potatoes in bags query

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davethespread

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potatoes in bags query
« on: June 16, 2010, 17:47 »
i was talking to a guy on the plot today about growing spuds in bags.i like some others have put 6" of compost in a bag put 3 seed potatoes in fertiliser and then 6"compost on top and topped it up as they grow.now someone else told him that with every layer of compost you should add more seed potatoes,but does that not overload the bag with plants? how has everyone else done theirs please?.
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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2010, 18:22 »
I'd do it like you said, not like t'other chap said  :D
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2010, 18:22 »
I only put them in the bottom, i don't add to it every time.

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2010, 18:28 »
thank you yorkie,and thank you imogen ;) :D

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2010, 22:03 »
Hello dave,
I have grown my new pots in tubs,buckets,compost bags and ikea bags the big blue ones.
I place little compost in the bottom with seed pots then just build the compost up as the leaves grow i have never added any more seed pots and i have always had plenty of pots.
Good luck happy growing,theres nothing quite like a plate of new pots from the garden yum yum.

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2010, 22:18 »
i have grown mine as you discribed spuds in the bottom and earthed up , but i have read about planting again as you earth up, the idea is to plant 2 spuds and then when you earth them up you plant another coup lat 90 degrees to the first two giving them room to grow.

mmmmm   a project to try with my Christmas planting spuds :happy: ;)
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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2010, 22:50 »
Hello digalotty,

Could I ask when do you you plant your Christmas spuds, and where do you keep them.

Thank you.

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2010, 23:06 »
hello i think it was around the end of august , people on here will let you know when they are planting theirs and i just follow suit .
i put mine in a rubber trug in my garden that way i can move them incase of frost ,  last year i had a 12 spuds out of a flower bucket that i put 1 spair spud in , they dont grow massive but not bad over all , last year i used maris peer 2nd earlies from a garden centre  :)

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2010, 08:29 »
Hello digalotty,

Thank you, I will give the Christmas spuds a try.

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2010, 10:34 »
I have an experiment up and running. On the lottie table was a bag of leftover seed spuds, with only tiny chits...which gave me an idea  :nowink:

I took the 4 biggest and have put them in a tray in the fridge. I hope they will start to chit when I take them out in August so I can plant them in a tub to grow for Christmas. Who knows but worth a try, as it will have cost nothing  :lol: :lol:

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white westie

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2010, 21:58 »
Hi
I have a sack of red potatoes that i bought from the local farm shop,We have been busy eating our new pots from the garden,there are some red pots left in the sack but they have shoots coming out of them now can i plant them on the veggie patch for Christmas pots?Does any one know? :)

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2010, 22:09 »
Supermarket spuds are not certified virus free seed potatoes.

You run the risk of introducing diseases.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: potatoes in bags query
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2010, 22:14 »
 :ohmy:
Thankx dd i shall not be doing that then.I shall try and buy some seed pots from somewhere.Thankyou. :)



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