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AS you know Im growing oca in tattie bags this year. Would you add some potatoe fertiliser to the mix?
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I'm doing the same... but so far mine haven't even sprouted! They've been in since the first too.
I was going to add some in, simply because I've a load and assuming for tuber production it's going to the be same mix required anyway
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My manky Oca crop from last year are still out of the ground - but chitting! (not deliberately - I've just found them!!). I bought them this time last year at the RHS show.
Thanks for the reminder Donna - I'll do summat with them now
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I read (somewhere, maybe Real Seeds website
) Oca do not need much feeding unlike a tattie. The only feed I gave them was some weak comfey tea(when I remembered).
Just had a quick look and on Wikipaedia it states Oca grows in poor soil in the mountains, so......Last edited by FROSTYFRECKLE; 18-04-2012, 02:56 PM.Comment
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Ok so sound slike we leave them be....Chris walk away from the feed!!! Thanks guys...again!Comment
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Righto!
They're still in the 3" pots.. think I'll take them out and try to chit to get them going!Comment
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Hold your horses Chris! I stuck an odd Oca into a houseplant pot (don't ask but it was handy) and its covered in leaves. Wish I'd done the same with the rest of the miserable crop.Comment
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