[params]

Hi all, we are new to gardening and this is our first year and have planted some potatoes, onions, garlic and courgettes... The potatoes are looking very different, compared  to the rest of our neighbours'. It is yellowed, short and not growing well while our neighbours have lush green, flowering plants.... It is a desiree and we don't know what we are doing wrong. Any help will be wonderful... Thanks

[Ice]

How did you prepare the soil before planting?

[params]

Hi ice :-) we weeded, dug up a trench with a spade and a half depth, added compost, put in the potatoes and watered.

[azubah]

Sounds like they may need a good feed.
We use pigeon manure which the local pigeon fanciers are glad to get rid of. Dig it in as it comes in autumn and let it rot down over the winter.

[Mrs Bee]

Sounds like they may need a good feed.
We use pigeon manure which the local pigeon fanciers are glad to get rid of. Dig it in as it comes in autumn and let it rot down over the winter.

Could you do that with chicken poo?

[sunshineband]

Sounds like they may need a good feed.
We use pigeon manure which the local pigeon fanciers are glad to get rid of. Dig it in as it comes in autumn and let it rot down over the winter.

Could you do that with chicken poo?

Yes 

Maybe your potatoes would benefit from a dose of epsom salts watered in. It might help the leaves green up, as they may have a deficiency in magnesium.

It has an effect pretty quickly, and will do no harm if hat is not the problem

Also try feeding them with some pelleted chciken manure raked in gently around the plants --- they will thank you for it later 

[params]

Thank You all!! I am going to get some Epsom salts and chicken manure and try. Will let you all know if it works

[aelf]

I would suggest that adding chicken pellets now won't help much in the short term as they are relativly slow in releasing the nutrients, that is something you can do for next year. I think the plants are starving and would benefit from a good watering with a liquid feed that will get right to the roots right now. Potatoes are greedy plants that need a lot of feeding.