How are you planting your tatties........

[phil the shed]

i tend to have all mine in beds so i have tried one or two ways.

last year's best yield came from being covered with spent hops but have had success with cardboard and trenching.

nearest plot nieghbour dug his trench then rotavated the bottom then has added a layer of fym (well rotted)
and will put tatties on top.

[Samurailord]

This year I will be experimenting with planting my tubers in 30L buckets filled with a mixture of compost and FYM, either three of the larger maincrop or four of the smaller 'new' type tubers per bucket.

These pots will be set out inside one of my currently unfilled raised beds so that when harvest time comes they can be emptied out onto the bed and the compost used to fill it.

I must dig out some more egg trays and get the potatoes I got from last weekend's potato day chitted.

Andy

[binley100]

Sounds interesting bins......I have a windy aspect.....will it still work or will the grass and straw blow away?

I didn't have a trouble last year, the straw seems to matt together . You could always sprinkle some compost on top .

I will start by taking them out of the bag in the porch ........

It helps Carol .......

Bins,
exhibition growers used to grow them in straw just so they could harvest in clean condition. You have to be really careful to ensure that light is wholly excluded though otherwise the dreaded green tuber is the result. The huge benefit of planting in to fym or compost at the bottom of a trench is that of moisture retention during dry spells.

Only got one or two with green bits on last year . The cardboard should exclude the light. With the amount of rain we've had our water table at the lottie is very high although I've not been flooded myself.

....... I don't know how true it is but I have heard that chicken manure pellets can cause scab. Could do with clarification on that point myself.

I use pelleted chicken poo and haven't had a problem with scab , tho' that may depend on the type of tattie....

[Bigmallly]

I use pelleted chicken poo and haven't had a problem with scab , tho' that may depend on the type of tattie....

True, I think it has something to do with making the soil alkaline.........need to do some more reading up.

[binley100]

There you go BM

Potato scabs / Royal Horticultural Society

[Bigmallly]

Cheers Bins, just as I thought........Think I will keep off the chicken pellets.

Tips for growing potatoes in your home garden

[rustylady]

If it doesn't warm up a bit I can't see me planting any tatties at all

[out in the cold]

We are going in bags with compost horse poo mix again.

[Bigmallly]

If it doesn't warm up a bit I can't see me planting any tatties at all

Plenty of time RL, I'm going with Good Friday as I do every year.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I won't be planting till 20th April

[Bigmallly]

I won't be planting till 20th April

I think if I was in Glasgow I would maybe do the same AP..............

[veggiechicken]

Having lost virtually all of my spuds last year to blight I'm not giving much room to them this year. I'm going to plant most of them into pots and bags and stagger the sowings, a couple each week, and see if I can beat the blight b@gger.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Go for earlies only if you are trying to beat blight. All things being equal, the spuds should be ready before blight season.

[veggiechicken]

Rocket and Charlotte here Ap although I may have some of the new Sarpo variety as I crowdfunded research.

[hawthorns]

i find that using cardboard harbours slugs.

i will be trowel-ling out 4" holes then slightly mounding up then as they come thru ridge up with leaf mold