I have grown potatoes in buckets with my children at school. They have grown very tall in fact so tall that we have had to tie them to canes. There are no signs of any flowers and we planted them in April. Will they be ready by the end of term? July 23rd or will I have to take them home with me? How will I know when they are ready to be harvested?
I took on an allotment last winter and have dug up some wonderful potatoes left by my predecessor. I don't know the name of them - I think they're a main crop - and want to grow more next year.
I have saved some of the best, largest potatoes and want to know what I need to do to them so that they will provide me with more next year.
Started on our allotment last Feb and really pleased with the harvest we had for our first season. Biggest problem was the slug attack on the potatoes. Any suggestions as to how we can tackle those slugs that live in the soil?
I have heard on the last Gardeners Question time that planting Charlotte and Juliet potatoes are a good choice. Are they early ones? I don't know much about them.
hi we have just bought potatoes from france which are called belle de fontenay the box doesnt seem to have any intructions.it is nearly the end of february and i dont know whether to chit them and they are meant to grow small salad potatoes.is there any way i can grow them bigger? also what is the best way to store them as i read that they dont keep long. are they first earlies, second earlies or maincrop???
Chit them by all means! It doesn't matter how green they look, as long as when you set them you don't break off the new shoots!. Whether you can "grow them (belle de fontenay) bigger" depends on many things. Did you see a 'finished' crop in France or did you buy "on spec"?? When you plant depends on the weather and where you live - my Charlotte and Ditta will go in in the next few days, this in Norfolk. So long as their new tops aren't above ground they'll stand frosts. When they show, and frost is forecast, put newspaper or fleece over them. I've had a good crop from pots. whose first tops were frozen off but which came on with a second growth. Also grown two crops of Charlotte in succession on the same ground in the same season. It all depends on the weather! Good Luck!
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I have saved some of the best, largest potatoes and want to know what I need to do to them so that they will provide me with more next year.
we have just bought potatoes from france which are called belle de fontenay the box doesnt seem to have any intructions.it is nearly the end of february and i dont know whether to chit them and they are meant to grow small salad potatoes.is there any way i can grow them bigger? also what is the best way to store them as i read that they dont keep long. are they first earlies, second earlies or maincrop???
thankyou very much
Chit them by all means! It doesn't matter how green they look, as long as when you set them you don't break off the new shoots!. Whether you can "grow them (belle de fontenay) bigger" depends on many things. Did you see a 'finished' crop in France or did you buy "on spec"??
When you plant depends on the weather and where you live - my Charlotte and Ditta will go in in the next few days, this in Norfolk. So long as their new tops aren't above ground they'll stand frosts. When they show, and frost is forecast, put newspaper or fleece over them. I've had a good crop from pots. whose first tops were frozen off but which came on with a second growth.
Also grown two crops of Charlotte in succession on the same ground in the same season. It all depends on the weather!
Good Luck!