Author Topic: The Great Spud Challenge 2010 (Read 32505 times)

manicscousers · « **Reply #60 on:** February 14, 2010, 20:25:29 »

hahaha, he digs the holes and i put the spud in, he covers them and I mulch them as they need it so I'm not going to let him out on his own ;D

halfofmanic · « **Reply #61 on:** February 14, 2010, 20:43:13 »

Quote from: cornykev on February 14, 2010, 20:16:20

How about the new boy on the block the great Raymondo, is he going to compete against you, or are you as one. :-* ;D ;D ;D

hi cornykev the lesser raymondo here growing and me can't be done have a memory challenge long story so here is a quicker one again for fun we had a heaviest onion competition on our site last year the better half of manics left the growing to me long story short it was pitiful i came in last the onion seemed to have been eaten and barely held together for the weigh in so this year our comp longest leak i'm on back row again thanks for the welcome corny

halfofmanic · « **Reply #62 on:** February 14, 2010, 20:51:35 »

Quote from: manicscousers on February 14, 2010, 20:25:29

hahaha, he digs the holes and i put the spud in, he covers them and I mulch them as they need it so I'm not going to let him out on his own ;D

the better half she speaky the truth

Digitalis · « **Reply #63 on:** February 15, 2010, 20:15:42 »

I'm growing this year: Maris Peer, Pentland Javelin, Arran Pilot, Foremost & Cara.

Flighty · « **Reply #64 on:** February 19, 2010, 14:16:18 »

I won't be planting my GSC 2010 spuds for a couple of weeks yet as the plot is rather soggy!
Mind you it's not quite as bad as some of the neighbouring plots such as this one!

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cornykev · « **Reply #65 on:** February 19, 2010, 15:29:17 »

I think there could be quite a few in the same boat as you Flighty, until I look under the coverings I don't know if I can get mine in this weekend. ??? :-\ ;D ;D ;D

Flighty · « **Reply #66 on:** February 19, 2010, 15:40:58 »

I lifted my first Swift earlies ten weeks after planting last year so on that basis I've got until the end of March to plant them!

If it's still soggy then I reckon we should change it to a rice growing challenge! :)
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Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #67 on:** February 19, 2010, 15:45:38 »

I'm waiting for the weather to warm up a bit, there's plenty of time yet. I would have put the oca, Chinese artichokes and tuberous peas in today but everything's covered in snow.

chriscross1966 · « **Reply #68 on:** February 19, 2010, 17:51:55 »

I'm going to drag som epots home where I can keep an eye on them and get a couple of Swift, and a couple of Rocket in along with some Oca into pots, but I'll be GH'ing them, not part of the competition (except as a display category)... I want to find out how fast I can get some spuds... the competition ones will go in at the start of March and will be a single row (mixed) Swift, Rocket, Lady Christl and Mimi. The whole lot need to be out by the start of June cos I'll want the space for squash..... if it works it'll mean I can get some uber-tight rotations looking for 2 "proper" crops (salads don't count BTW) through in a year, two years running.... early potatoes-squash-broad-beans-leeks.... Of course with the way squash grow and how you might want to harvest potatoes it would be possible to just selectively dig out spuds in "holes" in a patch and harvest to keep them from competing with the squash.... that would allow me to have second earlies and maybe even early mains in the mix too, though you'd need to do some labelling of the spuds as to what was where so that it was easy to get the right ones at the right time....

It would also give me the space to grow a big patch of broad beans, currently it tends to be odd rows poked in at random, if I can gain an entire rotation plot for them I could harvest enough off the early set and freeze them
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Mortality · « **Reply #69 on:** February 20, 2010, 10:25:06 »

We are doing the competition planting today or this weekend right? :)

cornykev · « **Reply #70 on:** February 20, 2010, 13:17:04 »

Thats right, but I think most will leave it a while as the ground is so wet. ??? :-\ ;D ;D ;D

cornykev · « **Reply #71 on:** February 20, 2010, 14:28:16 »

I've just come back from the lottie and its still very wet, I've planted two rockets in toy tubs, but will go back tomorrow and pull back the covers and dig over the ground and see how it is. ;D ;D ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #72 on:** February 20, 2010, 14:35:02 »

we're going to take the cloche off, pull the cardboard off, plant the spuds and re-cover tomorrow, hopefully, the ground will stay warm enough for the spuds to grow ;D

halfofmanic · « **Reply #73 on:** February 20, 2010, 14:35:54 »

had a look at our ground today under cardboard and a cloche looks fine planting time tomorrow

gwynnethmary · « **Reply #74 on:** February 20, 2010, 16:39:13 »

Just popped one Kestrel in the bottom of a strong black sack rolled right down. It's in the very cold unheated conservatory- is that cheating? It had only been chitting since mid January, so the shoots are still very short- I'll leave the others until later!

cornykev · « **Reply #75 on:** February 20, 2010, 17:18:00 »

Have you not got any earlies to put in, no its not cheating and if you was as your a monkey hanger I'd turn a blind eye. ;) ;D ;D ;D

tonybloke · « **Reply #76 on:** February 20, 2010, 18:03:40 »

Repaired the large cold-frame today, 'Sharpes Express' going in there tomorrow, and a couple of 'Rocket' going in the small cold-frame as well.
;)

Hosta · « **Reply #77 on:** February 20, 2010, 18:44:40 »

Its tomorrow :o ?? Mine haven't sprouted yet :-\

cornykev · « **Reply #78 on:** February 20, 2010, 19:00:13 »

Mine didn't have very good sprouts. :'( ;D ;D ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #79 on:** February 20, 2010, 19:20:29 »

ours, neither ;D

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