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    Potato's and Lime

    I have had my allotment for 1 year and things are going well. With potato planting almost upon us I am getting lots of advice from other plot holders. However I am confused one says NO lime and another who grows everything well says lime a few weeks before planting. Any comments please to UN-confuse me
    Mondo
    Mondo, I just want to sit in my allotment hut and drink tea and enjoy the view with no weeds
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    A quick Google search seems to suggest that you DON'T add lime to the soil before planting potatoes...! It's probably best to do a PH test before adding it anywhere on your plot - it may not be needed
    Although not fussy about the soil type, the potato prefers a slightly acidic soil, so do not add lime before, during or after planting.
    Do not add lime - growing potatoes like a soil pH of just under 6... slightly acidic. ...
    .. and do not lime the soil to minimise scab blemishes on developing tubers. ....
    Do not add lime; potatoes dislike lime and its presence in the soil appear to encourage scab disease.

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    • #3
      No No No
      Lime + potatoes = scab ,bad potatoes poor quality.
      Dont do it.
      There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore and who always will. Don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it in your future.

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      • #4
        Mondo, maybe you should ask the person who 'grows everything well' why you should lime the ground before planting, then tell us what he says! We're really nosey here we are.
        I you'st to have a handle on the world .. but it BROKE!!

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        • #5
          Although it's generally advocated NOT to add lime to the potato bed there is a guy on our allotments who limes his whole garden heavily and grows quite a few good large maincrop spuds? They are covered in scab , which he doesn't mind peeling off.
          I don't lime my spud patch because I don't like scabby potatoes, and I always thought they preferred acidic ground, but apart from the scab issue, I'm not so sure?
          Last edited by Snadger; 26-01-2008, 09:28 AM.
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          • #6
            Thanks guys. I think No Lime sounds the best. I will ask the the person who 'grows everything well' on Monday and post his reply
            Mondo
            Mondo, I just want to sit in my allotment hut and drink tea and enjoy the view with no weeds

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            • #7
              Hi Guys
              I said I would post the reasons from the person who "Grows everything well". It seams he was a little confused and does not put lime down for potato's. Glad I checked
              Mondo, I just want to sit in my allotment hut and drink tea and enjoy the view with no weeds

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              • #8
                Potatoes and lime sounds like a duff cocktail!
                Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Mondo View Post
                  Hi Guys
                  I said I would post the reasons from the person who "Grows everything well". It seams he was a little confused and does not put lime down for potato's. Glad I checked
                  Just put it down to experience, Mondo.
                  I you'st to have a handle on the world .. but it BROKE!!

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