Author Topic: Bucket potatoes. (Read 21526 times)

tim · « **on:** March 18, 2005, 16:38:19 »

Very slow after several hard frosts which discouraged growth & burnt the tops.

Put in 2/2. Colour bad because photo of photo.

derbex · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2005, 17:08:08 »

They're further on than mine Tim. yet to break the surface, and they're only an inch down.

Jeremy

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2005, 18:31:49 »

I have about 6 left over. I plan to do mine hopefully (famous last words) this weekend. They might not be much earlier than those at the plot, but they are spare, nobody wants them, so they might as well get on with it.

Multiveg · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2005, 21:47:02 »

They are very much further on than mine as I haven't started. Maybe sometime at the weekend - I need something to cheer me up as I am working on a poem for the Eisteddfod called "Wal" (no choice of subject) and I have been thinking along the lines of walls of water :'(

Spuds for buckets - Lady Christl and/or Rocket?

tim · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2005, 06:35:50 »

Don't know - both extra early.

moonbells · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2005, 22:57:40 »

What size is the bucket please Tim? I've got Rocket and Mimi in a couple of 15" ones and I'm not sure if they're big enough, but I can't lift anything bigger!

Not that they have all their compost in yet, and have only been in a week in any case so not likely to show for some time.

moonbells

tim · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2005, 06:43:16 »

17" - I have a trolley!!

An improvement in 3 days?

chrispea27 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2005, 06:52:39 »

is the compost/soil any special mix?

moonbells · « **Reply #8 on:** March 21, 2005, 12:02:18 »

Quote from: tim on March 21, 2005, 06:43:16

17" - I have a trolley!!

An improvement in 3 days?

Definitely! Given the temperatures these past three days I'm not surprised! :-)

I've got three spuds per 15" so I guess it's not too far from four in 17". Yours have a few more cubic inches per tuber but it's not too much different.

moonbells

tim · « **Reply #9 on:** March 21, 2005, 13:03:37 »

Special compost?

They do say 'don't put fertiliser above the tubers or you may get rough skins.

Ours is old grow bags, with some slow release fert in the bottom.

kenkew · « **Reply #10 on:** March 21, 2005, 14:09:49 »

Another use for all my wheely bins, Ta!

aquilegia · « **Reply #11 on:** March 21, 2005, 14:53:33 »

Quote from: tim on March 21, 2005, 13:03:37

Special compost?

They do say 'don't put fertiliser above the tubers or you may get rough skins.

darn. wish you'd told me that before i'd planted my first four. they have chicken manure pellets on soil level. i'll put it underneath for the next lot and see how they compare. that's a good get out - turn a mistake into an experiment.

Mothy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2005, 11:06:01 »

Looking very good Tim, I have put 4 rocket in an old dustbin that I have covered back up twice as they have peeked out. Mine are in the greenhouse, is this a mistake?

tim · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2005, 09:02:44 »

Ten days on. Looking OK!

These are in the lean-to, but well ventilated in sunshine.

I read somewhere that one should earth up when there is 4" of foliage.
But 'in the wild', I cover the green as soon as it appears, as frost protection, & it doesn't seem to mind.

derbex · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2005, 15:14:13 »

That's just the question I was going to ask :) I've been a bit premature with mine.

moonbells · « **Reply #15 on:** April 03, 2005, 10:25:45 »

My bucket Rockets broke surface yesterday. They are certainly living up to their name! (Mimi is still being shy)

:)

moonbells

tim · « **Reply #16 on:** April 03, 2005, 11:07:33 »

Update -

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #17 on:** April 03, 2005, 18:32:17 »

too late to do this? Have alsorts of odds and sods left and no room at the plot. Bucket, or compost??

tim · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2005, 19:12:37 »

Don't know but, if you can afford compost & the bucket room, then do it?

Don't forget to water!

Mothy · « **Reply #19 on:** April 04, 2005, 08:06:58 »

I have almost filled the dustbin I'm using with compost now, when I reach the top the seed tubers will be about 30" down!! Can't wait to see what comes out in due course......which leads to my next question....when will they be ready and how can we tell? ;D

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