Re veggies & VSR, the other thing to consider is to factor in the cost (or even accessibility) of buying such a crop in the shop. So, this could raise the VSR of cherry tomatoes, most herbs & slads, pak choi, asparagus, chard, early salad potatoes, apricots, kiwi fruit, physalis, etc. and then of course, any Value depends on your tastes !
We have a raised bed 12ft x 4ft in which I planted about 60 chitted potatoes mid March last year: Desiree and Charlotte. We dug them up at the end of July and managed to fill three big sacks.
I bought 5 bags of seed potatoes last year and only yealded maybe 3/4 sack!! the cost was far greater than buying a sack.....have already planted six plastic heavy duty bags with 3 spuds in each and covered from the frost. I am to keep filling up the sack and then hopefully a greater yeald. Has anyone any further suggestions to get more potatoes per seed?
Loads of well-rotted horse manure did it for me - huge potatoes,huge yield of "Swift" and that is an early. Almost as early were King Edwards and same result.
I have 10 raised beds in my garden, I think they are about 75cm apart which is loads of room. Hope that helps. ONe piece of advice I'd give though is don't make the beds too wide, mine are 1.5m which is a bit too wide I find myself stretching to get to the middle. I read somewhere that 1.2m is the optimum width I think that sounds much better.
Put some shredded newspaper at the bottom of the potato bags,compost mixed with any general all purpose fertilizer with the potato seeds on top then cover with more compost. Always water well by by using a two or three litre bottle pushed upside in the compost with holes in the lid and the bottom cut out the bottom for easy water acses and hopefuly you will get agood crop.
I have just been to our local Waste Transfer Facility to collect a load of free soil improver to top up our raised vegetable beds. Hard work shoveling, carrying and unloading but only cost us a small amount in petrol to fill a bed 30cm deep, 90cm wide by 3m long. Well worth it.
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So, this could raise the VSR of cherry tomatoes, most herbs & slads, pak choi, asparagus, chard, early salad potatoes, apricots, kiwi fruit, physalis, etc. and then of course, any Value depends on your tastes !
http://archers-at-the-larches.blogspot.com/2010/07/gardening-in-pictures-iv.html
These potatoes lasted us (family of four) till January, a brilliant saving on a £12 outlay.
I have 10 raised beds in my garden, I think they are about 75cm apart which is loads of room. Hope that helps. ONe piece of advice I'd give though is don't make the beds too wide, mine are 1.5m which is a bit too wide I find myself stretching to get to the middle. I read somewhere that 1.2m is the optimum width I think that sounds much better.