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    Seeking Potato advise

    Yesterday i bought my first ever seed potatos and 2 large pots to plant them in. I have put them onto the windowsill in my shed to chit.
    Can anyone please advise me on when and how to go about planting them into the pots and also when to harvest them.
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  • #2
    Which type of spud are they? that will make a little bit of difference in the advice you need.
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      They are Maris Piper

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      • #4
        Okay, here is a website that should help you. Maris Piper are a maincrop potato and a really good, all round, spud. Remember you will only get enough for a few meals from 2 seed spuds (depending how many in your family etc). It might be worth getting a couple of charlotte, or another salad potato, to grow as well.

        How to grow potatoes for the very best and tastiest vegetables

        Hope this helps you. And once you have tried your own, you will be working out ways to grow lots more next year!
        Happy Gardening,
        Shirley

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        • #5
          Thanx for the advise. I have applied for an alottment to grow more of all sorts of fruit and veg just got to be patient and wait

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          • #6
            Oh forgot to say, since you are growing in a pot...

            You need drainage holes in the bottom of the container, then a bit of gravel or broken crockery for drainage. Put an inch or two of compost (general purpose is fine) in the pot, mix in some well rotted manure, chicken poo pellets or whatever, sit your seed spud in, chits upwards. Cover with a couple inches more compost and wait for the sprouts to show. Once shoots (shaws, haulms) are a few inches tall, earth up with more compost but leave the tops showing above the soil. Continue with this until you get to the top of the container. Water regularly in dry weather (and check soil moisture even in wet weather as the leaves block a lot of the rain out). Follow the rest of the regular instructions re flowering and harvesting.

            Good luck with the lottie.
            Last edited by shirlthegirl43; 29-02-2008, 10:03 PM.
            Happy Gardening,
            Shirley

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            • #7
              Thats a very interesting web site thanx once again

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              • #8
                Another point to remember is not to put too many spuds in the pot as they need as much space in the pot as they would in the ground, so a pot 14" across and 14" deep will only do for 1 spud.
                http://norm-foodforthought.blogspot.com/

                If it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you ain't going to eat it, don't kill it

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                • #9
                  Make sure the shed is frostproof - you might do better with an unheated room in the house. If they get frosted they'll go black and slimey.
                  Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                  www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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