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Growing potatoes in pots
I'm new to all this gardening, but I've got a lovely sun soaked patio and I'd like to grow some veg, particularly potatoes. It'll have to be in pots, any advice on when to plant potatoes and in what? Any help would be VERY much appreciated. When you by 222222222
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07/03/2013 10:30:52
by marshmello
Talkback: Seed potatoes and mice
I got mine from R H S wisley.the early potatoes were from thomson & morgan 2kg sacks problem was that you got a few large ones and tiddly ones, not even half a tray, far from happy. I have left mine on a window sill, but there is some kind of grey by Marc
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28/11/2011 18:31:03
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Talkback: Potato blight
This is my first year growing potatoes but last year my tomatoes suffered from blight so this informaton is useful i have just started with a veg garden, i have chosen potatoes as we can use them as a novice i need lots of help,which your site by brenda-watson
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22/03/2012 14:18:08
by Pegmerobin
Talkback: How to chit potatoes
very interesting artical does planting vary from region to region ie how much warmer is south off england to yorkshire thanks adiee rated this highly as I have grown potato's with out success loads of vegitation and no potato's at the end by adiee
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07/03/2012 11:31:21
by Karen Kimber
Growing Sweet Potatoes
I have started the process of growing sweet potato slips by submerging half a sweet potato in a jar of water, with the other half sticking out the top. After weeks and weeks of nothing, it has finally grown a very good root system. However by Roxanne Blanton
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03/06/2012 19:10:55
by marshmello
Talkback: Harvesting potatoes
Oh yes, I did harvest the first potatoes and they tasted wonderful. I want to conserve the small ones for next year. The problem we faced last year was that most of the potatoes dried out or rotted away. Now I want to keep them in sawdust, in our by Antonia
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28/11/2011 18:36:49
by eileenmaryann
Talkback: Potato blight
I've seen blight on most potato crops on my allotment site. As for my own crop of earlies, I've recently sheared them all, dug up half of them, and will shortly dig up and store the remaining crop. What I've harvested so far have been great by happymarion
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28/11/2011 18:39:05
by beth
bargain seed potatoes
Just noticed sacks of seed potatoes at my local homebase for 20p. i didn't notice what variety, they look desperate to go into the ground, some of the other grow your own products were reduced too. by sthlndngrower
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11/05/2013 12:47:39
by sthlndngrower
King Edward potatoes
Been given some 2 grow. More difficult than usual ones. Any tips2 help putting off pests & preventing diseases? Oh well... Any general advice about growing potatoes in general then? by Ju3
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29/02/2012 20:57:14
by Ju3
Soft potato tubers
Hi all, I am looking to plant my potato tubers this weekend (first earlies) but a few have gone slightly soft. Will they still be ok to plant; they have chitted quite well so far too, Thanks. That's perfectly fine.  Just get them in, weather by 1985blonde
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04/04/2013 20:49:34
by marshmello