I'm chitting some charlotte seed potatoes, i have 3 plastic growing bags around 8 inches in diameter, how many potatoes should I put in each? I put 5 in last year think it was too many, 1? 3? help needed please!
thanks all, i grew them last year and the illustratioed instructions seemed to suggest a lot more in, i think i put 5 in these bags ! got a few small tatties! i'll put 1` in each and 2 in my bucket
I'd agree with Lyn and Hosta - 8" is tiny. A standard bucket would be a minimum size for one I'd reckon. Old compost bags is a good idea. Plenty of room to earth them up.
Were you sold the bags as suitable for potatoes rosemummy?
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A couple of years ago I grew Charlotte potatoes in Marshall Seeds grosacks, which are 12" square and 18" deep. I planted 5 seed potatoes per sack as the instructions said. I did get a reasonable crop but they were smaller than when I grow them in the ground so it would probably better to put in fewer.
I now only grow new potatoes in my 40ltr sacks, 5 tubers per sack. I always get decent crops but then I only require small potatoes. I once grew Sarpo Axona in sacks, 4 per bag, and the crop was large with some of the potatoes being massive. Being a Sarpo type I had not a hint of blight when most of the potato crops on other of the allotment sites were brown and shriveled.
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Watching gardeners world, Monty only put one per bag. It seemed lonely but worth a try?
yes tartan that's what i'd seen...
I would say that 8" diameter is too small for even one.
I'd agree with Lyn.
I use old 50l compost bags and I have 2 in each. If I'd had more compost , I'd only have put one in each.
thanks all, i grew them last year and the illustratioed instructions seemed to suggest a lot more in, i think i put 5 in these bags ! got a few small tatties! i'll put 1` in each and 2 in my bucket
Monty uses three per old compost bag in this video http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/video-projects/how-to-grow-potatoes-in-a-bag/257.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'd agree with Lyn and Hosta - 8" is tiny. A standard bucket would be a minimum size for one I'd reckon. Old compost bags is a good idea. Plenty of room to earth them up.
Were you sold the bags as suitable for potatoes rosemummy?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi yes they came with the seed potatoes, I put some compost in bottom today ready for my littlies to throw the spuds in tomorrow
A couple of years ago I grew Charlotte potatoes in Marshall Seeds grosacks, which are 12" square and 18" deep. I planted 5 seed potatoes per sack as the instructions said. I did get a reasonable crop but they were smaller than when I grow them in the ground so it would probably better to put in fewer.
I now only grow new potatoes in my 40ltr sacks, 5 tubers per sack. I always get decent crops but then I only require small potatoes. I once grew Sarpo Axona in sacks, 4 per bag, and the crop was large with some of the potatoes being massive. Being a Sarpo type I had not a hint of blight when most of the potato crops on other of the allotment sites were brown and shriveled.