Hi, Bunnysgarden I bought 2 special bags for potatoes. I've put half of one into a large Ikea bag with holes in the bottom and planted 5 small potatoes in it and 5 in the original bag. I'll use the other one to 'earth up' as the shoots start to show. I remember Monty Don and Chris Beardshaw planting potatoes in bags and the put 3 or 4 only into each bag. Good luck!
I have three raised beds and am about to start planting what can I grow together in each bed please help, we are determined to get this right and make a success of it. All advise welcome.
Hi all I'm also new to allotment gardening - took over a very overgrown plot last Oct, worked like a mad thing digging one end in prep for my first crop. I have my potatoes in also and my first earlies are doing well - already earthed them up 3 times but Im now running out of earth in the raised bed. What should I do? At what point do you stop earthing up to cover the shoots?
Also are there any 'no no's' as to what can go together in one bed?
hi, we have just got our first allotment plot. my husband has spent the last 2 weekends digging it over and rotivating the earth. i finally got over there with our children today and we planted runner beans and beetroot. we are very new to this as we live in a flat and are not used to gardening. any advise would be welcomed. thanks
Have planted maxine,swift and charlotte potatoes in hessian sacks all doing very well but something is nibbling eating outer leaves? will this do them any harm? have put slug pellets around them lots of dead snails?but i think something that is not interested in slug pellets is having a good munch no rabbits in this area? any ideas fellow first potatoe growers?
My potatoes are growing well (about 8inch) now after being topped up to top of their bags, bins. When will i know they are ready? will they flower? Very new to veg gardening.
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I bought 2 special bags for potatoes. I've put half of one into a large Ikea bag with holes in the bottom and planted 5 small potatoes in it and 5 in the original bag. I'll use the other one to 'earth up' as the shoots start to show. I remember Monty Don and Chris Beardshaw planting potatoes in bags and the put 3 or 4 only into each bag. Good luck!
All advise welcome.
regards.
I'm also new to allotment gardening - took over a very overgrown plot last Oct, worked like a mad thing digging one end in prep for my first crop. I have my potatoes in also and my first earlies are doing well - already earthed them up 3 times but Im now running out of earth in the raised bed. What should I do? At what point do you stop earthing up to cover the shoots?
Also are there any 'no no's' as to what can go together in one bed?
all advice gratefully received!
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/potatoes-planting-early/
There's also some stuff about earthing them up too:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/potatoes-earth-up/
Rachsabin keep on earthing up as long as you can - into June if you've got any soil left! I usually only manage two or three times myself!
Very new to veg gardening.