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    Well I have just been planning on my allotment and I think I got a bit carried away with buying seed potatoes having got about 10 varieties I have got first earlies, second earlies and main crops and forgot they need 2ft of space between rows (was working it out as 1ft by mistake ) soo what I was thinking of doing was putting them where my brussels sprout plants are to be planted. The question is if I sow the brussels sprouts seeds in the greenhouse and keep potting them up would I be able to plant these out after the first early seed potatoes or would I be too late by then?
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  • #2
    you have plenty of room you just need to plant you potatoes in raised beds instead of rows.

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    • #3
      Yes it's fine to plant Brussels sprouts after potatoes,as they're harvested quite early. I did the same thing,they stayed in pots in the plastic tent for a while till my potatoes came out-sprouts in bags were tiny compared to the ones I planted in the ground,i had spare plants with nowhere to put them tho. Do the potatoes take all the nutrients out of the soil tho,like calcium?
      Location : Essex

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      • #4
        could you put some in containers,bags ext,even use some soil from the ground it'self ,i know tis said to keep covering them up as they grow,but how about burying them deeper to start with,also plant your 1st earlies just a bit closer than 12 in,you could also experiment,like plant row 1,then row 2 aprox 1ft away only stager them,then leave your 2ft gape,between rows,so if you earth up,you will infacr hoe up a double row as i wider,that should allow you to plant more per space,they maybe a bit smaller,but some peeps like it that way,then for next year write yourself a note
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        • #5
          Grow yer earlies where you are going to put in winter veg. I find savoy plants are usually ready for planting out as the first rows of new are havested.
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          • #6
            When I lift my potatoes it frees up lots of space for my peppers, tomatoes, basil, geraniums & marigolds that have been patiently waiting in pots
            Location : Essex

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            • #7
              I've done a bit the same this year - I wanted 10 Charlotte tubers and ended up with 21 as they didn't have any small bags

              That's after buying about twice as many Rocket as I needed, so I currently have about 70 seed potatoes...

              I did mean to buy some Sarpo Mira, but no idea where I am going to put those!
              A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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              • #8
                Ive done the same, added more types here and there and then decided to add Sarpo Axona and Mira as a backup ,I dont want to have to buy any if blight strikes so now upto 800 seed potatoes to plant
                Im going to end up with a stall in the garden selling them if blight doesnt strike and the collorado beetles dont turn up
                Last edited by starloc; 11-02-2015, 09:35 PM.
                Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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                • #9
                  I've got about a dozen varieties, 40 tubers.
                  I'm gonna be squeezing them in one double row and the rest in pots. Beans and winter veg will follow them into the same space in the ground.

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                  • #10
                    Are you sitting comfortably? If not move on to the next post!

                    I popped into Wilko's for dog food and strayed into the gardening section. No idea how that happened
                    A man was filling bag after bag with Cara potatoes - said they were wonderful on his allotment, grew big, kept well. i said to him, jokingly, that I'd try some, if there were any left after he'd taken what he wanted................then I resumed my journey to the dog food aisle.
                    A few minutes later, I hear a man calling, "Young lady, excuse me, young lady" so I ignored it. The voice came closer, I turned and he was calling me Told me that he'd left half a bag of Cara for me on the rack. Had to buy them then, but they were being sold at £2 a full bag - and I wanted my money's worth. Managed to cram in some Red Duke of York and Picasso.
                    Result = Lots of spuds I didn't mean to buy as I only went for dog food.

                    OK, you can wake up now

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                    • #11
                      8x Swift
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                      Lots of spuds!!

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                      • #12
                        We tend to plant our Charlottes about a foot apart in ridges 18-20" apart.
                        So far we've not bought any, but usually end up with about 120 seed potatoes or more for 2 of us and they last us until about now.
                        We tend to follow our spuds with leeks.
                        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                        Location....Normandy France

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by MarkHackwell View Post
                          if I sow the brussels sprouts seeds in the greenhouse and keep potting them up would I be able to plant these out after the first early seed potatoes or would I be too late by then?
                          The Brassicas will be happy being potted on to 5" or 6" before being planted out. Its a common practice for folk with clubroot as establishing a good rootball before planting out has some effect in reducign the impact of clubroot.

                          You might find it harder to get them firmly planted (compared to planting out a small plant and letting it establish in-situ), so I would stake & tie them in from day one.
                          K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Kristen View Post
                            The Brassicas will be happy being potted on to 5" or 6" before being planted out.
                            Yes mine were about 6" tall,it's good to let them grow a bit too coz they like to be planted deep,you can get a lot of plant underground for stability,I didnt stake mine,had to add some hoop supports wedged into my raised bed in sept/oct coz the wind wanted to take them,would've been easier having the supports there at the start
                            Location : Essex

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                            • #15
                              Sorry, I meant:

                              5" or 6" diameter pots

                              rather than plant height!! although: ... the two may actually be fairly synonymous?
                              K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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