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Talkback: How to grow early potatoes

. i realy want to grow them its great!! Bit confused, I have read that you should not manure potatoes but use fertilizer instead. Would like to know which is best. When is the best time to replant a bay tree ? I have a bay in my back yard which has by isedarken

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02/04/2012 19:04:09

by Lindsay Cook

Talkback: How to grow potatoes in a bag

.Cheaper than buying pots ( can be re-used ). I don't know about growing organic potatoes in plastic bags. There is some evidence that rubber and plastics leach chemicals into soil. Hoses, made of PVC (though it is not well known in the US) leach lead by markpete

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22/04/2012 18:38:33

by retired70eric

Talkback: Growing potatoes and broad beans

We grew beans and potatoes this year for the first time and we quickly realized that we didn't grow near enough. They were so much better than anything we'd gotten at the store.I love my gardening time with my wife, too. She's my best friend and it by cafay1

28/11/2011 18:39:51

by Buildforu

Talkback: How to grow potatoes in a container

save the hedgehogs as they are such a viatl part of the ecological chain. Thanx ever so much for a wonderful magazine and an even better website. This is the first time we have grown potatoes and as we have limited space we are going to try the compost by sherlien

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06/04/2012 18:41:40

by tom2

Talkback: How to grow potatoes for Christmas

I have been lifting 1st early potatoes, Rocket & P. Javellin etc,to be out before the blight arrives. If tubers from this early spring planting had been set aside, as suggested, for a Christmas ready crop,they would surely be sprouting out by Progardener

10/03/2012 06:23:51

by marjorie smith

Talkback: Learning from 2012

I have vowed only to grow early potatoes anf harvest them before the dreaded blight, and only Gardeners; Delight or similar tomatoes and yellow varieties which were the only ones that escaped the blight. I too will be growing my veg, plants indoors by happymarion

07/01/2013 20:24:10

by happymarion

Potato blight and soil

Can I use the compost in my potato bag for growing anything else - e.g. bulbs etc. The potatoes were fine, but the leaves had blight. by carogre

07/09/2012 11:11:43

by carogre

potted vegetables

anyone out there growing vegetables in containers?,would welcome any ideas for growing something a bit different,have grown the usual,potatoes.beans and salad crops. by GillyL

02/05/2013 21:32:04

by GillyL

potato varieties

I have just read that January is the time to start chitting potatoes. I thought I would try to grow some in patio bags but would like to grow something that I can't buy (cheaper) in the supermarket. Can anyone recommend any varieties please? Hello by cloud8

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31/12/2012 16:45:36

by Happy Gardener2

to plant or not

tomato-like fruits - beware, these are poisonous). These seeds grow into potato plants, and they grow potatoes on their roots. These are harvested and sold as 'seed potatoes' for planting and growing more potatoes. Therefore they are 'first generation by Alan4711

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26/03/2013 21:07:07

by Alan4711

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