I have been growing Sarpo Mira for the last 5 years with great success. But I have a plot and grow about 200 seed poatatoes, mainly Sarpo varieties, Bonnie for earlies and Pink Fir Apple for chips and salads. They keep our familiy in potatoes for a whole year!
I was wandering if adding Green Manure to my veg patch will enhance the soil. Ive just started growing veg in my back garden and the soil hasnt got much organic matter yet.
Pippa, does the garden centre where you bought your pots have an on line site? I have a small back garden and sacks for growing my pots so being able to buy just the amount I need would be great. Thanks.
I've just returned from my local garden centre - Wyevale - and they have 6 varieties of seed potatoes to buy loose @ £1.99/bag, if that's any help to you Frances.
I tried the nematode that controls chafer grubs last year as it is meant to have some effect on wireworms too. I can't say I noticed any difference. Reading around the subject the problem is meant to get better with regualr cultivation but after 6 years on my plot I can't say it is any better. Perhaps I need to tell the wireworms!
I came across some info on a plant called Foil-sis that strongly encourages eel worm larve to hatch. If planted before your potatoes they have nothing to feed on and die. http://www.alanromans.com/p-1646-foil-sisbranstons.aspx
It is far too wet here to plant seed potatoes, unless you're thinking of popping a few into pots in a greenhouse! Sarpo Mira is great, very dense flesh and wonderfully resistant to blight, not my favourite for flavour but certainly has a lot of plus points!
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Ive just started growing veg in my back garden and the soil hasnt got much organic matter yet.
I thought I had read about them somwhere but I think I must have imagined it. Every year 70% of my crop is ruined by wire worm. It's very annoying.
http://www.alanromans.com/p-1646-foil-sisbranstons.aspx
Sarpo Mira is great, very dense flesh and wonderfully resistant to blight, not my favourite for flavour but certainly has a lot of plus points!