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im just about to put my chitted spuds into tubs, do i add sulphate of potash?
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Nope- just muck- having limed a few weeks ago."Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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Nicos
Spuds dont like lime unless you prefer scabby tatties,
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wait until the spuds are up then give them a feed once a weekComment
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thanks paulw, i just put them into the tubs with nothing, i know tattieman says to add stuff but i didnt have anything apart from sulphate of potash and couldnt be bothered going out again today so i just done them anyway.Comment
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Agree...but our lottie is acidic peat..everything has to be limed...even the tatties!!Originally posted by PAULW View Post
....perhaps I shouldn't have suggested that to someone wth 'normal soil!
Sooooo....no lime on spuds peeps PaulW is spot on!
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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Unless it's magnesium limestone which supposedly doesn't cause scab!Originally posted by Nicos View PostAgree...............
..............Sooooo....no lime on spuds peeps PaulW is spot on!
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Potassium has a hardening effect on plants as well as assisting flower and fruit formation, it can contibute to the general wellbeing of the plant!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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