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djbrenton

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2011, 19:00:53 »
i have my potato patch ready to do the bowcock method for potatoes.

what is this method... ?

You will find a discussion of this method and it's supposed results here

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,50138.0.html
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2011, 21:51:52 »
Here we go again, happy as could be.   :o   :-X      :P     :D
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2011, 10:18:41 »
corny kev i would have thought you could have saved the 15 quid to buy a copy of book by now

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2011, 05:36:24 »
As I'm your best mucka on here PL I thought I would have received a freebie or one at mates rates at least, Christmas is a time for giving you know.   :D ;)     :-*
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2011, 09:47:19 »
cornykev i love show you a bit of colin bowcocks book but i don't have your email

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2011, 23:41:09 »
i have my potato patch ready to do the bowcock method for potatoes.

what is this method... ?

You will find a discussion of this method and it's supposed results here

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,50138.0.html


Thanks DJB - I have had the most enjoyable hour of sifting thru the post.... very amusing.  ;D  ;D  ;D

I might tie 2 wheelie bins together this year to get a 8' of soil!!
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2011, 23:55:57 »
i have my potato patch ready to do the bowcock method for potatoes.

what is this method... ?

You will find a discussion of this method and it's supposed results here

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,50138.0.html


Thanks DJB - I have had the most enjoyable hour of sifting thru the post.... very amusing.  ;D  ;D  ;D

I might tie 2 wheelie bins together this year to get a 8' of soil!!

As I'm in Nottinghamshire, I intend to break the record by starting off a seed potato at the bottom of a mine shaft then filling it in bit by bit till the plant finally breaks the surface in 2037. By my calculations there will be somewhere around 146 tonnes of potatoes from that one plant. My only problem is that I have worked out I need a 16 stone seed potato.

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2011, 01:07:36 »
I can't dig a four foot pit to plant anything in because with my high water table, it would count as a well. Maybe I can find a way to build a potato skyscraper.

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2011, 13:39:01 »
I can't dig a four foot pit to plant anything in because with my high water table, it would count as a well. Maybe I can find a way to build a potato skyscraper.

Robert - have you not heard of "sub-marine" potatoes ... they are specially grown in water and fed to the Marines!!  ;D  ;D

Merry Christmas
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2011, 13:40:17 »


As I'm in Nottinghamshire, I intend to break the record by starting off a seed potato at the bottom of a mine shaft then filling it in bit by bit till the plant finally breaks the surface in 2037. By my calculations there will be somewhere around 146 tonnes of potatoes from that one plant. My only problem is that I have worked out I need a 16 stone seed potato.
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #30 on: December 22, 2011, 19:48:51 »
don't forget to put the robin hood over the shaft if your from Nottingham

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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2011, 20:00:11 »
I need to by 28 ton of sand
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Re: Earthing up potatoes at planting time
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2011, 20:40:21 »
Back to being serious... I have confirmed with dad-in-law about his spuds.. Yes he plants them about a foot deep and then makes a ridge about a foot above ground.. so 2 foot of ridge total and about foot  wide slightly dished flat top to keep rain from running off the top.

He's always done it like that and has never bought a spud for 30 years!!
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