I bought some plastic buckets that looked to be about 30 litres in size and used them to sow some potato seeds. About 4" compost, added some potato fertiliser, 2" more compost, added seed potatoes, added additional 4" compost.
I've "earthed up" three times - just adding a few inches of compost to cover all but the top 3" of leaves each time. The leaves are now growing over the rim by a few inches.
1. I've read on garden-focused (I think) that if I can't tell which leaves belong to which plant, I've sowed the seed potatoes too close/too many and this will result in small potatoes.
2. I've calculated the volume of the buckets at 25 litres and not the 30 litres I thought they were. Each bucket has either 3 or 4 seed potatoes.
3. There's still about 6" of space between the current level of compost and the rim of the bucket. Should I add more compost? The foliage is enough that I can barely see the compost.
I want to avoid dinky potatoes so I've considered removing/pulling up some of the seed potatoes (maybe one per bucket) to allow the rest to grow.
Should I leave well alone? Or best to pre-empt and remove one plant per bucket?
(I have first earlies and maincrop)
I've "earthed up" three times - just adding a few inches of compost to cover all but the top 3" of leaves each time. The leaves are now growing over the rim by a few inches.
1. I've read on garden-focused (I think) that if I can't tell which leaves belong to which plant, I've sowed the seed potatoes too close/too many and this will result in small potatoes.
2. I've calculated the volume of the buckets at 25 litres and not the 30 litres I thought they were. Each bucket has either 3 or 4 seed potatoes.
3. There's still about 6" of space between the current level of compost and the rim of the bucket. Should I add more compost? The foliage is enough that I can barely see the compost.
I want to avoid dinky potatoes so I've considered removing/pulling up some of the seed potatoes (maybe one per bucket) to allow the rest to grow.
Should I leave well alone? Or best to pre-empt and remove one plant per bucket?
(I have first earlies and maincrop)
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