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From my planting plan, it looks like I have room to grow four maincrops and five 1st or second earlies in the ground.

I have 18 seed spuds. Four are maincrops, so they are going in the ground.

Of the remainders, which would be best to grow as the five in the ground and which as the nine in pots/upturned grow bags?

Slugs are a problem in my garden. And I've got heavy clay soil. Is there anything else I should consider?

I have:
4 x Charlottes
4 x Anyas
2 x Red Duke of York
2 x Edzell Blue
2 x Lady Christl

Aqui,

don't know about 'best' but I'd grow the earliest in the pots and the later in the ground, that way you don't have to look after them as long. I'm putting Lady Christl in pots myself. With slugs it was my main crop that suffered my 1st and 2nd earlies were OK.

Jeremy

Aquiligia :D

Hoi Wish you Success with the Garden Planning and the Spuds.

SLUG PROBLEM!!.........NO MORE

Buy a can or two of Beer.

Place some in a old Dish/Dishes  set them just level with the earth Surface around the Garden  Checkout it really works Dont ask me Why but I've done it myself and you will be surprised.

Information and Tip from an Old West Country Gardener
years ago when I lived in the UK.

Greetings  Take Care Tulip-23   Mike

make sute the dishes are deep enough for the pissed slugs not to be able to crwl out after their drinking session ;)
oh, and put enough beer in it, too. preferably to drowning level ;)

just not too pretty to clear up, but hey.

Aqui,

I would plant the Edzell Blue in the ground and then 1 of each of the others in containers, the rest in the ground and compare results.

I know that Charlotte does very well in containers

On the slugs you could try the nematodes, I tried an Autumn attack on them and haven't seen the results yet.

The key point is to lift then when ready - if you leave them in the ground the slugs will get them - Lady Christl being the "softest" will probably go first

Unfortunately the slugs never seem to read the advice given on the packets of powders and potions (and bulletin boards) and so seem to do as they will!!

Phil

Thanks Phil - I think I'll go with your advice!

Aqui,

I'm sorry I forgot to include with my advice the standard disclaimer that you find on things like Microsoft Programs - it includes phrases like "the author can not be held in any way responsible for the outcome of any actions taken by anyone following the advice"

The thing I do remember is a recent statement by Alan Bloom, the founder of Blooms of Bessingham, at the age of almost 100. He said he was still learning about growing plants!

So even Tim's got a way to go yet  ;D

Phil

Got some lady christl and rocket that I might try in pots. I went overboard at potato day 2004, and if I don't try and keep some of the potatoes out of the allotment, I can see myself having a rotational problem (in that the area of buttercups/dandelions/daisies/grass beneath the washing line might be turned into a plot)!