Tony - I put off growing potatoes for ages, looked at every advert for growing them in bags/buckets, etc, then chickened out. Last year I took the plunge and I can honestly say it was one of the easiest and rewarding things I've done in the garden - it was really easy and the results were excellent! I'm hoping to get my first spuds planted this week in my raised bed - can't wait!
cacamoon onions and garlics are a great veg 2 plant after potatos. i have just bought the river cottage veg book and it is great it tells you all about running and starting a veg plot
trying potatoes myself for the first time, is it ok to put them in the ground now?, grew brocoli last year and was blown away with it, apart from the cabbage white's (i used netting) they were a huge success, would recommend it.
We've just taken on a plot on a new allotment site. Have spent sometime digging up rubble and laying out beds. Planted some 'earlies' and 'mains' potatoes this weekend. We've also started growing various seeds. We've been given rhubarb and strawberry plants by other friendly plot holders, besides some tips. We're really excited about our new hobby and can't wait to have our first harvest.
Thanks for the advice, woka. must look out for the river cottage book. planning to make more raised beds this week and yet to decide what to put in them.
My "Swift" potatoes are up in Bristol so I have a huge fleece ready to throw over them should we get a late frost. i do hope not as I have plum trees a mass of blossom and am looking forward to buckets full of plums to swap with neighbours and freeze for the winter.
I just put horse muck on my plots then my potatoes in, then put my onions in another plot then put muck on top of the soil an lovley. I can see the onion shoots but no potatoes yet. any tips anyone?
good luck with your plot, plot, got my red onions in, potatoes going in today, got brocoli, caulie's and tomato seeds in greenhouse, great time of year this. gardeners world doing some veg tips again this series, i miss monty don, but toby seems a top replacement.
Hi I have terrible clay/peat soil so have decided to grow onions , beans and peas in pots and have bought a growbag for my seed potatoes. When I have read about growing in bags only so much soil is used until shoots appear then keep topping up, how does this work with a veg growbag, I feel stupid here but do I empty some of it out and keep somewhere to then top up? Also how many potatoes do I put in, there are about 12 in my pack.
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I'm hoping to get my first spuds planted this week in my raised bed - can't wait!