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Talkback: Potato blight and Bordeaux Mixture

. Agree there are other potatoes I like more flavour-wise. Bristol has been bad for blight recently so i am trying some resistant varieties but also growing more earlies and making dinners to freeze with them so I can still have their taste even past by Green Horn

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14/02/2012 15:43:47

by crazy witch

Talkback: How to grow early potatoes

I believe (i could be wrong as fairly new to this myself) that manuring is very good, in the previous automn or late winter, not directly before you plant the potatoes. If you haven't had the time for this then use some compost/chicken pellets mix 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

Potato

by Alan Dell

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09/06/2012 13:36:26

by Alina W

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

Is it blight

The bottoms of my potato hulms have leaves with black patches ansome of gone yellow, the tops of the plants are still in flower and look pretty healthy is this blight and should I cut the hulms off? I don't grow potatoes anymore because by stapler

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29/06/2012 18:20:24

by Robot

Planting

hi all , could you tell me when i plant early potatoes, i no you have to chip them first, do i buy some now to start. thanks. "Chit" -not chip Have had mine chitting for weeks-a lot of places are now reducing seed potatoes-so you will need by Pondman01

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10/03/2013 20:42:11

by sotongeoff

Thompsons

is they don't care and wouldn't even give any advice, any advice would be appreiciated. I think you are being a bit unfair to T&M to be honest- walk round any garden centre now and you will see seed potatoes for sale-if they have them in,they will send them by alfiemoon

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23/01/2013 19:17:36

by chilli lover

lime

If lime has been has been applied to soil can potatoes be grown in it,a discussion today on my allotment offered a lot of mixed views . Does the lime create a better soil for the potatoes.PLEASE HELP by Edentoy

23/03/2012 18:17:35

by Edentoy

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