Taties bags (and take compost) post taties...

[Herbsandveg]

So, I reckon it won't be too long now before it's time to take the potatoes out of the bags, all of which means there'll be five new possible spaces for growing. The potatoes have all been grown in very regular compost from Homebase, and I'm wondering if I can use it again for growing carrots and various brassicas throughout the Autumn and Winter. Would it be OK to mix in a bit of something like Organic Extra from Marshall's - something I've used this year with pretty good results so far - or would the compost have been so depleted by the potatoes as to only be useful for the compost bin or merely discarded now it's been bashed about and worn out by the spuds?...

[Two_Sheds]

You're a bit late to be thinking about brassicas, tbh, plus they like a heavier soil (John Innes No. 3 or something with topsoil in it).


Carrots will do fine though: they like loose sandy soil. You need to sow an early (fast growing) variety though, not an Autumn King type

[Herbsandveg]

You're a bit late to be thinking about brassicas, tbh, plus they like a heavier soil (John Innes No. 3 or something with topsoil in it).


Carrots will do fine though: they like loose sandy soil. You need to sow an early (fast growing) variety though, not an Autumn King type

Righto, thank you. Come to think of it, I think I read somewhere this week that Brassica's hate 'root rock' because of the tiny hair filaments on the roots. That would explain why a heavier soil should be employed. Thanks again, for that, Two Sheds...

[Potstubsdustbins]

I have been using Organic Extra to sweeten my old compost this year for the first time and have to say it as worked very well indeed.

As I harvest my dustbins the compost will be sweeten and a PSB grown in each bin. These plants are already in buckets so quite big. Its something you may think about next year.

Potty