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tim

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Potty Potatoes
« on: April 15, 2006, 08:31:36 »
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2006, 08:45:50 »
gulp ...... looks in own compost bag and sees .....nothing !  :'(

yours are fabby btw.   ;D
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2006, 08:50:43 »
Hi doing some in a dustbin & almost field to the top now it will be good to see how they differ from the ones in the ground
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2006, 08:52:11 »
Big prob is to keep the moisture right - being a meany, I couldn't bring myself to drill holes in the trug!

They'll certainly be earlier than these??
« Last Edit: April 15, 2006, 09:01:15 by tim »
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2006, 13:03:03 »
Mrs KP, I have three buckets in the greenhouse with international kidney in, same result as you - nothing showing.
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2006, 13:14:56 »
i fell better now Curry.  I'm sure we'll catch up  :P
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2006, 13:37:09 »
I have Swift First Earlies planted in a rubble sack in the greenhouse and two more sacks, of Pentland Javelin and Home Guard in the shed. They have been covered with potting compost as the green appears and the greenhouse sack is already full, so the greenery will now develop as in your bucket Tim. Those in the shed still have a way to go, but I'm quite happy with this 'staggered' growth. It will give me new spuds for a longer period of time - don't have room for spuds in my small garden and since my mini-greenhouse is packed to the gills with seedlings, the sack will soon have to take its chances outside in a sheltered spot.

We ate the first Swift potatoes on 28th May last year, so not long to wait now ;D

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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2006, 17:26:54 »
Tim - are you planting in tarmac?  ;D
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2006, 18:46:37 »
Might as well be!
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2006, 23:25:03 »
Oh right  :) I can see it properly now I've got me glasses on  ::)
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2006, 17:21:43 »
yes-i put me specs on...definately tarmac!
obviously the fertile sort tho!

my taters are still fairly near the bottom of the bag..adora and kestrel...and a few pfa.....still i'm not doing it for earlyness-i just ran out of room... ;D

btw-i'd like some taters at christmas...shall i keep a few charlottes in the bottom of the fridge?..
and do i rub off the shoots(if any)or leave them alone?
and when shall i put them in pots-august time...or september?
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Re: Potty Potatoes
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2006, 17:47:16 »
Kitty,

You can try keeping some Charlottes, I tried it but forgot about them!!

They should be planted by August at the latest (I am told)

Phil
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