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Sweet Potatoes
Hi All. Just been putting pen to paper and planning out my veggie beds for the coming year.  I am wondering about growing some sweet potatoes for a change.  I find they go really well in curries, with and without meat,  and my grandson likes them by Madeleine51
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26/02/2013 19:29:38
by lilylouise
Potato leaves savaged.
Hi all. One of my potato plants has had all of it leaves savaged, Am I still ok to leave the potatoes in the ground or should I now remove them as there are no leaves left? by mdw84
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24/06/2012 10:28:35
by mdw84
Small Potatoes
Hi, I've recently dug up a potato crop and most of them are quite small. I prefer to grow veg naturally no feed only sun shine (HA !!) and water. Any advice to make potatoes bigger? James Simple-you have to feed plants or feed the soil so they can by James5
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27/07/2012 13:55:36
by Lynne22
potatoes again
Hi i have planted 2 variaties maris piper and charlotte in bags... They have grown really well and I keep them well watered and fed..The maris piper are in flower but the charlottes arent but I have had a look and there are potatoes in the charlotte by flowergirl4
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06/07/2012 16:59:03
by flowergirl4
Harvesting potatoes
I've just grown my first maincrop potatoes - maris peer and a purple skinned one (can't remember what it's called). When I went into the garden this morning the leaves were rotted on all of them. They were fine earlier in the week (a bit chewed by Maureen3
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25/08/2012 11:53:06
by Maureen3
Potato Blight ?
Year one growing potatos in containers was successful. Year two i planted early variety in November 2011 which have failed with first frost. Top foliage fell over and died away.What i need to know is, do i excavate the tubers and destroy them and do by Ronnie G
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08/01/2012 13:45:12
by Ronnie G
Charlotte potatoes
OMG I did quite a bit of research on youtube about planting potatoes and several places said plant on St Patricks day - so as this year it happened to be a sunny day ( yes I did say sun ) I did. Do you think they will be ok or will they have by CLER
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05/04/2013 08:04:24
by marshmello
Potato blight
I tweeted Thompson & Morgan with a picture of my potatos as I thought they may have blight. They tweeted back saying it looked like the start of it and to try something called bordeaux spray. Can anyone tell me if this is worth the cost i.e does by forest_gardener
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06/07/2012 15:39:07
by mark talbot
Potatoes in bags
Hi all I'm a gardening newbie and I've planted a few chitted seed potatoes in grow bags today.  Am I right in thinking that I only have to protect the leafy bits from frost when they start to poke through?  And will a home-made cloche (recycled milk by bexlloyd
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03/04/2013 12:41:07
by sotongeoff
Potato planting
Hi Guys Is it ok to start planting my potatoes or have I left it too late? Do it now-if you have seed potatoes they will not keep. Yeah, get them in now Loz - at least you shouldn't have to worry about frost unless you're in Scotland! You by Loz
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08/05/2012 14:54:57
by Loz