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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #40 on:
April 18, 2005, 16:18:32 »
This is what you were talking about, Svea - I lost it.
Showing the younger ones catching up.
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wardy
Hectare
Posts: 3,953
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #41 on:
April 19, 2005, 10:00:32 »
My bucket and washbasket spuds haven't broke surface yet (planted outdoors)
I'm on tenterhooks :)
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I came, I saw, I composted
tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #42 on:
April 19, 2005, 13:26:38 »
One thing I'm loving is the foliage. Whatever else may, or may not happen.
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wardy
Hectare
Posts: 3,953
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #43 on:
April 19, 2005, 18:00:43 »
Very tropical Tim but then I think they do hail from much warmer climes don't they :)
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #44 on:
April 19, 2005, 19:43:34 »
So true!
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philcooper
Hectare
Posts: 1,275
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #45 on:
April 20, 2005, 11:06:59 »
Wardy,
Potatoes hail, like Paddington, from darkest, or rather highest, Peru - not the warm bit
not a greenhouse in sight!!
Phil
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #46 on:
April 20, 2005, 17:32:05 »
Oh yes, of course - Titicaca & all that!
No greenhouses? Maybe they just have better sunshine there?
Nice picture, Phil.
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Clayhithe
Acre
Posts: 270
Easy does it
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #47 on:
April 20, 2005, 21:36:33 »
" Maximal tuber formation occurs at soil temperatures between 60° and 70°F. The tubers fail to form when the soil temperature reaches 80°F."
This is a quote from
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/potato1.html
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Good gardening!
John
philcooper
Hectare
Posts: 1,275
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #48 on:
April 21, 2005, 08:38:00 »
I must remember to turn off the heating cable in the allotment - or turn it up and harvest ready cooked new potatoes ;)
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westsussexlottie
Acre
Posts: 394
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #49 on:
April 21, 2005, 10:09:52 »
So how tall should the haulms be before we harvest earlies grown in tubs/buckets???
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philcooper
Hectare
Posts: 1,275
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #50 on:
April 21, 2005, 11:57:46 »
The hieght of the haulms is not a reliable indicator, varietites vary and the amount of light, nitrogen in the compost etc etc effect the height.
With bucket spuds the normal answer for 1st earlies is, try it. Just scrape away a bit of the compost and see how they are doing
phil
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westsussexlottie
Acre
Posts: 394
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #51 on:
April 21, 2005, 12:28:25 »
Thanks Phil. I am far too impatient for the first jerseys....!!!!
If you had told me a height I would have been out there with a tape measure.
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aquilegia
Hectare
Posts: 3,590
hello!
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #52 on:
April 21, 2005, 13:15:32 »
Tim - is it just the photo or are the leaves slightly blue? Gorgeous!
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gone to pot :D
moonbells
Hectare
Posts: 1,624
Growing up
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #53 on:
April 22, 2005, 08:22:38 »
Here's mine (finally remembered to take a pic for this thread)
Bit smaller than Tim's - was in the process of hoicking them back inside before last night's frost.
The large one is Rocket, the smaller Mimi. There's 3 tubers per pot (not including the Marco garlic I stuck in the Mimi - was on the way back from the shed with a few bulbs, and found one sprouting - so they went in the nearest place and have taken off :) !)
moonbells
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #54 on:
April 22, 2005, 08:53:19 »
wsl - time, not height. Mine went in 3/2, so I will check at the end of this month.
Aqui - the earlier picture is the truer.
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #55 on:
April 23, 2005, 07:48:14 »
How about that, then??
Flower buds on the
later
planted ones!!
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chrispea27
Acre
Posts: 253
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #56 on:
April 26, 2005, 07:12:25 »
When they have flowered is that not when to harvest?
Sorry I am still a novice?
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Chris Pea
tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
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Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #57 on:
April 26, 2005, 11:52:33 »
Are we talking about a.
any
potato or just b. under glass?
Whichever - no!
If a. Earlies can often be harvested
before
the flowers.
If b. Mains are normally left till the haulms die down.
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johcharly
Half Acre
Posts: 228
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #58 on:
April 26, 2005, 13:43:08 »
Talking to one of the more experienced gardeners on the allotments today and he advised me to remove all the flowers from the potatoes, anyone else do this?
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: Bucket potatoes.
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Reply #59 on:
April 26, 2005, 16:21:11 »
Take 1. Quote - "Trisha, the presence or absence of flowers on potato plants has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on size, number, or quality of tubers! In fact, some oldtimers would often remove all flowers in hopes of getting even larger tubers."
Take 2. It has been thought that, if the flowers produce (poisonous) berries, children may eat them.
Take 3. You have the
time
to harvest the flowers as well??
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