other day that potatoes are either determinate or indeterminate just like tomatoes!! It makes a big difference on how to grow them to get the best crop - I've grown potatoes numerous times and it's one of those things that I've never known but I'm putting the new knowledge into practice this year and will hopefully have better results!! 😁


    Really?! Wowsers … totally new one on me. How do you tell which variety is which and how do you grown them differently?

    KK
    Try this link: 

    https://youtu.be/A6zhvmVuPZc?si=L0V7wFTKTtxPqq6n

    He explains it better than I could 😉😁 

    For which are determinate/indeterminate try this: 
    https://laidbackgardener.blog/2020/04/05/determinate-and-indeterminate-potatoes/

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  • RHemmings
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    It is plausible that a fox or other wild animal dug up and ate all the broad beans that I planted in my allotment? I was mystified while nothing had sprouted, and when I dug down a bit found nothing. I know I put them in the ground there somewhere. 
  • -taff
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    Might have been mice
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  • droopsnoot
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    Literally none of the seeds I sowed a few weeks ago have sprouted yet, and my potatoes are still sulking. There's been the odd warm day, but I don't really heat the kitchen/it gets the afternoon sun so I'm guessing they're still sleeping. As you say, a little frustrating though as I want to see progress :D 
    I had one tomato seed sprouting, but that's fallen off now and nothing else is coming up. I can't quite decide whether to leave them a bit, or plant some more and risk having too many plants when they all come up.
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