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

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

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

Jeremy

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.

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?

Don't know - both extra early.

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

17" - I have a trolley!!

An improvement in 3 days?

is the compost/soil any special mix?

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

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.

Another use for all my wheely bins, Ta!

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.

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?

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.

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

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

:)

moonbells

Update -

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

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

Don't forget to water!

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