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  • What to grow after potatoes?

    I've got loads of first earlier out of containers.Is there anything I could grow afterwards?

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    Courgettes - i grew a variety called Zucchini F1. They are pretty fast growing so if you sowed them soon you have plenty of time to get a good crop before the frosts come

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      I usually put in French beans or lettuce.

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        Originally posted by pwlynch View Post
        I've got loads of first earlier out of containers.Is there anything I could grow afterwards?
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          Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
          More Potatoes for Xmad...................
          In theory, yes. But in many areas later plantings are likely to be struck down by blight before they ever produce anything.

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            Most years I've planted leeks - forgot to sow them in time this year though (well, first sowing failed to germinate then forgot)
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              Originally posted by GBax View Post
              Courgettes - i grew a variety called Zucchini F1. They are pretty fast growing so if you sowed them soon you have plenty of time to get a good crop before the frosts come
              Agreed. This time of year courgettes will grow so fast, and are similar sized plants to potatoes while being of a completely different family so there are the crop rotation type benefits.

              I'm not growing potatoes this year, but have done in previous years and had courgette plants ready to replace the potatoes. It worked well.

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              • #8
                Thanks everyone,I didn't think of courgettes!.

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                  Originally posted by Chris11 View Post
                  In theory, yes. But in many areas later plantings are likely to be struck down by blight before they ever produce anything.

                  Yes my attempt at this was pretty much a total scratch

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                  • #10
                    My potato buckets are usually used for calabrese, brokali, broccoli, turnips, swedes, french beans, late peas, tomatoes, courgettes, chinese celery, winter spinach, spring cabbage and corn salad. Still time for lettuce, radish, small varieties of carrot, baby beetroot, pak choi, oriental greens and probably quite a lot else.
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                      And you could follow those with spring cabbage of curly kale, both work well if you revitalise the compost.
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