Hello everyone, what a brilliant site ! I am anxiously waiting by the letterbox for the paperwork from the council re. local allotments as I write. Vegetables have outgrown the designated patch in the garden and a 'lottie' beckons. Some advice please, Dr Hessayon says not to remove any sprouty bits from chitted first earlies but the gardenaction web site says just to leave four. Confused in Middlesex.
hello and welcome!
(post should really be in the "edibles" forum. but nevermind!)
More shoots mean more, but smaller spuds. Fewer shoots gives you a yield of larger, but fewer potatoes. It depends which you want. I tend to leave all mine on. But then I'm only in my second year of growing them!
Littleweed :)
Very warm welcome
Good Luck with the Lottie when it arrives
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;D Hi Littleweed welcome aboard the good ship Lottieplot, lots of helpful members here but steer clear of Roundup he's a killer :o
P.S. How's Bill & Ben? ;D
Aqui's said it.
I never bother &, as said earlier, last year's 2nd earlies gave us 9lb/plant - large pots.
Same as Aqui and Tim here l leave all by sprouts on my potatoes and have never been disappointed yet with the size and yield of my crop. Good luck with the lottie Littlewed
I didn't know which way up to plant my spuds. I read the instructions from cover to cover and no-where did it say to plant with chits uppermost. Oh well I dare say they'll sort themselves out ;D