Following on from early potatoes

[priscadog]

Hi, I am just about ready to plant more veg after digging out 1 row of our early potatoes. Can someone tell me please if there is anything that I SHOULD NOT plant where they have been-I do try to rotate my veg but I do get in a muddle!

[Capsid]

You can plant anything, except maybe more spuds. You may be thinking that you shouldn't plant spuds in soil that may have been limed previously for brassicas as spuds need acid conditions to minimise scab. Leeks should be ready now and will be easy to plant in holes since you have loosened the soil in digging up the spuds.

[priscadog]

Thanks for that - I am going to save a space for some leeks and maybe put in some parsnips,

[solway cropper]

I really hate people who get new potatoes in May

[Hazel at the Hill]

I really hate people who get new potatoes in May

And me - smug beggars! But to be rather more charitable, I would bung leeks in after early potatoes.

And if you follow the four year rotation that I do, you can put broad beans in later in the year to overwinter, because this year's spuds will be limed after the spuds are lifted, and put over to legumes next time round.

[Nicos]

Don't put in tomatoes or aubergines- they are the same family and you may be inviting blight.

New spuds already???...my tattie tops are just about 6" high having been completely frosted 3 weeks ago!

Actually...well done- brill news that you're already enjoying you crop!

What variety are they?


(Edit- just wondering- do you actally get blight that far south???)

[binley100]

If everything goes according to plan I'll be following with leeks and celery.

[priscadog]

They are called Rosabelle-bought them from L.Eclerc-dead cheap, very tasty. Put them in 26th Feb but we were lucky this year and I covered the ground after they were in but dont think we had a late frost as we actually have Apricots again this year,expect we are a bit warmer than you in Normandy, happy gardening, au revoir

[priscadog]

sorry, yes I think we do get blight as a lot of fellow gardeners dont bother with pots - Ive only ever grown earlies

[priscadog]

thanks for that, I've put a few parsnips in and hope to grow leeks and maybe a few broad beans later

[priscadog]

sorry about that! think we have warmer weather than Cumbria and this year the rain came just at the right time!

[solway cropper]

I really hate people who get new potatoes in May

I've had to eat my words...and my potatoes

Had a furtle in some of the containers and couldn't resist the temptation to pull some out and have them for tea. Much, much tastier than the Jersey Royals we had from the supermarket earlier this week.

Photo shows a couple of pounds of 'epicure'