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.  My first thought was slugs but ive been told they dont touch potato leaves.  Can any one help and advise on the best cure to get rid of whichever pest is doing this damage. My potatoes are relying on you! Marlene Slugs and snails do snack on potato

. 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

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

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

Watch Monty Don and Chris Beardshaw's video guide to harvesting potatoes grown in a bag.summerMore advice on growing potatoesRead Lila Das Gupta's blog on growing potatoesChitting potatoesGrowing early potatoesGrowing potatoes in a bagEarthing up

I planted my main potato crop in the middle of April when is the best time to harvest

.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

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

I have dug this up and burnt it but was just wondering what was wrong and will it spread?

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