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  • MaureenHall
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    I've re-potted my 3 surviving plants this week. They look really strong and sturdy and I noticed very tiny tubers when I was doing the re-potting. They're in small buckets with holes round the bottom rather than in big plant pots now and I've put them outside the greenhouse door in the garden. Fingers crossed there's no frost!

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  • Phreddy
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    Originally posted by Snadger View Post
    If you have enough seed phreddy...try both!

    I reckon mine preferred the lower temperatures of a cold greenhouse!
    I haven't looked to see how much seed I have. It has been donated by Flummary and Duronal. That's bad of me! I have just been waiting for an improvement in the weather.

    Setting up my propagator this week-end - light bulb in a box with seed trays above.

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  • Duronal
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    If you grew them in pots snadger maybe you stack them in an elaborate pyramid shape?!

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  • Snadger
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    Originally posted by Flummery View Post
    Mine are at the stage where they really need separate pots - they are in a seed tray at the moment. I'm going to give them a small pot each initially then plant them into a big pot - tomato sized. Otherise, I shan't know which spuds are which. I want to try one of each and then save the tubers of the best variety in the fridge bottom for next year.
    Tubers??????? Theres' optimism for you!

    I have a 3 inch pot which must have about a thousand seeds germinated in it! I'll try potting a few on when they get a bit bigger but if I used them all I'd need to buy a small farm to house them!

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  • Flummery
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    Mine are at the stage where they really need separate pots - they are in a seed tray at the moment. I'm going to give them a small pot each initially then plant them into a big pot - tomato sized. Otherise, I shan't know which spuds are which. I want to try one of each and then save the tubers of the best variety in the fridge bottom for next year.

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  • Demeter
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    Now that I have a good lot of seedlings (Salad Blue, Rooster and King Edwards) coming through I am starting to think about how and where to plant! I am working on the assumption that they are frost tender as per "normal" spud plants - which is fine as long as the current rate of growth doesn't accelerate much! I have buckets / containers and I also have plenty of space at the allotment site which I could use. However, as I don't know what I'm going to get, I'm slightly nervous about growing them in the ground (blight and all that) - but also keen to minimise container-growing this year as I am rubbish at keeping everything watered.

    What are others planning to do?

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  • Duronal
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    My best germination happened without the propagator next to a set of french windows. I'd wait for a full 28days before of throwing seed out though some seeds just seem to need time.

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  • Snadger
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    Originally posted by Phreddy View Post
    Looking for advice before I sow them!
    Some opine that the window sill is too warm; Others have sown early (too cold?); Now some are growing that did not germinate at the lower temp.
    What is optimum please or is it 'suck it and see'?
    If you have enough seed phreddy...try both!

    I reckon mine preferred the lower temperatures of a cold greenhouse!

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  • Phreddy
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    Looking for advice before I sow them!
    Some opine that the window sill is too warm; Others have sown early (too cold?); Now some are growing that did not germinate at the lower temp.
    What is optimum please or is it 'suck it and see'?

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  • Snadger
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    Originally posted by Demeter View Post
    Whoop!
    We have potatoes.
    (Just a few!)
    Strange but euphoric aint it!

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  • Demeter
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    Originally posted by Demeter View Post
    Thanks Snadger.
    Haven't any more seeds to resow but will give the original lot a bit more time before I sling them on the compost!!
    Whoop!
    We have potatoes.
    (Just a few!)

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  • kernowyon
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    after abject failure in my first batch I have about 20 seeds left from the salad blues from Quark1, i will try them again though but I think I will just sow in a pot and place in coldframe, I think my window sills are just too warm (good for peppers and toms though)

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  • Duronal
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    I think you're right snadger. Certainly the Kind Edwards are hybrid potatoes but i don't know if the salad blues are. It would be nice to have some blue potatoes but at this precise time everything is in the hands of the gods/genetics!

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  • Demeter
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    Thanks Snadger.
    Haven't any more seeds to resow but will give the original lot a bit more time before I sling them on the compost!!
    Last edited by Demeter; 11-04-2009, 10:35 PM.

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  • Snadger
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    I sowed some months ago in a propagator and four germinated and got leggy whilst waiting for the others to appear!

    I sowed some others recently and just put them in a cold greenhouse. These have germinated well and also the original pot now in the cold greenhouse has lots more appearing.

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