Growing potatoes

logi06 · « **on:** October 09, 2017, 17:57 »

I have read comments about scabby potatoes and note it could be lack of water maybe?

I grew them in builders bag, I read they get bacteria. Could this be made worse be the bags rather than in the ground, in additional, hence why they were dry.

Thank you

Yorkie · « **Reply #1 on:** October 11, 2017, 18:09 »

Dryness can result in common potato scab, yes. Also an alkaline soil.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=230

I wouldn't have thought the bags themselves had the pathogen, but depending on your watering regime and the soil you used (if instead of compost), drying out might have been an issue.

Growing potatoes in a bag Started by warnie on Grow Your Own	3 Replies 1606 Views	June 28, 2009, 21:00 by warnie
Growing potatoes with no dig Started by Dantheman on Grow Your Own	10 Replies 2013 Views	July 17, 2018, 20:43 by grinling
Re-growing potatoes Started by willowman on Grow Your Own	8 Replies 2602 Views	June 15, 2008, 20:30 by gobs
growing potatoes Started by Lucy Danning on Grow Your Own	7 Replies 2209 Views	February 14, 2007, 12:24 by WG.

Growing potatoes

logi06

Growing potatoes

Yorkie

Re: Growing potatoes

Similar Topics

Growing potatoes in a bag

Growing potatoes with no dig

Re-growing potatoes

growing potatoes